About a dozen people are believed to be buried in the Harrison family cemetery, though the gravestones were destroyed by weathering and vandalism. William Harrison died on March 30, 1883, in the 72nd year of his age. His wife, Sarah Sylvester Smith Harrison, born about 1819, was born in Providence, Rhode Island. On January 4, 1886, Sarah Harrison and six surviving children, as heirs at law of William Harrison, agreed that part of the proceeds from collectible notes and accounts would be used to erect stones at William Harrison's grave and build a substantial enclosure around the family cemetery. Four of their children, William C., Nicholas F., Mary C., and Anna, who apparently died before their parents, may have been buried there. Their son William L. Harrison, who lived from about 1859 to 1890, is also probably interred there. William Harrison operated one of the earliest mercantile stores in Hinesville and served as Hinesville postmaster and Liberty County treasurer.