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 Suttons 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 Suttons 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 Suttons 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Suttons Mill: Suttons Ml. (or less commonly used: Suttons Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Suttons Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Suttons Mill may originally have been Sutton's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Suttons Mill might be written as Sutton Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Suttons Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Suttons 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 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.
Suttons Mill is located in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County: Angelina, Cherokee, Rusk, San Augustine & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Suttons Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Suttons Mill:
- Nacogdoches County (The home county of Suttons Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Chireno
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Attoyac
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
- Etoile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Nacogdoches
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Appleby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Whispering Pines
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Fitze
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alazan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alazan is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alazan
- Angelina County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Ewing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Thomas Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Crossing is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Crossing
- Ora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ora is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Alco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Platt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Platt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt
- Dunagan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunagan is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunagan
- Oak Flat
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Flat is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Flat
- Rocky Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Moffitt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Moffitt is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- River Crest Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- River Crest Estates is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Crest Estates
- Boynton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Boynton is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Huntington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Herty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Herty is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herty
- Sabine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Bronson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rosevine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rosevine is located in Sabine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pineland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Augustine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Denning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Broaddus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maxey Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
- San Augustine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Zana ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Rebecca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
- Powell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powell is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Arcadia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Short
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Choice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Choice is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
- Africa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Africa is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shelbyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Timpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Campti
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Campti is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campti
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Suttons Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Suttons Mill.
Cemeteries Near Suttons Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Suttons 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.
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 Suttons Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Suttons Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Pine Knot Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Miley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woolam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sanders Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacob Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blue Spring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fox Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Holmes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- King Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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>
While we didn't find Suttons Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Suttons Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Suttons Mill, with the one closest to Suttons Mill listed first.
- Chireno
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Etoile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Denning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Woden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swift
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Ironosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
- Macune
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Macune is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macune
- Ora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ora is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- San Augustine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Zana ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Nacogdoches
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Short
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Suttons Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Suttons Mill.
Newspapers Published in Suttons 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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Suttons Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Suttons Mill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Suttons Mill.
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 Suttons Mill:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Nacogdoches County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Angelina County
- Sabine County
- San Augustine County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Suttons Mill, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Suttons Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |