Family cemeteries were a practical part of settlement in America, with settlers often choosing a small plot of land in wooded areas bordering their fields for the burial of loved ones. The Harris Family Cemetery occupies one-half acre set aside for members of the family and their descendants and forms an integral part of the family homeplace, completing the cycle of life from birth to death on the plantation. William and Harriet Harris, who married in 1841, recorded the births and deaths of family members in the family Bible. The cemetery probably began in 1855 with the death and burial of a twin baby recorded in that Bible, and Milly Harris, William's mother, who died in 1858, was probably buried there as well. Most burials date from the late 19th century and early 20th century. William, born in 1815 and died in 1879, and Harriet, born in 1821 and died in 1886, are buried in the cemetery. Wrought iron fencing was customarily used to delineate family cemeteries, and in 2015 the Robert Richard McCue III family funded restoration of the cemetery's original fencing; Robert was a great-great grandson of William and Harriet Harris and a grandson of Hubert and Jessie Harris.