Ingles Ferry
Ingles Ferry | |
 Ingles Ferry Tavern | |
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| Location | Radford, Virginia, USA |
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| Coordinates | 37°6′3″N 80°35′30″W / 37.10083°N 80.59167°WCoordinates: 37°6′3″N 80°35′30″W / 37.10083°N 80.59167°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1772 |
| NRHP reference No. | 69000275[1] |
| VLR No. | 077-0013 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1969 |
| Designated VLR | May 13, 1969[2] |
Ingles Ferry is a historic tavern near the city of Radford in Pulaski County, Virginia, Virginia, United States.
William Ingles and his wife Mary Draper Ingles began developing a farm on the eastern side of the New River a few years after Mary's capture by Shawnee Indians and subsequent escape in 1755.[3] Around 1762, William obtained a license to operate a ferry at the site of the current tavern.[4]: 99–101
William Ingles was in charge of improving and maintaining the road leading to and from Ingles Ferry,[5] known at the time as Ingle's Ferry Road or English Ferry Road.[6]: 36 It later became a main thoroughfare and was part of as the Great Wagon Road, the Philadelphia Road, and the Wilderness Road. By 1780, William Ingles owned 907 acres and ten slaves, who ran his ferry, worked in his mills or in domestic capacities.[6]: 69 Following William Ingles' death in 1782, his son Thomas Ingles took over the operation of Ingles Ferry.[6]: 75 [7]: 51 During the first few years of its existence, Indians frequently attacked the farm and ferry.[8] Mary Draper Ingles died at Ingles Ferry in 1815.[9]
Thomas Ingles, grandson of William and Mary Draper Ingles, built a bridge across the New River at Ingles Ferry in 1840. Although it was the first bridge across the river, it was destroyed during the Civil War.[10]
The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.[11][12]
See also
Bibliography
- Fitzpatrick, Francis Burke. History of Ingles Ferry - 1937. Washington, District of Columbia: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1990. Notes: Microfilm of original typescript (1937, carbon or mimeograph, 65 leaves). Contains history of Ingles Ferry and settlement and biographical sketches of Colonel William Ingles and Mary Draper Ingles.
- John Preston McConnell Library. James Zoll Ingles Ferry Store Ledgers: [Finding Aid]. Radford, Va: McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, 2011. Summary: This contains two ledgers and a few supporting documents from a store owned by James Zoll that was at or near the site of Ingles Ferry near Radford, and operated ca. 1850-1870s.
- Killen, Linda. Ingles Ferry Ledgers: 1840s to 1880s. [Virginia?]: [L. Killen], 1999. Notes: Includes index. Description: 96 pages; 28 cm. Responsibility: transcribed by Linda Killen.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Ingels History
- ^ Smith, Conway Howard. Colonial Days in the Land that Became Pulaski County. Pulaski County Library Board, 1975.
- ^ Ann Brush Miller, Betty E. Spillman and Shirley P. Thomas, "Historic Roads of Virginia: Fincastle County Road Orders, 1773-1776," New River Historical Society, 2007
- ^ a b c "Montgomery County Reconnaissance Level Survey," Vol 1, July 1986, Historic Sites Survey: Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks
- ^ Kegley, Frederick Bittle., Kegley, Mary B. Early Adventurers on the Western Waters: The New River of Virginia in pioneer days, 1745-1800. Green Publishers, 1980.
- ^ History of the Great Kanawha Valley [West Virginia: With Family History and Biographical Sketches: a Statement of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages]. Westminster, Md: Heritage Books, 2007. Pages 84-93.
- ^ Ryan S. Mays, "The Draper's Meadows Settlement (1746-1756)," Part II, The Smithfield Review, Volume 19, 2015
- ^ Hale, John P. Trans-Allegheny Pioneers: Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies, 1748 and After. [Place of publication not identified: Clearfield, 2002. Page 114.
- ^ Virginia Outdoors Foundation Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 July 2010
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ingles Ferry" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
