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 Jones Settlement (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 Jones Settlement. 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 Jones Settlement ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Jones Settlement, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Settlement may originally have been Jone's Settlement.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Settlement might be written as Jone Settlement.
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 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.
Jones Settlement is located in Upson 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 Upson County: Crawford, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Pike, Talbot & Taylor.
Below are the counties that are near Jones Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Settlement:
- Upson County (The home county of Jones Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Barker Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Hannahs Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Sunset Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Delray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Thomaston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- The Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Haralson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Senoia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bexton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Jade Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jade Lake Village is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jade Lake Village
- Turin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Smith City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grantville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Crawford County
- Musella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Brooks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Foreston Place is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston Place
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,020 people
- Woolsey Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Woolsey Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 167 people
- Hamptons Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hamptons Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamptons Corner
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,073 people
- Woolsey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woolsey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolsey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Inman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Harp is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Keyland Woods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Keyland Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyland Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 332 people
- McIntosh Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McIntosh Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh Village
- Peachtree City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tinsley Mill Village is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Mill Village
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Shiloh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mountainbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henry County
- Hampton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Aldora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Barnesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Milner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Goggins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Liberty Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Carrolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Betts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Gay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Manchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warm Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harris City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Rocky Mount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Culloden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Russellville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Russellville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Box Ankle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Box Ankle is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Ankle
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hilltop is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Orchard Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Esmond is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
- Griffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Griffin is located in Spalding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Griffin
- Experiment
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Belleview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Flint Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Prattsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Talbotton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Junction City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Carsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Howard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Norwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Mountville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Louise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Hogansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Asta Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Jones Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Settlement.
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 Jones Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Beckham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Barker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Leak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Molena Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hendricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blunt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bush Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (489 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riggins - Bagwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stribling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stribling Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Molena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37208 <4>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Jones Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Settlement, with the one closest to Jones Settlement listed first.
- Molena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hendricks is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Neal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Woodbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delray is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delray
- Gay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Chalybeate Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Thomaston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jolly is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Zebulon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Jones Settlement ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Settlement, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Settlement.
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 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 Jones Settlement:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Upson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coweta County
- Crawford County
- Fayette County
- Harris County
- Henry County
- Lamar County
- Meriwether County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Spalding County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | 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- Jones Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jones Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |