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.
NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE ROW/ GRAVE COMMENT
Sherfy, David 19 Oct 1839 29 Sep 1923 01/01 [Son of John A. Sherfy b. 1790, d. 1864. David’s first wife Mary C. Miller buried in Knob Creek Church Cemetery.]
Sherfy, Isabella Krous 05 Mar 1855 07 Jan 1928 01/02 [2nd] Wife of David P. Sherfy [Married 14 Feb 1889] [Dau. of Daniel & Susanna Wine Krous]
Sherfey, John A. 23 Dec 1889 05 Sep 1977 01/03 [Shares marker with Lelia Watson Sherfey][Son of David P. Sherfy & Isabell Krous.] [John A. Sherfey added the 2nd “e” to his name in the 1930’s.]
Sherfey, Lelia Watson 16 Jun 1898 26 Nov 1991 01/04 [Shares marker with John A. Sherfy ] [Dau. of John W. & Cordie Leonard Watson.]
[Unknown] 01/05 [Unmarked]
Krous, Daniel V. 01 Jan 1868 27 May 1938 01/06 [Daniel Valentine Krous never married]
Krous, Elizabeth 01 Oct 1860 11 Mar 1927 01/07 [Never married]
Krous, Sarah 09 Jul 1859 10 Feb 1926 01/08 [Never married]
Krous, Barbara 06 May 1851 24 Nov 1901 01/09 [Never married]
[Feathers, David] [1832] 02/01 [Fieldstone]
[Larimer, Susan Krous] 1811 1876 02/02 [Fieldstone][Dau. of Soloman Krous. Wife of Hiram Larimer.]
[Baker, James] [5 Jun 1833] [1906] 02/03 [Fieldstone][Son of Henry and Elizabeth Baker]
[Baker, Hannah Larimer] [Jan 1834] 06/01/06 02/04 [Fieldstone][Married James Baker 7 Sep 1854]
[Feathers, Sudie] [25 Apr 1883] 02/05 [Fieldstone]
[Feathers, Mollie] 02/06 [Fieldstone]
[Manning, Jackson] [1899] 02/07 [Fieldstone]
Krous, Daniel 14 Jul 1829 23 May 1900 02/08 [Son of Solomon & Susannah Bowman Krous]
Krous, Susanna 21 Dec 1824 28 Sep 1916 02/09 [Dau. of Christian & Barbara Beahn Wine][Weaver of coverlets. See below]
[Unknown] 03/01 [Fieldstone]
Krous, Rebecca [22 Jun 1832] [27 Aug 1898] 03/02 [Fieldstone]
[Krous, Michael II] [1808] 03/03 [Fieldstone]
[Krous, Elizabeth] 03/04 [Fieldstone][Wife of Michael Krous II]
[Krous, Michael] [1774] [1851 03/05 [Slate stone, dates are gone.]
[Krous, Catherine Zimmerman] [1772] 03/06 [Slate stone, dates are gone.]
[Unknown] 03/07 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 03/08 [Fieldstone]
Krous, David 07 Jul 1826 18 Sep 1828 03/09
[Emery] 03/10 [Fieldstone]
[Emery] 03/11 [Fieldstone]
[Emery] 03/12 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 04/01 [Fieldstone]
[Unkown] 04/02 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 04/03 [Fieldstone]
[Baker, Henry] [1793] [1865] 04/04 [Fieldstone]
[Baker, Elizabeth] [1793] [1863] 04/05 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 04/06 [Fieldstone]
[Baker, Child] 04/07 [Fieldstone][Child of James Baker]
[Smith, Ruby] 04/08 [Fieldstone]
[Dyer, Grace] 04/09 [Fieldstone]
[Larimer, Hiram] [1811] [1841] 04/10 [Fieldstone][Husband of Susan Krous.]
[Unknown] 04/11 [Fieldstone]
Thomas, David Abraham 16 Apr 1868 28 Feb 1931 05/01 [Shares marker with Catharine Krous Thomas.]
Thomas, Catharine Krous 07 Dec 1862 15 Dec 1943 05/02 [Shares marker with David Abraham Thomas.]
Krouse, Arthur Alfred 07 Aug 1882 10 Feb 1908 05/03 [Son of Jacob & Martha Pritchett Krous.
Krouse, Mary Etta 03 Oct 1883 22 Aug 1884 05/04 Daughter of Jacob & Martha [Pritchett] Krouse.
Krous, Mary 01 Nov 1856 18 Jan 1957 05/05 Daughter of Daniel & Susannah Krous.
Krous, Samuel 10 Jul 1823 31 Mar 1842 05/06 [Son of Soloman & Susana Bowman Krous.]
Krouse, Elizabeth [Fieldstone]
Krous, Solomon 1798 1834 05/07 [Shares marker with Susannah Bowman Krous Hankle.]
Hankle, Susannah Bowman Krous 30 Nov 1804 15 Apr 1876 05/08 [Shares marker with Solomon Krous.][Married 2nd husband, James Hankle.]
[Unknown] 05/09 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 05/10 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 05/11 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 05/12 [Fieldstone]
Watson, Lena Ethel 08 May 1892 13 Mar 1971 06/01 [Sister to Lelia Watson Sherfey.]
Mettetal, Robert Ralph 1905 1912 06/02
Hankal, Lela H. 1882 1883 06/03 [Dau. of James Hankal.]
[Hankle, Laura] 06/04 [Fieldstone]
[Grey, Ann Hankle] 06/05 [Fieldstone][Dau. of James Hankle]
[Hankle, Ben] 06/06 [Fieldstone][Son of James Hankle.]
[Hankle, James] 06/07 [Fieldstone][Second husband of Susannah Krous, m. 9 Jan 1836]
Mettetal, Martin H[udson] 1875 1965 07/01 [Cremated]
Mettetal, Julia A. 1855 1942 07/02 Mother
Mettetal, Alexis M. 1846 1935 07/03 Father
Mettetal, Arthur 1876 1922 07/04
Mettetal, Irving G. 1887 1907 07/05 [Killed by a boy who found an old rusty gun in a fence row. Boy turned gray & did not live long after.]
Mettetal, Howard F[red]. 1895 1898 07/06
[Unknown] 08/01 [Fieldstone]
[Unknown] 08/02 [Fieldstone]
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