Hawfields Church

Historical marker location:

2115 NC Highway 119, Mebane, North Carolina

( Marker is on State Highway 119, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1941

During the Civil War, North Carolina was the second to last state to secede from the Union, doing so on May 20, 1861, and sending more soldiers to fight for the Confederacy than any other state.