Topics Related to Lincoln County

Iron Works (O-9)

Many iron mines and forges were operated within a radius of ten miles of this point between 1790 and 1880.

Stephen D. Ramseur (O-8)

West Point graduate. A Confederate major general at 27; mortally wounded, Cedar Creek, Va. Grave 2 blocks N.

Schenk-Warlick Mill (O-7)

First cotton mill in N.C. Built prior to 1816 by Michael Schenck and Absalom Warlick. Mill stood one-half mile N.

Battle of Ramsour's Mill (O-3)

Patriot militia led by Col. Francis Locke, on June 20, 1780, defeated Tories led by Maj. John Moore 400 yards west.