EMBREEVILLE (OLD) CEMETERY

Embreeville (Old)

From Jonesborough to Erwin turn off Hwy. 81/107 on to Bumpus Cove Rd., turn right at the second road, Furnace Hill Rd. At the fork, turn left and the cemetery is located in front of 123 Furnace Rd. Embreeville, TN. The trees and undergrowth has recently been cut but it in large piles. This cemetery has many unmarked graves and it was impossible to determine the number.

GPS Location: 36.10.65 N 082.27.86 W Elevation: 1639 ft.

NAMEBIRTH DATEDEATH DATECOMMENT
Embree, Elbert S. 20 Jan 182218 Mar 1851
Embree, Charles [no date]13 Aug 184[?]Age 32y 9m 18d [Only one date.]
Embree, Elijah17 Aug 178410 Nov 1846
Wilson, Elijah Embree25 Feb 183815 Mar 1846Son of T. J. & Eliza Wilson
Wilson, Susan Maria30 Jan 184104 Aug 1841Dau of T. J. & Eliza Wilson
Treadway, Posie Luster25 May 189215 Oct 1896Son of C.D. & M.F. Treadway
Wilson, James Madison30 Oct 183924 Nov 1839Son of T.J. & Eliza Wilson. [Stone broken and parts missing]
Tucker, Joanah Cordelia25 May 186018 Jan 1864Dau. of L.H. & 18 Jan 1864
Hensley, Nancy S.25 Oct 185104 Nov 1872
Treadway, Elizabeth K08 Apr 181907 Sep 1876Wife of A.Treadway
Treadway, Addison26 Oct 1813/1808 Dec 1895[Marker was broken and the top piece had to be dug out from under a big root.]
Hampton, Jno.[no date][no date]Co. K 12th KY CAV
L.H.[no date][no date][Footstone with only initials.]
E.K.T[no date][no date][Footstone with only initials.]
White, Charles12 May 184030 Jun 1855
Hensley, Sarah16 Feb 182321 May 1854Consort of Daul P. Hensley

 

Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 4 March 2004 by Donna Cox Briggs, Robert Shall, Bud Cox, Dawn Peters,  and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.

Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.

Additional information

Found in the 1970’s, but not in 2004:

Charles White, born 12 May 1849, died 30 Jun 1855

Rufus Booth, born 30 Jan 1854, died 27 Jul 1854

From Washington County Cemetery List done in the 1930’s:

Embree Family Graveyard – 1 mi. E. Embreeville, or 10 mi, S. Jonesboro, Tenn., near Bumpus Cove. Established by Elijah Embree in 1839 and now abandoned. There are 23 inscriptions. There are only a few graves of the Embree family in this plot. John Hampton, CO. K. KY CAV is a Civil War veteran buried here. Isaac Poore, soldier buried here. Among families burying here are Embree, Henley, White, Wilson, Blevins, Treadway. Mr. Allie E. Swingle, g-g-g-grandson of Eiljah Embree gave this information.

Washington County, Tennessee Marriages, 1780-1870 by Goldene Burgner:

31 Oct 1856 Lucius H. Tucker to Maria Treadway, md. 2 Nov 1856 by J.H. Tucker, JP

29 Jan 1828 Elijah Embree to Maria King, md. 29 Jan 1828 by William Patton

14 Apr 1855 Charles Treadway to Mariah White, md. 15 Apr 1855 by J.H. Tucker, Esq.

Herald-Tribune, V. XXVII, #34, December 18, 1895
Obituary: Addison Treadway was born in Sullivan County, Tenn, October 26, 1812, and died at his residence near Embreeville, on Sunday night, December 8, 1895, being a little over 83 years of age. He joined the Methodist Church when comparatively young. He was buried in the Embreeville Cemetery.