Hawfields

John Debow (not De Bow, as it is often spelt), a Presbyterian preacher, uncle of Archibald Debow Murphey, the eminent lawyer and promoter of public education, once Professor of Languages in our University, taught in the Hawfields, long before the creation of Alamance County.

Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900 Charles Harden 1896

This school was maintained by Mr. Tate for about eighteen years, but so pronounced and violent were his Whig principles, that the proximity of British power rendered it unsafe for him, so he removed into the interior, making Hawfields, in Orange County, his home.

The History of Education in North Carolina 1888

He married Ann Allen, of the Hawfields and left a large family, among them George A. Mebane of Mason Hall, merchant and Post-Master.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

He removed to Hawfields, in Orange County, before the revolution.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

Judge Ashe was born in June, 1812, at Hawfields, then Orange County, now Alamance.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884

The names of the first elders in Hawfields have not been preserved.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

Whether Mr. Pattillo taught school during the five or six years he preached at the Hawfields, is not distinctly known; that he did after his removal, and for a long time, is well known; and, also, that his circumstances required him to have a greater income than his salary.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

Mr. John Debow, the successor of Henry Pattillo the first pastor, who is spoken of by tradition as an excellent preacher, had died in September, 1783, and lies buried in the church-yard at Hawfields.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

Cross Roads and Hawfields were vacant at the commencement of the revival.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846

After a visit to Tar River, he returned to Mr. Anderson's, and on the fourth Sabbath of August preached at the Hawfields.

Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers 1846