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A small cemetery, 53 graves, and appears to be poorly maintained and overgrown. Google Earth indicates the cemetery is north of a golf course in a heavely wooded area
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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Harris Reavis/Revis was born in December 1754 in Northampton County, North Carolina.
His spouse is unknown, but the following are his known children: John; Martha, born 1795 (wife of Aaron Casey); Hiram, born 1796; and William, born 1880.
The 1810 census suggests at that time, Harris had implied children: two daughters and four sons. It has been suggested that the other daughter was Sarah, born in 1789 (wife of Joseph Wright). It is also suggested that he had a son named Noah, although no proof has been offered to support that suggestion.
During the American Revolution, he entered service in 1775 from Surry County, North Carolina, as a Private in the Company of Captain Jacob Free, under the command of Colonel Joseph Williams, for a three-month term. About a year later, he served twenty-five days from Rutherford County in the Company of Captain George Dickey as a volunteer private. He did a third tour, twelve months, beginning July 1780 and in the Company of Captain Elias Langham. During that time, he assisted in building a laboratory at Salisbury.
After the revolution, he moved to Warren County, Kentucky, in about 1809, before moving to Montgomery County, Illinois, in about 1815.
He died on 29 May 1838 in Montgomery County, Illinois. There is a gravestone attributed to the Patriot at Wright Cemetery in VanBurensburg, Illinois however, the stone appears to be unreadable, and it's unknown if this has been proven as the actual interment.
Sources:
Revolutionary War Pension File S32472
Find-a-Grave Memorial 9421182
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