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transportation was often difficult, as the Carolina roads were sometimes flooded, often muddy, and occasionally blocked by fallen trees . Travelers arrived by horseback, "long shanks" (on foot) , or carted goods by wagon (Powell 1989 *013 & 141 ; see also Mattson 1996 : 5 - 6) . This did not stop people from traveling . Quakers are reported to have visited widely dispersed meetings to encourage each other to hold firm in their beliefs (Engstrom 1983 ; Teague 1995 ) . . In 1759 two new roadways were under construction in Orange County. These included a route leading from Hillsborough eastward to Kinston and one from Hillsborough northeast to Halifax County (Anderson 19900, 22) . Residents prior to 1759 had been dependent upon the Trading Path for the primary route through the eastern portion of the region. The Sauthier Map of Hillsborough ( Sauthier 1768 ) shows a few major routes leading from the town. These roads include the southern route to the "Quaker Settlement" (e . g. , Cane Creek) , and the Road to "Cross Creek" (e . g. , now Fayetteville) just to its east. Just a bit further east, the "Road to New Bern and Cape Fear" is observed heading south across the Eno River beginning south of a horseracing field (once the site of Occaneechi village) . The last major road depicted near the Eno River is the "Road to Halifax" heading almost due east, placed just north of the Eno River. This route apparently paralleled the old Trading Path route just east of town, in the vicinity of the oval racetrack and Ayr Mount plantation. Near Ayr Mount the Halifax road joins the Trading , Path (west of the modern intersection of St . Mary ' s Road and Highway 70) . At the 1768 intersection a homestead and probable tavern is depicted (southeast of the intersection) . This would have been the home of William Few, father of Regulator James Few. James Few was one of the local residents who was actually hanged for his political membership and subsequent rebellion (Nash 1953 : 82) . (It should be noted that a modern map depicts the "Old Halifax Road" running east from Hillsborough' s King Street, and "The Old Indian Trading Path" diverging in the vicinity of the intersection of King and modern Cameron Avenue, Hillsborough. See Dula 1979 * 110) . Most of the families that headed south or west into the North Carolina Piedmont did not arrive alone , but brought along friends and/or kin (Engstrom 1983 : 8 ) . For example, William Few ( Senior, d . 1794) headed south from Maryland in the mi& 1750s accompanied by two friends, to examine the Eno area . His son William (d. 1828) wrote an account of he and his family' s early years in the Eno community (Jones 1881 ; see also Engstrom 1983 : 74 and Nash 1953 : Appendix C) . The elder Few hoped to find lands where he could improve his production of tobacco and thus his family ' s cash flow. At the time of their move ( 1758) William Few (the younger) describes the landscape of their new 640 acres bordering property shown by Markham ( 1973 ) as being in the vicinity of Little Creek. Before moving his household the elder William Few hired a local to construct their new home ( likely log , see Mattson 1996) . The younger William Few writes that his family "found a mild and healthy climate and fertile lands, but our establishment was in the woods and our first employment was to cut down the timber and prepare the land for cultivation. My father had taken with him only four servants [ slaves ?] , who were set to work, and every exertion was made to prepare for the ensuing crop" (younger William Few, in Jones 1881 * 343 ) . The Few family removed themselves closer to Hillsborough when William Few purchased a farm along the Trading Path in 1764 . This farm was on land that later 15