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A Nin ineteenth-Century ry Quaker Family Farm rmstead in in the North Carolina Pie iedmont: Data Recovery ry Excavations at the Trogdon- Squirrel Creek Sit ite, , Randolph County, North Carolina. D. Brad Hatch (Dovetail Cultural Resource Group)

Introduction • 1792: Catherine Trogdon Hammer and Abraham Hammer • 1826: Levisia Hammer and John Trogdon, Jr. • 1875: John M. Trogdon and Nancy Trogdon • 1883: Peter Glasgow • 1918: Samantha Jane Moore • Post-1920: Out of Family

Identification and Previous Investigations

Data Recovery Plan/ Research Questions • Agriculture and Rural Lifeways • Landscape • Family and Land Histories

Methodology • Mapping • Metal Detecting • Soil Chemistry • Random Test Units • Block Excavation • Feature Excavation

Results: Buildings and Features (Dwelling)

Results: Buildings and Features (Outbuilding)

Results: Buildings and Features (Fences)

Results: Buildings and Features (Road)

Results: Artifacts

Results: Artifacts

Interpretations: Dating

Interpretations: Landscape Use

Interpretations: Landscape Use

Interpretations: Local Economy

Conclusions/Continuing Research

Thank You • NCDOT (Brian Overton and Matt Wilkerson) • OSA (John Mintz) • Hal and Eleanor Pugh • Tommy Cranford • Mary Farrell • Jerry Darnell