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401    HAUSER / SAWYERS - Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

Location - On Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, Pinnacle, NC.

Coordinates: 36d 15m 53.2s N; 80d 29m 11.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From the Farm Visitors' Center walk downhill to the buildings; at the corn crib turn left and walk through the barn. Follow the trail into the woods. Enter the Sawyers Section, then the Hauser Section.

Surveyed by Jack Luffman and Rex Melton on October 28, 2009.
Township or district:  Shoals
Public Or Private:  Public Access
Elevation above sea level (ft):  936
Status of Cemetery:  well maintained

Solomon Sawyers, a free African-American, purchased 50 acres of land in 1842 that was located north of and adjoined the Hauser farm. The current parking lot is located on part of the farm. The families were close friends and exchanged labor while working the crops. Members of the Sawyers' family were buried adjacent to members of the Hauser family.

There are also 10 unmarked rocks in the Sawyers Section.

1. Hauser, Archie P.   (b. 10 Jul 1853 - d. 19 Aug 1853)
Aged 1 mo 9 days.
2. Hauser, Elisabeth C.   (b. 14 Nov 1810 - d. 16 Jan 1864)
Aged 53 yrs 2 mos 2 days.
3. Hauser, John   (b. 25 May 1807 - d. 21 Apr 1886)
Aged 78 yrs 10 mos 26 days.
4. Hauser, John W.   (b. 30 Dec 1847 - d. 20 Sep 1867)
Aged 19 yrs 8 mos 20 days.
5. Hauser, Mary S.   (b. 20 Jun 1812 - d. 7 Nov 1893)
Aged 81 yrs 4 mos 17 days.
6. Hauser, Virgil W.   (b. 10 Dec 1841 - d. 1 Sep 1861)
Aged 19 yrs 8 mos 21 days.Died at Manassas (Civil War)
7. Sawyers, Andy F.   (b. 18 Nov 1878 - d. 6 Jan 1879)
8. Sawyers, Charley C.   (b. 22 Jan 1882 - d. 23 Jun 1882)
9. Sawyers, Fred E.   (b. 4 Nov 1880 - d. 2 Mar 1884)
10. Sawyers, Isaac   (b. 6 Apr 1885 - d. 29 Jul 1885)