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607    UNKNOWN [K99.1]

Location - Haw River Township. South of Mt. View Church Rd.; east of Rocky Branch and north of Deep River.

Coordinates: 35d 37m 44.3s N; 79d 07m 43.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Discovered and reported by Van Finch survey crew, early April 2020. The crew provided some photos. Appears to have been part of plantation owned by W. G. Harris prior to Civil War and subsequently part of R. G. (Robert Gade) Bryant estate. William G. Harris represented Chatham County in the NC Senate. He was a farmer and slaveholder; served as postmaster of the Adolph post office from 1849-1858; and also later ran, unsuccessfully, as a delegate to the state secession convention. R. Gade Bryant was a successful African-American farmer and leader who helped establish Chatham's black agricultural agents and farm office, as well as the Colored Agricultural and Industrial Fair.

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery. Sample grave marker in the cemetery.

Owner: 130 Chatham.
Legal Description: Parcel 11036. Plat 2007-121 references R. G. Bryant Estate and "Old Harris Farm Tract." Also referenced WG Harris will, Will Bk E p526-7; plat 1-35, survey of land of W.G. Harris and Martha E. Peebles, 1937; IQ/52; 680/868; estate file 94E/255 Lee Co.

Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro. Code K.
Family owned: Yes. Abandoned.
Number of graves: 6.
Cemetery size: not specified.
Type: Other; Unknown.
Unrestricted access: No. Private property.
Condition: Overgrown, not easily identifiable.
Enclosed: No.
Markers: Yes.
Markers with inscriptions: None. Fieldstone markers.
Number of readable markers: 0.
Last burial: Unknown.
First burial: Unknown.
Markers damaged: No.
Hazard to cemetery: Neglect.
Listed: No.

Last canvassed by: Van Finch on 16 April 2020.