Record #:

12945

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Encompassing 308 square miles and located in the Piedmont region of the state, Lincoln County is predominately an industrial community. Long sustained via enterprises such as paper mills, tanneries, coach assembly, cotton factories, iron harvesting and production, Lincoln was also the leading pine planting county in 1959.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 24, Apr 1960, p8-10, 23-26, 28, il, map

Subject(s):

Lincoln County--History; Lincoln County--Economic conditions

Record #:

12946

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Born on 18 February 1762, in Fairfax, Virginia, Daniel Asbury would later become a Methodist preacher instrumental in organizing camp style meetings for religious purposes.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 24, Apr 1960, p11, il

Subject(s):

Asbury, Daniel, 1762-1825; Methodists

Record #:

12947

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Memorialized by a monument erected in his honor in 1921, Stephen D. Ramseur, the youngest major general in the Confederate Army, died during the Battle of Cedar Creek Virginia, 19 October 1864.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 24, Apr 1960, p12, por

Subject(s):

Ramseur, Stephen Dodson, 1837-1864

Record #:

12949

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Numerous old homes, important for historical as well as architectural reasons, survive in Lincoln County. Confederate Hall, Vesuvius, Woodside, and Lincoln's Courthouse, are some of the remaining examples.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 24, Apr 1960, p13, il

Subject(s):

Historic buildings--Lincoln County