He was originally buried in a Colonial Church at Weyanoke on the James River. After the church went to ruin, on July 1,1875, his bronze tablet was moved to Norfolk and placed in the walls of St. Paul's old church.
On it is this engraving:
"Here lyeth ye body of
William Harris
who departed this life ye 8th
day of March, 1687
aged 35 years"
Source on Col. Harris: THE BOONE FAMILY by Hazel Spraker.