LUTHER ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY   Located at 149 Kyker Rd., Telford, TN behind Kyker's Garage and the old Luther Zion Lutheran Church building. The cemetery is fenced but very overgrown with weeds. Several tombstones are turned over and there are bases without the markers. Evidence of approximately 200 unmarked graves was found. GPS location: 36.15.32N 082.34.47W

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	ROW #/ GRAVE #	COMMENTS
Amentrout, Faatt	Apr. 30, 1818	Feb. 29, 1888	4/4
Armentrout, Catherine	Dec. 27, 1797	Jan. 28, 1869	4/2
Armentrout, Elizabeth	Nov. 15, 1833	Apr. 13, 1875	1/18	Wife of Faatt Armentrout [Stone turned over, broken & bolted together]
Armentrout, Frederick	Apr. 22, 1791	Feb. 24, 1864	4/1
Armentrout, Phillip	Aug. 22, 1829	Jan. 23, 1892	5/2	[Stone overturned]
Armentrout, Valentine	Dec. 11, 1825	Feby. 25, 1844	5/3	[Stone overturned]
Crumley, Bulah Kate	Apr. 1, 1925	Apr. 12, 1925	5/11	[Stone overturned]
Crumley, C.W.	1879	1947	5/17
Crumley, Dessie G.	Feb. 18, 1876	Nov. 24, 1904	5/15	Wife of C.W. Crumley
Crumley, Edward A.	Nov. 13, 1877	May 7, 1909	5/9
Crumley, Georgia, Anna	Nov. 18, 1881	Jan. 12, 1882	5/5	Daughter of J.W. & Susan F. Crumley
Crumley, Hazel L.	1900	1925	5/16	Dau. of C.W. Crumley
Crumley, James Albert	Mar. 19, 1883	Dec. 17, 1888	5/4	Son of J.W. & S.F. Crumley
Crumley, John W.	1854	1913	5/8
Crumley, Kathleen	July 15, 1926	July 15, 1926	5/12
Crumley, Ralph	Aug. 15, 1903	May 3, 1904	5/14	Son of C.W. & D.G. Crumley
Crumley, Stella May	Mar. 11, 1902	Oct. 1, 1903	5/13	Daughter of C.W. & D.G. Crumley
Crumley, Susan F.	Apirl 24, 1857	Feb. 18, 1902	5/7	Wife of J.W. Crumley
Hencher, Elizabeth	May 26, 1853	July 11, 1871	3/6	24 years 1 mo 18 da. Wife of Wm. A. Hencher
Miller, Emma J.	Jan. 3, 1845	Nov. 10, 1905	5/1
Morrell, Sarah C.	Dec. 22, 1857	May 15, 1881	4/5	Wife of R.W. Morrell
Pleasant, Lee Ann Shafer	Aug. 18, 1855	Mr. 28, 1891	5/10
Seneker, Lenora Armentrout	Oct. 13, 1833	Feb. 17, 1877	4/3	Wife of James K. Seneker
Shafer, Jacob	Sept. 27, 1806	Dec. 6, 1858	3/2
Shafer, Sarah	June 15, 1812	Mar. 13, 1867	3/3
Shafer, Sarah Alexander	Nov. 15, 1850	Dec. 12, 1855	3/1	Dau. of Jacob S. & Sarah Shafer
Shaver, George G.	Sept. 8, 1817	Feb. 1, 1858	3/4	[Marker signed: J.J. Hiloman, Big Lick, VA]
Shaver, W. Franklin	Oct. 14, 1841	Oct 8, 1863	3/5	Husband
Unknown			5/6	[Base for tombstone. Could not find the top]
Unknown			2/1	[Base for tombstone. Could not find the top]
Unknown			2/2	[Base for tombstone. Could not find the top]
Wagner, Adam	Dec. 12, 1807	Nov. 20, 1885	1/1	Aged 77 yrs. 10 mo. 25 days [Stone off base on ground]
Wagner, McChesney	May 16, 1843	May 30, 1925	1/3
Wagner, Sophia	Nov. 29, 1813	Aug. 28, 1889	1/2	[Stone off base on ground]
Wagner, Susan P.	Nov. 30, 1848	Dec. 28, 1885	1/4	Wife of McChesney Wanger

Transcribed, photographed and contributed to Washington Co. TNGenWeb on November 2004 by Dawn Peters, Donna Briggs, Chester Willis and Betty Jane Hylton.

