The cemetery is located beside of an old wagon road that runs in front of 1916 Carroll Creek Rd. Johnson City, TN. The house faces the wagon road, not Carroll Creek Rd. The wagon road goes from Carroll Creek Rd. through the Gap in Indian Ridge, through Round Tree subdivision, over to Mountain View Rd. Follow the wagon road until you come to a small embankment on the right, not far from the shed behind the house. The cemetery can be seen from the top of the embankment. It is covered with vinca [graveyard vine]; which is different from the other vines covering the ground under the trees. The area of the cemetery is approximately a quarter of an acre, with two big boxwoods that have grown together. There are a few fieldstones and many unmarked graves.
GPS Location: 36º21.32 N 082º24.56 W; Elevation: 1407 ft.
Mr. Charles Martin remembers passing by the cemetery on his way to his grandmother’s when he was young. He saw people planting Easter flowers [jonquils] by some graves. He remembers one marker with engravings but nothing could be read 7 April 2004.
The large two-story house is made of logs with siding over the logs. During the Civil War, it was used by the troops and some members of the community think that soldiers were buried in this cemetery. Mr. Martin’s uncle told him about an Indian family (Native Americans) that lived in the community and they may be buried here. A Carroll Family lived in the house at one time.
The house is presently owned by the Elaine Lairmer Jackson. Her father, Victor L. Lairmer operated a large nursery on the farm, which was between the house and the cemetery.
From Washington County, Tennessee History, 1988 by Watauga Association of Genealogists, p.385:
Jenkins – Campbell
John Jenkins purchased land in Washington County, Tennessee 8 May 1817 from George Jenkins. In the 1850 Federal Census, he was in the 4th Subdivision, East District; in 1860 he was in the Knob Creek District. John and Prudence Jenkins had children: Nancy, Elizabeth (born 1812) married Richard Northington; Alfred (born 1818) married Mary Catherine Krutzer; Mary Ann (born 1822) married Edward Price; Jane (born 25 December 1822) married David Patton Campbell, 14 December 1852 in Washington County. It is believed that John Jenkins was the son of George Jenkins, who purchased 500 acres on the South Fork of Boones Creek, Washington County, Tennessee 6 February 1789. Brothers were probably Aaron and George Jenkins.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 7 April 2004 by George and Margaret Holley, Charles Martin and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
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