A HISTORY AS OLD AS CHARLOTTE

From early in Charlotte's history, East Charlotte has played a part in the city's growth.

The oldest house in the county -- the Hezekiah Alexander home -- sits near the intersection of Shamrock Drive and Eastway Drive. Not far away are the historic Sugah Creek church and Historic Rosedale plantation (on Tryon Street near Sugar Creek Road).

Early records show that settlers traveling to South Carolina from Salisbury fequently turned southeast from the Great Wagon Road (Tryon Street) onto an Indian path that became a road called Potter Road. It led directly into the South Carolina Low Country and to Charleston, instead of veering southwest through the small village of Charlotte. The road was also a primary route for early settlers like Hezekiah Alexander who traveled to the larger town of Salisbury for supplies.

Maps, letters and early records show that East Charlotte also has become home to repeated waves of new settlers -immigrants -- who arrived seeking the promising future this city offered.

Historical Potter Road

more to come

 

E.A.S.T. (Eastland Area Strategies Team)

The Hezekiah Alexander House built near the trace that became known as Potter Road.

HISTORIC MAPS
The changing face of East Charlotte

1808 Price-Struthers map

1911 Mecklenburg County

1886 deed
of Amity Presbyterian Church

McRae-Brazier map of 1833

U.S. Coastal Survey map of 1865

POTTER ROAD HISTORY

SETTLERS

Charlotte Museum of History

Historical Information is the result of research by local residents.