Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Jennings Ferry (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jennings Ferry. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Jennings Ferry ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Jennings Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jennings Ferry may originally have been Jenning's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jennings Ferry might be written as Jenning Ferry.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Jennings Ferry is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter & Tuscaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Jennings Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jennings Ferry:
- Greene County (The home county of Jennings Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Eutaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Knoxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Lizzieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Boligee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- West Greene
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Mantua
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Lewiston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Bibb County
- Pondville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pondville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Akron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Sawyerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Powers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Moundville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arcola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Rosemary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Phipps ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Phipps is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Prairieville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Gallion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gallion is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Demopolis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Faunsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tombigbee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tombigbee is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombigbee
- Pin Hook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pin Hook is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Hook
- Siddonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Siddonsville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siddonsville
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Brush Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Morgan Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Morgan Springs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Uniontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Benevola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Olney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Aliceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Epes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- McDowell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Gainesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Moore Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Brewersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Sumterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Coatopa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Arrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Geiger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Panola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Ralph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Foster's
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Duncanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Sahama Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Elrod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Ingleside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
- Tuscaloosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jennings Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Jennings Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Jennings Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jennings Ferry.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jennings Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jennings Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- New Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sample Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Langham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mesopotamia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Kirksey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Jennings Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jennings Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jennings Ferry, with the one closest to Jennings Ferry listed first.
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Eutaw
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sawyerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Havana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Knoxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Boligee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Tishabee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tishabee is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tishabee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cedarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Mount Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Hebron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jennings Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jennings Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Jennings Ferry ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jennings Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jennings Ferry, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jennings Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jennings Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Hale County
- Marengo County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Sumter County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jennings Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jennings Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |