A visit to the Whisman 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 Whisman Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whisman Cemetery:
36.6726, -83.3038
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Whisman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Whisman Cemetery is located in Lee County<2>.
The county seat for Lee County is located in Jonesville. Jonesville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of the Whisman Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Whisman Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Whisman Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Whisman Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- King Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Barker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Barker Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barker Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Rose Hill.
- The Barker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barker - Garrett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49347 <5>
- Silver Leaf Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wyrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wyrick Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyrick Cemetery
- Fee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Fee Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Cemetery
- Crockett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Crockett Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Cemetery
- Pace Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Pace Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace Cemetery
- Houndshell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Houndshell Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houndshell Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- Botner Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Hill Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Old Mose Middleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shackelford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shackelford Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford Cemetery
- Surgener Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Surgener Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surgener Cemetery
- Lee Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lee Family Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lee Family Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Rose Hill.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326902 <5>
- McLin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McLin Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLin Cemetery
- Bales Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bales Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bales Cemetery
- Robert Osborne Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Fee Cemetery is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Whisman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whisman Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rose Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hubbard Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Ewing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mary Alice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Cawood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Bobs Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Twila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twila is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- Van
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Van is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Fleenortown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Cranks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Sneedville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Pathfork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- South Wallins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Harlan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Loyall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Xenophon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Wallins Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- Coxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coxton is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Duck Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Verda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Verda is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda
- Ages
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ages is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages
- Coldiron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wheeler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Blackwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blackwater is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater
- Kenvir
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kenvir is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir
- Redbud
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Redbud is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Evarts
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Draper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Rosspoint
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
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 Whisman 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 Whisman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Harlan
- Jonesville
- Sneedville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Whisman 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 Whisman Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1476569 (Whisman Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1476569 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: 530 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rose Hill
- Location given for Whisman Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.6725872 Lon: -83.3037914
- 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- Whisman 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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