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42 <br /> Excerpted from Historic Preservation Commission minutes, <br /> September 12, 1995. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING ON A NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF <br /> HISTORIC PLACES: <br /> a. HP-1-95 ALEXANDER HOGAN PLANTATION SITE, OR296 <br /> 1. Chair Comments/Open Public Hearing <br /> T. Dickinson open the public hearing by asking for <br /> anyone wishing to speak tonight to sign in. Those <br /> signing in are: <br /> Judson Edeburn <br /> Essie Hogan Leak <br /> Don Willhoit <br /> Brenda Carney <br /> David Rooks <br /> Mrs. Mildred Rogers <br /> T. Dickinson then gave a brief description of the <br /> location of the Alexander Hogan Plantation Site and the <br /> procedures that will be followed tonight for a <br /> recommendation/nonrecommendation to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners. <br /> Belk made a Staff report to the Commission. (See <br /> attachments I & II) <br /> After Belk's address to the Commission, he asked Dr. <br /> Trawick Ward, Professor of Archeology at UNC Chapel <br /> Hill, to speak about his study of the Alexander Hogan <br /> Plantation Site. Belk swore in Dr. Ward at this point. <br /> Ward addressed the Commission clarifying that he is a <br /> Research Archeologist for the Research Lab and Board of <br /> Anthropology. This site was first brought to Ward's <br /> attention a couple of years ago by Dawn Bodo, who was <br /> teaching a class in archeology at Elon College. She <br /> came to Ward's lab and asked if he would look at the <br /> site and give his impression in terms of its relevance <br /> to an archeological field school that Bodo wanted to <br /> offer through Elon College. After the site visit, Ward <br /> determined that the best thing that could be done would <br /> be a small scale mapping project, leaving all of the <br /> artifacts in situ and to conduct no excavations. Bodo <br /> agreed with that strategy. At that time, the only <br /> visible remains were two rectangular to square stone <br /> footings adjacent to a cemetery area that looked to <br /> have 15 to 20 unmarked graves inside. Unmarked graves <br /> in terms of rough field stones at the head and foot. <br /> 1 <br />