John Pemberton Cemetery
This cemetery is known as the John Pemberton Cemetery or the Pemberton-Hawkins-Grant Cemetery. It is located in the Holston Valley on the farm of Mrs. Carl Leonard, Emmett Community (private property), on the lane behind South Holston River Fly Fishing on Emmett Road at Meadow Creek Road.
Originally copied 23 Apr 1958 by Belle Lyle Tilden; in 1985 by S. I. Edwards, W. Smith, Carol Booher. Note: The Emmett Community is in District 1. Annotated by S. Kathryn Bowling McKown. Photographed July 2013 by Sharon Steele-Smith, Robb Smith, Clayton Thompson, and Sue Pemberton Vaughn.
GPS coordinates: 36.532685, -82.114551
BOOHER, Peter 16 Apr 1846 – 21 Dec 1912 (F= Andrew Booher M= Catherine. W= Sarah J. Massengill)
BOOHER, Martin 6 Dec 1775 – 3 Feb 1868 (b. in PA W= Ollie.)
BOOHER, Ollie, wife of Martin Booher 8 Mar 1788 – 5 Jun 1861 (born in PA on the 1850-60-census named appears to be Ella or Alla but marker is Ollie.) * see note
BOOHER, Louisa 24 Sept 1824 – 24 Feb 1894 (H= William Booher S= Noah C. Booher)
BOOHER, Noah C. 2 Aug 1845 – 28 Dec 1919 (F= William Booher M= Louisa W= Elizabeth Catherine Wassum)
BOOHER, Elizabeth Wassum wife of N. C. Booher 4 Jan 1833 – 27 (29) Feb 1908 (H= Noah C. Booher, the census states she was born in Virginia)
BOOHER, Alice S. Booher d/o N. C. & E. C. Booher 21 Sept 1870 – 19 June 1878
BOOHER, Mary V., d/o N. C. & E. C. Booher 10 Sept 1869 – 14 Jan 1896
DUNCAN, James J. Co. M 13th TN. CAV (Gov. marker, no dates)
GEORGE, Elizabeth 18 July 1779 – 11 (4) June 1802
GEORGE, Frances 9 (2) Jan 1776 – 11 Apr 1798
HAWKINS, Jennie (Annie) McQueen “Mother” 29 Oct 1860 – 20 May 1937
HAWKINS, Sue Annie 12 June 1897 – 23 Apr 1904 (1900) d/o J.F. & Jennie Hawkins
HAWKINS, Joe 14 Feb 1888 – 21 Oct 1918 “Served with honor in the world war and died in service of his country”
MORRELL, Samuel Andrew 26 Dec 1851 – 21 Mar 1912 (F= Samuel Morrell M= Frances )
MORRELL, Florence Amelia Jones, wife of Samuel A. Morrell 16 Apr 1859 – 6 Mar 1920
OFFIELD, William 11-16-1832 – 1-16-1914 (F= Joseph Offield M= Elizabeth Boling W= Mary Catherine)
OFFIELD, Mary Catherine, wife of Wm. Offield 23 July 1833 – 9 Jan 1892
OFFIELD, Nancy 30 May 1811 – 20 Feb 18_3 F= Lewis Delaney Offield Sr. M= Elizabeth (she is on 1880 census but not on 1900 census)
O’DELL, Col. James J. O’Dell 2 Jun 1827 – 17 Sep 1877 (F= James J. O’Dell M= Frances W= Jeanette Tate)
O’DELL, Jeanette Tate, wife of Col. James J. O’Dell 2 Aug 1823 – 29 Jun 1909
O’DELL, David A., s/o J.& J. O’Dell 3 Mar 1865 – 14 June 1868
PEMBERTON, John b.12 Oct 1742, d, 25 Oct 1813. Capt, Kings Mountain Mil, Rev War. His original marker and a modern military marker are both at his grave.
The Pemberton Oak is named for Colonel John Pemberton. The flat military marker for Colonel Pemberton at Cold Spring Cemetery is only a memorial marker. It was placed there by Sue Pemberton Vaughn, since there are several other members of the Pemberton family buried at Cold Spring. SS
PEMBERTON, Elizabeth 17 Jul 1749 (27 Jan 1741) – 7 Aug 1819 (1812)
PEMBERTON, Ezekial 1 Aug 1781 – 1 Sept 1857
PEMBERTON, James 16 Dec 1767 – 25 Nov 1815
PEMBERTON, Thomas 29 (22) Jan 1775 (1771) – 1 (7) June 1848
PILE, George F. 1851 – 1917
RHODES, George W. Rhodes 22 Aug 1858 – 28 Jul 1917 (W= Tennessee E. O’Dell who was d/o James J. O’Dell and Jeanette Tate)
RHODES, Jennie T., d/o G. W. & T. E. Rhodes – 7-6-1884 age 1yr.
ROGERS, Robert 10 June 1810 – 15 Mar 1888
ROGERS, Melvina A. wife of Robert Rogers 26 Mar 1818 – 9 Mar 1911
ROSENBALM, John Rosenbalm 1829 – 10 Dec 1901
ROSENBALM, Mary, wife of John Rosenbalm 1832 – 3 Dec 1897
ROHR, William M. 29 May 1808 – 18 Apr 1887 (stone is broken in half)
ROHR, Ann Eliza, wife of William M. Rohr 22 Aug 1822 – 30 Nov 1891
For years people have wondered who Ollie was. New documents have come to light that suggest that Ollie was possibly a Wassum (not proven.)
Ollie Ellen WASSUM, wife of Martin Booher, Jr., was a daughter of Nicholas Wassum and Eve Elizabeth DeLong. Ollie’s and Martin’s grandson Noah C. Booher married 17 Dec 1868 in Smyth Co., VA to Elizabeth Catherine Wassum, d/o John W. Wassum and Mary D. (Polly) Groseclose. Noah C. Booher was the son of Louis(z)a Booher, d/o of Ollie and Martin Booher, Jr. Since Ollie and John Wassum were brother and sister, Noah and Elizabeth Catherine were second cousins.
Additional information submitted by Irene W. Owens, Historian, Wassum Family of Smyth Co., VA
So glad to find this information.
My grandfather William Princeton
Was John’s brother.
William and Sarah Princeton
William and Nancy Skaggs Princeton.
Thank you
I really like your documented
Information.
The only way to do.
Hi! I was wondering if you still keep this site up to date. I have questions regarding Louisa Booher. You state her husband was William Booher. Later, you write that she was the daughter of Ollie and Martin Booher Jr. Did Louisa Booher marry another Booher? I have not been able to find anything regarding her husband. The only other William Booher I have found is the son of Peter and Magdaline Booher (1850 census). Thank you!