Elisha W. Harris Family Cemetery #1
Elisha W. Harris and his wife Ann Eliza
arrived in Hardeman County around 1826 settling on land in
extreme western Hardeman County near the Fayette/Hardeman County
line. Just one year after settling on their newly acquired land
Ann Eliza (Moorman) Harris died and was buried near the family's
homestead. Elisha sold his farm in 1832. It is unclear where he
resided immediately thereafter, but in 1837 he purchased a tract
of land in Fayette County approximately 1 2 mile to the
southwest of his original land holding. At some point he took up
residence on his new property where in 1834 he buried three of
his children and in 1844 his second wife. (See
Elisha W. Harris Family Cemetery #2)
The Harris Cemetery #1 is located in a wooded area near a field
edge on what is known today as the Jack Harris Place. It is
thought that Ann Eliza's grave site, which is marked with a
small stone, represents the cemetery's only burial. An
interpretative plaque placed at the cemetery provides historical
background on the site.
The cemetery has been designated state historic site number
40HM129 by the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. It is located
at U.T.M. coordinate E300892 N3886614 which is on the USGS Grand
Junction, TN 7.5' quadrangle map.
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ANN ELIZA A. WIFE OF E. W. HARRIS DIED March 29, 1828 AGED 22 y'rs, 10 mo's |