A visit to the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (FG ID #2174167)
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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Lat: 31.9281° (31° 55' 41")
Lon: -82.0211° (-82° 1' 15")
The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Tattnall County<2>.
The county seat for Tattnall County is located in Reidsville. Reidsville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bradley - Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Stanfield Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Battle Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Surrency Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrency Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Surrency Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Surrency Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Pine View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pine View Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Matlock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matlock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Matlock Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glennville Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mendes Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McArthur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McArthur Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McArthur Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The McArthur Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Padgett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Padgett Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Padgett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Padgett Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Ebenezer FWB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Halltown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeLoach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glennville City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Glennville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madray Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hagan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Manassas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Surrency
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Claxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collins
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Odum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Baxley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ohoopee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doctortown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ludowici
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludowici have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludowici
- Ludowici is located in Long County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludowici <6>
- Jesup
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedar Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tattnall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baxley
- Baxley lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Baxley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxley
- Glennville
- Hinesville
- Jesup
- Jesup lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Jesup.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesup
- Ludowici
- Lyons
- Lyons lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Odum
- Odum lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odum.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odum
- Reidsville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Tattnall County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery:
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 Tattnall, 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' (or point-to-point) 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9281, Longitude: -82.0211 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |