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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 Tison (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 Tison. 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 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.

Tison is located in Tattnall County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tattnall County: Appling, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Liberty, Long, Toombs & Wayne.

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

  • Tattnall County     (The home county of Tison)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Mendes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
      • Mendes is located in Tattnall County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
    • Glennville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Midway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Tattnall County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
    • Reidsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reidsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
      • Reidsville is located in Tattnall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reidsville <2>
    • Manassas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Collins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cobbtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
      • Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
      • Former name for Cobbtown:
      • Cobb Town
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <2>
  • Appling County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Surrency
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Baxley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Phillipi
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillipi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
      • Phillipi is located in Appling County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
    • Graham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Appling County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Bryan County
    • Pembroke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pembroke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
      • Pembroke is located in Bryan County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,683 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <2>
  • Bulloch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Statesborough
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Statesborough have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
      • Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
    • Register
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Register have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
      • Register is located in Bulloch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Register <2>
  • Evans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Bellville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hagan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Claxton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Daisy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Gum Branch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
      • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
    • Fort Stewart
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bryan Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Village
      • Bryan Village is located in Liberty County
    • Cherokee Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
      • Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
    • Hinesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Pineview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pineview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
      • Pineview is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
    • Doe Run Estates
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Run Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
      • Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
    • Garden Acres
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
      • Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
    • Martin Woods
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
      • Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
    • Tupelo Trail
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tupelo Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
      • Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
    • Allenhurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Walthourville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walthourville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthourville
      • Walthourville is located in Liberty County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,065 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walthourville <2>
    • Flemington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Long County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Donald
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
      • Donald is located in Long County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
    • Ludowici
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ludowici have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludowici
      • Ludowici is located in Long County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,352 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ludowici <2>
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Alston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Petross
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petross have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
      • Petross is located in Montgomery County
    • Uvalda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Toombs County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Ohoopee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
      • Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
    • Toombs Central
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toombs Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
      • Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
      • Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
    • Cedar Crossing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
      • Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
    • Santa Claus
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Claus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
      • Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
    • Rock Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
    • Lyons
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Vidalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tison, with the one closest to Tison listed first.
    • Madray Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
      • Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
    • Odum
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jesup
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Tison ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tison.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tison, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tison.

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 Tison:

Cemeteries Near Tison ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tison.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Hopewell UMC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bradley - Anderson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stanfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stanfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stanfield Cemetery
  • Battle Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Cemetery
  • Surrency Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Surrency Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Surrency Cemetery
  • Mendes Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Matlock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matlock Cemetery
  • First Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Glennville Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (252 more) ...
    • Pine View Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine View Cemetery
    • Old Halltown Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • DeLoach Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tison had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Glennville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Birdford ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birdford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdford
    • Birdford is located in Tattnall County
  • Reidsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reidsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
    • Reidsville is located in Tattnall County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reidsville <2>
  • Altamaha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altamaha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha
    • Altamaha is located in Tattnall County
    • Former name for Altamaha:
    • Atamaha
  • Manassas
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Surrency
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brentwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brentwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
    • Brentwood is located in Wayne County
  • Collins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Odum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Gum Branch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
    • Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
  • Wheaton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheaton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
    • Wheaton is located in Appling County
  • English Eddy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
    • English Eddy is located in Toombs County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylors Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
      • Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
    • Baxley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Doctortown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctortown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
      • Doctortown is located in Wayne County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tison. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tattnall County: www.tattnall.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9385, Longitude: -82.0207       In this case, the coordinates for Tison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Tison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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