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Sherrod Mayes established a ferry there arounf 1795. The area became known as Mayes Ford. After the TVA created the Cherokee Reservoir in 1941, only Sherrod's highest hilltops reached the surface of the water. They have since been refered to as "Mayes Islands".
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