A visit to the Benson 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 Benson Cemetery ...
The Benson Cemetery is located in Bladen County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Allen Cemetery
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Allen Cemetery
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Bladen Memorial Gardens
- Bryan Cemetery
- The Bryan Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Bryant Cemetery
- The Bryant Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Davis Cemetery
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Hester Cemetery
- The Hester Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Hines Cemetery
- The Hines Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Lee Cemetery
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- McCall Cemetery
- The McCall Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- McKoy Cemetery
- The McKoy Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Mears Cemetery
- The Mears Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Melvin Cemetery
- The Melvin Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- New Pait Cemetery
- The New Pait Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Old Pait Cemetery
- The Old Pait Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Pone Cemetery
- The Pone Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pone Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Abbottsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146092 <2>
- Rising Cemetery
- The Rising Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Roanoke Cemetery
- The Roanoke Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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- Smith Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
- The Sutton Cemetery is located in Bladen County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Benson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Abbottsburg
- Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
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- Allenton
- Allenton is located in Robeson County
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- Ammon
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
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- Bladenboro
- Butters
- Butters is located in Bladen County
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- Clarkton
- Council
- Council is located in Bladen County
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- Dublin
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Elizabethtown
- Jerome
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
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- Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
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- Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
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- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rico
- Rico is located in Columbus County
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- Rosindale
- Rosindale is located in Bladen County
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- Ruskin
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
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- Tar Heel
- White Lake
- White Oak
- Yorick
- Yorick is located in Bladen 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 Benson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bladen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Benson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clarkton
- Elizabethtown
- Lumberton
- Whiteville
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 helpful 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 Benson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Bladen 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 Benson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #981007 (Benson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #981007 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: Bladen
- Est. Elev: 36 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Abbottsburg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Bladen, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Benson Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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