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 Bradley Corner (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 Bradley Corner. 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 Bradley Corner ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bradley Corner: Bradley Cor. (or less commonly used: Bradley Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bradley Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bradley Corner.
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.
Bradley Corner is located in McCormick 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 McCormick County: Columbia (GA), Elbert (GA), Lincoln (GA), Abbeville, Edgefield & Greenwood.
Below are the counties that are near Bradley Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bradley Corner:
- McCormick County (The home county of Bradley Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Willington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- McCormick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Plum Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Cana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Abbeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Due West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lowndesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Level Land
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Antreville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Lake Secession
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Donalds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ware Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- Iva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Edgefield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Colliers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Edgefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Verdery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Promised Land
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Mathews Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Greenwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panola Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Grendel Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Fairforest
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Hodges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cokesbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Collins Lakeside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Anglers Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Cross Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry County
- Chappells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Columbia County (GA)
- Kiokee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Silk Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Elberton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Hesters Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Midway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lincolnton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- McDuffie County (GA)
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Tignall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bradley Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Bradley Corner.
Cemeteries Near Bradley Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bradley Corner.
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 Bradley Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bradley Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Lower Long Cane Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chisholm Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wideman - Harris - Wilks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Massacre Grave
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethiah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wideman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- De La Howe Tomb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Badwell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lyon - Lipford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bradley Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bradley Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bradley Corner, with the one closest to Bradley Corner listed first.
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
- Bradley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McCormick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Watts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Plum Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Hester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Leverett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Leverett is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Darraugh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bradley Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bradley Corner.
Newspapers Published in Bradley Corner ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bradley Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bradley Corner, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bradley Corner.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bradley Corner:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to McCormick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- Newberry County
- Columbia County
- Elbert County
- Lincoln County
- McDuffie 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> | 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 Bradley Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bradley Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |