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 Dooleys 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 Dooleys 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.
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.
Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart 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 Hart County: Elbert, Franklin, Madison, Anderson (SC) & Oconee (SC).
Below are the counties that are near Dooleys Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dooleys Ferry:
- Hart County (The home county of Dooleys Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Cooleys Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crawfords Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Maretts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Flat Shoals
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Bowersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Elbert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Bowman Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Goss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Goss is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Bowman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dewy Rose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elberton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Canon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Royston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gumlog
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Franklin Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parhams
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Cromers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Plainview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Dalton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Comer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County
- Veribest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Stephens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Carnes Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Abbeville County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Lake Secession
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Latimer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Due West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Honea Path
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Donalds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Abbeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Holland Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Starr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Deans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Price ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Iva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Homeland Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Caldwell Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Townville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCormick County (SC)
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Fair Play
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Utica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Seneca
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Oconee County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- West Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walhalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Clemson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Norris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Six Mile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dooleys Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Dooleys Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Dooleys Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dooleys 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 Dooleys Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dooleys Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James CME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Bower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cokesbury UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southeast of Hartwell.
- The Cokesbury UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cokesbury Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188954 <3>
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gaines Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (388 more) ...
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McMullan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Dooleys Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dooleys Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dooleys Ferry, with the one closest to Dooleys Ferry listed first.
- Holland Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Hartwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Montevideo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Starr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Reed Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Moffitsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Deans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deans is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Mountain Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Iva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Iva is located in Anderson County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Eagle Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dooleys Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dooleys Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Dooleys 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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dooleys Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dooleys Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dooleys Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dooleys Ferry:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Hart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dooleys Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Dooleys Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |