A visit to the Spear Family 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 Spear Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Spear Family Cemetery (FG ID #2525814)
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 Spear Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spear Family Cemetery
Lat: 36.5934° (36° 35' 36")
Lon: -85.5877° (-85° 35' 15")
The Spear Family Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Celina. Celina lies just to the southeast of the Spear Family Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Spear Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spear Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Odle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Reecer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dalton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eads - Denton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Varney Andrews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evans Arms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- John H. Stone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Poland Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pitcock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ben A. McLerran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Plumlee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langford - Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McColgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lester Brown Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- William J. Cherry Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mabry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adam C. Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Free Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Luke Hamilton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Spear Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spear Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Moss
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hestand
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Boles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Boles is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Boles
- From the Spear Family Cemetery to Boles
- Celina
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Free Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cave Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Butlers Landing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clementsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meshack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tompkinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tompkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Tompkinsville is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tompkinsville <6>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Whitleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gamaliel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cloyds Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forkton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Shade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Haydenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burristown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grey have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey
- Grey is located in Overton County
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 Spear Family 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 Spear Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Celina
- Red Boiling Springs
- Tompkinsville
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 Spear Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Clay County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Spear Family Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Spear Family Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 '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 Spear Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5934, Longitude: -85.5877 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |