Record #:

10899

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

In 1912, in Iredell County, Sheriff J. M. Deaton and G. L. McKnight entered into partnership to sell cars manufactured by a man named Henry Ford. That partnership would later become Carolina Motor Company, the oldest Ford dealer in North Carolina. The company is also third oldest in the South, and nationwide only about fifty Ford agencies have a longer continuous existence. The company is still family owned.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 7, July 1969, p13-15, por

Subject(s):

Deaton family; Family-owned business enterprises--Statesville; Automobile dealers--Statesville; Carolina Motor Co. (Statesville)