Lincoln & Surrounding Counties, North Carolina

Description of Genealogically Relevant Places & Links to Detailed Maps or More Info

Amity Baptist Church - Lincoln Co., NC.

S.L. Bolinger was lay minister of Amity Baptist Church, as described in his mini-biography.
He and his wife, Emily Louise Mullen Bolinger, are buried in the church cemetery.

Ball's Creek - Catawba Co., NC.

S.L. Bolinger lived with his sister in Catawba County near Balls Creek, as described in his mini-biography.

Belmont - Gaston Co., NC.

Sloan Springs belonged to a Presbyterian church in Belmont. Likely, Sloan is buried in Belmont.

Concord Church - Gaston Co., NC. (click to view map & aerial photos of church)

Built on the property of Moses Stroup, Jr., who is buried in the church cemetery.

Charlotte - Mecklenberg Co., NC.

Margaret Springs, mother of S.L. Bolinger, likely came from Charlotte.

Lowell - Gaston Co., NC.

Hometown of S.L. Bolinger and his wife, Emily Louise Mullen Bolinger, prior to moving to
Lincoln County, according to S.L. Bolinger's mini-biography.

Lincolnton - Lincoln Co., NC.

Dr. W.C. Kiser's family relocated to Lincolnton for a short period, beginning about 1922.

Lowesville - Gaston Co., NC.

Emily Louise Mullen Bolinger's mother was Emily Jane Lowe from Lowesville in Gaston County.

McAdenville - Gaston, Co., NC.

Former residence of Sloan Springs and his second wife, Nannie.

Morganton - Burkes Co., NC.

Former hometown of Nell Bolinger Mundy.

Pumpkin Center - Lincoln Co., NC.

Former residence of Belvis and Ilese Kiser Bolinger, where their children were born.

Reepsville & Russell's Chapel - click to view map & aerial photos of chapel

Reepsville, Lincoln Co., NC Map and Aerial Photo. (80K JPEG 30sec@28.8K)
Russell's Chapel and Cemetery, former residence of Belvis and Ilese Kiser Bolinger, and Mike and Kate Kiser.
Russell's Chapel was named after Russell Kiser, who died while in seminary school. The cemetery contains the
graves of Russell Kiser, his father and mother, William Caswell and Laura Beatrice Stroup Kiser, his sister and
her husband, Ilese Kiser and Belvis Mullen Bolinger, and his brother and his wife, Mike and Katie Kiser.

Rock Springs Campground, Denver, - Catawba Co., NC.

Location of camp meeting where Ilese Kiser met B.M. Bolinger, which ultimately resulted in their marriage.

Rutherford College - Burke Co., NC.

College that Russell Kiser was attending when he contracted typhoid fever and died. In 1934, Rutherford merged
with Weaver College to form Brevard College. Click here to open a new window with history of Brevard College.