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 Stones Crossroads (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 Stones Crossroads. 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 Stones Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Stones Crossroads: Stones Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Stones Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stones Crossroads may originally have been Stone's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stones Crossroads might be written as Stone Crossroads.
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 hospitals and 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.
Stones Crossroads is located in McDuffie 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 McDuffie County: Columbia, Jefferson, Lincoln, Richmond, Warren & Wilkes.
Below are the counties that are near Stones Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stones Crossroads:
- McDuffie County (The home county of Stones Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Hamilton Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Thomson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dearing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Megahee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Burke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Keysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Saint Clair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Torbit Station ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Torbit Station is located in Burke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
- Torbit Station has also been known as:
- Torbit
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Appling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maddox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maddox is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Sawdust
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Harlem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kiokee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Grovetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Evans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Gordon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Snead
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Snead is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Arrow Head
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Lamkin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Glascock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Gibson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edge Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edge Hill is located in Glascock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Hancock County
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Stapleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wrens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Matthews
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wrens Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
- Noah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Avera
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Omaha Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Omaha Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Springs
- Zebina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Zebina is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
- Stapletons Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Loce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Lincolnton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Goshen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Hesters Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Belair
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belair is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- Barton Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Blythe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Bonair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bonair is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
- Forest Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fleming Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Richmond Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Rockbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
- National Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Hephzibah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperidge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperidge is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
- Taliaferro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Raytown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Raytown is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
- Sharon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crawfordville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Taliaferro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Mesena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Camak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Warrenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Barnett is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Jewell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Lundberg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Washington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tyrone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tyrone is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tignall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- North Augusta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Belvedere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belvedere is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- Edgefield County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Colliers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Murphys Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
- McCormick County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Modoc
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Parksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McCormick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stones Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Stones Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Stones Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stones Crossroads.
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 Stones Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stones Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Marshall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Collins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Earle Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- William Hill Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Savannah Valley Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomson City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Hickory Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Stones Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stones Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stones Crossroads, with the one closest to Stones Crossroads listed first.
- Thomson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Appling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cluese ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cluese is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluese
- Dearing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mesena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sawdust
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sawdust is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
- Clay Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Harlem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Amity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Cadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Camak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leathersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Leathersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
- Avondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Berzelia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Berzelia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berzelia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stones Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stones Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Stones Crossroads ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stones Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stones Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stones Crossroads.
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 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 Stones Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to McDuffie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Burke County
- Columbia County
- Glascock County
- Hancock County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Richmond County
- Taliaferro County
- Warren County
- Wilkes County
- Aiken County
- Edgefield County
- McCormick 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> | 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 Stones Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stones Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |