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 Harrells 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 Harrells 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 Harrells 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 Harrells Mill: Harrells Ml. (or less commonly used: Harrells Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Harrells Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Harrells Mill may originally have been Harrell's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Harrells Mill might be written as Harrell Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Harrells Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harrells 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Harrells Mill is located in Sussex 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 Sussex County: Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton & Surry.
Below are the counties that are near Harrells Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harrells Mill:
- Sussex County (The home county of Harrells Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Henry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Grizzard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Stony Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sussex
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Waverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wakefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Callaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Totaro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Ante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Edgerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Dolphin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Powellton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Lawrenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ezell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Alberta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Ankum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Gholsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Rowanta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Laird ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Addison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Maitland Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Grant Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
- Sutherland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- White City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Emporia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Jarratt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Claresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Radium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Wight County
- Walters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Adams Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Drewryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joyner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Joyner is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyner
- Worrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Koskoo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Capron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Capron is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Pope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pope is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Little Texas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Little Texas is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Texas
- Sebrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Vincent Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vincent Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Grove
- Shiloh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shiloh is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Boykins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surry County
- Carsley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Belmont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- South Rosemary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Barretts Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Como
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Murfreesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Margarettsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Margarettsville is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seaboard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Severn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Gaston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
- Garysburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Conway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Conway is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conway <2>
- Jackson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lasker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lasker is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Potecasi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Potecasi is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potecasi
- Henrico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harrells Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Harrells Mill.
Cemeteries Near Harrells Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrells 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 Harrells Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harrells Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- High Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hassidiah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hassidiah Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Plain Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grigg Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Quarter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Barnes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Trisvan Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cowie 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.<4>
While we didn't find Harrells Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harrells Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harrells Mill, with the one closest to Harrells Mill listed first.
- Mason
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Henry
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Grizzard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Hilda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hilda is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
- Adams Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Jarratt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- James River Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- Green Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Plain is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Plain
- Drewryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Emporia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Koskoo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Worrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Worrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worrell
- Durand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Durand is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Claresville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harrells Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrells Mill.
Newspapers Published in Harrells 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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrells Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrells Mill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrells 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 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 Harrells Mill:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brunswick County
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- Prince George County
- Southampton County
- Surry County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Northampton 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 Harrells Mill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harrells Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |