ises in S Transylvania County and flows NE into French Broad River.

SW Wilkes County between Yadkin River and Long Fork of Beaver Creek. Named for James Brown, eighteenth-century resident who lived at its foot. Alt. 2,075. Joins Jerry Mountain in NE Caldwell County.

See Vaughan.

community in N Guilford County. Alt. 805. Land there acquired by Jesse Brown, 1858. Named for him in 1863 when Richmond and Danville Railroad was built; the Brown farm was the highest point on the line. Also called Brown Summit.

rises in SE Onslow County and flows SW into Turpentine Creek. Appears in local records as Brown's Creek as early as 1744.

rises in E Cumberland County and flows SE into Big Creek.

See Vaughan.

community in NE Granville County on Grassy Creek. A post office as early as 1822.

community in S Greene County. Named for the fact that it was a community of residents of mixed race. Settled prior to 1890.

former town in NE Davidson County. Inc. 1843 at the junction of the Fayetteville-to-Salem and the Greensboro-to-Salisbury roads. A center of trade and furniture making until one of the roads was changed in 1859. The coming of the railroad brought a decline to the town and, after the Civil War, it was abandoned. Many of the people moved to what became High Point.