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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 Wilsons Landing (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 Wilsons Landing. 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 Wilsons Landing ...

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 Wilsons Landing: Wilsons Lndg. (or less commonly used: Wilsons Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Wilsons Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wilsons Landing may originally have been Wilson's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wilsons Landing might be written as Wilson Landing.

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 hospitals 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.

Wilsons Landing is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Wilsons Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Eadytown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
      • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
    • Pineville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Judge Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Cross
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Russellville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Saint Stephen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Harris Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bonneau
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinopolis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Moncks Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Calhoun County
    • Creston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
  • Charleston County
    • Lincolnville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Shad Moss village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
    • Jordan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Silver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Alcolu
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Panola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
    • Paxville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gable
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Union Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • Sardinia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Harleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Saint George
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Vance
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <3>
    • Holly Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Santee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Wells
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Parler
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
    • Elloree
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bowman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Pinewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
      • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
    • Privateer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Privateer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
      • Privateer is located in Sumter County
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilsons Landing, with the one closest to Wilsons Landing listed first.
    • Greeleyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • 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 <3>
    • Salters
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingstree
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Wilsons Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilsons Landing.

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 Wilsons Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bluefield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluefield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomas Walter Grave
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Walter Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Walter Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mexico Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexico Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rocks Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bluford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Site of Francis Marion Tomb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rocks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (185 more) ...
    • Mahan Plantation Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rehoboth Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehoboth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehoboth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Richmond Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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.<5>

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

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

  • Eadytown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • 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.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
    • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
  • Jordan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • 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.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
  • Davis Station
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Stephen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Greeleyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Foreston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foreston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
    • Foreston is located in Clarendon County
  • Connors ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Connors have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connors
    • Connors is located in Orangeburg County
  • Vance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <3>
  • Bonneau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Macbeth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
      • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
    • Saint Paul
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Clarendon County
    • Lane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • 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 <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Wilsons Landing ...

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 Wilsons Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilsons Landing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilsons Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Wilsons Landing:

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

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Wilsons Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Wilsons Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilsons Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4485, Longitude: -80.1617       In this case, the coordinates for Wilsons Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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