Foust Cemetery
Located in the field next to 386 Rock City Road east of Kingsport, the cemetery is in the wooded area, and is difficult to locate and survey. Eight graves are marked by fieldstones, and there are at least five unmarked graves.
Photographed and transcribed 7 Nov 2004 by Donna Briggs and Jan Clark. Resurveyed 4 Jan 2005 by Betty Jane Hylton, Jan Clark, Chester Willis, Bob Shell and Donna Briggs, members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Sullivan County Cemetery ID: 2097871
Map location: Indian Springs Quad
GPS location: 36°33.69N 082°26.71W Elevation: 1513 ft.
| NAME |
BIRTH |
DEATH |
COMMENTS |
| Foust, Sarah E. | 8 Sep 1848 | 14 Nov 1912 | |
| Harr, Margaret L. Foust | 9 Feb 1850 | 10 Jul 1896 | Wife of Henry L. Harr |
| Foust, Thomas B. | 25 Oct 1863 | 21 Jun 1895 | [Death date very difficult to read] |
| Foust, Mary E. | 10 Nov 1890 | 15 Dec 1890 | Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Foust |
| Foust, Elizabeth | 29 Jun 1823 | 23 Feb 1895 | Wife of George Foust |
| Foust, M. Frances Edgman | 17 May 1848 | 11 Apr 1907 | Wife of S. S. Foust |
| Edgeman, John G. | 14 Jun 1843 | 26 Apr 1923 | |
| Foust, Samuel S. | 17 Jul 1839 | 9 Oct 1901 | |
| Foust, Margaret S. | 8 Aug 1808 | 22 Apr 1891 | Wife of Philip Foust |
| Foust, Caroline | 31 Aug 1832 | 26 Jan 1908 | |
| Edgeman, Samuel M. | 1 Sep 1878 | 26 Aug 1903 | |
| Foust, George | 17 May 1826 | 12 Apr 1876 | |
| Foust, Infant Daughter | [No date] | [No date] | Infant Dau. of George & Elizabeth Foust |
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Also buried here, but no marker found in 2004 |
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| Foust, John (Johann) Philip | [26 Mar 1742] | [Dec 1804] | John (Johann) Philip Foust, 26 March 1742-Dec 1804 and his wife Sophia Catherine Clapp 1744-1805, were buried in Foust Cemetery without headstones per family history, and this information can also be found in, ”Abstract Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Vol.2”. John Philip was the son of Anna Barbara Albrecht and Johann H Foust, who are buried in the Stoners Church Cemetery in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina. Both Johanns fought in the American Revolutionary War. ~ Rebecca |
Historic Sullivan by Oliver Taylor, page 190:
“Ketron’s camp-ground was established about the same time as Bond’s—a year later perhaps. It was also known as Reedy creek camp-ground. Henry Ketron gave the land for the tents, church and burying-ground. The church was burned down in 1863 and the camp meetings at that place abandoned. Among the early tenters were John Ketron, Wesley Ketron, Watson Ketron, Joseph Newland, William Newland, Abner Hughes, Lot O. Gott, Rev. S. D. Gaines and Philip Foust.”
This is my family’s grave yard. I hope to visit someday.
Thank you for putting this information on the web.
This is the grave yard on my great, great grand parents.