A visit to the Braggs Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Braggs Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Braggs Cemetery (FG ID #32954).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Braggs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Braggs Cemetery:
32.8035, -81.7568
The Braggs Cemetery is located in Screven County<2>.
The county seat for Screven County is located in Sylvania. Sylvania lies just to the east southeast of the Braggs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Braggs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Braggs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Braggs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Big Horse Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Waters Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Cemetery
- Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- McDonald Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Horse Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peggy Zeigler Cemetery Two
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Doughtry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Doughtry Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughtry Cemetery
- Wesley UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lewis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Zeigler Cemetery Three
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Ellis Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Ellis Chapel Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Chapel Cemetery
- Kelsey Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sylvania Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sylvania Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania Cemetery
- Lawton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bascom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bascom Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom Cemetery
- Hurst Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Screven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Braggs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Braggs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Zeigler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hiltonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scarboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Millen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ogeechee ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Perkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Emmalane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cooperville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Captolo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Munnerlyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Girard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clito
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Braggs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Screven County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Braggs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Millen
- Statesboro
- Sylvania
- Waynesboro
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Braggs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Screven County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Braggs Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #32954
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #311714 (Braggs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #311714 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Screven
- Est. Elev: 86 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sylvania North
- Location given for Braggs Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.7912755 Lon: -81.7492784
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Screven, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Braggs Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |