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 Blevins Corner (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 Blevins Corner. 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 Blevins Corner ...
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 Blevins Corner: Blevins Cor. (or less commonly used: Blevins Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Blevins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Blevins Corner may originally have been Blevin's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Blevins Corner might be written as Blevin Corner.
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 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.
Blevins Corner is located in Lunenburg County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lunenburg County: Brunswick, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Nottoway & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Blevins Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blevins Corner:
- Lunenburg County (The home county of Blevins Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lunenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Meherrin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nutbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wattsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Oral Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Bagleys Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Kenbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lochleven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Dundas
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Amelia County
- Rodophil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Pamplin City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hurtsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Chap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Brodnax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Netta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Sheppards
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Curdsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Hat Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Brookneal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Keysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drakes Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abilene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Charlotte Court House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wylliesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cullen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Phenix
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Rough Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Aspenwall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Abell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Cumberland County
- Cotton Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Fluvanna County
- Scottsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Clover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Clays Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clays Mill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clays Mill
- Aarons Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons Creek is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aarons Creek
- Crystal Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crystal Hill is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Nathalie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rabat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Omega
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Omega is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Loftis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Loftis is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loftis
- Banister Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Banister Town is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banister Town
- Halifax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Finneywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Chase City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wightman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Ogburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Dunns Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Skipwith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Skipwith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipwith
- Orgainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orgainville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orgainville
- Opie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Boydton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Union Level
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Finchley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchley
- Jeffress
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jeffress is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffress
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Winnie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Burkeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crewe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackstone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Green Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Darlington Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Hampden - Sydney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Five Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Farmville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tuggle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blevins Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Blevins Corner.
Cemeteries Near Blevins Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blevins Corner.
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 Blevins Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blevins Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Staples Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Camp Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Ellis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Payneton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tussekiah Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- Black Branch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Chase City.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chase City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52730 <3>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blevins Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blevins Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blevins Corner, with the one closest to Blevins Corner listed first.
- Ontario
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ontario is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Plantersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plantersville is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Keysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Mitchell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Mitchell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mitchell
- Rehoboth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
- Finneywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Briery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Briery is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briery
- Nutbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Meherrin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Drakes Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wattsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mossingford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mossingford is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossingford
- Saxe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wylliesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blevins Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blevins Corner.
Newspapers Published in Blevins Corner ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blevins Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blevins Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blevins Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Blevins Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Lunenburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Appomattox County
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Halifax County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Prince Edward County
- Spotsylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Blevins Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blevins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |