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 Solomon 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 Solomon 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 northwest 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 north.
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 north 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.
Solomon Ferry is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County : Haywood (NC) , Madison (NC) , Greene , Hamblen , Jefferson & Sevier .
Below are the counties that are near Solomon Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Solomon Ferry:
Cocke County (The home county of Solomon Ferry)
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Bybee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Clevenger (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Clevenger is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
Wilsonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wilsonville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Bailey Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Bailey Town is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
Jaybird (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Jaybird is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
Newport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Jimtown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Jimtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Parrottsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Carson Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Carson Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs Bridgeport (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Edwina (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Edwina is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina West Myers (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
West Myers is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Birdsville ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Birdsville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville Claiborne County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Evans Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Raven Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Caney Valley (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Lone Mountain (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain Springdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale New Tazewell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Tazewell (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Head of Barren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren Sandlick (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Sandlick is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Marshalls Ferry (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Wyatt Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Wa-Ni Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Dyers Ferry (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Oakland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Bean Station (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Beans (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Beans is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Bowen (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Bowen is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Rutledge (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Massengill Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Lulaville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville Joppa (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Joppa is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Beulah (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Warrensburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Little Chucky ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Little Chucky is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Midway (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bright Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Mosheim (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Marvin (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Marvin is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Sirenburg ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Sirenburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Cedar Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Albany (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Albany is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Romeo (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Romeo is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo Morelock ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Morelock is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock Greeneville (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Monte Vista Estates (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
Morristown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
East Village (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
East Village is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Silver City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Casablanca (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Casablanca is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
Bright ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Bright is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Whitesburg (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Collons Ferry (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Yount Town (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Duck Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Xenophon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Trent Valley (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Sneedville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Bulls Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Mooresburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Galbraith Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Persia (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Strahl (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Rogersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Amis (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Amis is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Kepler (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Eidson (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Leadvale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale White Pine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Baneberry (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Edna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Talbott (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Rock Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Dandridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Flat Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Jefferson City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Alena ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Alena is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Piedmont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont New Market (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Rocky Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Lyonton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lyonton is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton Thorn Grove (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Thorn Grove is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove Zacharytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Zacharytown is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown Peters Mill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Peters Mill is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill Highpoint ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Highpoint is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint Mascot (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Mascot is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
Skaggston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Skaggston is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston Corryton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wooddale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Wooddale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale McMillan (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
McMillan is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Riverdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Riverdale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Millican Grove (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove East Fork (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
East Fork is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Harrisburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
Henry Crossroads (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Catlettsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Kodak (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Sevierville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pittman Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Pittman Center is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
Boyds Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek Middle Creek (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Middle Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Pigeon Forge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Oak City (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Oak City is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Haynes ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Haynes is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Luttrell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Luttrell is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
Plainview (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Plainview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
Haywood County (NC)
Mount Sterling (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Hot Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Lynch ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Lynch is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Allenstand (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Bluff (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Bluff is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Hurricane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Solomon Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Solomon Ferry .
Cemeteries Near Solomon Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Solomon 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 Solomon Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Solomon Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
Harle Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Solomon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Thomas Jarnagin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Moser Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Colman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Vineyard Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Talley Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Inman Bend Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Bend Cemetery The Inman Bend Cemetery has also been known as:
Inman Cemetery Witt Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Westminister Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Old St. Paul Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Forest Hill Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (936 more) ...
Watkins Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Cline Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Rogers Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Solomon Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Solomon Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Solomon Ferry, with the one closest to Solomon Ferry listed first.
White Pine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Leadvale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale Witt (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Witt is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Rankin (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Rankin is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Beulah (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Springvale (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Springvale is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale Bybee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Morristown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Edna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Oak Grove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Warrensburg (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Alpha (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Alpha is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha Continue List (14 more) ...
Thula (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Thula is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thula Russellville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Talbott (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Solomon Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Solomon Ferry .
Newspapers Published in Solomon 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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Solomon Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Solomon Ferry, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Solomon 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 websites either 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 Solomon Ferry:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Cocke County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Claiborne County Grainger County Greene County Hamblen County Hancock County Hawkins County Jefferson County Knox County Sevier County Union County Haywood County Madison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Solomon Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Solomon Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Solomon Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.