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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 Jennings Ordinary (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 Jennings Ordinary. 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 Jennings Ordinary ...
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.
While the name of this community is Jennings Ordinary, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jennings Ordinary may originally have been Jenning's Ordinary.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jennings Ordinary might be written as Jenning Ordinary.
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 doctors and 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.
Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway 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 Nottoway County: Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Jennings Ordinary. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jennings Ordinary:
- Nottoway County (The home county of Jennings Ordinary)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Crewe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burkeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winnie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Spainville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Blackstone
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Rodophil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Paineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Amelia Court House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Earls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Lodore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Masons Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Ammon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Hurtsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Pamplin City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Curdsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Sheppards
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Dillwyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Andersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Gold Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Keysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abilene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Cullen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Charlotte Court House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Winterpock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Otterdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otterdale is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterdale
- Holly ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holly is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Cotton Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Trents Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Trenton Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Lakeside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Wilsons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Hebron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Darvills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- McKenney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Meherrin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Nutbush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kenbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Pleasant Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Oral Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Dundas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Wattsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Lochleven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Bagleys Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Ogburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Finneywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Belona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Pilkinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Dorset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dorset is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blake Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Hampden - Sydney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Five Forks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Darlington Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jennings Ordinary, see our County-by-County Page for Jennings Ordinary.
Cemeteries Near Jennings Ordinary ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jennings Ordinary.
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 Jennings Ordinary - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jennings Ordinary covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Wards Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Downs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vaughns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Strum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ellis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crewe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Towler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lunsalord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Southall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bagby Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Jennings Ordinary had a population of 53 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jennings Ordinary, with the one closest to Jennings Ordinary listed first.
- Crewe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burkeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gills is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
- Jetersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oliveville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveville
- Nottoway Court House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nottoway Court House is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottoway Court House
- Deatonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deatonville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatonville
- Denaro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Denaro is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denaro
- Rice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rodophil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Winnie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Green Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Rubermont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rubermont is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubermont
- Otterburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otterburn is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterburn
- Paineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jennings Ordinary. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jennings Ordinary.
Newspapers Published in Jennings Ordinary ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jennings Ordinary.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jennings Ordinary, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jennings Ordinary.
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 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 Jennings Ordinary:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Nottoway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Appomattox County
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Dinwiddie County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Powhatan County
- Prince Edward 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> | 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 Jennings Ordinary, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jennings Ordinary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |