{"id":5023,"date":"2013-02-22T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T03:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=5023"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:31:48","slug":"krous-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/cemeteries\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee\/cemeteries-of-washington-county-tennessee-h-i-j-k\/krous-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"KROUS CEMETERY"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Krouse<\/a>

Krouse Cemetery
2004<\/p><\/div>\n

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. <\/span>
\nGPS Location:\u00a0 36\u00b0 21.55 N\u00a0 082\u00b0 24.18 W\u00a0 Elevation:\u00a0 1762 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
Sherfy, David<\/td>19 Oct 1839<\/td>29 Sep 1923<\/td>01\/01<\/td>[Son of John A. Sherfy b. 1790, d. 1864. David\u2019s first wife Mary C. Miller buried in Knob Creek Church Cemetery.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherfy, Isabella Krous<\/td>05 Mar 1855<\/td>07 Jan 1928<\/td>01\/02<\/td>[2nd] Wife of David P. Sherfy [Married 14 Feb 1889] [Dau. of Daniel & Susanna Wine Krous]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherfey, John A.<\/td>23 Dec 1889<\/td>05 Sep 1977<\/td>01\/03<\/td>[Shares marker with Lelia Watson Sherfey][Son of David P. Sherfy & Isabell Krous.] [John A. Sherfey added the 2nd \u201ce\u201d to his name in the 1930\u2019s.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sherfey, Lelia Watson<\/td>16 Jun 1898<\/td>26 Nov 1991<\/td>01\/04<\/td>[Shares marker with John A. Sherfy ] [Dau. of John W. & Cordie Leonard Watson.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>01\/05<\/td>[Unmarked]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Daniel V.<\/td>01 Jan 1868<\/td>27 May 1938<\/td>01\/06<\/td>[Daniel Valentine Krous never married]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Elizabeth<\/td>01 Oct 1860<\/td>11 Mar 1927<\/td>01\/07<\/td>[Never married]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Sarah<\/td>09 Jul 1859<\/td>10 Feb 1926<\/td>01\/08<\/td>[Never married]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Barbara<\/td>06 May 1851<\/td>24 Nov 1901<\/td>01\/09<\/td>[Never married]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Feathers, David]<\/td>[1832]<\/td><\/td>02\/01<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Larimer, Susan Krous]<\/td>1811<\/td>1876<\/td>02\/02<\/td>[Fieldstone][Dau. of Soloman Krous. Wife of Hiram Larimer.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Baker, James]<\/td>[5 Jun 1833]<\/td>[1906]<\/td>02\/03<\/td>[Fieldstone][Son of Henry and Elizabeth Baker]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Baker, Hannah Larimer]<\/td>[Jan 1834]<\/td>06\/01\/06<\/td>02\/04<\/td>[Fieldstone][Married James Baker 7 Sep 1854]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Feathers, Sudie]<\/td>[25 Apr 1883]<\/td><\/td>02\/05<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Feathers, Mollie]<\/td><\/td><\/td>02\/06<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Manning, Jackson]<\/td>[1899]<\/td><\/td>02\/07<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Daniel<\/td>14 Jul 1829<\/td>23 May 1900<\/td>02\/08<\/td>[Son of Solomon & Susannah Bowman Krous]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Susanna<\/td>21 Dec 1824<\/td>28 Sep 1916<\/td>02\/09<\/td>[Dau. of Christian & Barbara Beahn Wine][Weaver of coverlets. See below]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/01<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Rebecca<\/td>[22 Jun 1832]<\/td>[27 Aug 1898]<\/td>03\/02<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Krous, Michael II]<\/td>[1808]<\/td><\/td>03\/03<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Krous, Elizabeth]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/04<\/td>[Fieldstone][Wife of Michael Krous II]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Krous, Michael]<\/td>[1774]<\/td>[1851<\/td>03\/05<\/td>[Slate stone, dates are gone.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Krous, Catherine Zimmerman]<\/td>[1772]<\/td><\/td>03\/06<\/td>[Slate stone, dates are gone.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/07<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/08<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, David<\/td>07 Jul 1826<\/td>18 Sep 1828<\/td>03\/09<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Emery]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/10<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Emery]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/11<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Emery]<\/td><\/td><\/td>03\/12<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/01<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unkown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/02<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/03<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Baker, Henry]<\/td>[1793]<\/td>[1865]<\/td>04\/04<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Baker, Elizabeth]<\/td>[1793]<\/td>[1863]<\/td>04\/05<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/06<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Baker, Child]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/07<\/td>[Fieldstone][Child of James Baker]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Smith, Ruby]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/08<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Dyer, Grace]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/09<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Larimer, Hiram]<\/td>[1811]<\/td>[1841]<\/td>04\/10<\/td>[Fieldstone][Husband of Susan Krous.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>04\/11<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas, David Abraham<\/td>16 Apr 1868<\/td>28 Feb 1931<\/td>05\/01<\/td>[Shares marker with Catharine Krous Thomas.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas, Catharine Krous<\/td>07 Dec 1862<\/td>15 Dec 1943<\/td>05\/02<\/td>[Shares marker with David Abraham Thomas.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krouse, Arthur Alfred<\/td>07 Aug 1882<\/td>10 Feb 1908<\/td>05\/03<\/td>[Son of Jacob & Martha Pritchett Krous.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krouse, Mary Etta<\/td>03 Oct 1883<\/td>22 Aug 1884<\/td>05\/04<\/td>Daughter of Jacob & Martha [Pritchett] Krouse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Mary<\/td>01 Nov 1856<\/td>18 Jan 1957<\/td>05\/05<\/td>Daughter of Daniel & Susannah Krous.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Samuel<\/td>10 Jul 1823<\/td>31 Mar 1842<\/td>05\/06<\/td>[Son of Soloman & Susana Bowman Krous.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krouse, Elizabeth<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krous, Solomon<\/td>1798<\/td>1834<\/td>05\/07<\/td>[Shares marker with Susannah Bowman Krous Hankle.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hankle, Susannah Bowman Krous<\/td>30 Nov 1804<\/td>15 Apr 1876<\/td>05\/08<\/td>[Shares marker with Solomon Krous.][Married 2nd husband, James Hankle.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>05\/09<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>05\/10<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>05\/11<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>05\/12<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watson, Lena Ethel<\/td>08 May 1892<\/td>13 Mar 1971<\/td>06\/01<\/td>[Sister to Lelia Watson Sherfey.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Robert Ralph<\/td>1905<\/td>1912<\/td>06\/02<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hankal, Lela H.<\/td>1882<\/td>1883<\/td>06\/03<\/td>[Dau. of James Hankal.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Hankle, Laura]<\/td><\/td><\/td>06\/04<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Grey, Ann Hankle]<\/td><\/td><\/td>06\/05<\/td>[Fieldstone][Dau. of James Hankle]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Hankle, Ben]<\/td><\/td><\/td>06\/06<\/td>[Fieldstone][Son of James Hankle.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Hankle, James]<\/td><\/td><\/td>06\/07<\/td>[Fieldstone][Second husband of Susannah Krous, m. 9 Jan 1836]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Martin H[udson]<\/td>1875<\/td>1965<\/td>07\/01<\/td>[Cremated]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Julia A.<\/td>1855<\/td>1942<\/td>07\/02<\/td>Mother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Alexis M.<\/td>1846<\/td>1935<\/td>07\/03<\/td>Father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Arthur<\/td>1876<\/td>1922<\/td>07\/04<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Irving G.<\/td>1887<\/td>1907<\/td>07\/05<\/td>[Killed by a boy who found an old rusty gun in a fence row. Boy turned gray & did not live long after.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mettetal, Howard F[red].<\/td>1895<\/td>1898<\/td>07\/06<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>08\/01<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[Unknown]<\/td><\/td><\/td>08\/02<\/td>[Fieldstone]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/p>\n

