A visit to the Ford Chapel 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 Ford Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ford Chapel Cemetery:
36.4284, -83.6949
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ford Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ford Chapel Cemetery is located in Claiborne County<2>.
The county seat for Claiborne County is located in Tazewell. Tazewell lies just to the east northeast of the Ford Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ford Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Ford Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ford Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Keck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Keck Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keck Cemetery
- Goin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Goin Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin Cemetery
- Drummond Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Drummond Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Cupp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Cupp Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupp Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Hopper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopper Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper Cemetery
- Edwards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
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- Burch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Burch Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burch Cemetery
- Skaggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Skaggs Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs Cemetery
- Jesse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jesse Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jesse Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of New Tazewell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485253 <5>
- Minton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Minton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Minton Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Water Treece Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Water Treece Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Treece Cemetery
- Capps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Capps Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capps Cemetery
- Treece Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Treece Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treece Cemetery
- Edwards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Keck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Keck Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keck Cemetery
- Beason Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Beason Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beason Cemetery
- Meyers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Meyers Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Cemetery
- Phelps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Phelps Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps Cemetery
- Thompsons Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shoemaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Shumaker Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumaker Cemetery
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
- Poore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Poore Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poore Cemetery
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]<3> of the Ford Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ford Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Goin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Big Barren
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Sandlick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Head of Barren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- New Tazewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lone Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Tazewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Washburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Shawanee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Harrogate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Speedwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Braden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Loo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Cumberland Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Rhodelia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodelia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Stony Fork Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Premier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Yellow Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Raven Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Middlesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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 Ford Chapel 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 Ford Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- 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 helpful 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 Ford Chapel 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 Ford Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1317045 (Ford Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1317045 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: 448 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clouds
- Location given for Ford Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4284142 Lon: -83.6949113
- 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 '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- Ford Chapel 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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