Harbour Family Graveyard
Latitude 30o14'48", Longitude 96o15'21".
about two miles NE of the intersection of State Highway 90 and FM 2193. This graveyard is located
on top of a hill overlooking beautiful hardwood trees. It is no wonder why 150 years ago Joseph Harbour chose it as a resting place for his family.
The land has been sold and re-sold a number of times. One of the owners who bought the land
had cows roaming the pastures and the stones are now all broken. These pieces are the only ones that could be
read when my sister and I visited the site in 1999.
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Those known to be buried there: |
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Eleanor
Willingham Harbour |
Sarah
Jane Harbour (wife of George Washington Newman) (daughter of James Monroe & Martha Prudence Willingham Harbour) b. 12 Sep 1851 d. ?? May 1853 |
| Joseph
Harbour (Husband of Mary Stephens) b. 22 Jul 1773 d. 24 Jul 1839 |
Mary
Stephens Harbour (wife of Joseph Harbour) b. 03 Aug 1780 d. 14, Jun 1862 |
| John
Newman (husband of Adeline Willingham) b. 03 Apr 1826 d. ?? Aug 1860 |
H. R. Harbour b. 18 Dec 1860 d. 06 Feb 1863 |
| N. E. Harbour b. ?? d. 9 May 1854 |
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| S. J. Harbour b. Sep 12, 1851 d. ?? May 1853 |
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Mary Stephens, wife of Joseph
Harbour |
(Click photos for larger view.)
The following is from an email from the son of the first buyer of the
land. He was born on the land in 1945.
Unfortunately, the
only two graves that I can positively remember are Joseph and his wife.
There were six or sevens headstones standing when I was a youngster. The
cemetery is on one and one-half acres and runs east to west along the crest of
the hill. The Harbours were buried in the first row on the Westerly
end. The white portion of the graveyard was along the North side of the
ridge and the black portion along the South side. There are many unmarked
graves in the graveyard.
During the winter, when the grass is dead, one can stand on the Easterly side of the graveyard and look toward the west. You can see many depressions in the ground. There are many depressions in the black portion also. However, there was only one marker and it was made of wood. My father said that it was a black woman that was buried there when she was young.
This is a new stone recently donated by a relative. Apr 2003
(Click the photo for a larger view.)
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since 19 Apr 2003