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 ...
The Brooks Seals Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barnard Cemetery
- The Barnard Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard Cemetery
- Brogan Cemetery
- Burke Cemetery
- The Burke Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Fugate Cemetery
- The Fugate Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fugate Cemetery
- Helton Cemetery
- The Helton Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Cemetery
- Hensley Cemetery
- The Hensley Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensley Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
- Howardton Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Lawson Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Moles Cemetery
- The Moles Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moles Cemetery
- Overton Cemetery
- The Overton Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overton Cemetery
- Pearson Cemetery
- Ritchie Cemetery
- Seal Cemetery
- The Seal Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Spradling Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Winkler Cemetery
- The Winkler Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler 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 alphabetically:
- Bean Station
- Bowen
- Caney Valley
- Cumberland Gap
- Duck Creek
- Galbraith Springs
- Harrogate
- Head of Barren
- Lone Mountain
- Marshalls Ferry
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
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- Mooresburg
- New Tazewell
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Raven Hill
- Rutledge
- Sandlick
- Shawanee
- Sneedville
- Springdale
- Tazewell
- Thorn Hill
- Washburn
- Wyatt Village
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Xenophon
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
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- Yount Town
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 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 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brooks Seals Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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