Topics Related to Stokes County

Moratock Furnace (J-98)

Smelting furnace built by Nathaniel Moody in 1843. It supplied iron to Confederacy, 1862-1865. Stands 3/10 mi. NE.

Lewis David von Schweinitz 1780-1834 (J-76)

Moravian administrator. Botanist and pioneer in American mycology. Discovered falls 3 mi. SW.

Bean Shoals Canal (J-68)

Attempted ca. 1820-25 by Hiram Jennings for Yadkin Navigation Co. Hamilton Fulton was consultant. Never completed. Ruins located 5 miles S.W.

Gabriel Moore (J-53)

Governor of Alabama, 1829-1831. Served in U.S. House and Senate. Official of Mississippi and Alabama Territories. Born near here, 1785.

Upper Saura Town (J-43)

A village of the Saura Indians, abandoned by that tribe in the early 18th century, was on Dan River, two mi. S.

Joseph Winston (J-39)

Major in Revolution, a commander at Kings Mountain, Congressman, state legislator. Town of Winston named for him. Home was 4 mi. W.

Stoneman's Raid (J-18)

On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry passed through Danbury, April 9, 1865.

Benjamin Forsyth (J-12)

Officer in the War of 1812. Mortally wounded in Canada, 1814. Forsyth County named for him. Home stood a few feet north of this spot.