www.RatchfordFamily.webs.com

A great trip down memory lane for Gaston County natives and for anyone who wants to see what it was like in the old days of Gastonia, NC....Remember cruising on Franklin Blvd?, ..then this site is for you!

If you are from Gaston County, you need know nothing else....

Since 1915 Tony's Ice Cream has been a Gaston County Destination.

Owned and operated by Samuel and Alyce Ratchford. Vidalia provides an extraordinary fine dining, a casual lunch, or a Sunday brunch, in beautiful downtown Boone. The exceptional service and intimate atmosphere welcomes you for a unique and comfortable dining experience. Located on King Street, in downtown Boone, NC.

This church is the burial place for our Ratchford family pioneers. The website also chronicles some of the Revolutionary War connections our family has and puts the Scots-Presbyterian's role in our country's fight for independence into perspective. A great website!

Here is a good website for connecting with other family members. You can do research and view a virtual cemetery with Ratchford Graves in it....all for free.

Every Ratchford child, descended from Moses Ratchford, is eligible to join this organization. It provides children with leadership and group participation opportunities, as well as educates them on our history as American patriots.

This is a good site for connecting to our kinfolk from around the Lincoln-Gaston area.

A website dedicated to the Clemmer men who fought for the Confederacy during the War of Northern Aggression...Our Ratchford ancestors fought side-by-side with these men in many of the same Confederate Infantry Units...A truly fascinating website!

A connection between the Ratchfords and the Hambrights and links to the American Revolution, and the Battle for Kings Mountain...

A family tree website following the genealogical outline by aunt Wilma Ratchford Craig.

Information about Gaston County history with a surname listing for genealogical links and other resources.

This website describes the battle/massacre at Wounded Knee where US Cavalry and Infantry troops attempted to capture and disarm American Indians...Among the US Soldiers killed was Captain Wallace, a Ratchford descendent, who also fought and survived the Battle at Little Big Horn (Custer's Last Stand).

A biographical account of the life of Captain George B. Wallace, descendant from William Ratchford. Written by a York County, SC historian, John D. Mackintosh.

A beautiful gallery of pictures from Historic Bethel Presbyterian Church...burial site for many American Patriots, including Moses Ratchford. Also the burial site for Ratchford pioneer, William Ratchford.