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 Taylors Bridge (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 Taylors Bridge. 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 Taylors Bridge ...
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 Taylors Bridge: Taylors Brg. (or less commonly used: Taylors Brdg. or Taylors Brdge.)
- While the name of this community is Taylors Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Taylors Bridge may originally have been Taylor's Bridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Taylors Bridge might be written as Taylor Bridge.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Taylors Bridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Taylors Bridge.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Taylors Bridge is located in Sampson 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 Sampson County: Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Taylors Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Taylors Bridge:
- Sampson County (The home county of Taylors Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Delway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delway is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delway
- Ingold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
- Elliott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Beulah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moltonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moltonville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moltonville
- Turkey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tomahawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McDaniels
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McDaniels is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels
- Bonnetsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnetsville is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnetsville
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concord is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Bladen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Ammon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ammon is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- White Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Long View is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorick is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
- Kelly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Ruskin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ruskin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
- Jerome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jerome is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dublin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
- Cumberland County
- Stedman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Concord
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Brices Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brices Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Crossroads
- Harrells
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harrells is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Duff Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Duff Creek is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff Creek
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
- Baltic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baltic is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltic
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carroll
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carroll is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
- Safe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Safe is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Warsaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Teachey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Register
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Register is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Pender County
- The following are listed by their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Watha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watha is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Murray Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Murray Town is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Town
- Currie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burgaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Helena is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Wayne County
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Taylors Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Taylors Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Taylors Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Taylors Bridge.
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 Taylors Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Taylors Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Snipes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spearman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Benton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
- The Benton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Vann Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46850 <3>
- Merritt Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Merritt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Merritt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vann Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ingold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Herring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Community Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Taylors Bridge had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Taylors Bridge, with the one closest to Taylors Bridge listed first.
- Waycross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Waycross is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Ingold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ingold is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingold
- Clear Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Run is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Run
- Garland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Tomahawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Turkey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Magnolia is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 951 people
- Parkersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
- Safe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Safe is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kerr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kerr is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Warsaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Teachey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Taylors Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Taylors Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Taylors Bridge ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Taylors Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Taylors Bridge, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Taylors Bridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Taylors Bridge:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Sampson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bladen County
- Cumberland County
- Duplin County
- Pender County
- Wayne 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> | 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> | 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 Taylors Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Taylors Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |