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Harrison Family Cemetery
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| This cemetery is located down an old woods path, approx. 300 yd. west of Oak Grove Rd. (Route 667), 50 yd. north of Stanley Rd. (Route 666) and 0.4 miles south of Gasburg Rd. (Route 626). At least 8 other graves are here, marked only with fieldstones. |
| Latitude: | 36º 33' 47.8" N (36.563278) |
| Longitude: | 77º 54' 15.5" W (-77.904306) |
| Transcribed: | 2008 |
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| William F. Harrison | | | Coleman's Co
VA HV ARTY
C.S.A. |
This is a government-issued military marker.
This is Pvt.William F. Harrison, of Coleman's Artillery. Presumably his wife, Janetta B. Lynch, is buried here also, CWS f BCV, p. 248. |
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| Madrid M. Williams | 1 Aug 1867 — | 5 Mar 1894 | In fond memory of
There is a bright region above,
we long to reach it's shore
To join with the dear ones we love,
not lost, but gone before
Not lost blest thought
but gone before,
where we shall meet
to part no more |
This rather large stone is broken in half.
Madrid Murat Williams, CWS f BCV, p. 613. |
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| | | In loving memory of
Peggy T. Kitaguchi
N.B. Tatum
Stuart Tatum |
The names of three individuals, who may or may not be buried here, are on one stone with no dates.
These are Peggy Jane Tatum who married Tom Kitaguchi, and her brothers Norfleet Beckwith Tatum and Stuart Tatum, CWS f BCV, p. 249. |
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| Minnie H. Tatum | 1879 — | 1968 | |
| W. Norfleet Tatum | 1874 — | 1951 | |
| William Norfleet Tatum married Minnie Belle Harrison, daughter of William F. Harrison, CWS f BCV, pp. 248-49, 537. |
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| Homer H. Tatum | 15 Jun 1907 — | 14 Jun 1908 | |
| Son of Minnie and Norfleet Harrison, CWS f BCV, p. 249. |
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According to Civil War Soldiers from Brunswick County, Virginia, Pvt. Nathaniel Harvey Williams and his wife, Sarah A. Lynch, are buried “in an old Harrison Family Cemetery near Gasburg in far south Brunswick County,” which may be identical to this cemetery as Williams' child Madrid Murat Williams is here, CWS f BCV, pp. 612-3. |
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© Copyright John W. Pritchett
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