Harkless T.  was born and lived all his life in Sevier County, mostly in Gatlinburg.  He appears in the census records for the county from 1830 through 1880.  His name is also recorded in the church minute books for the White Oak Flats Baptist Church.  Death dates are given there for him and his second wife.

Harkless T.  is buried in the White Oak Flats Cemetery.