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A visit to the Chowning 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 Chowning Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Chowning Cemetery (FG ID #10504)

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 Chowning Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   36.5353°   (36° 32' 7")

Lon:   -85.3553°   (-85° 21' 19")

The Chowning Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.

The county seat for Clay County is located in Celina. Celina lies just to the west of the Chowning Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Chowning Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Martin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Martin Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Fellowship Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Grove Church of Christ Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Buford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Garrett Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garrett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garrett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Garrett Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Keen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Burchett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burchett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burchett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Burchett Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • McFerrin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFerrin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McFerrin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McFerrin Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Hunter Cove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hunter Cove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hunter Cove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hunter Cove Cemetery is located in Overton County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Antioch Cemetery is located in Overton County
    • Canners Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canners Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Canners Cemetery is located in Overton County
    • French Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • St. John Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mullins - Kerr Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowe Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Craig Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Craig Cemetery is located in Clinton County (KY)
    • Stover Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stover Cemetery is located in Overton County
    • Richardson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richardson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richardson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Richardson Cemetery is located in Overton County
    • Sells Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Chowning Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chowning 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 Chowning Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Chowning 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 Chowning Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1280512  (Chowning Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1280512 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: Dale Hollow Reservoir SE
    • County: Clay         Elev: 318
    • Location given for GNIS #1280512 (Chowning Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #10504

The official website for Clay County: www.dalehollowlake.org/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Clay, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Chowning Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5353, Longitude: -85.3553    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<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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