A visit to the Liberty 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 Liberty Cemetery ...
The Liberty Cemetery is located in McDowell County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barnes Cemetery
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Bracher Cemetery
- The Bracher Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracher Cemetery
- Crisawn Cemetery
- The Crisawn Cemetery is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisawn Cemetery
- Glades Cemetery
- The Glades Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in McDowell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Glenwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1516384 <2>
- Good Cemetery
- The Good Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Gragg Cemetery
- The Gragg Cemetery is located in Yancey County
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- Green Mtn. Cemetery
- The Green Mtn. Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Hall Cemetery
- The Hall Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Hoover Cemetery
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Lee Fields Cemetery
- The Lee Fields Cemetery is located in Yancey County
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- McDowell Memorial Park
- The McDowell Memorial Park is located in McDowell County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Neal Cemetery
- The Neal Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Ridgway Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Yancey County
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- Siloam Cemetery
- The Siloam Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Snow Hill Cemetery
- The Snow Hill Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- West Court Cemetery
- The West Court Cemetery is located in McDowell County
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- Zion Hill Cemetery
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in McDowell 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 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Black Mountain
- Celo
- Celo is located in Yancey County
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- Dendron
- Dendron is located in McDowell County
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- Glenwood
- Glenwood is located in McDowell County
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- Grassy Creek
- Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County
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- Greenlee
- Greenlee is located in McDowell County
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- Hamrick
- Hamrick is located in Yancey County
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- Lackey Town
- Lackey Town is located in McDowell County
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- Linville
- Linville is located in Burke County
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- Little Switzerland
- Marion
- Moffitt Hill
- Moffitt Hill is located in McDowell County
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- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Montreat
- Nebo
- Old Fort
- Otter Creek ‑ Historic
- Otter Creek is located in Rutherford County
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- Patten
- Patten is located in McDowell County
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- Providence
- Providence is located in McDowell County
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- Ridgecrest
- Sugar Hill
- Sugar Hill is located in McDowell County
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- Thermal City
- Thermal City is located in Rutherford County
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- Vein Mountain
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County
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- Walkertown
- Walkertown is located in Buncombe County
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- West Marion
- West Marion is located in McDowell County
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- Whitehouse
- Whitehouse is located in Rutherford 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 Liberty Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McDowell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Black Mountain
- Marion
- Old Fort
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Liberty Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to McDowell 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 Liberty Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1012839 (Liberty Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1012839 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: McDowell
- Est. Elev: 427 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Marion West
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including McDowell, 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 '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- Liberty Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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