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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 Port Royal Plantation (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 Port Royal Plantation. 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 Port Royal Plantation ...

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 Port Royal Plantation: Prt. Royal Plantation

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 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.

Port Royal Plantation is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Colleton, Hampton & Jasper.

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

  • Beaufort County     (The home county of Port Royal Plantation)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Royal Plantation, with the one closest to Port Royal Plantation listed first.
    • Hilton Head Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Point Comfort
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
    • Harbour Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
    • Battery Marina Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Port Royal
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Shell Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Bluffton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fripp Island
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sangster Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Frogmore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Daufuskie Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaufort
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Colleton County
    • Edisto Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Royal Plantation, with the one closest to Port Royal Plantation listed first.
    • Ridgeland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tillman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chatham County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Port Royal Plantation, with the one closest to Port Royal Plantation listed first.
    • Fort Screven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Screven is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
    • Tybee Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Isles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmington Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Isle of Armstrong
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
    • Whitemarsh Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
    • Thunderbolt
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Robert M Hitch Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Robert M Hitch Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert M Hitch Village
    • Savannah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Savannah is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,632 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savannah <1>
    • Bona Bella
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bona Bella is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
    • Abercorn Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
    • Carver Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village

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

Cemeteries Near Port Royal Plantation ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Royal Plantation.

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 Port Royal Plantation - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Royal Plantation, with the one closest to Port Royal Plantation listed first.

  • Government Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Baynard Tomb
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Drayton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elliot Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Talbor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stoney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jenkins Island Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Opossum Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tombee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Six Oaks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...
    • Braddocks Point Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pritchard Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange Grove Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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 Port Royal Plantation in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Royal Plantation.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Royal Plantation, with the one closest to Port Royal Plantation listed first.

  • Hilton Head Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Port Royal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bluffton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Frogmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
  • Beaufort
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Tybee Island
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Okatie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Pritchardville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
  • Coosaw
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
  • Dale
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Hardeeville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Ridgeland
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Savannah
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Savannah is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,632 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savannah <1>
    • Sheldon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Isle of Hope
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope

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

Newspapers Published in Port Royal Plantation ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Royal Plantation.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Royal Plantation, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Royal Plantation.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Port Royal Plantation:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port Royal Plantation) 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 Port Royal Plantation, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.