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 Coffee Bluff Plantation (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 Coffee Bluff Plantation. 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 Coffee Bluff Plantation ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Coffee Bluff Plantation: Coffee Blf. Plantation (or less commonly used: Coffee Bluf. Plantation)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Coffee Bluff Plantation is located in Chatham County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chatham County: Bryan, Effingham & Jasper (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Coffee Bluff Plantation. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation:
- Chatham County (The home county of Coffee Bluff Plantation)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Coffee Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coffee Bluff is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Bluff
- Montgomery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Montgomery is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,719 people
- Nicholsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nicholsonville is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,869 people
- Vernonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vernonburg is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Grubbs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grubbs is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs
- Isle of Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Skidaway Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skidaway Island is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidaway Island
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Richfield is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,643 people
- Abercorn Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
- Bona Bella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Ogeechee Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ogeechee Farms is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogeechee Farms
- Bryan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Fort McAllister
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
- Richmond Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Keller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keller is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Ellabell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Effingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Meldrim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Exley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Exley is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
- Eden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rincon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Guyton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Sunbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fleming
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Riceboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Screven Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Screven Fork is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screven Fork
- Estimated population in 2019: 771 people
- Trinity
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,893 people
- Flemington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tupelo Trail
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
- Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
- Bryan Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bryan Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Village
- Doe Run Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Garden Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
- Martin Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- McIntosh County
- Shellman Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Beaufort County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Daufuskie Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hardeeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pritchardville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Harbour Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
- Bluffton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Comfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Okatie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Head Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation, see our County-by-County Page for Coffee Bluff Plantation.
Cemeteries Near Coffee Bluff Plantation ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coffee Bluff Plantation.
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 Coffee Bluff Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coffee Bluff Plantation covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- New Guinea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Horn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldburgh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wild Heron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strathy Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burnt Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (135 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Savannah.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33870 <2>
- Hopeton Plantation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Coffee Bluff Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coffee Bluff Plantation.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coffee Bluff Plantation, with the one closest to Coffee Bluff Plantation listed first.
- Isle of Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Burroughs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burroughs is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burroughs
- Keller
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keller is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Savannah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Central Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Wheat Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Pooler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fleming
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Meinhard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Meinhard is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
- Monteith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Monteith is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Dorchester
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tybee Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meldrim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coffee Bluff Plantation. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coffee Bluff Plantation.
Newspapers Published in Coffee Bluff Plantation ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coffee Bluff Plantation.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coffee Bluff Plantation, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coffee Bluff Plantation.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Coffee Bluff Plantation:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Chatham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bryan County
- Effingham County
- Liberty County
- McIntosh County
- Beaufort County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Coffee Bluff Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coffee Bluff Plantation) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |