A visit to the Lessley 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 Lessley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lessley Cemetery:
35.4470, -94.7133
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lessley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lessley Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County<2>.
The county seat for Sequoyah County is located in Sallisaw. Sallisaw lies just to the west northwest of the Lessley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lessley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Lessley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lessley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Baldridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Baldridge Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldridge Cemetery
- Fleetwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Faulkner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Faulkner Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Peters Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Cemetery
- Faulkner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Faulkner Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Gans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gans Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gans Cemetery
- Seabolt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Seabolt Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabolt Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Faulkner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Faulkner Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faulkner Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Black Jack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Black Jack Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack Cemetery
- Maple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- Akins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sallisaw City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sallisaw City Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sallisaw City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sallisaw City Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Sallisaw.
- The Sallisaw City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sallisaw Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99469 <5>
- Sequoyah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sequoyah Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah Cemetery
- Brent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Cemetery
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 Lessley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lessley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Seven Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Gans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Akins
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Sallisaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Muldrow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brent is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Brushy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Long
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Marble City Community
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Cowlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Remy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Remy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stoney Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Dwight Mission
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dwight Mission is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight Mission
- Roland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belfonte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
- Marble City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Flute Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
- Fort Coffee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Skullyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Skullyville is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullyville
- Vian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Spiro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Moffett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Short
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Greasy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
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 Lessley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sequoyah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lessley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Marble City
- Muldrow
- Roland
- Sallisaw
- Spiro
- Spiro lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Lessley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Spiro.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
- Vian
- Vian lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Lessley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vian.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
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 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 Lessley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Sequoyah 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 Lessley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1094589 (Lessley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1094589 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: Sequoyah
- Est. Elev: 172 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gans
- Location given for Lessley Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4470372 Lon: -94.7132776
- 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 Oklahoma's counties, including Sequoyah, 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' (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- Lessley 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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