GREENE COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Kerbaugh Cemetery (aka Trobaugh/Myers) ----¤¤¤---- By Stevie Hughes PREFACE IN 1967, MR. BUFORD F. REYNOLDS VISITED MANY GREENE COUNTY, TN CEMETERIES AND TRANSCRIBED THE GRAVE STONES. AFTER HIS DEATH, A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS PUBLISHED HIS MANUSCRIPT IN 1971. AT THE DATE OF THE SURVEY, 4-6-1968, THE CEMETERY NAME WAS RECORDED AS TROBAUGH-MYERS; HOWEVER THE DEEDED CEMETERY WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED THE KERBAUGH CEMETERY. THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF TOWN ON THE OLD KNOXVILLE HIGHWAY. THE CEMETERY IS WELL MAINTAINED. MY LAST VISIT TO KERBAUGH CEMETERY WAS IN APRIL 2004. HISTORY OF THE KERBAUGH (AKA TROBAUGH/MYERS) CEMETERY GEORGE AND CATHERINE (PROBABLY "KATRINA") LINGENFELTER KERBAUGH CAME TO GREENE COUNTY TENNESSEE FROM VIRGINIA ABOUT 1803. ON NOVEMBER 7, 1803, GEORGE KERBAUGH PURCHASED A TOTAL OF 150 ACRES OF LAND FROM JAMES MILLER. THIS LAND WAS ADJACENT TO THAT OF SAMUEL VANCE AND CHARLES LOWERY. GEORGE AND CATHERINE KERBAUGH HAD TWELVE CHILDREN, NOT ALL OF WHOM CAME TO GREENE COUNTY, TN. THOSE WHO ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN GREENE COUNTY INCLUDE JOHN WHO FIRST MARRIED PEGGY MORRISON IN 1808, AND AFTER SHE DIED, THEN MARRIED ELIZABETH WAMPLER IN 1821; JACOB WHO MARRIED MARGARET MOYERS IN 1820; DANIEL WHO DID NOT STAY IN GREENE COUNTY; GEORGE JR. WHO MARRIED REBEKA GIBBS IN 1829; "CATY" WHO MARRIED JOHN MYERS IN 1808; POLLY WHO MARRIED FREDERICK MYERS IN 1810; NANCY WHO MARRIED JACOB TROBAUGH IN 1811; SALLY WHO MARRIED DANIEL "FARMER" (FARNER) IN 1816. OTHER CHILDREN OF GEORGE AND CATHERINE WHO WERE NOT MARRIED IN GREENE COUNTY INCLUDED SON, CHRISTIAN, AND DAUGHTERS ELIZABETH, EVE AND MARGARET. GEORGE KERBAUGH DIED IN 1805. HIS WIFE, CATHERINE DIED BEFORE 1830. IN 1831, THE SON, JOHN, PETITIONED THE GREENE COUNTY COURTS TO PARTITION HIS FATHER'S LAND AMONG THE HEIRS. THE SONS, JOHN AND JACOB, CONTINUED TO RESIDE ON THE ORIGINAL LAND ACQUIRED IN 1803. ON AUGUST 8, 1851, JACOB KERBAUGH DEEDED ONE ACRE OF LAND TO BE USED AS A "PUBLIC BURIAL GROUND". TRANSCRIPTION AT THE TIME OF BUFORD REYOLD'S SURVEY IN 1968, HE MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: "21 LEGIBLE MARKERS - 100 OR MORE UNMARKED." WHEN I VISITED THE CEMETERY IN APRIL 2004, A NEW MARKER HAD BEEN PLACED FOR ELIZABETH LOWERY. ELIZABETH KERBAUGH, DAUGHTER OF JACOB KERBAUGH, MARRIED JAMES LOWRY IN GREENE COUNTY ON 6-18-1856. SURNAME GIVEN MAIDEN Birth Death BROWN WM. 1869 1871 S OF L. AND M.A. ERNEST 1880 S OF L AND M.A. FARNER ELIZABETH 5-24-1802 5-31-1851 W OF J. GREENLEE J. L. CO. D 4TH TENN. INF. HARRIET 2-21-1821 12-21-1875 KERBAUGH T. F. CO. 4TH TENN. INF. (Thomas, son of Jacob and Margaret Moyers Kerbaugh) LOWERY ELIZABETH (Wife of James Lowery and daughter of Jacob and Margaret Moyers Kerbaugh) MYERS MICHAEL 10-16-1809 11-22-1879 SOPHIA 2-28-1814 12-24-1877 WIFE LT. JACOB M. 6-22-1837 12/6/07 1ST TENN. CAV. CLARISSA N. 1-5-1841 5/28/09 WIFE MICHAEL 1864 1867 SON MICHAEL C. 1866 SON WM 1879 1880 SON MYERS BOB 2-15-1871 1/29/22 CHRISTIAN B. 1873 1874 S OF M.G. AND M.E. CHARLES F. 1888 S OF M.G. AND M.E. TILMAN 1918 S OF J.R. AND BESSIE J. R. January 1922 Doughty Stevens Record RADAR EMILY JANE 7-30-1841 4-4-1880 W OF DR. M. MANDA ELLEN 1860 1861 D. EMILY EFFIE 1880 D. SMELTSER G. S. CO. F 4TH TENN INF. NUMEROUS UNREADABLE FIELD STONE MARKERS OF THE MANY FIELD STONE MARKERS, THE FOLLOWING KERBAUGHS ARE BELIEVED TO BE INTERRED IN THIS FAMILY CEMETERY: KERBAUGH GEORGE 1803 CATHERINE LINGENFELTER C. 1829 W/O GEORGE JOHN WILL DATE 11-25-1855 S/O GEORGE AND CATHERINE; DISABLED SOLDIER, WAR OF 1812, PRIVATE, 24TH REGIMENT JACOB S/O GEORGE AND CATHERINE MARGARET MOYERS W/O JACOB ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Stevie Hughes Stevie1302@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________