A visit to the Alexander 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 Alexander Cemetery ...
The Alexander Cemetery is located in Oconee County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Church Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Boone's Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Cheochee Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Cheochee Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheochee Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cheochee Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Tamassee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189176 <2>
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
- The Cherry Hill Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill Cemetery
- Fall Creek Cemetery
- The Fall Creek Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
- The Green Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Isaqueena Cemetery
- The Isaqueena Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Cemetery
- McKinney Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Mountain View Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pells Cemetery
- The Pells Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pells Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Stamp Creek Cemetery
- The Stamp Creek Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamp Creek Cemetery
- Whitmere Cemetery
- The Whitmere Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmere Cemetery
- Winchester Cemetery
- The Winchester Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Cemetery
- Wolf Pit Cemetery
- The Wolf Pit Cemetery is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pit Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Alexander Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Antioch
- Antioch is located in Rabun County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Cashiers
- Central
- Clemson
- Crow Creek
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Glenville
- Highlands
- Lake Toxaway
- Lickskillet
- Lickskillet is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Longcreek
- Mountain Rest
- Newry
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Nine Times
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County
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- Norris
- Pickens
- Richland
- Rocky Bottom
- Rocky Bottom is located in Pickens County
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- Salem
- Sapphire
- Scaly Mountain
- Seneca
- Six Mile
- Sky Valley
- Sunset
- Tamassee
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
- Utica
- Utica is located in Oconee County
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- Walhalla
- West Union
- Westminster
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 Alexander Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Oconee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Alexander Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cashiers
- Central
- Clemson
- Highlands
- Pickens
- Seneca
- Walhalla
- Westminster
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 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 Alexander Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Oconee 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 Alexander Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1220153 (Alexander Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1220153 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: Oconee
- Est. Elev: 342 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tamassee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Oconee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alexander Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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