Harrill/Harris Cemetery, Monroe Co., Tn
Harrill / Harris Cemetery
Monroe County, Tennessee
Photographed By: Joy Locke and Genealogy Research by: Dede Harrill
Photographed Feb. 2009
Location: From Madisonville, take Hwy 68 South to Isbill Rd., turn right, cemetery on left side of East Tennessee Health Care Nursing Home
Click names in blue to view pictures.
Names in black have no pictures. According to an account these markers were destroyed when the nursing home was built.
According to Ann Tallent, the Harrill / Harris Cemetery was est. Oct. 20, 1835 as Cumberland Presby. Campground by deed from George C. Harris. Last known burial was Charlie B. Harrill who passed away on Sep. 10, 1968 (Biereley Hale Funeral Home records). There was a marker put up but it was destroyed when the nursing home was built. Most of the Harrills and Harrises were buried in the right front corner of the cemetery and their markers destroyed. The Wilsons were buried in the left front corner. In 1989 Joe Benthal, the state archaeologist and Ann Tallent located a row of 27 graves in the left back section marked with field stones which had been run over and pushed into the ground. These were supposedly Civil War soldiers killed nearby.
Click on Bible for Absolom Harrill Bible Record
Sarah Bayless Mar. 16, 1809 - Oct. 23, 1857. W/o Thomas A. Bayless. D/o Geo. C. & Sarah McCray Harris.
Margaret C. Cline Jan. 17, 1866 - Oct. 24, 1868. D/o Jacob L. & Mary I. Wilson Cline. Jacob Leander Cline S/o John & Margaret Hawk Cline. Mary D/o Isaac N. & Rebecca Harris Wilson, who was D/o Geo. C. Harris
Sarah E. Davis Nov. 24, 1841 - Sep. 25, 1916. Wife of Anderson Campbell Davis. D/o Isaac N. Wilson III & Rebecca Harris. Isaac S/o Charles Gillespie Wilson & Eliz. Broyles of Wa Co. Tn. Rebecca Harris D/o Geo. C. & Sarah McCray Harris
Elizabeth Davis 1860 - 1863
(The stone was broken with the top laying on the ground. Joy's dau. Christy combined the separate photos of the headstone using a photo program to make it appear whole.)
Absolom Harrill: Apr. 11, 1805 - Feb. 15, 1882. H/o Lydia Harris. S/o Hazel & Catherine Shanks Harrill
Lydia Harris Harrill: June 19, 1807 - Oct. 14, 1881. W/o Absolom Harrill. D/o George C. & Sarah McCray Harris
B. Wright Harrill June 13, 1908 - May 4, 1909. S/o Charlie Bunion & Anna Gregory Harrill
Benjamin J. Harrill: Oct 17, 1829 - Mar. 27, 1900. S/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
Charlie B. Harrill: Feb. 12, 1886 - Sep. 10, 1968. S/o Benj. Lafayette & Mary Eliz. Hicks Harrill. Benj. L. S/o Elijah L. Harrill & Mary Eliz. Hicks D/o W. Chapman & Rachel Sneed Hicks
Anna Harrill Dec. 4, 1888 - July 22, 1921. D/o Grover Gregory
Daniel C. Harrill: Sep. 16, 1831 - Sep. 9, 1862. S/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
Elijah L. Harrill: Feb. 28, 1836 - June 7, 1887. S/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
Mary Ann McClure Harrill: Married Sep. 23, 1858 to Elijah L. Harrill. D/o Wm. & Mary "Polly" Lane McClure
Fanny Louise Harrill: Aug. 4, 1845 - June 8, 1886. D/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
Hester "Aunt Heck" Harrill: Aug. 4, 1845 - Jan. 4, 1921. D/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
J. Olley Harrill July 21, 1887 - Aug. 27, 1891. S/o Benj. Lafayette & Mary Eliz. Hicks Harrill. Benj. S/o Elijah L. & Mary McClure Harrill. Mary E. Hicks D/o W. chapman & Rachel Sneed Hicks
Mary C. Harrill: Feb. 28, 1836 - May 11, 1902. D/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
Sarah Jane Harrill: Mar. 11, 1834 - Aug. 22, 1834. D/o Absolom & Lydia Harris Harrill
George Carroll Harris Jan. 12, 1781 - May 8, 1865. H/o Sarah McCray & Sarah Heiskell Grubb who md. 1st Darius Grubb. George S/o Benjamin (Rev. War) & Jane Crampton Harris of Wa.Co.Tn
(The name of the stone maker A.D. Fagan on front of the stone is I believe Ambrose D. Fagan b. Ireland, a stone carver I found in 1870 and 1880 Knox Co., Tn census.)
Sarah Harris Died Oct. 12, 1853, aged 66 years. Consort of Geo. C. Harris, 1st wife of George. D/o Daniel & Sarah Nodding McCray of Wa. Co. Tn
James F. McKeehan May 11, 1877 - June 14, 1945. H/o Irene Wilson. S/o Frank & Minerva McLemore McKeehan per Biereley Hale F.H.
Charles Gillespie Wilson: 1797 - June 10, 1841. H/o Elizabeth Broyles
Jane Gillespie Hayes Wilson 1798 - May 12, 1873-age 75. Wife of John Wilson. D/o Nathaniel Hayes & Elizabeth Gillespie. John S/o Isaac & Rosina Wilhoite/Wilhite of Wa. Co., Tn
(The stone was broken with the top laying on the ground. Joy's dau. Christy combined the separate photos of the headstone using a photo program to make it appear whole.)
John U. Wilson Nov. 30, 1871 - Nov. 4, 1891. S/o John Broyles & Louvena Eliz. Barr Wilson
Louisa A. Wilson Oct. 14, 1869 - Oct. 27, 1872. D/o John Broyles & Louvena Eliz. Barr Wilson
Mellison A. McCaslin Gillespie Wilson: Died 1851/52. 1st wife of Isaac Gillespie Wilson who was S/o John & Jane Gillespie Hayes Wilson.
