A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
36.4576, -83.5724
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the northeast of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Oakes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Oakes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
- Hyberry Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fultz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Fultz Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultz Cemetery
- Furgerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Furgerson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furgerson Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- Hoge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoge Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Brewster Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Greer's Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Shoemaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shoemaker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18497 <5>
- Shumaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Shumaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumaker Cemetery
- Thompsons Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cardwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Cardwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardwell Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Breeding Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Breeding Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Cave Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tazewell
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Tazewell
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Springdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Head of Barren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Lone Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Raven Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Sandlick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Caney Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Goin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Big Barren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Shawanee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Harrogate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Washburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Thorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Cumberland Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lulaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Bowen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Xenophon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Middlesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Fork Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Premier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Yellow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
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 Brown 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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Rutledge
- Tazewell
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Brown 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1278563 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1278563 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: Claiborne
- Est. Elev: 470 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tazewell
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4575832 Lon: -83.5724078
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown 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> | 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. |
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