Additional information:

 

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

p.98 - November 29, 1853 Faut Armentrout - Elizabeth Shafer -- Frederick Armentrout - md. 1 December 1853 - J.K. Hancher, M.G.

p.124 -October 25, 1860 James K. Seneker -Leanorrah Armentrout - md. 25 October 1860 - J.K. Hancher, M.G.

p.13 - September 25, 1867 - McChesney Wagner -Susan Hoss - md. 26 September 1867 - J.K. Hancher, M.G.

p.14 - December 18, 1869 W.A. Hancher - Elizabeth F. Shafer - md. 21 December 1869 - W.B. Rankin, M.G

 

 

Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene Fillers Burgner

p.68 - Frederick Armentrout, May 22, 1857. Wife Catharine - to be supported by son Philip Armentrout. Daughter Layamora to live with her mother if she wants to. Executors: Hiram & Philip Armentrout, my sons. Test: J.R. Armentrout, Michael Armentrout. Probated February Term, 1865. Signed: Frederick Armentrout.

 

1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee

1097/2141 Frederick Armentrout 62, Catherine 55, Lafayette 32, Philip 20, Eleanor 19, Lavina 17.

 

1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee

257 Wagoner, Adam 52, Sopha 46, M. Chesney 17, Deniza 21, Virginia E. 12, Luther M. 9, John A. 23.

281 Armentrout, Frederick 71, Catherine 64, Miller, Emma 17, Armentrout, Lenamore 27, Philip 30.

1067 Armentrout, Faatte 42, Elizabeth 26, Sarah C. 5, Susan F 3.

1069 Shaver, Sarah 48, John 27, Eliza J. 21, George M. 19, James W. 16, Leana 5.

 

1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee

3/1 Wagner, Adam 62, Sophia 56, McChesney 25, Luther M. 19, Virginia E. 21, Susan 18, Adam F. 2.

16/39 Armentrout, Faat 52, Elizabeth 36.

16/73 Shaver, Leann 14 living in the household of Thos. J. Humphreys.

 

1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee

455 Wagner, Adam 72, Sophia 66, Mc. 37, S.P. 31 (f), A.F. 11 (m), L.P. 9 (f), J.L. 7 (m), C.M. 4 (m), E.M. 1 (f)

551 Armentrout, Fayett 62, Eliza J. 18

 

1880 Census Greene County, Tennessee

217 Pleasant, Robert F. 30, Leann 25, Samuel 6, Sallie 4, Charley 2.

 

History of Washington County, Tennessee 1988 by Watauga Association of Genealogist

p.140 [Picture of house] - Philip Armentrout House

This large brick house, constructed by laying the brick in the Flemish bond pattern, is located near Big Limestone Creek [Kyker Rd.] on land purchased by Frederick Armentrout (1791-1864), formerly of Rockingham County, Virginia. His wife was Catherine Layman; they had twelve children. [Philip was one of their sons.]

 

p.447 Nancy J. Overfelt (1826-1879) married Isaac Pleasant (1824-1876), a native of Virginia, 6 May 1846 in Washington County. Isaac and Nancy owned a large farm on the Washington County-Greene County line near Providence Presbyterian Church and reared their six children there. Isaac served in Company K, 60th Confederate Tennessee Mounted Infantry during the Civil War. Their children: Lewis Calvin (1847- ___); Robert F. (1849 - ____) m. Leann Shaferä

 

p.304-304 James and Elizabeth Rose Crumley had seven children: (1) John W. Crumley (1854-1913), a blacksmith, farmer and squire lived near Limestone, married Susan Frances Armentrout (1857-1902) they had seven children 7 children: Charles William, Edward, Birtha, Georgia Anna, James Albert, Mary and Philipä

 

p.314 Thomas Pershing (Tommy) in 1939 married Mell Quinton Wagner, daughter of John Quinton and Margarat Councill Wagner. Mell's grandfather was McChesney Wagner, Washington County Trustee and a State Legislator in the 1880's.

 

Historic Sites of Sullivan County, compiled by Mrs. Muriel C. Spoden, Kingsport Press, 1976, reprinted and expanded edition, 1993, p. 149:

James King Seneker was born in 1813 and died in 1886. He is buried in Papervile. He married three times: first to Elizabeth Bushong (buried in Paperville); second to Leonora Armentrout (buried in Luther Zion Cemetery in Washington County, Tenn); and third to Mary Hodge (buried in Paperville).

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