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LillingtonSee Long Creek.
Lillington Countywas authorized to be est. in 1859 from a portion of New Hanover County, provided that two-thirds of the qualified voters of Rocky Point Precinct approved. The act was not approved, but Pender County, which see, was later est. in approx. the same area.
Lillington Creekrises in E Pender County and flows SW into Northeast Cape Fear River. Named for Gen. Alexander Lillington (1725-86), whose plantation was nearby. Appears as Island Creek on the Collet map, 1770; as Maxwell Creek on the Price map, 1808; and as Lillington's Mill Creek on the MacRae map, 1833.
Lillington Townshipcentral Harnett County.
Lillington's Mill CreekSee Lillington Creek.
Lilliputthe plantation of Eleazer Allen (1692-1750), councillor, judge, receiver general, and treasurer of North Carolina, was located on the N side of Lilliput Creek in E Brunswick County. Land was granted to Allen in 1725, and he named the plantation for the imaginary country in Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels (1726). Part of the 300-volume library at Lilliput was inherited by a daughter of James Hasell and might have been inc. into the remarkable Hasell library. Lilliput was purchased by Gov. William Tryon as a summer residence, and he still owned the property as late as 1784. Location of Lilliput is shown on the Moseley map, 1733, under the name of "E. Allen"; on the Collet map, 1770, as "Lilliput to the G."; and on the Price map, 1808, as "Lilliput."
Lilliput CreekE Brunswick County, flows E from McKenzie Pond into Cape Fear River. Named for Lilliput, which see, a nearby plantation. Shown as Allen's Creek on the MacRae map, 1833, and on the Colton map, 1861. Appears as Lilliput Creek on the 1865 U.S. Coast Survey map and on the Kerr map, 1882.
Lillycommunity in NE Camden County.
Lily Branchrises in central Mitchell County and flows SW into North Toe River.
Lily Pond Creekrises in W Northampton County and flows SW to join Gumberry Swamp in forming Wheeler Creek.