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 Gillises Mills (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 Gillises Mills. 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 Gillises Mills ...
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 Gillises Mills: Gillises Mls. (or less commonly used: Gillises Mlls.)
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.
Gillises Mills is located in Hardin County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Gillises Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gillises Mills:
- Hardin County (The home county of Gillises Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Lowryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Bruton Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Belle Meade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Centerview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Centerview is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Nixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pyburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Savannah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Dunbar
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lebanon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Lebanon is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lebanon
- Estimated population in 2014: 29,387 people
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Sardis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Iron City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Westpoint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Tulu
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Adamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Michie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leapwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Caffey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Purdy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Guys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Perry County
- Flatwoods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Lutts
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Cypress Inn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Collinwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Corning ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Corning is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Slickrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Threet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Zip City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- McGee Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Pruitton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Cypress Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Mars Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Saint Florian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Arnot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Corinth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Short
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gillises Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Gillises Mills.
Cemeteries Near Gillises Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gillises Mills.
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 Gillises Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gillises Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Sunny Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Big Ivy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cave Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Petty Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gillis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Franks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bratton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Franks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pickens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stricklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (793 more) ...
- Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Welch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Gillises Mills had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gillises Mills, with the one closest to Gillises Mills listed first.
- Lowryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Lutts
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martins Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Stout
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stout is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Weatherford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Houston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Olivehill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Olivehill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivehill
- Economy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Maddox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Victory ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paulks is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gillises Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gillises Mills.
Newspapers Published in Gillises Mills ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillises Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gillises Mills, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gillises Mills.
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 Gillises Mills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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 Gillises Mills, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gillises Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |