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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 Martins Crossroads (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 Martins Crossroads. 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 Martins Crossroads ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Martins Crossroads: Martins Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Martins Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Martins Crossroads may originally have been Martin's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Martins Crossroads might be written as Martin Crossroads.

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.

Martins Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties 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 Martins Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martins Crossroads:

  • Williamsburg County     (The home county of Martins Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Kingstree
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Greeleyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Salters
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cades
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
    • Moore Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
    • Lane
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Indiantown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
    • Nesmith
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Stuckey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Snow Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
    • Hemingway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Judge Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Pineville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Russellville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Saint Stephen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Harris Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Eadytown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eadytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
      • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
    • Alvin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Bonneau
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Union Crossroads
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • New Zion
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gable
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sardinia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Turbeville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Manning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jordan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Alcolu
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Shad Moss village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Paxville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Silver
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
  • Florence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Olanta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lake City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wren Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
      • Wren Village is located in Florence County
    • Scranton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Florence County
    • Cusac Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusac Crossroads
      • Cusac Crossroads is located in Florence County
    • Coward
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sardis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sardis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
      • Sardis is located in Florence County
    • Friendfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Friendfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
      • Friendfield is located in Florence County
    • Hannah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
      • Hannah is located in Florence County
    • Jones Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
      • Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
    • Cartersville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
  • Georgetown County
    • Andrews
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Atkins
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Atkins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
      • Atkins is located in Lee County
    • Lynchburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Elliott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.
    • Shiloh
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiloh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
    • Hobbs Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
      • Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
    • East Sumter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Sumter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumter
      • East Sumter is located in Sumter County
    • Lakewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
      • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
    • Mayesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Sumter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Sumter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sumter
      • South Sumter is located in Sumter County
    • Sumter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashley Creek Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
      • Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
    • Mulberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mulberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
      • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
    • Privateer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Privateer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
      • Privateer is located in Sumter County
    • Millwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Millwood is located in Sumter County
    • Oswego
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
      • Oswego is located in Sumter County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martins Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Martins Crossroads.

Cemeteries Near Martins Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martins Crossroads.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martins Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.

  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crossroads Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brewington Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Biggers AME Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Broad Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Easley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Easley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Easley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the west of Greeleyville.
    • The Easley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bradshaw Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484801 <6>
  • Beth Or Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Kingstree Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Williamsburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Williamsburg Presbyterian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hebron UMC Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Salters Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (236 more) ...
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Carsten - Sauls Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carsten - Sauls Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carsten - Sauls Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the north of Cades.

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.<7>

While we didn't find Martins Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martins Crossroads.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Martins Crossroads, with the one closest to Martins Crossroads listed first.

  • Mouzon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mouzon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouzon
    • Mouzon is located in Williamsburg County
  • Foreston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foreston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
    • Foreston is located in Clarendon County
  • Kingstree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greeleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Salters Depot
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salters Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
    • Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
  • Salters
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Zion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Cades
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sardinia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Seloc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seloc have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seloc
    • Seloc is located in Clarendon County
  • Lane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
  • Fowler
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
    • Fowler is located in Williamsburg County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Manning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jordan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Alcolu
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martins Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martins Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Martins Crossroads ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martins Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martins Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martins Crossroads.

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 Martins Crossroads:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Martins Crossroads. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Williamsburg County: www.williamsburgsc.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Martins Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Martins Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6999, Longitude: -79.9573       In this case, the coordinates for Martins Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Martins Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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