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 Bowman Ferry (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 Bowman Ferry. 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 hospitals and 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.
Bowman Ferry is located in Abbeville 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 Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.
Below are the counties that are near Bowman Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowman Ferry:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Bowman Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Lowndesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lake Secession
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Abbeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Due West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donalds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Honea Path
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Iva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Starr
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Deans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Holland Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Homeland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Price ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Leisure Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Verdery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Hodges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Promised Land
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County
- Fair Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Silk Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Elberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Royston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Canon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Hartwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Flat Shoals
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Crawfords Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Maretts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Carlton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Comer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <1>
- Dalton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Colbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Palmetto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Tignall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Centerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowman Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Bowman Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Bowman Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowman Ferry.
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 Bowman Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowman Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Harpers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ruckersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville Cemetery
- The Ruckersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ruckersville UMC Cemetery
- Old McCalla Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (337 more) ...
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Bowman Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowman Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowman Ferry, with the one closest to Bowman Ferry listed first.
- Ruckersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Heardmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Lowndesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
- Moffitsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Latimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Montevideo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Elberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Iva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Goss
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowman Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowman Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Bowman Ferry ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowman Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowman Ferry, 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 Bowman Ferry.
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 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 Bowman Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenwood County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Bowman Ferry, 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- Bowman Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |