Between 1805 and 1810, George Clevenger and wife Elizabeth Bradshaw settled in the Mill Springs Community of Jefferson County, Tenn. George's parents, Thomas and Sitchie Clevenger, had settled in Cocke County several years earlier. (Mill Springs is near the Grainger County line, just west of present-day Cherokee Dam.)
Most of the Clevengers living in Jefferson and Grainger counties today are descendants of George and Elizabeth. There is an online posting of family data. (Due to marriages and name changes, daughters' history is more difficult to trace and often less complete.)
George and Elizabeth's son Elihu (1829-1893), who lived in Roane County, served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. A special headstone for Union veterans (documented on this website) still stands at his grave. (The name on the stone is spelled "Clevinger" instead of "Clevenger." Also, as there are 2 listings, it appears that Elihu's stone was replaced 3 years after original installation.)
George and Elizabeth do not have marked graves. There is a related online posting from a Find-A-Grave contributor who visited this cemetery site in September 2000 and took pictures of the 2 marked graves she found. (See her photos here and here.)
(There are additional online data for George and Elizabeth's son James.)
[This may qualify only as speculation. But I've concluded that the "B. H. Clevenger" buried in this old Clevenger Cemetery is actually R. H. Clevenger, more specifically Robert H. Clevenger, nicknamed "Giffy," a grandson of George and Elizabeth. I pull the full name from a website that documents placement of his memorial stone at this location, the same type of stone for Union soldiers who served in the Civil War as placed on his Uncle Elihu's grave (cited above). Giffy Clevenger (1829-1865) was the son of Thomas S. Clevenger and his first wife Sarah Kimbrough, who also is likely buried in this cemetery. The Serene Clevenger buried here is probably Giffy's wife, who preceded him in death. Corrections/additional data welcomed. --Gene Bryant]
Most of the Clevengers living in Jefferson and Grainger counties today are descendants of George and Elizabeth. There is an online posting of family data. (Due to marriages and name changes, daughters' history is more difficult to trace and often less complete.)
George and Elizabeth's son Elihu (1829-1893), who lived in Roane County, served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. A special headstone for Union veterans (documented on this website) still stands at his grave. (The name on the stone is spelled "Clevinger" instead of "Clevenger." Also, as there are 2 listings, it appears that Elihu's stone was replaced 3 years after original installation.)
George and Elizabeth do not have marked graves. There is a related online posting from a Find-A-Grave contributor who visited this cemetery site in September 2000 and took pictures of the 2 marked graves she found. (See her photos here and here.)
(There are additional online data for George and Elizabeth's son James.)
[This may qualify only as speculation. But I've concluded that the "B. H. Clevenger" buried in this old Clevenger Cemetery is actually R. H. Clevenger, more specifically Robert H. Clevenger, nicknamed "Giffy," a grandson of George and Elizabeth. I pull the full name from a website that documents placement of his memorial stone at this location, the same type of stone for Union soldiers who served in the Civil War as placed on his Uncle Elihu's grave (cited above). Giffy Clevenger (1829-1865) was the son of Thomas S. Clevenger and his first wife Sarah Kimbrough, who also is likely buried in this cemetery. The Serene Clevenger buried here is probably Giffy's wife, who preceded him in death. Corrections/additional data welcomed. --Gene Bryant]
Between 1805 and 1810, George Clevenger and wife Elizabeth Bradshaw settled in the Mill Springs Community of Jefferson County, Tenn. George's parents, Thomas and Sitchie Clevenger, had settled in Cocke County several years earlier. (Mill Springs is near the Grainger County line, just west of present-day Cherokee Dam.)
Most of the Clevengers living in Jefferson and Grainger counties today are descendants of George and Elizabeth. There is an online posting of family data. (Due to marriages and name changes, daughters' history is more difficult to trace and often less complete.)
George and Elizabeth's son Elihu (1829-1893), who lived in Roane County, served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. A special headstone for Union veterans (documented on this website) still stands at his grave. (The name on the stone is spelled "Clevinger" instead of "Clevenger." Also, as there are 2 listings, it appears that Elihu's stone was replaced 3 years after original installation.)
George and Elizabeth do not have marked graves. There is a related online posting from a Find-A-Grave contributor who visited this cemetery site in September 2000 and took pictures of the 2 marked graves she found. (See her photos here and here.)
(There are additional online data for George and Elizabeth's son James.)
[This may qualify only as speculation. But I've concluded that the "B. H. Clevenger" buried in this old Clevenger Cemetery is actually R. H. Clevenger, more specifically Robert H. Clevenger, nicknamed "Giffy," a grandson of George and Elizabeth. I pull the full name from a website that documents placement of his memorial stone at this location, the same type of stone for Union soldiers who served in the Civil War as placed on his Uncle Elihu's grave (cited above). Giffy Clevenger (1829-1865) was the son of Thomas S. Clevenger and his first wife Sarah Kimbrough, who also is likely buried in this cemetery. The Serene Clevenger buried here is probably Giffy's wife, who preceded him in death. Corrections/additional data welcomed. --Gene Bryant]
Most of the Clevengers living in Jefferson and Grainger counties today are descendants of George and Elizabeth. There is an online posting of family data. (Due to marriages and name changes, daughters' history is more difficult to trace and often less complete.)
George and Elizabeth's son Elihu (1829-1893), who lived in Roane County, served as a Union soldier in the Civil War. A special headstone for Union veterans (documented on this website) still stands at his grave. (The name on the stone is spelled "Clevinger" instead of "Clevenger." Also, as there are 2 listings, it appears that Elihu's stone was replaced 3 years after original installation.)
George and Elizabeth do not have marked graves. There is a related online posting from a Find-A-Grave contributor who visited this cemetery site in September 2000 and took pictures of the 2 marked graves she found. (See her photos here and here.)
(There are additional online data for George and Elizabeth's son James.)
[This may qualify only as speculation. But I've concluded that the "B. H. Clevenger" buried in this old Clevenger Cemetery is actually R. H. Clevenger, more specifically Robert H. Clevenger, nicknamed "Giffy," a grandson of George and Elizabeth. I pull the full name from a website that documents placement of his memorial stone at this location, the same type of stone for Union soldiers who served in the Civil War as placed on his Uncle Elihu's grave (cited above). Giffy Clevenger (1829-1865) was the son of Thomas S. Clevenger and his first wife Sarah Kimbrough, who also is likely buried in this cemetery. The Serene Clevenger buried here is probably Giffy's wife, who preceded him in death. Corrections/additional data welcomed. --Gene Bryant]
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