Habersham County GaArchives Photo Tombstone.....Harkins, John 
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Cemetery:           Harkins-Moore Cemetery, Habersham Co., GA
Name:               John Harkins

Date Of Photograph: May 31, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
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"Sacred to the Memory of John Harkins who was born May the 2d. 1804 and died 
Jan 12th 1847"

John Harkins came from Pendleton Dist., SC, to Habersham Co., GA, in the mid-
1820s and first appeared on the census there is 1830.  He married Rutha 
Trotter before 1822 in Pendleton Dist., SC.  After John died in 1847, Rutha 
appeared with their children on the 1850 census of Habersham Co.  She last 
appeared on the 1860 census of Habersham County and is believed to have died 
about 1865.  There are only three tombstones with inscriptions in this 
cemetery.  There is a double tombstone for Eliza A. (daughter of John and 
Rutha Harkins) and her husband William R. Moore.  There is also a tombstone 
with very faint inscription for Ruth Moore, daughter of Eliza A. and William 
R. Moore and it states that she was the wife of William H. Banks.

Directions to Cemetery:  From Clarkesville, GA, take Hwy 115/17 NW out of town 
and take Hwy 17 north as it splits off from Hwy 115.  Turn off of Hwy 17 to 
the right on Sam Bell Road.  The cemetery is located on the Essex farm at 1545 
Sam Bell Road.  It is within sight of the road on a tree covered knoll 
surrounded by manicured fields.  Stop at the owner's home and he will 
graciously give his permission for you to go across his land to reach the 
cemetery.

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