A visit to the Sam Bentley 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 Sam Bentley Cemetery ...
The Sam Bentley Cemetery is located in Letcher County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Austin Cemetery
- The Austin Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Benjamin Bolling Cemetery
- The Benjamin Bolling Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- The Benjamin Bolling Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bolling Cemetery
- Boggs Cemetery
- The Boggs Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Boggs Cemetery
- The Boggs Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Cantrell Cemetery
- The Cantrell Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Cook Cemetery
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- Cook Cemetery
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Pike County
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- Crouse Cemetery
- Dotson Cemetery
- The Dotson Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Gilliam Cemetery
- The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Haddon Cemetery
- The Haddon Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Hamilton Cemetery
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Hemphill Cemetery
- The Hemphill Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hemphill Cemetery is located in Hemphill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968405 <2>
- Hillman Cemetery
- The Hillman Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Holbrook Cemetery
- The Holbrook Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- Laurel Fork Cemetery
- The Laurel Fork Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- McRoberts Cemetery
- The McRoberts Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- Melvin Adams Cemetery
- The Melvin Adams Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- The Melvin Adams Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adams Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Mullins Cemetery
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Mullins Cemetery
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Pebelton Johnson Cemetery
- Pevelton Johnson Cemetery
- Potter Cemetery
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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- Roberts Branch Cemetery
- Short Creek Cemetery
- The Short Creek Cemetery is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Vanover Cemetery
- The Vanover Cemetery is located in Letcher County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Sam Bentley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Almira
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Bellcraft
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
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- Burdine
- Burdine is located in Letcher County
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- Cromona
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
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- Deane
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Eolia
- Eolia is located in Letcher County
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- Ermine
- Ermine is located in Letcher County
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- Farraday
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
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- Fleming - Neon
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Haddonfield
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Hemphill
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
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- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Jenkins
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- Mayking
- Mayking is located in Letcher County
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- McRoberts
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
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- Millstone
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
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- Neon
- Oven Fork
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
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- Pound
- Seco
- Seco is located in Letcher County
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- Sergent
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
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- Thornton
- Thornton is located in Letcher County
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- Tolliver Town
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
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- West Whitesburg
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
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- Whitaker
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County
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- Whitesburg
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 Sam Bentley Cemetery. The following communities are located in Letcher County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sam Bentley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cromona
- Jenkins
- Whitesburg
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 Sam Bentley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Letcher 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 Sam Bentley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #509630 (Sam Bentley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #509630 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: Letcher
- Est. Elev: 475 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jenkins West
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Letcher, 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> | 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- Sam Bentley Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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