Photo: Fearrington House before porch and columns were added. 

Fearrington Village has been a prominent fixture of Chatham County since the 1970s, and many people know that the property was previously the farm of the Fearrington family. That farm was called Eureka Farm, and it was owned by Bill Sharpe’s great grandparents. Bill has recorded some history of the family and the farm in four short articles. The articles document what farming was like in Chatham County in the 1930s to 1960s, providing details that would likely be lost if Bill had not taken the time to add to his own memories by interviewing his cousin Jesse Fearrington, his father, and others, and to record them. Bill also includes photographs that add so much to the stories. We are grateful that he has shared these stories with us so that we can make them available to everyone and preserve them for future generations.

You can link to the articles individually from this page.

https://chathamhistory.org/resources/Documents/PDFs/ResearchArticles/Before%20Fearrington%20Village%20Eureka%20Farm.pdf

Additional photos of Eureka Farm have been donated to CCHA by Jess Fearrington. You can see a photo gallery of those photos on our website:

https://chathamhistory.org/Fearrington-Family-Eureka-Farm

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