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 Baileys Landing (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 Baileys Landing. 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 Baileys Landing ...
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 Baileys Landing: Baileys Lndg. (or less commonly used: Baileys Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Baileys Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baileys Landing may originally have been Bailey's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baileys Landing might be written as Bailey Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Baileys Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Baileys Landing.
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 northeast 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 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.
Baileys Landing is located in Beaufort County.
To see how the shape of South 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 Beaufort County: Colleton, Hampton & Jasper.
Below are the counties that are near Baileys Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baileys Landing:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Baileys Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Okatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pritchardville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Shell Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Laurel Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
- Battery Marina Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Port Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Polk Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
- Hilton Head Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sangster Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
- Beaufort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colleton County
- White Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Hall is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Hampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Barkerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Barkerville is located in Hampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
- Barkerville has also been known as:
- Haywardville
- Early Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Furman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Ridgeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pineland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Port Wentworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Screven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Screven is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
- Golden Isles
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Wentworth Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Port Wentworth Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wentworth Junction
- Estimated population in 2019: 9,641 people
- Robert M Hitch Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robert M Hitch Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert M Hitch Village
- Savannah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
- Alabama Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Junction
- Carver Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Chatham City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham City is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham City
- Florida Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florida Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Junction
- Rossignol Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rossignol Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossignol Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,009 people
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Haddonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 965 people
- Rincon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rincon is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <2>
- Exley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Exley is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
- Two Sisters Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
- Clyo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Guyton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guyton is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guyton <2>
- Marlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baileys Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Baileys Landing.
Cemeteries Near Baileys Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baileys Landing.
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 Baileys Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baileys Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Jaxville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wrightfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Preference Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fripp Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Habersham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shell Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grahamville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Bay Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Salvesbarg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Partridge Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Baileys Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baileys Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baileys Landing, with the one closest to Baileys Landing listed first.
- Okatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pritchardville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Ridgeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Port Royal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hilton Head Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beaufort
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coosaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
- Tillman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frogmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sheldon
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tomotley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
- Rincon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rincon is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baileys Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baileys Landing.
Newspapers Published in Baileys Landing ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baileys Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baileys Landing, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baileys Landing.
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 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 Baileys Landing:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colleton County
- Hampton County
- Jasper County
- Chatham County
- Effingham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South 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 Baileys Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Baileys Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |