Near Lincolnton in Lincoln County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Plonk Family Cemetery

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 31, 2023

1. Plonk Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Burial site of Jacob Plonk (c.1747-1845)
Patriot of the American Revolution
His wife, Christina Kiser Plonk, son Joseph Plonk, his wife Barbara Rudisill Plonk, and Plonk, Hauss, Heafner, and Tutherow descendants. One of many early German-speaking immigrant families in Lincoln County. Located 250 feet west.

Erected by Plonk descendants and Lincoln County Historical Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 35° 25.907′ N, 81° 17.429′ W. Marker is near Lincolnton, North Carolina, in Lincoln County. It is on Old Lincolnton Crouse Road 0.1 miles north of North Carolina Route 150, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1488 Old Lincolnton Crouse Rd, Crouse NC 28033, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Piedmont

and in Greater Charlotte.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the

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Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Daniel E. Rhyne / Laboratory Historic District (approx. 1.9 miles away); James Pinckney Henderson (approx. 2.1 miles away); Woodside 18th Century (approx. 2.1 miles away); Connie M. Guion (approx. 2.7 miles away); Confederate Laboratory (approx. 2.9 miles away); Cemetery (approx. 3.2 miles away); J.G. Arends (approx. 3.3 miles away); "Old White Church" Cemetery / " Old White Church " (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lincolnton.

Regarding Plonk Family Cemetery. Cemetery located across field in grove of trees

Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2023, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 32 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 31, 2023, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.