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A visit to the Dockery Cemetery ...


The location of the Dockery Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


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 Dockery Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dockery Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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

Lat:   35.8682°   (35° 52' 5")

Lon:   -82.7835°   (-82° 47' 0")

The Dockery Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.

The county seat for Madison County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies just to the southeast of the Dockery Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Dockery Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to North Carolina:
  • Pages specific to Madison 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 Dockery Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dockery Cemetery.

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

    • Stackhouse
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stackhouse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
      • Stackhouse is located in Madison County
    • Walnut
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
      • Walnut is located in Madison County
    • Hurricane
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
      • Hurricane is located in Madison County
    • Hot Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
      • Spring Creek is located in Madison County
    • Chapel Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
      • Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
    • Marshall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • White Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Madison County
    • Allenstand
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
      • Allenstand is located in Madison County
    • Rollins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
      • Rollins is located in Madison County
    • Cutshalltown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
      • Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
    • Trust
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
      • Trust is located in Madison County
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Wolf Creek
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
        • Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
      • Petersburg
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
        • Petersburg is located in Madison County
      • Foster Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
        • Foster Creek is located in Madison County
      • Allegheny
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
        • Allegheny is located in Madison County
      • Cedar Creek
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
        • Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
      • Sandymush
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
        • Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
        • Sandymush has also been known as:
        • Sandy Mush
      • Mars Hill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Del Rio
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Tom Town
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tom Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
        • Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
      • Alexander
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

    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 Dockery Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Dockery Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Fortner Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fortner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fortner Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fortner Cemetery
    • Thomas Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thomas Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Henderson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Henderson Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2486230 <7>
    • Johnson Family Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Walnut Methodist Church Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Goldsmith Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McDevitt Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDevitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McDevitt Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDevitt Cemetery
    • Gahagan Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Walnut.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gahagan Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47433 <7>
    • George W. Gahagan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the George W. Gahagan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The George W. Gahagan is located in Madison County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the George W. Gahagan is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Walnut.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George W. Gahagan
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483532 <7>
    • Wallin Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wallin Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Wallin Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallin Cemetery
    • Goforth Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Goforth Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Goforth Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goforth Cemetery
    • Gahagan Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gahagan Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Walnut.
      • The Gahagan Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Don Gahagan Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gahagan Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483523 <7>
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Brooks Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • The Brooks Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
      • Crooked Ridge Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crooked Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Crooked Ridge Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crooked Ridge Cemetery
      • Freeman Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freeman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Freeman Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freeman Cemetery
      • Bullman Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bullman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bullman Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullman Cemetery
      • Norton Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • The Norton Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Cemetery
      • Gosnell Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • The Gosnell Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gosnell Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Hurricane.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gosnell Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485994 <7>
      • Wheeler Gosnell Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wheeler Gosnell Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Wheeler Gosnell Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Gosnell Cemetery
      • Gahagan Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Hot Springs.
        • The Gahagan Cemetery has also been known as:
        • William Wade Gahagan Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gahagan Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484308 <7>
      • Griffey Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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

    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 Dockery Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1010842  (Dockery Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1010842 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: Spring Creek
      • County: Madison         Elev: 684
      • Location given for GNIS #1010842 (Dockery Cemetery)

    The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.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 North Carolina's counties, including Madison, 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 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 Dockery Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8682, Longitude: -82.7835       In this case, the coordinates for the Dockery Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <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>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.




 

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