A visit to the Galilee Baptist Church 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 Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery (FG ID #2159711)
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 Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
Lat: 36.5809° (36° 34' 51")
Lon: -77.2411° (-77° 14' 27")
The cemetery is located in Southampton County<2>.
As an estimate, the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Branchville.
The county seat for Southampton County is located in Courtland. Courtland lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tucker - Murfee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beechwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mt. Table Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Capron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryants Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Community Fellowship Church of Deliverence Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Plain Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vann Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nebo Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nebo Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nebo Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Nebo Church Cemetery is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Brett Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillips Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Silas Edwards Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Branchville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boykins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shiloh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Severn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Severn have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Little Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Margarettsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margarettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Koskoo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendleton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Newsoms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conway have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <7>
- Statesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Capron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Drewryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vincent Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sunbeam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Seaboard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaboard have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
- Seaboard is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaboard <7>
- Murfreesboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murfreesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murfreesboro
- Murfreesboro is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,868 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murfreesboro <7>
- Barretts Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Handsom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Joyner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Courtland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Como
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Como have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <7>
- Delaware
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Delaware is located in Southampton County
- Grizzard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Southampton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 websites either 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 Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Virginia:
- Pages specific to Southampton 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 Galilee Baptist Church 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 Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Southampton County: www.southamptoncounty.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Virginia's counties, including Southampton, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5809, Longitude: -77.2411 |
<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> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |