Trading Ford
General Nathanael Greene in his masterly retreat from the British army under Lord Cornwallis, crossed the Yadkin at Trading Ford, one-half mile southeast of this spot, February 2-3, 1781. A sudden rise in the river prevented the passage of the British and permitted the American army to escape and prepare for the Battle of Guilford Court House.
Marker is on Old Salisbury Road (North Carolina Route 1138) 0.1 miles north of Sowers Road (North Carolina Route 1139), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
