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 Furys 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 Furys 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.
Name Variations for Furys Ferry ...
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.
While the name of this community is Furys Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Furys Ferry may originally have been Fury's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Furys Ferry might be written as Fury Ferry.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Furys Ferry. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Furys Ferry.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Furys Ferry 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 Furys Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Furys Ferry:
- McCormick County (The home county of Furys Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- McCormick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Belvedere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belvedere is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- North Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clearwater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burnettown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Burnettown is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
- Springdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Langley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- Gloverville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Graniteville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vaucluse
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Edgefield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Colliers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Murphys Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
- Edgefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Johnston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood County
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saluda County
- Ward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burke County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Keysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Saint Clair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair is located in Burke County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Columbia County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Snead
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Snead is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Evans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lamkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Lulaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Martinez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- Kiokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Arrow Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Grovetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maddox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maddox is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Appling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Noah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Noah is located in Jefferson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Noah has also been known as:
- Noah Station
- Matthews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wrens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wrens is located in Jefferson County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,924 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrens <2>
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Loce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Lincolnton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- McDuffie County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Dearing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Megahee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Hamilton Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Thomson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Richmond County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Bonair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- National Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Rockbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
- Belair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belair is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- Forest Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Fleming Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Southgate Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southgate Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
- Fairvale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Warren County (GA)
- Mesena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Furys Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Furys Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Furys Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Furys 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 Furys Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Furys Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McKie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crafton Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Taylor Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thurmond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Avery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Abilene Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bethelehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McKie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Darling Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Furys Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Furys Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Furys Ferry, with the one closest to Furys Ferry listed first.
- Morgana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morgana is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
- Lamkin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Martinez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kiokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Poverty Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Poverty Hill is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Colliers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Belair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belair is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- Eubank ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eubank is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubank
- Grovetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheless
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheless is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheless
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Appling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Augusta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Furys Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Furys Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Furys 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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Furys Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Furys Ferry, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Furys Ferry.
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 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 Furys Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to McCormick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Saluda County
- Burke County
- Columbia County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- McDuffie County
- Richmond County
- Warren 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> | 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 Furys Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Furys Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |