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.