Krouse Cemetery
2004
Located in front of 220 Chicksaw Drive in the bend of the road. A chain fence surrounds the cemetery and it is well kept. A sign says that it was established ca 1800, perpetual care. Information about graves marked only with fieldstones was taken from a chart drawn by John A. Sherfy from information given to him by his aunt, Catherine Krouse Thomas. These are enclosed in brackets.
GPS Location: 36° 21.55 N 082° 24.18 W Elevation: 1762 ft.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web August 1998 by Conrad Conneely and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.Updated by Margaret Sherfey Holley and Betty Jane Hylton July 2004
Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
*Read about Susanna Wine Krouse in Textile Art of Southern Appalachia: the Quiet Work of Women by Kathleen Wilson. Three of Susanna’s coverlets plus other items made a 3-year tour of museums ending in Royal Museum in Edinborough, Scotland. The items arrived back home in 2003.
More information may be found in the book, David Preston Sherfy: Kinsman and Cavalryman by George W. Holley, 1969 West Oakland Ave. Johnson City, TN 37604-2121, c 1986.
1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee
Page 533 Feathers, David H. 48, Mary A. 42, Susana E. 18, Anna A.T. 15, Fadora B. 13, Darthula
Page 482 Manning, Jackson 51, Elizabeth 39, Henry 23, David 19, Allice 14, Mary 11, William S. 8, John 7, Emma 5, Jack W. 1.
Page 538 Krouse, Daniel 51, Susana 55, Barbara 29, Jacob 27, Isabel 25, Sarah 20, Elizabeth 19, Catharine 17, Samuel 14, Daniel, Jr. 12.
Page 533 Baker, James 51, Hannah N. 46, David L. 18, Warren 13, Daniel 12, James M. 6.
Page 442 Baker, Jonathan N. 41, Ann Eliza 33, Mary Hunt 8, Sallie J. 2.
Page 544 Thomas, John C. 37, Mary 37, Isaac L. 16, Margaret E. 15, David A. 12, Mollie C. 6.
1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee
District 10
7 Feathers, D.H. 37, Mary A. 30, Susannah 8, Anna A. 5, Dora B. 3, Darthula 5/12.
8 Larimore, Susan 60, Hiram 28 (son) , Elizabeth 24
9 Larimore, John 37, Amanda 38, Norah L. 10, William H. 8, Edward W. 7, John B. 6, Anna 4, James 10/12.
46 Krouse, Daniel 41, Susannah 45, Barbara 20, Jacob 16, Ibbi 14, Sarah 10, Elizabeth 9, Catherine 7, Samuel 4, Daniel 2.
78 Krouse, W.L. 42, Joseph 19, Michael 18, Susannah 15, Rebecca 12, Mary E. 7, Sarah 4, Virginia 1, Michael C. 30.
1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee
339 Hankle, James E. 44, Susannah 55; Krouse, Rebecca 26; Hakle, Benjamin F. 20, Gillyan 16, Ann E. 19, James M.B. 16, Michael K. 15, Julia A.W. 3/12
197 Krouse, Michael 53, Rebecca 53, Michael S. 20
198 Sherfy, John A. 70 [Civil War Veteran], Catherine 50, Salarna 18, Sarah 14, Martha 11.
199 Krouse, Wm. F. 33, Joanna C. 27, James M. 11, Joseph 9, Michael 7, Susannah 4, Rebecca J. 3
225 Krouse, Daniel 35, Susan 35, Barbary 9, Jacob 6, Isabel 5, Sarah 1.
1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee
438/460 Vine, John, Susannah 23, Rebecca 2; Taylor, Sarah 11; Krouse, Daniel 22 (carpenter)
477/469 Krouse Michael 43, Rebecca 43, Daniel P. 16, Michael 10; Reed, Lucy E. 10.
448/470 Krouse, William R. 23, Joannah C. 19, James M. 1; Head William 13
449/471 Krouse, Michael 76 b. VA, Catherine 78 b. VA. [Michael Krouse was made guardian for Susan & Hiram Laremer’s children after Hiram died.]
2153/2200 Susannah Laremore 39, Hannah C. 16, Sarah J. 16, John A. 14, Mary A. 12, Hiram V. 10, Rebecca A. 8, Elizabeth A. 5
According to Margaret Sherfey Holley, Susana Bowman Krous was the daughter of Daniel Bowman and sister to the famous Brethren preacher, John A. Bowman. John A. Bowman was shot by a Confederate for his horse.
From Widows’ Dowers of Washington County, Tennessee 1803-1899, by Gary R. Toms and William R. Gann, pp.65-66:
Susannah Krouse, widow of Soloman Krouse
State of Tenneseee }
Washington County } We the undersigned being appointed a Committee by the Court of pleas and quarter Sessionis for said county to Lay off one years provisions for Susannah Krouse widow of Soloman Krouse late of said County and we the Committee do lay off the following Articles and sums for her support to wit
All the Hogs on the farm and two steers and all the Corn and Wheat on the farm and all they Hay in the Barns and two bee stands fo her own chusing and on hundred Dollars in Current Bank notes
Give under our hands this 17th day of August 1822
Richard Carr
John McEfee
James Melvin