A visit to the Brooks Seals 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 Brooks Seals Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brooks Seals Cemetery (FG ID #2442130).
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 Brooks Seals Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooks Seals Cemetery:
36.4802, -83.3895
The Brooks Seals Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of the Brooks Seals Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brooks Seals Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Brooks Seals Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooks Seals Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spradling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ritchie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howardton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brogan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Winkler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Winkler Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler Cemetery
- Moles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Moles Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moles Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fugate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fugate Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fugate Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pearson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Helton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Cemetery
- Seal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Seal Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Cemetery
- Barnard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Barnard Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Cemetery
- Hensley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hensley Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Burke Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Overton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Overton Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Seals Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooks Seals Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Xenophon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Caney Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raven Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thorn Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Yount Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Duck Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tazewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sneedville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Tazewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bean Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Bowen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wyatt Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Mooresburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshalls Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Head of Barren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutledge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shawanee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrogate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sandlick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Washburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Brooks Seals Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Claiborne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooks Seals Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bean Station
- Cumberland Gap
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Sneedville
- Tazewell
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 Brooks Seals Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Claiborne 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 Brooks Seals Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2442130
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 Tennessee's counties, including Claiborne, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooks Seals 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |