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A visit to the Lawson 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 Lawson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Lawson Cemetery (FG ID #2614005)

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 Lawson Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   36.4955°   (36° 29' 43")

Lon:   -83.1124°   (-83° 6' 44")

The Lawson Cemetery is located in Hancock County<2>.

The county seat for Hancock County is located in Sneedville. Sneedville lies just to the west northwest of the Lawson Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Lawson Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Tate Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tate Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Jones Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rogers Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Markham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Markham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Markham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Markham Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Bray Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bray Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bray Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Riley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Riley Cemetery is located in Hancock County
  • Courtney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Courtney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Courtney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Courtney Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Dean Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dean Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dean Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Starnes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Starnes Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Bloomer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bloomer Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Vaughn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vaughn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vaughn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Vaughn Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
  • Davis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Davis Cemetery is located in Hancock County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Alder Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alder Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Alder Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Collins Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Collins Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Green Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Green Cemetery is located in Hancock County
    • Pearson Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pearson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pearson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pearson Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Bailey Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bailey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bailey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bailey Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Lype Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lype Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lype Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lype Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Davis Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Davis Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Cope Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cope Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Trent Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trent Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trent Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Jaynes Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jaynes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jaynes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jaynes Cemetery is located in Hawkins County
    • Neely Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neely Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neely Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Neely Cemetery is located in Hancock County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lawson Cemetery.

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

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Lawson 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 Lawson Cemetery:

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 Hancock, 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 Lawson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4955, Longitude: -83.1124    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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