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 Sampson (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 Sampson. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sampson is located in Harlan County .
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harlan County : Bell , Leslie , Letcher , Perry , Lee (VA) & Wise (VA) .
Below are the counties that are near Sampson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sampson:
Harlan County (The home county of Sampson)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Bobs Creek (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek Cawood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Cawood is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood Mary Alice (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mary Alice is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice Cranks (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Cranks is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks Twila (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Twila is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila Harlan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ages (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Ages is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages Baxter (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Coxton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Coxton is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton Verda (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Verda is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda Loyall (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Loyall is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
South Wallins (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
South Wallins is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins Bell County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Stoney Fork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Stoney Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork Callaway (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Callaway is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway Miracle (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Miracle is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Varilla (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Varilla is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla Calvin (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Calvin is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Kettle Island (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Kettle Island is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island Beverly (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Jenson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Jenson is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson Rella (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Rella is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella Sims Fork (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Sims Fork is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork Arjay (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Arjay is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay Straight Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Straight Creek is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek Clay County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Ashers Fork (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Ashers Fork is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashers Fork Brightshade (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Brightshade is located in Clay County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightshade Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Scalf (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Scalf is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalf Walker (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Walker is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Dewitt (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Dewitt is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Flat Lick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Flat Lick is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick Trosper (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Trosper is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper Leslie County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Helton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Helton is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton Warbranch (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Warbranch is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch Chappell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Chappell is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Mozelle (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mozelle is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle Asher (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Asher is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher Yeaddiss (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaddiss Roark (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Roark is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cutshin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Cutshin is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin Hoskinston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Hoskinston is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston Stinnett (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Stinnett is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett Essie (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Essie is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie Smilax (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Smilax is located in Leslie County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax Letcher County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Gordon (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Gordon is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Linefork (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Linefork is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork Partridge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Partridge is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Flint (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Flint is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hallie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Kings Creek is located in Letcher County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek Perry County
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Delphia (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Delphia is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia Slemp (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Slemp is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp Cornettsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Cornettsville is located in Perry County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Claiborne County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Harrogate (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee Caney Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Cumberland Gap (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Springdale (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Tazewell (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Raven Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Minton Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
New Tazewell (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Head of Barren (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Lone Mountain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain Grainger County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Bean Station (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Thorn Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Beans (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Beans is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Wyatt Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Marshalls Ferry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Bowen (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Bowen is located in Grainger County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Hamblen County (TN)
Bright ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Bright is located in Hamblen County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Hancock County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Alanthus Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Sneedville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Duck Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Xenophon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Kyles Ford (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Willis (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Willis is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
Yount Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County (TN)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Eidson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Mooresburg Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Galbraith Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Red Bridge Ferry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Rogersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Amis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Amis is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Surgoinsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Kepler (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Persia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Persia is located in Hawkins County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Lee County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Hubbard Springs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Rose Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Fleenortown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown Jonesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Van (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Ewing (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Saint Charles (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
Pennington Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
Blackwater (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Blackwater is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Ely (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Ely is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Wheeler (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Dryden (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Dryden is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden Scott County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Duffield (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Clinchport (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clinchport is located in Scott County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchport Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
Wise County (VA)
The following are listed by their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Exeter (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Exeter is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Big Stone Gap (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Appalachia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Osaka (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Osaka is located in Wise County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sampson, see our County-by-County Page for Sampson .
Cemeteries Near Sampson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sampson.
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 Sampson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sampson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Fee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Ingle Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Old Mose Middleton Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
King Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Thomas Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Whisman Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Wyrick Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Pope Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Hill Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Lucas Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Howard Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (890 more) ...
Crockett Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Pace Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Barker Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Barker Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Rose Hill (VA) . The Barker Cemetery has also been known as:
Barker - Garrett Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49347 <2>
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>
While we didn't find Sampson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sampson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sampson, with the one closest to Sampson listed first.
Hagan (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Hagan is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagan Hubbard Springs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs Boons Path (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Boons Path is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boons Path Rose Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Creech (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Creech is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Harlan (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Baxter (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Jonesville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Ewing (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Van (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Van is located in Lee County (VA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Evarts (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Wallins Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
Continue List (13 more) ...
Alanthus Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
Sneedville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Cubage (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Cubage is located in Bell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubage
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sampson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sampson .
Newspapers Published in Sampson ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sampson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sampson, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Sampson.
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 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 Sampson:
Websites specific to Kentucky Pages specific to Harlan County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bell County Clay County Knox County Leslie County Letcher County Perry County Claiborne County Grainger County Hamblen County Hancock County Hawkins County Lee County Scott County Wise County Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sampson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://www.kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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- Sampson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Sampson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.