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 Walls Crossing (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 Walls Crossing. 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 Walls Crossing ...
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 Walls Crossing: Walls Xing.
- While the name of this community is Walls Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Walls Crossing may originally have been Wall's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Walls Crossing might be written as Wall Crossing.
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 doctors and 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.
Walls Crossing is located in Schley 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 Schley County: Macon, Marion, Sumter, Taylor & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Walls Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walls Crossing:
- Schley County (The home county of Walls Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Ellaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Ida Vesper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Cusseta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Ochillee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Dooly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Dooling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dooling is located in Dooly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooling
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Byromville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lee County
- Smithville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Ideal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oglethorpe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Montezuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marshallville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Putnam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Putnam is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
- Draneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tazewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Glen Alta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Juniper
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Muscogee County
- Upatoi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Louvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lumpkin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion is located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Shiloh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Andersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Former name for Andersonville:
- Anderson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <2>
- Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Americus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thalean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Thalean is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalean
- Sumter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Danville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Danville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Estimated population in 2019: 212 people
- Leslie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cobb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Junction City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Box Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Talbotton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Rupert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mauk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Norwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Butler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Howard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Reynolds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Terrell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Olivers Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Olivers Mill is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 230 people
- Parrott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bronwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yeomans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yeomans is located in Terrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomans
- Population from the 2010 Census: 507 people
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Preston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leveretts
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Leveretts is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leveretts
- Weston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walls Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Walls Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Walls Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walls Crossing.
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 Walls Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walls Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Frasier - Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellaville City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Doyle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (160 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Walls Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walls Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walls Crossing, with the one closest to Walls Crossing listed first.
- Putnam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Putnam is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,898 people
- Ellaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Doyle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Murrays Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Murrays Crossroads is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Crossroads
- Draneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Draneville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- La Crosse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Crosse is located in Schley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- Tazewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Buena Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Fountainville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fountainville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
- Hoggs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hoggs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brantley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brantley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brantley
- New Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- New Point is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point
- Andersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Former name for Andersonville:
- Anderson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walls Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walls Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Walls Crossing ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walls Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walls Crossing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walls Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Walls Crossing:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Schley County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Dooly County
- Lee County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- Muscogee County
- Stewart County
- Sumter County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Terrell County
- Webster 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Walls Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Walls Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |