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should be intensively surveyed to search for comparative information on changing land use patterns over time . Historical archaeological documentary, field, and laboratory research should help delineate the location and uses of outbuldings and other cultural features at the property. One other architectural survey farmstead, the Hill Farm, also dates to the early period of settlement in the corridor. This site (Or659) has an extant component dating to 1780 . Again, an intensive historical archaeological survey of the property would result in comparative data on changing historic land use patterns in the study area. It would be important to discover the exact location and condition of the Lockhart family ' s ancestral farmstead on Lockhill Farm. The field on the knoll above Finches Branch should be systematically shovel tested to ascertain the site ' s location. Fieldwork should be intensive to allow the archaeologists to determine the site ' s potential for nomination to the National Register of Historic PIaces . These data would offer important comparative information on nineteenth- century land use and settlement patterns in the eastern section of the project corridor. The archaeological features already noted at the Caine Roberts farmstead (Or673 ; 31Or486 * * } demonstrate that the potential for intact, significant archaeological resources on the property is high. An intensive program of systematic testing and research will result in recommendations as to the National Register potential of this late nineteenth- century agrarian complex. The current owners are highly motivated to discover the National Register of Historic Places eligibility of their historic property (Andersons, personal communication 1999) . They own one other parcel containing a recorded archaeological site with high potential for intact resources . This is the small log cabin site dating to about 1891 (31Or487 * * ) . Systematic survey and testing at this site will reveal comparative data on a small project area site, believed to represent the farm of a relatively poor family. Archaeological investigations at this site, when compared to results from the other sites listed above, will enhance our understanding of the lifeways of farmers from differing economic circumstances . Churches and Schools- The St . Mary ' s Chapel National Register of Historic Places nomination describes the extant 1859 church. The National Register of Historic Places boundaries of this property should be clarified, and the form amended. The ruins of the 1759 chapel and the cemetery (31Or496 * * ) should be considered as possible contributing elements when the National Register form is amended . Cemeteries- Cemeteries are protected by North Carolina law. It is a misdemeanor to deface or desecrate graves (North Carolina G . S . 14- 148) and a Class 1 felony to knowingly plow over - or cover up gravesites (G . S . 14449) . North Carolina law ( G . S . 65 - 74, G. S . 65 - 75 ) also offers guidelines concerning access to historic and abandoned cemeteries . North Carolina Statutes allow municipalities to assume control of abandoned cemeteries (G . S . 654 through G . S . 65 - 3 , and G . S . 65 - 7 through G. S . 654 I ) . It is recommended that landowners of family cemeteries in the project area be contacted and informed as to the pertinent North Carolina statutes . An effort should also be made to contact Mary Jane Lockhart Gosling, to see if she would fill out a North Carolina Cemetery Survey Form 49