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The Lovins/Harper Cemetery |

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This is a panoramic view of the Lovins/Harper Cemetery (see
location map) on
Line Creek. The only original stone which is still readable belongs to Hepsey
Turner Harper, wife of Drewry Harper. She was born 11 Jun 1819 and died 27 June
1857. A new stone has been set for Drewry, who passed away in 1877.
It was called the "Harper graveyard" in an 1880s-era deed.
There are about 35 graves in the cemtery, many are marked with fieldstones. The
cemetery is in fairly good shape, other than the ground cover. It doesn't
appear to have suffered from vandalism or grazing livestock.
The cemetery is very near land granted to Cyrenius W. Warren 29 Oct 1845. His
property joined his father Mathew's on the east. This cemetery is mentioned in
one of the 1890 James Cooper heir's deeds (Cooper ultimately bought all of the
Warren family land). Drewry Harper's son Silas owned land just to the south of
the cemetery. The land boundaries in this particular area are confusing and
seemingly contradictory. Drewry himself had a farm in the area, but there is no
record of it in the deed on file in the Pulaski County Courthouse prior to his
1866 grant for 16 acres. I believe Harper family tradition has the cemetery as
being on Drewry's land, but, at this point, deed records do not back up that
contention. However, in the 1860 census, he is listed with $300 worth of real
estate. Further research should clear up the questions of the Harper
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