{"id":1010,"date":"2012-11-01T20:19:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T00:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=1010"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:33:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:33:07","slug":"persinger-cemetery-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/cemeteries\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-o-p-q\/persinger-cemetery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PERSINGER CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Persinger Cemetery
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Located off Highway 11-E between Jonesborough and Johnson City, TN. The cemetery is on a hill across from Valley Equipment Company, 3903 W. Market Street, Johnson City, TN. It has been recently cleared and fenced. Two large cedar trees are nearby. There are several unmarked graves.<\/span><\/p>\n

GPS location: 36.18.55 N, 082.26.52 W; Elevation: 1776 ft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NAME<\/th>BIRTH DATE<\/th>DEATH DATE<\/th>ROW\/ GRAVE<\/th>COMMENT<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
France, Hazel<\/td>02 Sep 1904<\/td>06 Jul 1918<\/td>1\/1<\/td>Daughter D.E. & Eliza France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fields, Samantha<\/td>12 Apr 1849<\/td>20 Jun 1916<\/td>1\/2<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Troxell, Martha A.<\/td>1 Mar 1848<\/td>25 Nov 1895<\/td>1\/3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>2\/1<\/td>[Large unlettered cut fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persinger, James E[dward]<\/td>16 Jun 1845<\/td>05 Oct 1930<\/td>3\/1<\/td>[Civil War Veteran; son of George Persinger & 1st wife, Julia Ann Carper]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persinger, Anna L. Taylor<\/td>08 Jun 1847<\/td>31 Jul 1894<\/td>3\/2<\/td>Wife of J.E. Persinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persinger, Louise<\/td>27 Sep 1872<\/td>29 Aug 1905<\/td>3\/3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persinger, Henrietta<\/td>03 Apr 1870<\/td>31 Jul 1888<\/td>3\/4<\/td>Daughter of J.E. and A.T. Persinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Persinger, Margie Bettie<\/td>08 Jan 1875<\/td>05 Jun 1885<\/td>3\/5<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simpson, William H.<\/td>29 Jun 1820<\/td>25 Jul 1846<\/td>3\/6<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>3\/7<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>3\/8<\/td>[Old marker with the face crumbling off]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unknown<\/td>[No date]<\/td>[No date]<\/td>3\/9<\/td>[Foot marker only]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Copied, photographed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web Page May 2006 by Elaine Cantrell, Jan Clark, Donna Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyrighted 2012 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From Bennett, Charles M., and Watauga Association of Genealogists . <\/span>Washington County Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions<\/em><\/span>. Vol. III ed. : , 1978, with permission from Loraine Bennett Rae.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The land on which this cemetery is located was once owned by McMahons, Peter Miller, McNeils, Leachers and Tolleys.<\/span><\/p>\n

George Persinger, 30 Dec 1799 \u2013 11 Mar 1887 and his 1<\/span>st<\/sup><\/span> wife, Julia Ann Carper are probably buried here. She was born 26 Dec 1818 and died 3 Mar 1862, daughter of Henry & Nancy Carper. Julia & George were married 25 Oct 1837. His 2<\/span>nd<\/sup><\/span> wife was Catherine Timandra Brown, born 7 May 1818 and died 7 23 Jul 1877. They were married 14 Jan 1863. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Washington County Cemetery List, this cemetery was established by Jim Persinger.<\/span><\/p>\n

From <\/span>Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916<\/em><\/span> by Eddie M. Nikazy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Samatha Fields, age: 67 years, born: Hawkins County, single, parents: Leonard Fields and Polly Fish, death cause: \u201curemic poisoning,\u201d informant: G.H. Dishner (Johnson city), buried: 15<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> District. Died\u201d 20 Jun 1916, record (1916): 28.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jonesboro Herald-TribuneVol. XXVI #15, Wednesday, August 8, 1894<\/span><\/p>\n

Died: (Bell\u2019s School House item) On July 31, 1894, Mrs. Annie Persinger, wife of J.E. Persinger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vol. XXVI #28 Wednesday, November 15, 1894<\/span><\/p>\n

Tribute of Respect: Jonesboro Post #35, G.A.R. has heard with regret the death of Mrs. J.E. Persinger, wife of our worthy Commander, comrade J.E. Persinger, on July 31, 1894.<\/span><\/p>\n

1880 United State Federal Census, Tennessee, Unicoi, Swingles, District 40, 1 Jun 1880<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

6\/6 Persinger, James 33, b. VA; Ann B. 32, wife, b. TN; Julia M. 12 b. TN; Henrietta I. 10 b. TN; Louesa B. 7 b. TN; Margarett E. 5 b. TN; Mollie E. 3 b. TN<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Census, 1890 Veterans Schedules, Tennessee, Washington Co., District 15<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

313\/333 Persinger, James E. Rank: ? ser, Company H, 13 Tenn Cav, 24 Sep 1863 \u2013 6 Sep 1865<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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