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A visit to the Forest Lawn Cemetery ...



Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Forest Lawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Forest Lawn Cemetery (FG ID #1884746)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Lawn Cemetery

Lat:   34.4961°   (34° 29' 45")

Lon:   -81.9879°   (-81° 59' 16")

The Forest Lawn Cemetery is located in Laurens County<2>.

The county seat for Laurens County is located in Laurens. Laurens lies just to the west of the Forest Lawn Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to South Carolina:
  • Pages specific to Laurens County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Forest Lawn Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Laurens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
    • Cold Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
    • Clinton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tylersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Ekom
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Mountville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Waterloo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Gray Court
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Joanna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Enoree
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Renno
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
    • Continue List   (10 more) ...
      • Cross Anchor
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Gallagher
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
        • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
      • Cross Hill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Collins Lakeside Village
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Lakeside Village
        • Collins Lakeside Village is located in Laurens County
      • Kinards
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Pond
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
        • Green Pond is located in Laurens County
      • Ware Shoals
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Coronaca
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronaca have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
        • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Princeton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
        • Princeton is located in Laurens County
      • Woodruff
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

    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 Forest Lawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Laurens County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forest Lawn Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Forest Lawn Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forest Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
    • Jersey Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jersey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jersey Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jersey Cemetery
    • Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Holy Grove Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holy Grove Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Grove Cemetery
    • Barksdale Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barksdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Barksdale Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barksdale Cemetery
    • Leesville Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Leesville Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leesville Cemetery
    • Memory Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Memory Gardens is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Gardens
    • New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chesnut Ridge Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chesnut Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chesnut Ridge Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chesnut Ridge Cemetery
    • Sandy Springs Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sandy Springs Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Springs Cemetery
    • Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Clinton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Clinton Cemetery is located in Laurens County
      • The Clinton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Clinton City Cemetery
      • First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clinton Cemetery
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Langston Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Langston Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langston Cemetery
      • Warrior Creek Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warrior Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Warrior Creek Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warrior Creek Cemetery
      • Bolt Family Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bolt Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bolt Family Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bolt Family Cemetery
      • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Lisbon Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lisbon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lisbon Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lisbon Cemetery
      • Beaverdam Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaverdam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Beaverdam Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaverdam Cemetery
      • Rosemont Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Highland Home Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Highland Home Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Home Cemetery
      • Bethany Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bethany Cemetery is located in Laurens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Forest Lawn Cemetery:

    The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

    The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Laurens, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Forest Lawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4961, Longitude: -81.9879    
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.




 

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