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 Lake Secession (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 Lake Secession. 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 Lake Secession ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Secession: Lk. Secession
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Lake Secession 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 Lake Secession. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Secession:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Lake Secession)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Antreville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Lowndesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Latimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Due West
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Abbeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Donalds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Honea Path
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Ware Shoals
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Iva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Homeland Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Holland Store
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Belton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Northlake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Northlake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
- Greenville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Lickville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lickville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
- Fork Shoals
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Hodges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Promised Land
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Greenwood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Bradley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coronaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Fairforest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Mount Gallagher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Collins Lakeside Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ekom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Willington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- McCormick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oconee County
- Fair Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- Clemson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Centerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Elberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Goss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harper
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Canon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Royston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Crawfords Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Hartwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- 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
- Flat Shoals
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Carlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Wilkes County (GA)
- Tignall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Secession, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Secession.
Cemeteries Near Lake Secession ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Secession.
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 Lake Secession - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Secession covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Rocky River Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bells Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leverett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Powers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hall - Cromer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carswell Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Hebron UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron UMC Cemetery
- The Hebron UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebrion Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70284 <3>
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns 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.<4>
While we didn't find Lake Secession in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Secession.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Secession, with the one closest to Lake Secession listed first.
- Antreville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Iva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Lowndesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Storeville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Storeville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville
- Moffitsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Dover ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Level Land
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Starr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Deans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Latimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Varennes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Varennes is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varennes
- Watts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Secession. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Secession.
Newspapers Published in Lake Secession ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Secession.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Secession, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Secession.
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 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 Lake Secession:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenville County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Secession) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Secession, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |