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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 Nine Times (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 Nine Times. 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.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Nine Times is located in Pickens 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 Pickens County: Transylvania (NC), Anderson, Greenville & Oconee.

Below are the counties that are near Nine Times. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nine Times:

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

Cemeteries Near Nine Times ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nine Times.

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 Nine Times covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Martins Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martins Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martins Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Bethel UMC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mile Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mile Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mile Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McKinney Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McKinney Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McKinney Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eastatoe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastatoe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastatoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fall Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fall Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fall Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Keowee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keowee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keowee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (357 more) ...
    • Nimmons Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nimmons Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nimmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Isaqueena Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isaqueena Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isaqueena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Craig Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Craig Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nine Times had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Crow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crow Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
    • Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Crow Creek
    • From Nine Times to Crow Creek
  • Eastatoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastatoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastatoe
    • Eastatoe is located in Pickens County
  • Nimmons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimmons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
    • Nimmons is located in Pickens County
  • Jocassee ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jocassee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jocassee
    • Jocassee is located in Oconee County
  • Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Six Mile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Knob ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Pickens County
  • Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Central
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Easley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • West Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhoun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Calhoun is located in Pickens County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Nine Times ...

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 Nine Times.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nine Times, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nine Times.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Nine Times:

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

The official website for Pickens County: www.co.pickens.sc.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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- Nine Times) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nine Times. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9150, Longitude: -82.8441       In this case, the coordinates for Nine Times have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Nine Times, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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