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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Knight Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Knight Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Knight Cemetery

Lat:   33.2124°   (33° 12' 44")

Lon:   -81.9590°   (-81° 57' 32")

The Knight Cemetery is located in Burke County<2>.

The county seat for Burke County is located in Waynesboro. Waynesboro lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Knight Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Knight Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Knight Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Crockett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crockett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crockett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Crockett Cemetery is located in Richmond County
  • Cosnahan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cosnahan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cosnahan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cosnahan Cemetery is located in Richmond County
  • Fulcher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulcher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fulcher Cemetery is located in Richmond County
  • Palmer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Palmer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Palmer Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2389770 <6>
  • Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Green Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Gordon Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mixon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mixon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mixon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mixon Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Usher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Usher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Usher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Usher Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Fulcher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fulcher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fulcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fulcher Cemetery is located in Richmond County
  • McBean Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McBean Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McBean Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McBean Cemetery is located in Burke County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Richmond County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Atkins Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atkins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Atkins Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Union Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Walker Scott Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walker Scott Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walker Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walker Scott Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Gresham Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gresham Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gresham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gresham Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Twiggs Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twiggs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twiggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Twiggs Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Burton Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burton Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Tinley Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tinley Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Malone Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Malone Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Malone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Malone Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Brothersville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brothersville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brothersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brothersville Cemetery is located in Richmond County
    • Rachael Tucker Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rachael Tucker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rachael Tucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rachael Tucker Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Bines Slave Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bines Slave Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bines Slave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bines Slave Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Slave Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slave Cemetery
      • The Slave Cemetery is located in Burke County
      • The Slave Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Colored Cemetery
      • Old Quarter Cemetery
      • Sixth Street Park Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2536446 <6>
    • Waynesboro Confederate Memorial Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Burke Memorial Gardens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burke Memorial Gardens
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burke Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burke Memorial Gardens is located in Burke County
    • Walter Jones Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walter Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walter Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walter Jones Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Botsford Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Botsford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Botsford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Botsford Cemetery is located in Burke County
    • Beeson Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beeson Family Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Beeson Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • The Beeson Family Cemetery is located in Burke County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beeson Family Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Waynesboro.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443953 <6>

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Knight Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Knight Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Nixon ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Nixon is located in Richmond County
  • Waynesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cowden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cowden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
    • Cowden is located in Aiken County (SC)
  • Hephzibah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gracewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bush ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
    • Bush is located in Aiken County (SC)
  • Kathwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kathwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathwood
    • Kathwood is located in Aiken County (SC)
  • Browns Hill ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Browns Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Hill
    • Browns Hill is located in Aiken County (SC)
  • Pepperidge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
    • Pepperidge is located in Richmond County
  • Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Jackson is located in Aiken County (SC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,815 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <7>
  • Savanna Town ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savanna Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
    • Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
  • Saint Clair
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Saint Clair is located in Burke County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Southgate Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southgate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
      • Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
    • Beech Island
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Blythe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Keysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brushy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
      • Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
    • Torbit Station ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Torbit Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
      • Torbit Station is located in Burke County
      • Torbit Station has also been known as:
      • Torbit
    • Gough
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Munnerlyn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Munnerlyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munnerlyn
      • Munnerlyn is located in Burke County
    • Barton Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County
    • Hawthorne ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
      • Hawthorne is located in Aiken County (SC)
    • Augusta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Girard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Gordon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Noah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
      • Noah is located in Jefferson County
      • Noah has also been known as:
      • Noah Station

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 Knight Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Burke County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Knight Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Knight Cemetery:

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 Knight Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #316491  (Knight Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #316491 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: McBean
    • County: Burke         Elev: 88
    • Location given for GNIS #316491 (Knight Cemetery)

The official website for Burke County: www.burkecounty-ga.gov/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Burke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Knight Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2124, Longitude: -81.9590       In this case, the coordinates for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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