A visit to the Sharp 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 Sharp Cemetery ...
The Sharp Cemetery is located in Wood County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Burke - Yandell Cemetery
- Coffee Cemetery
- The Coffee Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Cemetery
- Deaton Cemetery
- The Deaton Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaton Cemetery
- Elm Cemetery
- The Elm Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Cemetery
- Gamblin Cemetery
- The Gamblin Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamblin Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
- The Holland Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Cemetery
- Ingram Cemetery
- The Ingram Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Cemetery
- Ishmeal Cemetery
- The Ishmeal Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ishmeal Cemetery
- MaGee - McCord Cemetery
- Melton Cemetery
- The Melton Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melton Cemetery
- Peyton Cemetery
- The Peyton Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton Cemetery
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pilgrim Rest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Emory.
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #271442 <2>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
- The Price Cemetery is located in Wood County
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- Restlawn Memorial Cemetery
- Robertson / Henrys Chapel Cemetery
- Rock Hill Cemetery
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Searcy Cemetery
- The Searcy Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Cemetery
- Seymore Cemetery
- The Seymore Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymore Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Shooks Chapel Cemetery
- Slatter Cemetery
- The Slatter Cemetery is located in Rains County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatter Cemetery
- Welch Cemetery
- The Welch Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
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- Yantis 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 Sharp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Alba
- Black Oak
- Black Oak is located in Hopkins County
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- Bonanza
- Brashear
- Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Wood County
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- Coke
- Coke is located in Wood County
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- Como
- Divide
- Divide is located in Hopkins County
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- Emory
- Forest Hill
- Forest Hill is located in Wood County
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- Golden
- Gunter
- Gunter is located in Wood County
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- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hainesville
- Hainesville is located in Wood County
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- Miller Grove
- Mineola
- Pickton
- Quitman
- Rockdale
- Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
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- Stout
- Stout is located in Wood County
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- Sulphur Springs
- Tazewell
- Tazewell is located in Hopkins County
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- Winnsboro
- Yantis
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 Sharp Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wood County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sharp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Emory
- Grand Saline
- Mineola
- Quitman
- Sulphur Springs
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Sharp Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Texas:
- Pages specific to Wood 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 Sharp Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1346978 (Sharp Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1346978 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: Wood
- Est. Elev: 141 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Yantis
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharp Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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