Milton Harris, Who Served In Captain Dirk's Famed Batallion, Dead of Senility; Was Well-Known Farmer.  As a flag-draped casket bearing the remains of a Confederate veteran was being lowered to the last resting place, taps from an old rusty bugle were sounded by some unknown party at Pounding Mill Friday afternoon.  The taps were for Milton Harris who served the south in Captain Dirks famous batallion which was made up of Tazewell County youth.  They were in camp at Saltville, going from there to the east where Private Harris was captured by the Yankees and held prisoner in a dungeon for a period of six months.  Many times he related to his sons that his only food was bread and water.

At the conclusion of the war he returned to Pounding Mill where he claimed a bride, settling down on a farm rearing eleven children, seven of whom survive.  Two served over seas during the World War.  Mr. Harris was a life-long resident of Pounding Mill, having been on the farm for 64 years he owned at the time of his death.  The funeral was the largest ever attended at Pounding Mill.  Stores, mills, and other business places closed their doors during the funeral of one of the oldest citizens who served for over fifty years as an election judge at
the Pounding Mill precinct.  Mr. Harris was held in high esteem by everyone from small boys to the oldest residents.  Following the services at the Union church which Captain Isaac Wright, a life-long friend officiated, burial was made in the Thomas cemetery by the side of his wife and children who precede him in death.

Contributors notes:
Milton Harris was born 15 June 1842 to James Harris and wife Charlotte Bowman Harris.  He died 1 June 1938 at Pounding Mill, Tazewell Co Va. He married Elizabeth Thomas, daug of John and Lucinda Thomas, on 27 Dec
1866 in Tazewell Co.  Children of Milton and Elizabeth Harris were:  Lucinda b 1867 m Joseph Elswick;  Margaret b 1869 m Robert C Gillespie;  John Cyrus b 1871; Mary E b 1874 m Gus Hoops;  James Leonard b 1877 m Ida Mutter;  Cora Lee b 1880 m Oscar Hoops;  Bertha May b 1884;  Georgia Augusta b 1888 m Charles Falck; Robert Arthur b 1890 m Minnie Booth;  Addie Agnes b 1892 m John Baysden; and Thomas Milton b 1895 m Maude Edna Wyatt.