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A visit to the Fortner Cemetery ...


The location of the Fortner 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 Fortner Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   35.8434°   (35° 50' 36")

Lon:   -82.7793°   (-82° 46' 45")

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 .

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 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:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Fortner 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 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)
      • 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
    • Stackhouse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Hot Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Creek
      (5 miles [8 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
    • Hurricane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
      • Hurricane is located in Madison County
    • Marshall
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rollins
      (7 miles [11.3 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
    • Chapel Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 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
    • Trust
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
      • Trust is located in Madison County
    • White Rock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Madison County
    • Allenstand
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
      • Allenstand is located in Madison County
    • Petersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Madison County
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Cutshalltown
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
        • Cutshalltown is located in Madison County
      • Foster Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek
        • Foster Creek is located in Madison County
      • Wolf Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • 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)
      • Sandymush
        (11 miles [17.7 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
      • Allegheny
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
        • Allegheny is located in Madison County
      • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leicester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
        • Leicester is located in Buncombe County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <4>
      • 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)
      • Flat Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
        • Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
      • Cedar Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
        • Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
      • Del Rio
        (14 miles [22.5 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 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.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Fortner Cemetery.<5>

    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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Anderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Anderson Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Anderson Cemetery
    • Dockery Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dockery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dockery Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dockery Cemetery
    • Roberts Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Roberts Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Crooked Ridge Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles 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
    • Treadway Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Treadway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Treadway Cemetery is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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
      • The Henderson Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Eldon Henderson Cemetery
      • Henderson - Worley Cemetery
      • Lower Big Pine Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2496346 <6>
    • Freeman Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 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
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • 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.<7>
      • 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 <6>
    • 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)
      • 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
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Goldsmith Cemetery
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Thomas Cemetery
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
      • 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
      • Brown Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Brown Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Roberts Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Roberts Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
      • Massey Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Massey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Massey Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Massey Cemetery
      • Farmer Family Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Hagen Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hagen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hagen Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hagen Cemetery
      • Gahagan Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • 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 <6>
      • George W. Gahagan
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • 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.<7>
        • 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 <6>
      • Wallin Cemetery
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • 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.<7>
        • The Wallin Cemetery is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallin Cemetery

    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 Fortner Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1011344  (Fortner Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1011344 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: 711
      • Location given for GNIS #1011344 (Fortner 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 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 Fortner Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8434, Longitude: -82.7793       In this case, the coordinates for the Fortner 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>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.
    <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.




 

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