Island Ford is in the southern part of Rutherford Co., NC. It is between US-221 and US-221A and is probably where they crossed the Broad River. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <PatiSchell@aol.com> To: <NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:02 PM Subject: [NCRUTHER-L] Island Ford > This is from the "North Carolina Gazetteer, A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places" > by William S. Powell: > > (1) Island Ford, former passage over the Catawba River between Catawba and > Irdell counties near the site of the dam, which forms Lookout Shoals Lake. > Appears on maps of the Revolutionary period and on the Price map, 1808, as on of > the northernmost fords over the river. > > (2) Island Ford, across Yadkin River in w Surry County near the community of > Jonesville. Mentioned in local records as early as 1778. > > Hope this helps. > Patricia > > > ==== NCRUTHER Mailing List ==== > > Subscribing: Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn't understand them, try these manual instructions: to join NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > Unsubscribing: To leave NCRUTHER-L, send mail to NCRUTHER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave NCRUTHER-D, do the same thing with NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com. > For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at NCRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com >

At 07:49 PM 6/28/2004, W. D. Floyd wrote: >Island Ford is in the southern part of Rutherford Co., NC. It is between >US-221 and US-221A and is probably where they crossed the Broad River. Leave it to Bill :-) In addition to the above, he sent me a map showing the location of Island Ford Road. Thanks, Bill! Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]