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Louisburg Tar River antebellum town lots

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: crockery.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1908 historic-map era

Franklin County seat on the upper Tar River, an antebellum college and plantation trade town. Old back lots hold privy pits from the 1780s-1900s.

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