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A visit to the Rocky Ford Cemetery ...

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 Rocky Ford Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.6837°   (32° 41' 1")

Lon:   -81.8369°   (-81° 50' 12")

The Rocky Ford Cemetery is located in Screven County<1>.

The county seat for Screven County is located in Sylvania. Sylvania lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Rocky Ford Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Rocky Ford Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Parker Cemetery is located in Screven County
  • Lanier Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Finch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Finch Cemetery is located in Jenkins County
  • Daughtry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Daughtry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Daughtry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Daughtry Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
  • Parker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Parker Cemetery is located in Screven County
  • Clifton Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hendrix Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendrix Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendrix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
  • Beasley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beasley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beasley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Beasley Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
  • Little Horse Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Horse Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Horse Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Little Horse Creek Cemetery is located in Screven County
  • Aycock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aycock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aycock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Aycock Cemetery is located in Jenkins County
  • Johnson Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Grove Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Douglas Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Peggy Zeigler Cemetery Two
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peggy Zeigler Cemetery Two
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peggy Zeigler Cemetery Two have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Peggy Zeigler Cemetery Two is located in Screven County
    • Paynes Chapel UMC Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Screven County
    • Zeigler Cemetery Three
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zeigler Cemetery Three
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zeigler Cemetery Three have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Zeigler Cemetery Three is located in Screven County
    • Doughtry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Doughtry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Doughtry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Doughtry Cemetery is located in Screven County
    • Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Clifton Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Munlin Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Munlin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Munlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Munlin Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
    • Lee Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lee Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
    • Donaldson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Donaldson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Donaldson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Donaldson Cemetery is located in Bulloch County
    • Springhead Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springhead Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springhead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Springhead Cemetery is located in Screven County

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]<2> of the Rocky Ford Cemetery.

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

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 Rocky Ford 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Rocky Ford 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 Rocky Ford Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #321844  (Rocky Ford Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #321844 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: Rocky Ford
    • County: Screven         Elev: 47
    • Location given for GNIS #321844 (Rocky Ford Cemetery)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Rocky Ford Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6837, Longitude: -81.8369    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<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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