A visit to the Prospect Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Prospect Cemetery ...
The Prospect Cemetery is located in Meriwether County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bradberry Cemetery
- The Bradberry Cemetery is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradberry Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
- Campground Cemetery
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- Cousins Cemetery
- The Cousins Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Cemetery
- Crowley Cemetery
- The Crowley Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crowley Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the southwest of Luthersville.
- The Crowley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melson - Post Cemetery
- Old David Keith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33504 <2>
- Grantville City Cemetery
- Holly Springs Cemetery
- John Coggins Meadows Cemetery
- The John Coggins Meadows Cemetery is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Coggins Meadows Cemetery
- The John Coggins Meadows Cemetery has also been known as:
- John Coggin Meadows Family Cemetery
- Meadows Cemetery
- Meadows McCollum Cemetery
- Meddas Cemetery
- Lambert Cemetery
- The Lambert Cemetery is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert Cemetery
- McLaughin Cemetery
- The McLaughin Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaughin Cemetery
- Meddas Cemetery
- The Meddas Cemetery is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meddas Cemetery
- Meddas Cemetery
- The Meddas Cemetery is located in Coweta County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
- The Myrtle Hill Cemetery is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Hill Cemetery
- The Myrtle Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hogansville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176489 <2>
- Ollie Branch Cemetery
- The Ollie Branch Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie Branch Cemetery
- Possum Trot Cemetery
- The Possum Trot Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
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- Stevens Cemetery
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Word Cemetery
- The Word Cemetery is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Word Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Asta Village
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
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- Brays Lakeview
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Corinth
- Corinth is located in Heard County
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- East Newnan
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
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- Gay
- Grantville
- Greenville
- Haralson
- Harris City
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
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- Hogansville
- Jade Lake Village
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
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- Lone Oak
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Luthersville
- Moreland
- Mountville
- Newnan
- Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
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- Sharpsburg
- Smith City
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
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- Turin
- Whitfield
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
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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 Prospect Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Meriwether County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Franklin
- Greenville
- Hogansville
- LaGrange
- Newnan
- Senoia
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Meriwether 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #346910 (Prospect Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #346910 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: Meriwether
- Est. Elev: 264 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grantville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Meriwether, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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- Prospect Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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