A visit to the Boyd 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 Boyd Cemetery ...
The Boyd Cemetery is located in Williamson County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bingham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bingham Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Cemetery
- Bond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Bond Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond Cemetery
- Boxley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Boxley Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Carroll Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Gee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Gee Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gee Cemetery
- Glass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Glass Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Haynes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Haynes Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
- Hillsboro Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hillsboro Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Leipers Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Leipers Fork Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipers Fork Cemetery
- The Leipers Fork Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillsboro - Leipers Fork Cemetery
- Short Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Short Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Cemetery
- Slave Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Slave Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slave Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slave Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18596 <3>
- Thompson - Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tucker - Garrett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The White Cemetery is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White 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]<2> of the Boyd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Belle Meade
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Bellevue
- Brentwood
- Burwood
- Burwood is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwood
- Clovercroft
- Clovercroft is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovercroft
- Fairview
- Fernvale
- Fernvale is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Forest Hills
- Forest Hills is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,721 people
- Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Franklin
- Harpeth
- Harpeth is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpeth
- Jameson
- Jameson is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kingston Springs
- Leipers Fork
- Linton
- Linton is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linton
- New Town
- New Town is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Old Town ‑ Historic
- Old Town is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pegram
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 people
- Peytonsville
- Peytonsville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peytonsville
- Southall
- Southall is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southall
- Spring Hill
- Tennessee Towne ‑ Historic
- Tennessee Towne is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee Towne
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,347 people
- Theta
- Theta is located in Maury County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theta
- Thompson's Station
- Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
- Former name for Thompson's Station:
- Littlebury
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <4>
- Wilkes ‑ Historic
- Wilkes is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes
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 Boyd Cemetery. The following communities are located in Williamson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Boyd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brentwood
- Fairview
- Franklin
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 Boyd Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Williamson 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 Boyd Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1321890 (Boyd Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1321890 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: Williamson
- Est. Elev: 196 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Leipers Fork
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Williamson, 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- Boyd Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |