A visit to the Black Branch 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 Black Branch Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Black Branch Cemetery:
36.8288, -78.5000
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Black Branch Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Black Branch Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County<2>.
The county seat for Mecklenburg County is located in Boydton. Boydton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Black Branch Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Black Branch Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Black Branch Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Black Branch Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <5>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Gregory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Gregory Cemetery is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Cemetery
- Payneton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Payneton Cemetery is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payneton Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Ephesus Untied Methodist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Easters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Easters Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easters Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Horeb Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Horeb Cemetery
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Skipwith Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Skipwith Family Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith Family Cemetery
- The Skipwith Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Prestwould Cemetery
- Prestwould Planation Cemetery
- Bluestone Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Bluestone Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Clover Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Clover Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clover Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Clover.
- The Clover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clovertown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49818 <5>
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Black Branch Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Black Branch Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chase City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finneywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Wylliesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orgainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Skipwith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Wightman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Jeffress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Finchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Boydton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dunns Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wattsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Clarksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mill Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Keysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ogburn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Lunenburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Scottsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aarons Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Union Level
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Henrico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Henrico is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrico
- Opie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Charlotte Court House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bagleys Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Oral Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
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 Black Branch Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mecklenburg County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Black Branch Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boydton
- Charlotte Court House
- Chase City
- Clarksville
- Drakes Branch
- Scottsburg
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 Black Branch Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Mecklenburg 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 Black Branch Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1500616 (Black Branch Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1500616 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: Mecklenburg
- Est. Elev: 153 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wylliesburg
- Location given for Black Branch Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8287541 Lon: -78.4999973
- 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 Virginia's counties, including Mecklenburg, 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- Black Branch 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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