A visit to the Brooks 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 Brooks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brooks Cemetery:
36.5987, -83.4919
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brooks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brooks Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
The county seat for Lee County is located in Jonesville. Jonesville lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Brooks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brooks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 30 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km] of the Brooks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Chadwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Chadwell Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Sproles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Sproles Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sproles Cemetery
- Brittian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Brittian Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittian Cemetery
- Chadwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Chadwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell Cemetery
- Liford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Liford Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liford Cemetery
- Pace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pace Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace Cemetery
- Rosenbalm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Rosenbalm Cemetery is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosenbalm Cemetery
- Wares Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wares Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wares Cemetery
- Estep Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Estep Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estep Cemetery
- Ball Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Cemetery
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Brittain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brittain Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Ensor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ensor Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensor Cemetery
- Colson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Colson Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson Cemetery
- Littrell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Littrell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littrell Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Cosby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cosby Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby Cemetery
- Cosby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cosby Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosby Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Chadwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Chadwell Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Manning Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Manning Cemetery is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning Cemetery
- Yeary - Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Yeary - Brooks Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeary - Brooks Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Yeary - Brooks Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Ewing.
- The Yeary - Brooks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ayers Cemetery
- Yeary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540592 <5>
- Dillman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dillman Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillman Cemetery
- Chances Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Chances Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chances Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Kincaid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kincaid Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid Cemetery
- Rowland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Rowland Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 33 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brooks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wheeler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Ewing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harrogate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shawanee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Cumberland Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tazewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pathfork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- Xenophon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Varilla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varilla is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla
- Calvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvin is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin
- New Tazewell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Caney Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Miracle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Miracle is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
- Middlesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Callaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Callaway is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
- Raven Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Twila
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Twila is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- Head of Barren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Kettle Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kettle Island is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
- Jenson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jenson is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
- Wasioto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wasioto is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto
- Stony Fork Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Lone Mountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Sneedville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mary Alice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- South Wallins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Coldiron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Straight Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Dorton Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dorton Branch is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorton Branch
- Premier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Yellow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
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 Brooks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brooks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cumberland Gap
- Middlesboro
- New Tazewell
- Sneedville
- Tazewell
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 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 Brooks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Lee 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 Brooks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1463885 (Brooks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1463885 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: Lee
- Est. Elev: 468 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coleman Gap
- Location given for Brooks Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.598696 Lon: -83.4918533
- 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 Lee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brooks 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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