Copyrighted 2013 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0*Read about Susanna Wine Krouse in Textile Art of Southern Appalachia:\u00a0 the Quiet Work of Women<\/em> by Kathleen Wilson. Three of Susanna\u2019s 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.<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nMore information may be found in the book, David Preston Sherfy:\u00a0 Kinsman and Cavalryman<\/em> by George W. Holley, 1969 West Oakland Ave. Johnson City, TN 37604-2121, c 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n

1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><\/span>
\nPage 533\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Feathers, David H. 48, Mary A. 42, Susana E. 18, Anna A.T. 15, Fadora B. 13, Darthula\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 482\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Manning, Jackson 51, Elizabeth 39, Henry 23, David 19, Allice 14, Mary 11, William S. 8, John 7, Emma 5, Jack W. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 538\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Daniel 51, Susana 55, Barbara 29, Jacob 27, Isabel 25, Sarah 20, Elizabeth 19, Catharine 17, Samuel 14, Daniel, Jr. 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 533\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Baker, James 51, Hannah N. 46, David L. 18, Warren 13, Daniel 12, James M. 6.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 442\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Baker, Jonathan N. 41, Ann Eliza 33, Mary Hunt 8, Sallie J. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page 544\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Thomas, John C. 37, Mary 37, Isaac L. 16, Margaret E. 15, David A. 12, Mollie C. 6.<\/span><\/p>\n

1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><\/span>
\nDistrict 10<\/span>
\n7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Feathers, D.H. 37, Mary A. 30, Susannah 8, Anna A. 5, Dora B. 3, Darthula 5\/12.<\/span><\/p>\n

8\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Larimore, Susan 60, Hiram 28 (son) , Elizabeth 24<\/span><\/p>\n

9\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Larimore, John 37, Amanda 38, Norah L. 10, William H. 8, Edward W. 7, John B. 6, Anna 4, James 10\/12.<\/span><\/p>\n

46\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Daniel 41, Susannah 45, Barbara 20, Jacob 16, Ibbi 14, Sarah 10, Elizabeth 9, Catherine 7, Samuel 4, Daniel 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

78\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, W.L. 42, Joseph 19, Michael 18, Susannah 15, Rebecca 12, Mary E. 7, Sarah 4, Virginia 1, Michael C. 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><\/span>
\n339\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hankle, 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<\/span><\/p>\n

197\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Michael 53, Rebecca 53, Michael S. 20<\/span><\/p>\n

198\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sherfy, John A. 70 [Civil War Veteran], Catherine 50, Salarna 18, Sarah 14, Martha 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

199\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Wm. F. 33, Joanna C. 27, James M. 11, Joseph 9, Michael 7, Susannah 4, Rebecca J. 3<\/span><\/p>\n

225\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Daniel 35, Susan 35, Barbary 9, Jacob 6, Isabel 5, Sarah 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee<\/em><\/span>
\n438\/460\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Vine, John, Susannah 23, Rebecca 2; Taylor, Sarah 11; Krouse, Daniel 22 (carpenter)<\/span><\/p>\n

477\/469\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse Michael 43, Rebecca 43, Daniel P. 16, Michael 10; Reed, Lucy E. 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

448\/470\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, William R. 23, Joannah C. 19, James M. 1; Head William 13<\/span><\/p>\n

449\/471\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Krouse, Michael 76 b. VA, Catherine 78 b. VA. [Michael Krouse was made guardian for Susan & Hiram Laremer\u2019s children after Hiram died.]<\/span><\/p>\n

2153\/2200\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Susannah Laremore 39, Hannah C. 16, Sarah J. 16, John A. 14, Mary A. 12, Hiram V. 10, Rebecca A. 8, Elizabeth A. 5<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Widows\u2019 Dowers of Washington County, Tennessee 1803-1899<\/em>, by Gary R. Toms and William R. Gann, pp.65-66:<\/span>
\nSusannah Krouse, widow of Soloman Krouse<\/span>
\nState of Tenneseee\u00a0 }<\/span>
\nWashington County }\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We 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<\/span>
\n\u00a0All 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<\/span>
\nGive under our hands this 17th day of August 1822<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Richard Carr<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0John McEfee<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0James Melvin<\/span><\/p>\n

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