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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 Vessels Ford (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 Vessels Ford. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Vessels Ford is located in Clinch 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 Clinch County: Columbia (FL), Atkinson, Echols, Lanier & Ware.

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

  • Clinch County     (The home county of Vessels Ford)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vessels Ford, with the one closest to Vessels Ford listed first.
    • Ernest
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ernest is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest
    • Chauncey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Chauncey is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
      • Estimated population in 2019: 326 people
    • Fargo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Argyle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Homerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Du Pont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cogdell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
  • Atkinson County
  • Charlton County
    • Mattox ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Mattox is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattox
  • Echols County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vessels Ford, with the one closest to Vessels Ford listed first.
    • Fruitland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Fruitland is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Potter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Potter is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
      • Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
    • Howell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Howell is located in Echols County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Statenville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lanier County
  • Lowndes County
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vessels Ford, with the one closest to Vessels Ford listed first.
    • Manor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ruskin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Emerson Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
    • Waresboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Deenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Millwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Waycross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Winona Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Sunnyside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Hamilton County (FL)
    • Bakers Mill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill

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

Cemeteries Near Vessels Ford ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vessels Ford.

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 Vessels Ford - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ramah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chauncey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Griffis Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hard Scramble Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hilliard Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Eason Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Suwannee Chapel Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Dame Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Victory Methodist Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pine Forest Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Holmes Chapel Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • North Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Barner Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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 Vessels Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vessels Ford.

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

  • Homerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Manor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Glenmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
  • Withers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Withers is located in Clinch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Du Pont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tarver
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarver is located in Echols County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarver
  • Needham
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Needham is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
  • Benton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Benton is located in Columbia County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Braganza
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Braganza is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braganza
  • Waresboro
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Statenville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Bakers Mill
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bakers Mill is located in Hamilton County (FL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Mill
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Racepond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Racepond is located in Charlton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racepond
    • Waycross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Millwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Vessels Ford ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vessels Ford.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vessels Ford, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vessels Ford.

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 Vessels Ford:

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 Vessels Ford, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vessels Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.