did this person die in Tennessee?

Question

While researching Anthony Apple....I came across that an Anthony Apple had bought items from a deceased Elizabeth Dillard who died most probably in Smith County, Tennessee...Do you think this is same Elizabeth?

Answer 1

Elizabeth Abby Harris

Find A Grave Index

Name	Elizabeth Abby Harris
Event Type	Burial
Event Date	1836
Event Place	Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States of America
Photograph Included	Y
Death Date	25 Sep 1836
Affiliate Record Identifier	109555069
Cemetery	Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Citing this Record

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG7-5YWW : 13 December 2015), Elizabeth Abby Harris, 1836; Burial, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States of America, Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 109555069, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Comments

Looks like her husband,Nathan Harris , died in SC the same year, 1836.

Could it be true that when Elizabeth and Nathan Harris both died in 1836 that he was buried in SC and his wife was buried in NC?  Puzzling.

Answer 2

There was certainly travel between Virginia and the Carolinas into Kentucky and Tennessee (through the Cumberland Gap) during the time of Elizabeth Dillards life. However, this is probably not the Elizabeth Dillard who died in Smith. She probably married so her name wouldn't be Dillard anymore. Random things happen, but this would be really random.