History Walton Road and Kentucky Stock Road at Denise.com
Cumberland County, in the state of Tennessee


Conflict's and Problems

Some maps like the "Indian Land Cessions", show the Walton's road more or less in a line between Flat Rock and Montgomery, thus placing it north of the information provided. The information and pictures provide below is from the notes of a person that has studied live in this area, and documentation that states it going past Crab Orchard and Kingston. But the other Indian Land Cessions maps only show the Cumberland Road going this route going into Crossville and then joining together this side of Cookeville.

Notes below are taken from www.sallysfamilyplace.com 

"Captain William Walton was the leading commissioner for the road project. He had received a grant of land on the Cumberland River near the present site of Carthage. He lived in Smith County on the north side of the Cumberland, his home being located near the present Carthage city water works. At that point he operated a ferry for travelers along the road, and it became known as "Walton's Road" or The Walton Road.

The Walton Road was over one hundred miles long, starting at Southwest Point. From there it proceeded through the valley of Post Oak Spring to Rockwood, above the iron furnaces there today (1974). Then it ascended the mountain through Kimbrough Gap. The area was then considered to be "The Wilderness." In the Wilderness it passed near the present sites of Ozone and Crab Orchard, then four miles to the north of Crossville, and thence through Carthage, Gallatin, on to Nashville. Traffic was heaviest in the fall of the year and tolls were assessed at different points along the way. Primitive inns sprang up to offer "comfort" to the travelers.

Note: taken from the "Tennessee Historical Quarterly" 1972."

So far the Stock Road seems to be OK


Walton Road & Kentucky Stock Road
Walton Road & Kentucky Stock Road across the road from Denise.com
Area located : Exit 317 off I-40, 1 mile North, on US 127

Walton Road crossing the Obed River in Cumberland County Tennessee
Walton Road? crossing the Obed River in Cumberland Co.

Obed River looking South from the Walton road crossing
Obed River looking South from the Walton Road? crossing

Obed River looking Nouth from the crossing, going up this bank heading West on what was the Walton Road
Obed River looking Nouth from the crossing, going up this bank heading West on what was the Walton Road?
Revised : Monday, December 17, 2007 at 5:06 PM

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