TRACKS ALONG THE TRAMMEL TRACE IS A REGIONAL GENEALOGY SITE FOR INFORMATION THAT TOUCHES THE MANY COUNTIES ALONG THE TRACE.......
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Quoted from Cecil Williams' book, "TATUM....A Place Called Home"
See Bulletin Board if interested in purchasing your own copy which is very interesting.
A historical marker located across the street from the First Baptist Church in Tatum reads: "TRAMMEL'S TRACE, An early Indian trail later named for Nicholas Trammel who surveyed it in 1813 for the U.S. Used in describing most of the boundary between Rusk and Panola Counties. Portions of the Trace are incorporated into the County Line Road, 7/10 of a mile south of this marker."
It passes through Tatum placing the townsite in both counties. The Trace extended from the Red River to Nacogdoches and brought in great numbers of pioneers including many who became Texas heroes.
The Caddos and other Indian tribes had used a footpath for a long time that ran roughly north-south and crossed the Sabine River near Hendricks Lake. It kept to the high ground as much as possible and avoided lakes and streams unless absolutely necessary. This pathway was used by the Indians to contact other Tribes for trading.
In 1813 Nicholas Trammel explored the trail and marked a route from Pecan Point (near Texarkana on the Red River, to Nacogdoches. It crossed the Sabine River at Rocky Ford and proceeded through what is now Tatum, Pinehill and Mount Enterprise in Rusk County. The Trace is still visible along the County Line Road from Tatum to Pinehill and it is the boundary line between Rusk and Panola Counties.
