1860, Tom Harris, Male, Mention

Title: 1860, Tom Harris, Male, Mention
Description: Tom Harris was a well-known enslaved man in Athens, Georgia, and mentioned to work for Colonel Hardeman and the Methodist Church.

Partial Transcript: "Among some other well known negroes who have a place in the history of Athens, Tom Harris was prominent and most portly. He was Col. Hardeman's factotum and sexton of the Methodist Church, big, fat and amiable, not especially energetic but a man of fine intelligence and respected by himself and the white people as well."
Event Type: Mention
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1860
Date Certainty: Questionable
Location: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Source: Annals of Athens, Georgia; Page 175
Primary Participant: Tom Harris
Enslaver: Colonel Hardeman
Author: Augustus Longstreet Hull