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 Tulls 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 Tulls 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 Tulls 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 Tulls Mill: Tulls Ml. (or less commonly used: Tulls Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Tulls Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tulls Mill may originally have been Tull's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tulls Mill might be written as Tull 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Tulls Mill is located in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County: Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Pitt & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Tulls Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tulls Mill:
- Lenoir County (The home county of Tulls Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Deep Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Albrittons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albrittons is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albrittons
- Pink Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Loftins Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Loftins Crossroads is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftins Crossroads
- La Grange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kinston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kinfield Village is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinfield Village
- Graingers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Graingers is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graingers
- Tick Bite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
- Grifton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Cove City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cove City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 387 people
- Fort Barnwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Barnwell is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Barnwell
- Tuscarora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Duplin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Gradys Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gradys Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradys Crossroads
- Resaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Albertson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Drummersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Drummersville is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummersville
- Outlaws Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Pleasant Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Herrings Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Herrings Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings Crossroads
- Kornegay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kornegay is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornegay
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Blizzards Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blizzards Crossroads is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blizzards Crossroads
- Scotts Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Store is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Store
- Red Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Jason
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Snow Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hookerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Maury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Maury is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury
- Speights Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Speights Bridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speights Bridge
- Walstonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Walstonburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walstonburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hargetts Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hargetts Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargetts Crossroads
- Shady Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Taylors Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Corner is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Corner
- Wise Forks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wise Forks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Forks
- Combs Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Combs Fork is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Fork
- Phillips Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Phillips Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Crossroads
- Sassers Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sassers Mill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassers Mill
- Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Pollocks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pollocks is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollocks
- Trenton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Olivers Crossroads is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Crossroads
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Huffmantown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffmantown is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffmantown
- Richlands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine Lake is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Lake
- Mill Pond Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Pond Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village
- Half Moon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Half Moon is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Shamrock Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Cardinal Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cardinal Village is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal Village
- Pitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Quinerly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quinerly is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinerly
- Rountree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Ayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxville is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxville
- Renston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Renston is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renston
- Sampson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Turkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott is located in Sampson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Seven Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
- Elroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Berkeley Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berkeley Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Village
- Dudley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brogden is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogden
- Mount Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Goldsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac Village
- Saulston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Mar-Mac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mar-Mac is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Mac
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tulls Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Tulls Mill.
Cemeteries Near Tulls Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tulls 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 Tulls Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tulls Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Humphrey - Harper Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stroud Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud - Hill Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wiley Rouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- George W. Rouse Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- George W. Holland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ben Hines Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arnett - Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hardy Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hardy Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the north of Albertson.
- The Hardy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Adolphus Hardy Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279877 <3>
- Gradys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harper - Southerland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Council F. Jarman Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Isaac Hines / Liddell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Tulls Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tulls Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tulls Mill, with the one closest to Tulls Mill listed first.
- Deep Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Strabane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Albertson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Albertson is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albertson
- Resaca
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Resaca is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca
- Outlaws Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Falling Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Fields
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Seven Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leon is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- La Grange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kinston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sarecta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sarecta is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarecta
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Best
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Institute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Beulaville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tulls Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tulls Mill.
Newspapers Published in Tulls 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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tulls Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tulls Mill, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tulls Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Tulls Mill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Lenoir County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Duplin County
- Greene County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pitt County
- Sampson 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tulls Mill) 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 Tulls Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |