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A visit to the Mount Olivet Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Mt. Olivet Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Lat:   34.4654°   (34° 27' 55")

Lon:   -81.0342°   (-81° 2' 3")

The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Fairfield County<1>.

The county seat for Fairfield County is located in Winnsboro. Winnsboro lies just to the south southwest of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.<3>

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

  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • White Oak Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The White Oak Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • St. James Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. James Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Richmond Covenanter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Covenanter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Covenanter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Richmond Covenanter Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Aimwell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aimwell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aimwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Aimwell Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oaklawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oaklawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oaklawn Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Russell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Russell Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Bethesda Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Chester County
  • Guest Assembly Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guest Assembly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guest Assembly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Guest Assembly Cemetery is located in Chester County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Concord Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Concord Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Turner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Winnsboro Mills Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winnsboro Mills Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winnsboro Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Winnsboro Mills Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Gunthorne Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gunthorne Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gunthorne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gunthorne Cemetery is located in Chester County
    • Blackstock Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackstock Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackstock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Blackstock Cemetery is located in Chester County
    • Old Stone Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Stone Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Stone Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Stone Church Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Fairfield Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Thomas Woodward Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Woodward Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Woodward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Thomas Woodward Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
    • Richardson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Richardson Cemetery is located in Fairfield County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

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

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 Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fairfield County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Chester
  • Ridgeway
  • Winnsboro

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 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 Mt. Olivet Cemetery:

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 Mt. Olivet Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1248804  (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1248804 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Winnsboro
    • County: Fairfield         Elev: 166
    • Location given for GNIS #1248804 (Mount Olivet Cemetery)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Fairfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4654, Longitude: -81.0342    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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