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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Stewards Mill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Stewards Mill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Stewards Mill, please Contact Us.

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 Stewards Mill (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 Stewards Mill. 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 Stewards Mill ...

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 Stewards Mill: Stewards Ml. (or less commonly used: Stewards Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Stewards Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Stewards Mill may originally have been Steward's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stewards Mill might be written as Steward Mill.

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 northwest 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Stewards Mill is historic, it would have been located within present day Freestone County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Freestone County: Anderson, Leon, Limestone & Navarro.

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

  • Freestone County     (The home county of Stewards Mill)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewards Mill, with the one closest to Stewards Mill listed first.
    • Yard ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yard
      • Yard is located in Anderson County
    • Greens Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Cayuga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Massey Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tennessee Colony
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Blackfoot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Harmony
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harmony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
      • Harmony is located in Anderson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Harmony
      • From Stewards Mill to Harmony
    • Ward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
      • Ward is located in Anderson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ward
      • From Stewards Mill to Ward
    • Springfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Montalba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montalba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalba
      • Montalba is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montalba <3>
    • Long Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewards Mill, with the one closest to Stewards Mill listed first.
    • Cross Roads
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Trinidad
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Malakoff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malakoff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malakoff
      • Malakoff is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malakoff <3>
    • Star Harbor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Harbor
      • Star Harbor is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
    • Caney City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caney City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney City
      • Caney City is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
    • Log Cabin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Cabin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
      • Log Cabin is located in Henderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 785 people
  • Leon County
  • Limestone County
  • Navarro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stewards Mill, with the one closest to Stewards Mill listed first.
    • Eureka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Richland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
    • Navarro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navarro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarro
      • Navarro is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Angus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Angus is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
    • Mildred
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mildred have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
      • Mildred is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Elm Flat
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mustang
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
      • Mustang is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
    • Goodlow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pursley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pursley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pursley
      • Pursley is located in Navarro County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pursley
      • From Stewards Mill to Pursley
    • Kerens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Powell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Powell is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Retreat
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
      • Retreat is located in Navarro County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people

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

Cemeteries Near Stewards Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stewards Mill.

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 Stewards Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Anglan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Anglan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Anglan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakes Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakes Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakes Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenbriar Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenbriar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenbriar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Webb - Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Webb - Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Webb - Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sessions Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rehobath Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehobath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehobath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (145 more) ...
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • George Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the George Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Chancellor Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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.

Stewards Mill itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 55 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Fairfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Winkler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Young
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
    • Young is located in Freestone County
  • Cotton Gin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Navarro County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Richland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Richland is located in Navarro County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Wortham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wortham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
    • Wortham is located in Freestone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wortham <3>
  • Dew
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Rural Shade
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Shade
    • Rural Shade is located in Navarro County
  • Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Angus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
    • Angus is located in Navarro County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
  • Mexia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Luna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
      • Luna is located in Freestone County
    • Butler
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Freestone County
    • Tehuacana
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Stewards Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stewards Mill.

Newspapers Published in Stewards Mill ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stewards Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stewards Mill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stewards Mill.

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 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 Stewards Mill:

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Stewards Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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).
<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>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stewards Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stewards Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8229, Longitude: -96.2048       In this case, the coordinates for Stewards Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

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