Averasboro

… formerly a town on the Cape Fear River in SE Harnett County. Provided for by legislative act in 1791, to be laid off on land owned by Alexander Avera and called Averasburg. Site of a gristmill about 1740 and soon afterward of other public buildings. Site of Confederate attack on Sherman's army, March 15, 1865. Town began to decline soon after Civil War and by 1888 was practically abandoned. Site, 1 mi. S of Erwin, is marked by grove of large oak and beech trees and sets of historic houses and historical markers.