HARRIS CEMETERY, Timbercrest Rd, MADISON COUNTY ALABAMA

Mapping the Location

Photo overviews of the Harris Cemetery: 0040/0041/0042/0044/0045/Wide View-Labeled/Wide View

ELDRIDGE, Millicent T., wife of William Harris. Born Dec. 25, 1799 - died Sept. 12, 1867. (nee Millicent Thomas Eason)  (Millicent T. Garson?/(Eason?) married William Harris 9-26-1816. After his death she married John R. B. Eldridge.) (no memorial stone found)
HARRIS Richard, In Memory of Richard Harris, Soldier of the Revolution, & of the Cross. Born Nov. 20, 1758 - Died Jan. 23, 1853. (son of Benjamin Harris and Ann Epps Harris of Southam Parrish, Cumberland Co., Va.) 0002/Revolutionary War Plaque:0024/0025/0026
HARRIS Judith W., In memory of Judith W., wife of Richard Harris. Born May 24, 1775 - died Nov. 18, 1837. (nee Judith W. Sims; the daughter of Benjamin Sims of Cumberland Co., Va. 0029/0031/0032
HARRIS, William, Born Feb. 1, 1796 - died April 13, 1831. (no memorial stone found)
HARRIS, Nancy Hales Clopton, born May 6, 1808 - death date unknown. (no memorial stone found)
HARRIS, Richard Benjamin, born 1806 - death date unknown. (no memorial stone found)
WHORTON, Dr. George R., born Nov 8, 1803 - died Jun 20, 1873.  footstone found - initials G.R.W. (Was the gravestone (headstone) moved to or set in Maplehill to join his wife there?*) footstone G.R.W.:0036
WHORTON, Eliza P., born Sep 19, 1814 - died 1893, wife of Dr George R. Whorton & daughter of Richard & Judith Simms Harris) (not buried here - see gravestone in Maplehill cemetery)
WHORTON, Eugenia,  May 23, 1850 - Aug 30, 1850 (daughter of George R & Eliza P. Whorton) 0037/0039/footstone E.W.:0035

*This is an 1873 style footstone. Dr Whorton's gravestone is in Maplehill Cemetery and is the traditional style used in the 1890 suggesting he is buried here, but stone was set up in Maplehill.

Stone inscribed as Family of Capt Richard Harris: 0034

The Southern Advocate of Feb. 9, 1853 published the following, in part:

"Died, in Madison County, Ala. , Jan. 23rd, 1853, Capt. Richard Harris. The deceased was born in Powhatan Co., Va., on the 20th of November, 1758. When but a youth, at the age of 17, he entered the army, and with that veteran band of soldiers, fighting for liberty and truth, devoted himself to his country's interests till the close of the war. He was an eye-witness of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Little York. After having shared with his countrymen the hardships of war, he returned to his home and friends to enjoy that glorious boon, liberty, for which he had so earnestly contended.
He professed religion in Powhatan Co. , Va., and soon after united himself with the M. E. Church, where he remained, for more than half a century He removed from Virginia to Madison County, Ala., in 1809 and resided near Blue Spring till the day of his death....."
 

US Census of Madison Co. 1850 (This census on Oct. 23, 1850 shows Capt. Harris, age 91, living with his daughter and son-in-law, Dr. George and Eliza P. Wharton, and holding property valued at $5,500.

Name:Richard Harris, Age:91
Birth Year:abt 1759
Birthplace:Virginia
Home in 1850:Second Regiment 33, Madison, Alabama, USA
Gender:Male
Family Number:13
Household Members:
Name             Age
George Wharton    46 $10,000
Eliza Wharton     34
Mary Wharton      16
Laura Wharton     14
Elizabeth Wharton 12
Ellen Wharton     10
Cornelia Wharton   7
Ann Wharton        3
Eugenia Wharton 3/12
Richard Harris    91  $5,500
Susan S Thompson  42
Jane Thompson     14

Listings & Links developed by C. Wayne Austin using photos dated 21 Jul 2017 by the same. Added here with appropriate commentary & editing 23 Aug 2017. This cemetery was shown in the book Madison County Cemeteries Vol I, page 167 by Dorothy Scott Johnson, abt 1979.