Harris Philpott - Scotts Prairie Cemetery - rural Fountain County, IN - Zinc Headstones on Waymarking.com

White bronze headstone for Harris Philpott, at Scotts Prairie Cemetery, in rural Fountain County, Indiana.

Memorial Text:-
Harris Philpott,
Born June 22, 1829,
Died July 23, 1882,
Aged 53 Yrs, 1Mo, & 1 Day.
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Remember friend
as you pass by,
As you are now so
once was I,
As I am now so you
must be,
Prepare for death
and follow me.


The Find A Grave Memorial for Harris Philpott (visit link)

Scotts Prairie Cemetery, is located on the north side of Indiana State Road 32, south east of the town of Veedersburg, and south west of the town of Hillsboro, in Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana.

According to Find A Grave (visit link) there are currently 159 burials in this cemetery.

Cain Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,142. The township contains three cemeteries. Rose Hill, lies north of, and Spring Hill lies to the west of Hillsboro, while Scotts Prairie is in the far southwest corner of the township. (visit link)

Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington. According to the 2000 census, its population was 17,954; the 2010 population was 17,240. The county has eight incorporated towns with a total population of about 9,700, as well as many small unincorporated communities; it is also divided into eleven townships which provide local services. An interstate highway, two U.S. Routes and five Indiana state roads cross the county, as does a major railroad line.
The state of Indiana was established in 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the area that became Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived here in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. Fountain County was officially created on December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826; the boundaries of the county have not changed since that time. It was named for Major James Fontaine of Kentucky who was killed at Harmar's Defeat (near modern Fort Wayne, Indiana) on October 22, 1790, during the Northwest Indian War. (visit link)

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