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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lincoln County, North Carolina
Adjacent to Lincoln County, North Carolina
▶ Burke County (20) ▶ Catawba County (28) ▶ Cleveland County (24) ▶ Gaston County (39) ▶ Iredell County (22) ▶ Mecklenburg County (56)
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| | Fashionable "watering place," a recreational and social center prior to 1861. The hotel stood five miles northeast. — — Map (db m156517) HM |
| | Home built about 1817 by Daniel M. Forney, major in War of 1812, congressman, 1815-1818, legislator, and planter. — — Map (db m156505) HM |
| | Many iron mines and forges were operated within a radius of ten miles of this point between 1790 and 1880. — — Map (db m44381) HM |
| | Presbyterian, 1801. Graves include those of Alexander Brevard, Joseph & James Graham, and Robert Hall & Joseph Graham Morrison. — — Map (db m156520) HM |
| | Governor, 1845-1849; Secretary of the Navy; United States Senator; Whig nominee for Vice President in 1852. His birthplace is 3 mi. E. — — Map (db m156518) HM |
| | "Old White Church" Cemetery First Burying Ground in Lincolnton ca. 1787 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior" Old White Church" Lincolnton's original house of worship . . . — — Map (db m44431) HM |
| | French botanist, pioneer in studying flora of western North Carolina, passed through Lincolnton, July 24, Sept. 11, 1794, and April 29, 1795. — — Map (db m44390) HM |
| | Minister, 1786-1812, of German Reformed Church in the Carolinas. Home built in 1793. Located one-half mile south. — — Map (db m45106) HM |
| | Whig Victory over Tories, June 20, 1780. Scene 400 yards west. — — Map (db m44397) HM |
| | First Burial James Hill,1828 Methodist Circuit Rider Preacher — — Map (db m44439) HM |
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Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S. — — Map (db m156680) HM |
| | Pioneer female physician. Gained National reputation from work at Cornell medical clinic, 1922 - 1970. Born 2/10 mi. N. — — Map (db m44400) HM |
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Daniel E. Rhyne
Textile Pioneer and Philanthropist
(1852 ~ 1933)
Daniel E. Rhyne was a pioneer in the textile industry in North Carolina. He built the Laboratory Cotton Mill on this site in 1885 and eventually . . . — — Map (db m156692) HM |
| | Evangelical Lutheran. Organized in 1774. J.G. Arndt was first regular minister; Philip Henkel assistant. This building, 1888, is third on site. — — Map (db m45105) HM |
| | Eleventh Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, 1982~1986
Graduated Lincolnton High School, 1944
Attended Catawba College, 1944~1946
Graduated U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1950
Interred Arlington National Cemetery
Site of . . . — — Map (db m156679) HM |
| | First black to serve in Congress. Native of N.C. Mississippi senator, 1870-1871. Operated own barbershop here, 1840s. — — Map (db m81900) HM |
| | Native German, pioneer teacher and minister, ordained 1775, first president of the N.C. Lutheran Synod, 1803. Grave a few yds. east. — — Map (db m44402) HM |
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First governor of Texas, 1846-47; U.S. Senator; officer, Mexican War. His birthplace here. — — Map (db m156693) HM |
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World War I
John Cornwell • George Davis • Thomas Garland • Isaac Henkle • Freeman Hinkle • John Holmsley • Horace Huffman • Albert Lineberger • Bidwell Loftin • Furman Martin • William Shuford • David Wright • Jess . . . — — Map (db m44415) WM |
| | Pioneer orthopedic surgeon; founded hospitals for crippled children; chief surgeon of Warm Springs (Ga.) Foundation. Birthplace 80 yds. east. — — Map (db m156689) HM |
| | On this exact site a three story brick building was erected in 1852 by John Motz and known as Motz Hotel, Leading hotel in western North Carolina. Fulfilling need, as Lincolnton was the most important town west of Salisbury. Purchased 1862 by Dr. . . . — — Map (db m44388) HM |
| | Major general, C.S.A. Promoted after Victory at Battle of Plymouth. Led troops in Va.& N.C. Home stands 50 yards E. — — Map (db m156690) HM |
| | Rear Admiral Medal of Honor awarded 22 April 1914 — — Map (db m44419) HM |
| | First cotton mill in the state of North Carolina. Built before 1816. Site ½ mile N. — — Map (db m44382) HM |
| | West Point graduate. A Confederate major general at 27; mortally wounded, Cedar Creek, Va. Grave 2 blocks N. — — Map (db m44384) HM |
| | Half a mile north from here was fought
The Battle of Ramsour's Mill
between the Whigs and Tories, June 20, 1780.
Colonel Francis Locke
Commanded the Whig Army — — Map (db m44386) HM |
| | By the spring of 1780 the war for America's independence, begun five years earlier in Massachusetts, had moved south. Following decisive victories in Georgia and South Carolina, the British army under the command of Lord Cornwallis was poised to . . . — — Map (db m44428) HM |
| | Buried here is Loyalist John Martin Shuford who died June 22, 1780 of wounds received in the Battle of Ramsour's Mill. His grave was originally marked with an old headstone and footstone. In 1997 the Lincoln County Historical Association and Shuford . . . — — Map (db m44399) HM |
| | Tradition holds that buried at this brick enclosure are Patriot Captains John Dobson and John Bowman of Burke County, Dobson's daughter Nancy, and her husband Wallace Alexander. Dobson and Bowman were mortally wounded in the Battle of Ramsour's . . . — — Map (db m44398) HM |
| | Building housed first the Pleasant Retreat Academy, chartered 1813. Later public library, museum. 1 block east. — — Map (db m44385) HM |
| | Built and dedicated to honor all citizens
of Lincoln County who have served their
country in the Armed Forces
In cooperation with
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
and
Lincoln County Board of Commissioners
James W. Warren, . . . — — Map (db m44417) HM |
| | Chief justice 1 year & assoc. justice 20 yrs., N.C. Supreme Court. Superior court judge 13 yrs. Birthplace stood here. — — Map (db m44383) HM |
| | Near here stood Cottage Home, the farmhouse of the Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, a Presbyterian minister and one of the founders of Davidson College. He and his wife, Mary Graham, had ten children; three of their daughters married men who later become . . . — — Map (db m70034) HM |
| | In 1747 Adam Sherrill and his 8 sons migrated from Pennsylvania and settled west of the Catawba River. By July, 1749, John Beatty had also crossed the Catawba. Sherrill’s Ford (site underwater) and Beatty’s Ford (underwater) were named for them. . . . — — Map (db m156502) HM |
| | Pioneer manufacturer of iron; Revolutionary War officer; Congressman, 1813-1815. Mt. Welcome, his home, was ¾ mi. S. — — Map (db m70043) HM |
| | Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate General, married Anna Morrison July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E. — — Map (db m70032) HM |
| | Begun in 18th century by Hartsoe, Hilton, Johnson, Propst, Ritchie, Seagle, and
Reinhardt families living in 4 mi. radius. — — Map (db m156694) HM |
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