Harris-Collier-Holland Farm

Harris-Collier-Holland Farm (HM1EYS)

Location: McKenzie, TN 38201 Carroll County
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N 36° 8.603', W 88° 30.392'

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One Family's Story

Albert Gallatin Harris purchased this farm in 1829 and built the present house in 1857. After camping on the land during the Civil War, Union troops ransacked the farm, killing or stealing all the livestock. They did not burn the house because the Harris family had cared for a sick Union officer and nursed him back to health. When Union soldiers stole Harris's nine-year old daughter Ada's pony, she angrily shouted after them, "I hope he throws you and breaks your damn neck!"

According to a former slave, Harris and his son John hid silver coins under the brick floor in the basement and paper money underneath the horse troughs. The slave and Lucy Pernecia, Harris's wife, checked each day to make sure it had not been stolen by passing Union soldiers. At age fifteen, John Williamson Harris ran away from home in 1863 and joined the 20th Tennessee Cavalry under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's command. Harris served as a courier for the remainder of the war.

Family members have found oak trees on the property with long metal spike driven into them by the troops who camped there, as well as ax heads and a bayonet. The farmhouse is the only remaining residence in McKenzie that sheltered both Federals and Confederates. Family receipts confirm that members of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry frequented the farm between 1862 and 1865. Confederate Capt. William Lindsay purchased corn for $2.50 per bushel to feed Forrest's horses and procured the services of Harris's blacksmith to "nail on sixty-two horseshoes."

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Although remodeled in 1957, the house still retains the original frame beneath the brick, as well as the basement fireplace, hand-hewn beams, and the foundation. This Tennessee Century Farm has been placed under a permanent conservation easement with the Land Trust for Tennessee.

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(lower left) Ada Harris Collier and John W. Harris
(upper right) Harris House
(lower right) Receipt for property February 11, 1865
All images courtesy of Kermit Holland Family
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HM NumberHM1EYS
Series This marker is part of the Tennessee: Tennessee Civil War Trails series
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Placed ByTennessee Civil War Trails
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Date Added Monday, September 29th, 2014 at 6:51am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 364461 N 4000903
Decimal Degrees36.14338333, -88.50653333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 8.603', W 88° 30.392'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 8' 36.18" N, 88° 30' 23.52" W
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Area Code(s)731
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 521-559 N Carroll St, McKenzie TN 38201, US
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