Silver Hill, North Carolina

Silver Hill, North Carolina is an unincorporated township in Davidson County, North Carolina.

Silver Hill, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Silver Hill
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°42′22.71″N 80°12′25.16″W
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyDavidson
Time zoneEastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST)EDT

History

Since its discovery in 1838 silver, lead and zinc were mined at the Washington mine within the town.[1][2] It was one of the only silver mines in North Carolina. The company that owned the mine was known as the "Washington Mining Company" and then the "Silver Hill Mining Company" and was largely controlled by a group of New York investors who also controlled the company town as well.[3] During the American Civil War, lead from the mine was used in Confederate bullets.[4] The historic Beck's Reformed Church Cemetery is located within the town.

The Robert Nancy Monroe House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[5]

References
  1. Hand book of North Carolina: embracing historical and physiographical sketches of the state, with statistical and other information relating to its industries, resources and political condition (Google eBook) (Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Print, 1879), pg. 128
  2. Report of the geological survey of North Carolina: Vol. I. Physical geography, resumé, economical geology (Google eBook) (J. Turner, State printer and binder, 1875), pg. 289
  3. Charles C. Bolton, Poor Whites of the Antebellum South: Tenants and Laborers in Central North Carolina and Northeast Mississippi, (Duke University Press, 1994), 35-36.
  4. Robert J "Bob" Schabilion, Down the Crabtree, (AuthorHouse, 2009), pg. 99
  5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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