community in W Davidson County in the former Jersey Settlement, which see. Alt. 659. Named by Dr. William Rainey Holt (1798-1868) for his nearby plantation. Produces lumber.

community in SW Rowan County served by post office, 1886-1902.

rises in S Catawba County and flows SW into Lincoln County, where it joins Sawmill Creek in forming Leepers Creek.

community in S central Bladen County, was the plantation of Col. John Slingsby, Tory commander at the Battle of Elizabethtown, at which he was fatally wounded.

S central Sampson County.

See Lisbon.

rises in N Madison County and flows S into Spillcorn Creek.

central Madison County, extends SW approx. 1½ mi. between Heck Creek and Bee Branch.

NE Rutherford County between First Broad River and Duncans Creek. It is said that carpetbaggers lived in a cave there during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War.

See Elisha Creek.