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A visit to the Silver Shoal 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 Silver Shoal Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Silver Shoal 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 Silver Shoal Cemetery

Lat:   34.3732°   (34° 22' 23")

Lon:   -83.5399°   (-83° 32' 23")

The Silver Shoal Cemetery is located in Banks County<2>.

The county seat for Banks County is located in Homer. Homer lies just to the southeast of the Silver Shoal Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Silver Shoal Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Hickory Flat Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Flat Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hickory Flat Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Line Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Line Baptist Church Cemetery
    • The Line Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Line Baptist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Homer.
  • The Line Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Line Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Line Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Old Line Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Line Cemetery
    • The Old Line Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • The Old Line Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Peyton Cemetery
  • Jordan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jordan Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Wynn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wynn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Wynn Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Henderson Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Martin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Martin Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Mason / Moss Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mason / Moss Cemetery
    • The Mason / Moss Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brown Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Woodley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Woodley Cemetery is located in Banks County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Enon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Enon Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Antioch Holiness Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ellison Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ellison Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Harmony Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harmony Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Crossroads Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroads Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Wade Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wade Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wade Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 Habersham County
    • Gillsville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillsville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gillsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gillsville Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Veal Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veal Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Veal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Veal Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Grove Level Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Level Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grove Level Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Grove Level Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Weebs Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weebs Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weebs Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Weebs Creek Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Banks County
    • Damascus Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Damascus Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Damascus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Damascus Cemetery is located in Banks County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Silver Shoal Cemetery.

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

  • Homer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Alto is located in Habersham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <5>
  • Raoul
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raoul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
    • Raoul is located in Habersham County
  • Lula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Maysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Baldwin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cornelia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Plainview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Plainview is located in Franklin County
  • Mount Airy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Holly Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
    • Holly Springs is located in Jackson County
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Sulphur Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur Springs
    • White Sulphur Springs is located in Hall County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Commerce
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jarrett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
      • Jarrett is located in Hall County
    • Demorest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Brookton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
      • Brookton is located in Hall County
    • New Holland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
      • New Holland is located in Hall County
    • Rainbow Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
      • Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
    • Sugar Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
      • Sugar Hill is located in Hall County
    • Clermont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Land ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Land. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
      • Land is located in Hall County
    • Gower Springs ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gower Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gower Springs
      • Gower Springs is located in Hall County
    • Gainesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Talmo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pendergrass
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendergrass have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendergrass
      • Pendergrass is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pendergrass <5>
    • Clarkesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Leo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
      • Leo is located in White County
      • Leo has also been known as:
      • Meldean

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 Silver Shoal Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Banks County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Silver Shoal 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 Silver Shoal Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #349298  (Silver Shoal Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #349298 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: Maysville
    • County: Banks         Elev: 273
    • Location given for GNIS #349298 (Silver Shoal Cemetery)

The official website for Banks County: www.bankscountyga.org/

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 Banks, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Silver Shoal Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3732, Longitude: -83.5399       In this case, the coordinates for the Silver Shoal 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.




 

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