The Great Wagon Roadwaywelivednc.com/maps/historical/great-wagon-road.pdf · 2003-11-20 · Town...
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ROCKINGHAM(1789)
STOKES(1789)
SURRY(1771)
PATRICK(1791)
HENRY(1776)
WILKES(1778)
YADKIN(1850)
ALLEGHANY(1859)
GUILFORD(1771)
RANDOLPH(1779)
DAVIDSON(1822)
ROWAN(1753)
MECKLENBURG(1762)
CABARRUS(1792)
STANLY(1841)
UNION(1842)
ANSON(1750)
MONTGOMERY(1779)
LINCOLN(1779)
GASTON(1846)
DAVIE(1836)
CATAWBA(1842)
IREDELL(1788)ALEXANDER
(1847)
VIRGINIA
SOUTHCAROLINA
Dan RiverSettlement
1748
Town ForkSettlement
1750
Bryant’sSettlement
1748
TradingCamp
Settlement1750
Second Cr.Settlement(Irish) 1748 Jersey
Settlement1753
Abbott’sCreek
Settlement1750
New GardenSettlement(Quaker)
1751
HollowSettlement
1761
Present
Uwharrie
National
Forest
Mt. Airy1850
Salem 1766
Greensboro 1808
High Point 1853
Asheboro
Danbury 1849
Madison 1818Dobson 1850
Wilkesboro 1801
Taylorsville1847
Sparta(Bower’s Store) 1825
Wadesboro(New Town) 1783
Yadkinville 1850
MulberryFields 1752
Salisbury 1755
Lexington
Mocksville
Cleveland
Charlotte 1750
Monroe 1844
Troy 1843
WalnutCove 1883
Germanton1790
Huntsville 1792
WACHOVIATRACT 1753
1789
1857
1877
1827
1839
Lewisville
Pfafftown
Bethania
Bethabara
1750
1796
(Moravian)
010 10
MILES
20
The Great Wagon RoadIn North Carolina — 1750-1780
FORTDOBBS
Dan
Yadkin
Yadkin
R.
Catawba
South
River
River
River
(Third Creek)1883
SHALLOWFORD
CHIPLEY’SFORD
SHERRILL’SFORD
TRADINGFORD
ISLANDFORD
Statesville
FourthCreekSett.1748
Mooresville
Gastonia
UNION(1842)
G.W
.R.
G.W.R.
1754
Sherrill’s Path
Georg
iaR
oad
Is
land Ford
Road
Sher
rill’s
P.
The Great Wagon Roadand Its Offshoots
Conjectured Routes:
SETTLEMENT ROUTES & EXTENSIONS:
• Island Ford Road
• Sherrill’s Path — ca. 1747
• Georgia Road — ca. 1780
MAP BY MARK ANDERSON MOORE
FORSYTH(1849)
From The Way We Lived in North Carolina© 2003 The University of North Carolina PressMap © North Carolina Department of Cultural ResourcesAll rights reserved.