BR*N Possible Migration from North Carolina (NC) to North East Tennessee (TN), 
including Washington County (Co.), Greene Co., The Great Hiwassee District, Calhoun, Athens, Mayfield Road (Rd), Hiwassee Rd, Cherokee, and The Trail of Tears, towards posing and eventually answering the question of surname BR*N travel with the Removed People (not just Cherokee). 

In addition to BR*N Sos Record Locations, on previous page,
in support of the statement, Surnames BR-N, BR*N, are interchangeable. 

 
From Boone, NC to Upper East TN
The Northern-most route from NC to TN 

>501  
n.  The Route number to the right of Boone is 421, then moving left is Route 321, then to the number 67, and the elevation is greater than 3,000 ft, which is important considering travel in the late 1700’s.  Part of this area is now The Cherokee National Forest in The Great Smokey Mts (hence, the "smoke"). 

From about the Route number 159 to 67 is The Watauga Lake (which one can almost see as blue just north and in ‘the bowl’ of that route, so a better view is below). 

This is a breath-takingly beautiful scenic route, yet must have been just the worse trip imaginable for migrating with one’s family and things.  Remember, too, that getting off the narrow road was very difficult at sparse locations and not all of the fellow travelers were friendly. 

Starting at about the number 321, just to the right of Hampton, begins the Upper East TN Valley within the two darker lines going SW on the photo.  Back then the whole of this area was Washington County, NC.  Today it is Rural TN.  [B.GaiL]  

REF:  1-route-from-nc-boone.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN (what below Watauga Lake?) 
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>516  
REF:  watauga-lake-tn.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN From Above NC Buncombe County Asheville 
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>515  
n.  Another route into the mountains and Westward,
just South of the above map, and North of Asheville (NC Buncombe County). [B.GaiL] 

REF:  route-to-from-asheville2.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
US 40 Turns North from NC, Buncombe Co., Asheville 
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>502  
n.  The photo view now pans South to Asheville (NC Buncombe County).
n.  From Asheville notice that this, one of the major routes Westward, was really North along that (present day) Interstate 40.  The reason is simply the mountain range elevations, which are so beautifully visible here, on the left.
n.  This Route 40 continues onto Knoxville (TN Knox Co).
n.  The Route 321, upper-left, connects with the first map at the top of this file, extending the length of the Upper East TN Valley.
n.  At the middle-top is Hot Springs, another migration route from Mars Hill (NC Madison County) along Route 19. [B.GaiL]  

REF:  asheville-along-40.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA NC Madison 
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>509  
REF:  madison-map.jpg
RES:  main.nc.us/madison/images/madison-map.jpg (with counties added here.  [B.GaiL])

 
US 40 meets US 81, Just E. of Knoxville (TN Knox Co.) 
Click for 700 x 404

>512  
n.  That is 321 on the left (bottom clipped off a little) and 81 at the top (left, clipped off a little, too).
n.  The Route 411 on the left is the Maryville Rd (shown on map, below) and that 411 connects with 321 in Newport (321 from at the top (right), down left, then up around that curve at the lower left corner).
n.  I’d say that if our ancestors did not possess a good map, then around in circles they’d go.
n.  Where that Route 40 goes North from Asheville (NC Buncombe Co) and meets Interstate 81 is just to the East of Dandridge, East of Knoxville (TN Knox Co.). [B.GaiL]  

REF:  route-40-meets-81.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN Greene Co. to McMinn Co. 
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>508  
REF:  greeneville-to-athens.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
TN 411, Maryville Rd to Athens (McMinn Co.) 
Click for 700 x 404

>514  
n.  The Route 321 dips to the south of 411 at Maryville, through Pigeon Forge, down to Gatlinburg (a lovely place),
then back up through Crosby on the right of the page, where it connects with one of the maps above.  [B.GaiL]  

REF:  route-to-athens-via-411-maryville-rd.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN McMinn County 
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>513  
n.  Panning downward a little shows another route into TN, through Tellico Plains on (present day) Route 68.  [B.GaiL]  

REF:  route-to-athens-via-411.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN Greene County to McMinn County 
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>511  
n.  Added three marks:  A blue arrow pointing to the Maryville Rd highlighting Athens,
Route number I40 below Knoxville (for present-day bearings),
and a blue arrow pointing to TN (Greene County Seat).  [B.GaiL]  

REF:  migration-nc-to-tn-to-calhoun.jpg
RES:  www.tngenweb.org
(or) RES:  www.cummingmapsociety.org/18thc_maps.htm

 
S. of Cherokee, NC, to Calhoun, TN 
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>503  
n.  Google’s green arrow is present day Cherokee, NC (text next block)
and on the lower left, just off the picture is Calhoun, TN (McMinn Co.).  
Also, notice the upward turn in US Route 40. 

REF:  ashville-through-cherokee-to-calhoun.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!
RES:  sites.rootsweb.com/~tnmcminn

 
Cherokee (NC Buncombe Co.) Cherokee View 
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>506 & 507  
n.  Just southwest of Asheville (NC Buncombe Co) is the heart of Cherokee (NC Cherokee Co) where The Eastern Band of the Cherokee removed to, rather than travel West on The Trail of Tears.  (Google’s green arrow on the map above).  There were over 4,000 deaths on that journey, as well as a million-or-more lost...those who populated the whole of NC and TN, according to the informative talk given by Chief Chad Smith, at The Natural Tunnel State Park, in SW VA (in 2002). (Which is just Northwest of all these maps.)
n.  More is to be known about the tireless efforts to educate us about some of our Native Ancestors through three websites (of many available) [B.GaiL]: 

RES:  www.cherokee.org/home.aspx?section=council&id=/aoDJcgHYwk>
RES:  sites.rootsweb.com/~ncqualla/
RES:  www.cherokee-nc.com
n.    Two images were combined.  

REF:  cherokee-nc-cherokee-view.jpg and cherokee-nc-south-view.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
Summary of Possible Migration Routes 
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>505  
n.  The red arrows (on the picture in this block) summarize our pictorial journey
and the green Google arrow is the location of the map in the block just above.
The red arrows and PsoV Angels were added here.  [B.GaiL] 

REF:  cherokee-nc.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA Migration Distance to MO (Missouri) 
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>510  
n.  The green Google arrow still marks Cherokee, NC (from map two blocks above),
for bearings in this panned-out view of NC to MO.  [B.GaiL]  

REF:  migration-distance-to-mo.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!

 
USA TN Calhoun to Old Britton Church Road (McMinn Co.) 
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>504  
n.  Our map and photo journey, in this file, started with the possible routes of surname BR*N migration from present day NC into present day TN (with a map to show the continued journey to MO).
n.  We stopped for a page and paid respects to Native Peoples who populated the whole of our USA and specifically those many who were displaced (and lost) by ancestor removals westward.
n.  Then we map-summarized our journey and added a larger view to show Springfield (MO Greene Co.) where this set of ancestor descendants settled.
n.  Our pictorial map and photo journey, in this html file, culminates at The Old Britton Church Road, in Riceville (TN McMinn Co.)
n.  In McMinn County, more BR*N migration locations regarding TN and Methodist are prepared for research. [B.GaiL]  

Link to BR*N and Methodist
(as a tool for locating specific BR*N ancestors). 

REF:  calhoun-to-old-britton-ch-rd.jpg
MAP:  www.maps.google.com (hybrid) thank you Google!