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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 Gillicon (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 Gillicon. 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.

Gillicon is located in Clinch 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 Clinch County: Columbia (FL), Atkinson, Echols, Lanier & Ware.

Below are the counties that are near Gillicon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gillicon:

  • Clinch County     (The home county of Gillicon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Homerville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Du Pont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Chauncey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Cogdell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
    • Ernest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
    • Fargo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Axson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pearson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Leliaton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Willacoochee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Ray City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Nashville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffee County
    • Mora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Fruitland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Howell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Statenville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Potter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Potter is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Stockton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Naylor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklinville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Franklinville is located in Lowndes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 971 people
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.
    • Manor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Millwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ruskin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Talmo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
    • Waresboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerson Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
    • Deenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Winona Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Waycross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Waltertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gillicon, see our County-by-County Page for Gillicon.

Cemeteries Near Gillicon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gillicon.

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 Gillicon - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gillicon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.

  • Pine Forest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Holmes Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eason Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • North Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hard Scramble Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Griffis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dame Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Chauncey Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Arabia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ramah Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilliard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Victory Methodist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (71 more) ...
    • Lovejoy Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Red Bluff Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Foreman Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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 Gillicon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gillicon.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Gillicon, with the one closest to Gillicon listed first.

  • Homerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Du Pont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Withers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Withers is located in Clinch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Manor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
  • Millwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Naylor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Needham
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Needham is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
  • Waresboro
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Tarver
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Tarver is located in Echols County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
  • Statenville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Waycross
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bickley
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
  • Waltertown
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gillicon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gillicon.

Newspapers Published in Gillicon ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillicon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gillicon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gillicon.

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 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 Gillicon:

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 Gillicon, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gillicon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.