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 Spiveys 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 Spiveys 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.
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.
Spiveys Ferry is located in Lee 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 Lee County: Chesterfield, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Spiveys Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spiveys Ferry:
- Lee County (The home county of Spiveys Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Alcot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alcot is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
- Bishopville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Manville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Manville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Elliott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Atkins is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- McBee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Angelus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Patrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- White Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Chesterfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ruby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <1>
- Mount Croghan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Darlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Lydia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Prestwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prestwood Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwood Village
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
- Lamar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Syracuse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Syracuse is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Alexander Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Crossroads is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Crossroads
- Dovesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Darlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Cartersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Timmonsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Sardis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Jones Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Quinby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Siesta Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Bethune
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Cassatt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shepard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Lafayette Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Camden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kershaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lugoff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Oakhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Heath Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Oswego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Oswego is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
- Rembert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mayesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dalzell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- East Sumter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumter
- Hobbs Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
- Horatio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sumter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shiloh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Cherryvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Millwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spiveys Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Spiveys Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Spiveys Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spiveys 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 Spiveys Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spiveys Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Savannah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hebron UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grantham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McLean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kellytown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (216 more) ...
- Bethlehem Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Galloway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Galloway Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Lydia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70086 <2>
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Spiveys Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spiveys Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spiveys Ferry, with the one closest to Spiveys Ferry listed first.
- Tillers Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tillers Ferry is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillers Ferry
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Bishopville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lydia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oats is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oats
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Antioch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lamar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Syracuse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Syracuse is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
- Pisgah
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Catarrh
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Catarrh is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catarrh
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Floyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Lynchburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spiveys Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spiveys Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Spiveys 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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spiveys Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spiveys Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spiveys Ferry.
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 Spiveys Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Lee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Florence County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Sumter 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Spiveys Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Spiveys Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |