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A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brown Cemetery (FG ID #9830)

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 Brown Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery has been estimated.<3>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery

Lat:   35.7248°   (35° 43' 29")

Lon:   -87.0708°   (-87° 4' 14")

The cemetery is located in Maury County<4>.

As an estimate, the Brown Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the west of Santa Fe.

The county seat for Maury County is located in Columbia. Columbia lies just to the south southeast of the Brown Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 3 miles [4.8 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<5>

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

  • Dodson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dodson Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dodson Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Santa Fe.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11391 <1>
  • Fitzgerald Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jocobs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jocobs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jocobs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jocobs Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jocobs Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Santa Fe.
  • Old Knob Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Dodson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dodson Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dodson Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the south of Columbia.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11390 <1>
  • Knob Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Haywood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Dowell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dowell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dowell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dowell Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dowell Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of Santa Fe.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11452 <1>
  • West Point Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Vestal Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vestal Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vestal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vestal Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vestal Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Santa Fe.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19727 <1>
  • Fitzgerald Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fitzgerald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fitzgerald Cemetery is located in Maury County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fitzgerald Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the east of Spring Hill.
    • The Fitzgerald Cemetery has also been known as:
    • G.H. Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Green Fitzgerald Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11977 <1>
  • Godwin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lockhart Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Tate Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tate Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Tate Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tate Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Santa Fe.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19206 <1>
    • Hight Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hight Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hight Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hight Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Santa Fe.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #13366 <1>
    • Witherspoon Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Witherspoon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Witherspoon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Witherspoon Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Witherspoon Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Santa Fe.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20498 <1>
    • McLean Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Wesley Akin Nazarene Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The West Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Columbia.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #20108 <1>
    • Watson Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Watson Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Watson Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Columbia.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19989 <1>
    • Gravel Hill Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Galloway Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galloway Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galloway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Galloway Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Galloway Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Santa Fe.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12259 <1>
    • Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery is located in Maury County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south of Columbia.
      • The Edmund Fitzgerald Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fitzgerald Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11980 <1>

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] of the Brown Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown 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 Brown Cemetery. The following communities are located in Maury County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Brown 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 Brown Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1646146  (Brown Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1646146 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: Godwin
    • County: Maury         Elev: 216
    • Location given for GNIS #1646146 (Brown Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #9830

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Brown Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7248, Longitude: -87.0708       In this case, the coordinates for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Maury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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