A visit to the Watson 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 Watson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watson Cemetery:
34.9360, -79.5078
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Watson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Watson Cemetery is located in Scotland County<2>.
The county seat for Scotland County is located in Laurinburg. Laurinburg lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south of the Watson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Watson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Livingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Livingston Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Cemetery
- Wrights Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wrights Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Cemetery
- McNeill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McNeill Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeill Cemetery
- Snead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Snead Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead Cemetery
- Snead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Snead Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead Cemetery
- Blue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Blue Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Rachel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Rachel Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rachel Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- McNeill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The McNeill Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeill Cemetery
- Bethel Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Hill Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hill Cemetery
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- Marks Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Marks Creek Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks Creek Cemetery
- Peels Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Peels Chapel Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peels Chapel Cemetery
- Malloy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Malloy Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malloy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Malloy Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Laurel Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #47969 <5>
- Snead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Snead Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- McFarland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The McFarland Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Beaver Dam Cemetery is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The King Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Blue Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Blue Cemetery is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cemetery
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 Watson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Marston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marston is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marston
- Hoffman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoffman is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 571 people
- Laurel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richmond Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- Wagram
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Steen Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Crump Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Dobbins Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hamlet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ghio Scholl Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Laurinburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bowmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bowmore is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmore
- Silver Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- East Laurinburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Pinebluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Timberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Timberland is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberland
- Ashley Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Heights is located in Hoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Heights
- Aberdeen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rockingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Rockingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Honey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey 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 Watson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Scotland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Watson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aberdeen
- Hamlet
- Laurinburg
- Pinebluff
- Rockingham
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Watson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to North Carolina:
- Pages specific to Scotland 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 Watson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #996863 (Watson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #996863 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: Scotland
- Est. Elev: 110 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Marston
- Location given for Watson Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.9359911 Lon: -79.5078229
- 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 Scotland, 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- Watson 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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