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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 Pettus (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 Pettus. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Pettus is located in Bee County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bee County: Goliad, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio & San Patricio.

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

  • Bee County     (The home county of Pettus)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Tulsita
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
    • Tuleta
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Normanna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mineral
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pawnee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Beeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Blue Berry Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
    • Clareville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Clareville is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
    • Skidmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Blanconia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Fashing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fashing is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fashing
    • Peggy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • DeWitt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Nordheim
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Yorktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Berclair
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Angel City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
    • Goliad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Weesatche
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Kenedy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Karnes City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Runge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Coy City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Coy City is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy City
    • Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Helena is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Flaccus is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
    • Panna Maria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Hobson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ecleto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pettus, with the one closest to Pettus listed first.
    • Ray Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
    • Oakville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Three Rivers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ike
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ike is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
    • George West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mikeska
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mikeska is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikeska
    • Dinero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Whitsett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Pettus ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pettus.

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 Pettus - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pettus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Pettus Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuleta Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dahl Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Normanna Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • San Domingo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pullin - Livingston Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Del Bosque Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Colony Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mineral Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Choate Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Charco Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (59 more) ...
    • Pawnee Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Kenedy Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenedy Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kenedy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Kenedy.
      • The Kenedy Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Kenedy City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #4608 <2>
    • Kennedy Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pettus had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Mineral
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Berclair
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Charco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
  • Beeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • La Para
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • La Para is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Para
  • Karnes City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Runge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Oakville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Helena
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Helena is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Panna Maria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Skidmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Weesatche
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cestohowa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cestohowa is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cestohowa
    • Blanconia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanconia is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanconia
      • Former names for Blanconia:
      • Dark Corners
      • Pull Tight

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pettus ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettus.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pettus. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pettus and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pettus.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Pettus.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Pettus:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pettus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Pawnee and Tulsita. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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 Pettus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.