A visit to the Pendergrass 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 Pendergrass Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pendergrass Cemetery:
35.6673, -85.1430
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pendergrass Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pendergrass Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County<2>.
The county seat for Bledsoe County is located in Pikeville. Pikeville lies just to the south southwest of the Pendergrass Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pendergrass Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Pendergrass Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pendergrass Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Iron Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Iron Hill Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill Cemetery
- Arnett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Arnett Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Hutcheson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hutcheson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutcheson Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Beaverhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Beaverhill Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverhill Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Worthington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Worthington Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Rollins Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Cemetery
- Arnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Arnett Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnett Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blackburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Blackburn Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Cemetery
- Henson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Henson Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Gentry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gentry Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentry Cemetery
- Lester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Lester Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Cemetery
- Swafford Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Brushy Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Cemetery
- Warner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seals Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Seals Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals Cemetery
- Boynton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Boynton Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton Cemetery
- Beach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Beach Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Cemetery
- Summer City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Summer City Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City Cemetery
- Thurman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Thurman Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman Cemetery
- Swafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Swafford Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swafford Cemetery
- Swafford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Swafford Cemetery is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swafford Cemetery
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 Pendergrass Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pendergrass Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ninemile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Winesap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Newton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Burke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Cumberland Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Brockdell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Brayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Jewett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Bryan Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Lake Tansi Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Lantana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Todd Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Graysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Spring City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Erasmus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Pailo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Sweetgum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Spencer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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 Pendergrass Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bledsoe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pendergrass Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Crossville
- Dayton
- Pikeville
- Spencer
- Spring City
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 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 Pendergrass Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Bledsoe 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 Pendergrass Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1297140 (Pendergrass Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1297140 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: Bledsoe
- Est. Elev: 292 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Billingsley Gap
- Location given for Pendergrass Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6672902 Lon: -85.1430151
- 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 Bledsoe, 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- Pendergrass 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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