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 Jones Creek (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 Jones Creek. 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 Jones Creek ...
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 Jones Creek: Jones Crk. (or less commonly used: Jones Ck. or Jones Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Creek may originally have been Jone's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Creek might be written as Jone Creek.
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.
Cemeteries Near Jones Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones Creek.
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 Jones Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Roselawn Burial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roselawn Burial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roselawn Burial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakwood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Peoples Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51622 <3>
- Barrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barrow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chestnut Knob Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chestnut Knob Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chestnut Knob Cemetery is located
- The Chestnut Knob Cemetery has also been known as:
- Barnes Cemetery
- Barnes Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2303562 <3>
- Eggleston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eggleston Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eggleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Henry Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jamison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jamison Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jamison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Carver Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carver Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carver Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Olive East Christian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive East Christian Church Cemetery
- The Mt. Olive East Christian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (698 more) ...
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Wyatt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wyatt Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wyatt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Johnson Cemetery
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 Jones Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Creek, with the one closest to Jones Creek listed first.
- Reed Creek Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
- Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
- Figsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Preston is located in Henry County
- Horse Pasture
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
- Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
- Leatherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leatherwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Leatherwood is located in Henry County
- Ridgeway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Ridgeway is located in Henry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <6>
- Irisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Oak Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Stockton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Blackberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Blackberry is located in Henry County
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Axton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axton
- Axton is located in Henry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Axton <6>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Creek.
Newspapers Published in Jones Creek ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Creek, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Creek.
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 Jones Creek:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jones Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <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 Jones Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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- Jones Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jones Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7060, Longitude: -79.8767 In this case, the coordinates for Jones Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |