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 Scotts Ferry (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 Scotts Ferry. 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 Scotts Ferry ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Scotts Ferry: Scotts Fry. (or less commonly used: Scotts Frry.)
- While the name of this community is Scotts Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Scotts Ferry may originally have been Scott's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Scotts Ferry might be written as Scott Ferry.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Scotts Ferry. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Scotts Ferry.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Scotts Ferry is located in McCormick 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 McCormick County: Columbia (GA), Elbert (GA), Lincoln (GA), Abbeville, Edgefield & Greenwood.
Below are the counties that are near Scotts Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotts Ferry:
- McCormick County (The home county of Scotts Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Clarks Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Modoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Parksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Plum Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- McCormick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Willington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Mount Carmel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Belvedere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Belvedere is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- North Augusta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Clearwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bath
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burnettown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burnettown is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
- Vaucluse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gloverville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Langley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Graniteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Warrenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Savanna Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Savanna Town is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
- Edgefield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Colliers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Murphys Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
- Edgefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Johnston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bradley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Verdery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Promised Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Saluda County
- Ward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Kiokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Snead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Snead is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
- Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
- Maddox
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maddox is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Evans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lamkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Arrow Head
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arrow Head is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
- Lulaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lulaville is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
- Martinez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Park is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
- Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
- Grovetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Forrest ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Fort Gordon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Loce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Lincolnton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Hesters Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- McDuffie County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Hamilton Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Boneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dearing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Megahee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Megahee is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
- Richmond County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Bonair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
- Belair
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Belair is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
- National Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
- Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Forest Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
- Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
- Barton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barton Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
- Augusta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
- Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
- Southgate Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southgate Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
- Richmond Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
- Fairvale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairvale is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
- Pepperidge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pepperidge is located in Richmond County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge
- Warren County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Mesena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cadley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cadley is located in Warren County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadley
- Estimated population in 2019: 540 people
- Camak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Lundberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lundberg is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
- Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotts Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Scotts Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Scotts Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotts Ferry.
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 Scotts Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotts Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethelehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Avery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ashbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hardin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Knox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McKie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prescott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Scotts Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotts Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotts Ferry, with the one closest to Scotts Ferry listed first.
- Eubank ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eubank is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubank
- Modoc
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kiokee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
- Double Branches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Double Branches is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
- Colliers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Cluese ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cluese is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluese
- Morgana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Morgana is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
- Plum Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Appling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lenoir ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
- Agnes ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Agnes is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Leathersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leathersville is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Lamkin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
- Leverett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leverett is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Clay Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotts Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotts Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Scotts Ferry ...
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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotts Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotts Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scotts Ferry.
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 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 Scotts Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to McCormick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Saluda County
- Columbia County
- Lincoln County
- McDuffie County
- Richmond County
- Warren County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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> | 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 Scotts Ferry, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotts Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |