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Trogdon-Squirrel Creek Site (31RD1426)

Site History

The Trogdon-Squirrel Creek site (31RD1426) is an 18th and 19th-century domestic site on Squirrel Creek near Asheboro in Randolph County, North Carolina. The property was owned in the late 18th and 19th centuries by a Quaker family, the Trogdons. The Trogdon family resided in Randolph County as early as the 1750s. The land where the site is located was owned by Samuel Trogdon and passed to his daughter and her husband, Catherine Trogdon Hammer and Abraham Hammer in 1792. From there, it became the property of John Trogdon Jr, who passed the 196-acre parcel to John M. and Nancy M. Trogdon.

Archaeological Investigations

Phase I testing of this site by Environmental Service, Inc. took place in 2006 in connection with a highway construction project. Eighteen shovel test pits were excavated and a pedestrian survey revealed a large partially collapsed stone chimney, as well as stone piers delineating the footprint of the house. Historic artifacts present on the ground surface around the ruins were collected. Two 1x1 meter units were excavated inside and outside the house footprint.

References

Seibel, Scott, Karl Anderson, Matthew Postlewaite, and Terri Russ

2006   Intensive Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Asheboro Southern Bypass, Randolph County, North Carolina. North Carolina Department of Transportation.

(Edited from Seibel et al. 2006)