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 Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin Corner: Martin Cor. (or less commonly used: Martin Crn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Martin Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Martin 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 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.
Martin Corner is located in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County: Berkeley, Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Martin Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martin Corner:
- Williamsburg County (The home county of Martin Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lane is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Salters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
- Kingstree
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nesmith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greeleyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Indiantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Stuckey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Cades
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hemingway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Alvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harris Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
- Saint Stephen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
- Bethera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bonneau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Judge Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
- Pineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Region Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Region Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
- Cordesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Awendaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pineland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pineland is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
- McClellanville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clarendon County
- Shad Moss village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
- Georgetown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Andrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sampit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sampit is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
- Willie Towne
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
- Georgetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Steele Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
- Campfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Campfield is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
- Allentown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Carters Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martin Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Martin Corner.
Cemeteries Near Martin Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martin 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 Martin Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martin Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Sutton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery is located
- The Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bird Pond Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69565 <2>
- Edens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Betaw Plantation Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Gully Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Von Hollen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elim Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (158 more) ...
- Elim United Methodist Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keller Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Holiness Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Martin Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martin Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martin Corner, with the one closest to Martin Corner listed first.
- Suttons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
- Earle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Earle is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
- Trio
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Trio is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
- Alvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Palmerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Bloomingvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingvale is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingvale
- Bethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Lane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lane is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Saint Stephen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sampit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sampit is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
- Bethera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Salters Depot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
- Salters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bonneau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martin Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martin Corner.
Newspapers Published in Martin 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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martin Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martin Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martin Corner.
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 Martin Corner:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Williamsburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkeley County
- Charleston County
- Clarendon County
- Georgetown 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 Martin Corner, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martin Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |