Editing Toccoa, Georgia (section)

===Colonial period===
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| quote = "Saturday the 25th day of September 1725. About four of the Clock in the Afternoon came in the War hoop from Ouconey with a piece of a Scalp of one of the Enemies Scouts, giving an Accot that Scouts being in Number Twenty four that went out from old Estotoe, and Toxsoah having come upon the tracts of three of the Enemy found they were made downwards towards the other Towns (on wch) they Concluded to waylay the Path thinking by that means to Catch the Enemy being three in Number returning back to their old tracts near Estotoe from Town to Town."
| author = George Chicken
| source = Journal (quoted in ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YyrYnSsvttgC&q=toxsoah+++++&pg=PA154 Travels in the American Colonies]'')
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Indian agent Col. George Chicken was one of the first English colonists to mention Toccoa in his journal from 1725, calling it Toxsoah.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mereness|first1=Newton Dennison|title=Travels in the American Colonies|date=1961|publisher=Antiquarian Press|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/travelsinameric01goog/page/n164 154]|url=https://archive.org/details/travelsinameric01goog|quote=toxsoah     .|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref>

As early as 1740, the [[Unicoi Turnpike]], an important [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] trading path, connected [[Tennessee]] to [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] by way of Toccoa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Old Unicoi Trail and Unicoi toll road |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gaunion/mm092905.htm |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=sites.rootsweb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Uncovering A 200-Year-Old Road with Modern Technology |url=https://www.smliv.com/api/content/8c3244aa-f3f2-11ec-9969-12274efc5439/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Smoky Mountain Living |language=en-us}}</ref> The route began on the [[Savannah River]], just below the entrance of [[Toccoa Creek]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sautee Nacoochee Center |url=https://www.snca.org/snc/museums/history/crossroads/historyTurnpikes.php |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.snca.org}}</ref> In 1830, it was converted to a toll road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Unicoi Turnpike Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=25328 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>