A visit to the Merritt Memorial 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 Merritt Memorial Cemetery ...
The Merritt Memorial Cemetery is located in Sampson County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Benton Cemetery
- The Benton Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
- The Benton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vann Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46850 <2>
- Carter Cemetery
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Community Cemetery
- The Community Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Community Cemetery
- Fennell Cemetery
- The Fennell Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennell Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Herring Cemetery
- The Herring Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Herring Cemetery
- The Herring Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Cemetery
- Ingold Cemetery
- Iron Mine Burial Park
- The Iron Mine Burial Park is located in Duplin County
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- Johnson Cemetery
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Johnson Cemetery
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Jones Cemetery
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Duplin County
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- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Melvin Cemetery
- The Melvin Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Merritt Cemetery
- The Merritt Cemetery is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt Cemetery
- Merritt Cemetery
- The Merritt Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- New Hope Cemetery
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Peterson Cemetery
- The Peterson Cemetery is located in Duplin County
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- Spearman Cemetery
- The Spearman Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Vann Family Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Sampson County
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- Wells Cemetery
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Duplin County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Merritt Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Baltic
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
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- Beulah
- Beulah is located in Sampson County
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- Bonnetsville
- Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
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- Brices Crossroads
- Brices Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Crossroads
- Carroll
- Carroll is located in Duplin County
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- Clinton
- Concord
- Concord is located in Duplin County
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- Concord
- Concord is located in Sampson County
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- Delway
- Delway is located in Sampson County
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- Duff Creek
- Duff Creek is located in Duplin County
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- Elliott
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
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- Garland
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Harrells
- Harrells is located in Duplin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Ingold
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
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- Kerr
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
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- Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Duplin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
- McDaniels
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
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- Moltonville
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
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- Register
- Register is located in Duplin County
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- Rose Hill
- Safe
- Safe is located in Duplin County
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- Teachey
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Tomahawk
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
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- Turkey
- Wallace
- Warsaw
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 Merritt Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sampson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Merritt Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Magnolia
- Rose Hill
- Wallace
- Warsaw
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 professional and volunteer 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 Merritt Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Sampson 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 Merritt Memorial Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1004191 (Merritt Memorial Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1004191 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: Sampson
- Est. Elev: 45 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Delway
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Sampson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Merritt Memorial Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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