Harris Hamer Cemetery
There are two Hamer Family cemeteries in the 16th District of Williamson County. One is on the Stanley Horn farm on Liberty Church Road. The other Hamer cemetery is on the A. J. Tarr farm on Concord Road. The second Hamer cemetery is located at the end of Turnbridge Court in the common area of Concord Crossing subdivision.
Most of the Hamer family lived in Northeastern Williamson County working as dairy farmers. They had a distinct tendency to marry other Hamers or closely related families.
Harris Hamer married Mary Polly Brown on September 5, 1814. They lived at the old Tarr place on Concord Road. According to the family Bible, their children appear to have been:
1. Reese P. Hamer, born September 24, 1812
2. Leander S. Hamer, born July 12, 1818
3. Lemisa Hamer, born January 15, 1819
4. Daniel B. Hamer, born May 16, 1830
The tombstones in the Harris Hamer cemetery have the following inscriptions:
• H. H. Hamer, born June 1, 1793, died October 31, 1858
• Mary Brown Hamer, born June 4, 1792, died September 2, 1873
• Daniel B. Hamer, born May 16, 1830, died December 24, 1872
• Joseph H. Barnes, born October 30, 1845, died October 2, 1883
• V. B. Barnes, born July 4, 18181, died 1861
• Lemisa Hamer Barnes, born January 15, 1819, died February 20, 1885
In 1859 the estate of Harris H. Hamer was settled. It included five slaves and was divided among his wife Mary Hamer and Reese P. Hamer, Leander S. Hamer, Daniel B. Hamer and Lemisa H. Barnes.
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Footnote:
There are 6 headstones and foot stones in this cemetery.A special thanks to Kathryn Sloan of Upper Stow Court for providing the photos and above information. Her son’s Eagle Scout Project was to clean up and preserve the Harris Hamer cemetery. The project included removing sticks and debris from the cemetery. The gravestones were cleaned and some were up righted. A path or trail was built from the tree line to the cemetery with mulch and lined with small rocks. He obtained a garden cemetery sign placed at the edge for identification and recognition of the historical cemetery.