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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Slaughter Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Slaughter Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Slaughter Creek, please Contact Us.
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 Slaughter Creek (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 Slaughter Creek. 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 Slaughter Creek ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Slaughter Creek: Slaughter Crk. (or less commonly used: Slaughter Ck. or Slaughter Cr.)
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Slaughter Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Stewart 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 Stewart County: Barbour (AL), Russell (AL), Chattahoochee, Quitman, Randolph & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Slaughter Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slaughter Creek:
- Stewart County (The home county of Slaughter Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Louvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lumpkin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Omaha
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Estimated population in 2019: 159 people
- Florence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Florence is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Ida Vesper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Cusseta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Ochillee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Fort Benning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Glen Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Draneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Buena Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Putnam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Putnam is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
- Tazewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Juniper
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Baker Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Village
- Cusseta Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cusseta Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusseta Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 10,684 people
- Saint Marys Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 18,567 people
- Sunset Terrace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Terrace is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Terrace
- Population from the 2010 Census: 846 people
- Branton Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- Upatoi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Edgewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Wynnton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wynnton is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynnton
- Hilton Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- City Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bibb City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Brooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Estimated population in 2019: 559 people
- Wades
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wades is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wades
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,858 people
- Cuthbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shellman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Schley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Ellaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Concord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Plains
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Thalean
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thalean is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
- Americus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sumter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Box Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Mauk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Norwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Rupert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Parrott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Yeomans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Olivers Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Weston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leveretts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Barbour County (AL)
- Big Eddy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Eddy is located in Barbour County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Holy Trinity
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Holy Trinity is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity
- Loflin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Loflin is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loflin
- Oswichee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oswichee is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswichee
- Fort Mitchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cottonton is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonton
- Jernigan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jernigan is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jernigan
- Fontaine Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Phenix City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glenville is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Ladonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Seale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slaughter Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Slaughter Creek.
Cemeteries Near Slaughter Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slaughter Creek.
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 Slaughter Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slaughter Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Slaughter Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pickett - Shipley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Phillip MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Phillip MB Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Phillip MB Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Lumpkin.
- The St. Phillip MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Phillip's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2587499 <4>
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bryants Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Whitt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Armour Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowrey Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Preston.
- Shiloh - Marion Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Old Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (165 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.
While we didn't find Slaughter Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slaughter Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slaughter Creek, with the one closest to Slaughter Creek listed first.
- Brooklyn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Renfroe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Renfroe is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Hoggs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoggs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
- Pineville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pineville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Hill is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Manta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Manta is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manta
- Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Randall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Church Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Church Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Zellobee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zellobee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zellobee
- Glen Alta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Ida Vesper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Louvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cusseta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slaughter Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slaughter Creek.
Newspapers Published in Slaughter Creek ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slaughter Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slaughter Creek, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slaughter Creek.
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 Slaughter Creek:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Stewart County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Muscogee County
- Randolph County
- Schley County
- Sumter County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Terrell County
- Webster County
- Barbour County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Slaughter Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Slaughter Creek) 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. |