A visit to the Fortner 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 Fortner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Fortner Cemetery:
35.8434, -82.7793
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Fortner Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Fortner Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Marshall. Marshall lies just to the east southeast of the Fortner Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Fortner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Fortner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Anderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Dockery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Dockery Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dockery Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Crooked Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Treadway Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Treadway Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway Cemetery
- Reagan Worley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- The Henderson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Eldon Henderson Cemetery
- Henderson - Worley Cemetery
- Lower Big Pine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2496346 <5>
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McDevitt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The McDevitt Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDevitt Cemetery
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- Goldsmith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Goldsmith Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas 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 Brooks Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Massey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Massey Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Cemetery
- Farmer Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hagen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hagen Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagen Cemetery
- Gahagan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gahagan Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gahagan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gahagan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47433 <5>
- George W. Gahagan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The George W. Gahagan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George W. Gahagan
- To give a relative sense of its location, the George W. Gahagan is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483532 <5>
- Wallin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wallin Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallin Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Fortner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Fortner Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Walnut
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Stackhouse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hot Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Hurricane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Marshall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Chapel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Trust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- White Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Allenstand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Petersburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Cutshalltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- Foster Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foster Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
- Wolf Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Sandymush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Allegheny
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Alexander
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leicester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Tom Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
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 Fortner Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Fortner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Fortner Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 Fortner Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1011344 (Fortner Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1011344 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 711 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Spring Creek
- Location given for Fortner Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.8434373 Lon: -82.7793067
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fortner Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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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