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 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 hospitals 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 may 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)
- Mendes is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendes
- Estimated population in 2019: 456 people
- Glennville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Estimated population in 2019: 657 people
- Reidsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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)
- Cobbtown is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Former name for Cobbtown:
- Cobb Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cobbtown <1>
- 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)
- Phillipi is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
- Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
- Graham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Bryan County
- Pembroke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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)
- Statesborough is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesborough
- Estimated population in 2019: 32,954 people
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Bulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Register
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- 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)
- Bryan Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Village
- Cherokee Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Hinesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pineview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pineview is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
- Estimated population in 2019: 489 people
- Doe Run Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Doe Run Estates is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 736 people
- Garden Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garden Acres is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 8,713 people
- Martin Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Martin Woods is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 383 people
- Tupelo Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tupelo Trail is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo Trail
- Estimated population in 2019: 347 people
- Allenhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walthourville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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)
- Donald is located in Long County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,466 people
- Ludowici
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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)
- Petross is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petross
- 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)
- Ohoopee is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohoopee
- Toombs Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Toombs Central is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toombs Central
- Estimated population in 2019: 486 people
- Cedar Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
- Santa Claus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Claus is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Claus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Lyons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vidalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Charles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charles is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles
- 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)
- Madray Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madray Springs
- Odum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Doctortown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doctortown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
- 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.
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.
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 Tison - one of the links might be able to help.
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.
- Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- 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)
- Battle Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Surrency Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mendes Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Matlock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Baptist Church Cemetery
- The First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glennville Baptist Church Cemetery
- Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Glennville Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Halltown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Halltown Cemetery
- The Old Halltown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hall Town Cemetery
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>
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)
- Birdford is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdford
- Reidsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altamaha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Altamaha is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha
- 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)
- Brentwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- 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)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Wheaton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wheaton is located in Appling County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
- English Eddy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- English Eddy is located in Toombs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Eddy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Taylors Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Taylors Creek is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Creek
- Baxley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Doctortown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doctortown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctortown
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.
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]<4>. 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 begin with 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:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Tattnall County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Appling County
- Bryan County
- Bulloch County
- Evans County
- Liberty County
- Long County
- Montgomery County
- Toombs County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Tison, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |