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 Ebbs Mill (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 Ebbs Mill. 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 Ebbs Mill ...
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 Ebbs Mill: Ebbs Ml. (or less commonly used: Ebbs Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Ebbs Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ebbs Mill may originally have been Ebb's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ebbs Mill might be written as Ebb Mill.
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 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.
Ebbs Mill is located in Madison County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Buncombe, Haywood, Yancey, Cocke (TN), Greene (TN) & Unicoi (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Ebbs Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ebbs Mill:
- Madison County (The home county of Ebbs Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Spring Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Trust
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trust is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Hot Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stackhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Hurricane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rollins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rollins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins
- Allenstand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Chapel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Buncombe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Sandymush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Leicester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Flat Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Stoney Knob
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Weaverville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodfin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Acton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Candler
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Emma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Teague ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teague is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Canton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Junaluska
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morning Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Waynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maggie Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Hazelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Jackson County
- Balsam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yancey County
- Higgins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Higgins is located in Yancey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins
- Cocke County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Tom Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Wolf Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Nough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Del Rio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- West Myers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Hartford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Parrottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edwina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Wilton Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Jimtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Greene County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Cedar Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Bright Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Camp Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Water Fork Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
- Greeneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Warrensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Forest Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mosheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Baneberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leadvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sevier County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Pittman Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pittman Center is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- East Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Unicoi County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Flag Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Clear Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Ernestville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Washington County (TN)
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ebbs Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Ebbs Mill.
Cemeteries Near Ebbs Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebbs Mill.
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 Ebbs Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ebbs Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Roaring Fork Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork Cemetery
- The Roaring Fork Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ebbs Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Presnell - Mooneyham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waddell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Gap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gap Of The Mountain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bluff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bluff Cemetery
- The Old Bluff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff Cemetery
- Keenerville Christian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (596 more) ...
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gragg Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Ebbs Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ebbs Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ebbs Mill, with the one closest to Ebbs Mill listed first.
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lynch is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Spring Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Big Pine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Pine is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pine
- Jonestown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Hot Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Paint Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paint Rock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Nough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nough is located in Cocke County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Barnard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Barnard is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Sandy Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Stackhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fines Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fines Creek is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fines Creek
- Del Rio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palm ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palm is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ebbs Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ebbs Mill.
Newspapers Published in Ebbs Mill ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebbs Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebbs Mill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ebbs Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Ebbs Mill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Yancey County
- Cocke County
- Greene County
- Jefferson County
- Sevier County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | 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 Ebbs Mill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ebbs Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |