Luther Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery
2004
Located at 149 Kyker Rd., Telford, TN. behind Kyker’s Garage. Land donated in 1852 by Fyatt Armentrout for a cemetery. The cemetery is fenced but very overgrown with weeds. Several tombstones are turned over and there are bases without the markers. Evidence of approximately 200 unmarked graves was found.
GPS location: 36° 15.32N 082° 34.47W
| NAME | BIRTH DATE | DEATH DATE | ROW/ GRAVE | COMMENTS |
| Wagner, Adam | 12 Dec 1807 | 20 Nov 1885 | 01/01 | Wife of McChesney Wanger. |
| Wagner, McChesney | 16 May 1843 | 30 May 1925 | 01/02 | [Stone off base on ground.] |
| Wagner, Sophia | 29 Nov 1813 | 28 Aug 1889 | 01/03 | |
| Wagner, Susan P. | 30 Nov 1848 | 28 Dec 1885 | 01/04 | Aged 77 yrs. 10 mo. 25 days [Stone off base on ground.] |
| Armentrout, Elizabeth | 15 Nov 1833 | 13 Apr 1875 | 01/05 | Wife of Faatt Armentrout. [Stone turned over, broken & bolted together.] |
| Unknown | 02/01 | [Base for tombstone. Could not find the top.] | ||
| Unknown | 02/02 | [Base for tombstone. Could not find the top.] | ||
| Shafer, Sarah Alexander | 15 Nov 1850 | 12 Dec 1855 | 03/01 | Dau. of Jacob S. & Sarah Shafer. |
| Shafer, Jacob | 27 Sep 1806 | 06 Dec 1858 | 03/02 | |
| Shafer, Sarah | 15 Jun 1812 | 13 Mar 1867 | 03/03 | |
| Shaver, George G. | 08 Sep 1817 | 01 Feb 1858 | 03/04 | Signed: J.J. Hiloman, Big Lick, VA. |
| Shaver, W. Franklin | 14 Oct 1841 | 08 Oct 1863 | 03/05 | Husband |
| Hencher, Elizabeth | 26 May 1853 | 11 Jul 1871 | 03/06 | 24 years 1 mo 18 da. Wife of Wm. A. Hencher. |
| Armentrout, Frederick | 22 Apr 1791 | 24 Feb 1864 | 04/01 | |
| Armentrout, Catherine | 27 Dec 1797 | 28 Jan 1869 | 04/02 | |
| Seneker, Lenora Armentrout | 13 Oct 1833 | 17 Feb 1877 | 04/03 | Wife of James K. Seneker. |
| Amentrout, Faatt | 30 Apr 1818 | 29 Feb 1888 | 04/04 | |
| Morrell, Sarah C. | 22 Dec 1857 | 15 May 1881 | 04/05 | Wife of R.W. Morrell. |
| Miller, Emma J. | 03 Jan 1845 | 10 Nov 1905 | 05/01 | |
| Armentrout, Phillip | 22 Aug 1829 | 23 Jan 1892 | 05/02 | Stone turned over. |
| Armentrout, Valentine | 11 Dec 1825 | 25 Feb 1844 | 05/03 | [Stone turned over.] |
| Crumley, James Albert | 19 Mar 1883 | 17 Dec 1888 | 05/04 | Son of J.W. & S.F. Crumley |
| Crumley, Georgia, Anna | 18 Nov 1881 | 12 Jan 1882 | 05/05 | Daughter of J.W. & Susan F. Crumley |
| Crumley, Susan F. | 21 Apr 1857 | 18 Feb 1902 | 05/06 | Wife of J.W. Crumley. |
| Crumley, John W. | 1854 | 1913 | 05/07 | |
| Crumley, Edward A. | 13 Nov 1877 | 07 May 1909 | 05/08 | |
| Crumley, Bulah Kate | 01 Apr 1925 | 12 Apr 1925 | 05/09 | [Stone turned over] |
| Crumley, Kathleen | 15 Jul 1926 | 15 Jul 1926 | 05/10 | |
| Crumley, Stella May | 11 Mar 1902 | 01 Oct 1903 | 05/11 | Daughter of C.W. & D.G. Crumley. |
| Crumley, Ralph | 15 Aug 1903 | 03 May 1904 | 05/12 | Son of C.W. & D.G. Crumley. |
| Crumley, Dessie G. | 18 Feb 1876 | 24 Nov 1904 | 05/13 | Wife of C.W. Crumley. |
| Crumley, Hazel L. | 1900 | 1925 | 05/14 | Dau. of C.W. Crumley. |
| Crumley, C.W. | 1879 | 1947 | 05/15 | |
| Unknown | 05/16 | [Base for tombstone. Could not find the top]. | ||
| Pleasant, Lee Ann Shafer | 18 Aug 1855 | 28 Mar 1891 | 05/17 | |
| Kyker, Betty Rose | 1941 | 2022 |
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 2004 by Donna Cox Briggs, Chester Willis and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. Updated 2023 by Gordon Edwards.
Copyrighted 2023 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870, by Goldene Fillers Burgner
p.98 – November 29, 1853 Faut Armentrout – Elizabeth Shafer — Frederick Armentrout – md. 1 December 1853 – J.K. Hancher, M.G.
p.124 – October 25, 1860 James K. Seneker – Leanorrah Armentrout – md. 25 October 1860 – J.K. Hancher, M.G.
p.13 – September 25, 1867 – McChesney Wagner – Susan Hoss – md. 26 September 1867 – J.K. Hancher, M.G.
p.14 – December 18, 1869 W.A. Hancher – Elizabeth F. Shafer – md. 21 December 1869 – W.B. Rankin, M.G
Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872, by Goldene Fillers Burgner
p.68 – Frederick Armentrout, May 22, 1857. Wife Catharine – to be supported by son Philip Armentrout. Daughter Layamora to live with her mother if she wants to. Executors: Hiram & Philip Armentrout, my sons. Test: J.R. Armentrout, Michael Armentrout. Probated February Term, 1865. Signed: Frederick Armentrout.
1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee
1097/2141 Frederick Armentrout 62, Catherine 55, Lafayette 32, Philip 20, Eleanor 19, Lavina 17.
1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee
257 Wagoner, Adam 52, Sopha 46, M. Chesney 17, Deniza 21, Virginia E. 12, Luther M. 9, John A. 23.
281 Armentrout, Frederick 71, Catherine 64, Miller, Emma 17, Armentrout, Lenamore 27, Philip 30.
1067 Armentrout, Faatte 42, Elizabeth 26, Sarah C. 5, Susan F 3.
1069 Shaver, Sarah 48, John 27, Eliza J. 21, George M. 19, James W. 16, Leana 5.
1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee
3/1 Wagner, Adam 62, Sophia 56, McChesney 25, Luther M. 19, Virginia E. 21, Susan 18, Adam F. 2.
16/39 Armentrout, Faat 52, Elizabeth 36.
16/73 Shaver, Leann 14 living in the household of Thos. J. Humphreys.
1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee
455 Wagner, Adam 72, Sophia 66, Mc. 37, S.P. 31 (f), A.F. 11 (m), L.P. 9 (f), J.L. 7 (m), C.M. 4 (m), E.M. 1 (f)
551 Armentrout, Fayett 62, Eliza J. 18
1880 Census Greene County, Tennessee
217 Pleasant, Robert F. 30, Leann 25, Samuel 6, Sallie 4, Charley 2.
History of Washington County, Tennessee 1988, by Watauga Association of Genealogist
p.140 [Picture of house] – Philip Armentrout House
This large brick house, constructed by laying the brick in the Flemish bond pattern, is located near Big Limestone Creek [Kyker Rd.] on land purchased by Frederick Armentrout (1791-1864), formerly of Rockingham County, Virginia. His wife was Catherine Layman; they had twelve children. [Philip was one of their sons.]
p.447 Nancy J. Overfelt (1826-1879) married Isaac Pleasant (1824-1876), a native of Virginia, 6 May 1846 in Washington County. Isaac and Nancy owned a large farm on the Washington County-Greene County line near Providence Presbyterian Church and reared their six children there. Isaac served in Company K, 60th Confederate Tennessee Mounted Infantry during the Civil War. Their children: Lewis Calvin (1847- ___); Robert F. (1849 – ____) m. Leann Shafer…
p.304-304 James and Elizabeth Rose Crumley had seven children: (1) John W. Crumley (1854-1913), a blacksmith, farmer and squire lived near Limestone, married Susan Frances Armentrout (1857-1902) they had seven children 7 children: Charles William, Edward, Birtha, Georgia Anna, James Albert, Mary and Philip…
p.314 Thomas Pershing (Tommy) in 1939 married Mell Quinton Wagner, daughter of John Quinton and Margarat Councill Wagner. Mell’s grandfather was McChesney Wagner, Washington County Trustee and a State Legislator in the 1880’s.
Historic Sites of Sullivan County compiled by Mrs. Muriel C. Spoden, Kingsport Press, 1976, reprinted and expanded edition, 1993, p.149:
James King Seneker was born in 1813 and died in 1886. He is buried in Paperville, He married three times: first to Elizabeth Bushong (buried in Paperville); second to Leonora Armentrout (buried in Lutheran Zion Cemetery in Washington County, Tenn.; and third to Mary Hodge (buried in Paperville).