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 Martins 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 Martins 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 Martins 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 Martins Corner: Martins Cor. (or less commonly used: Martins Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Martins Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Martins Corner may originally have been Martin's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Martins Corner might be written as Martin Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Martins Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Martins 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.
Martins Corner 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 Martins Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martins Corner:
- Nottoway County (The home county of Martins Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Winnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Crewe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burkeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Spainville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Amelia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Earls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Earls is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
- Rodophil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rodophil is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
- Amelia Court House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Paineville is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
- Ammon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ammon is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
- Lodore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lodore is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
- Masons Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
- Brunswick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Jonesboro ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Alberta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Netta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Dolphin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Brodnax
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Curdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Sheppards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Keysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Abilene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Charlotte Court House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Drakes Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cullen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Wylliesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Winterpock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterpock
- Coalboro ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coalboro is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalboro
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Cotton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Guinea Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Wilsons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Darvills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- McKenney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Nutbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Victoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kenbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Meherrin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Meherrin is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meherrin
- Oral Oaks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Dundas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Pleasant Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Lochleven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Wattsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Bagleys Mills
(19 miles [30.6 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 Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Ogburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Opie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Wightman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Finneywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finneywood
- Dunns Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- South Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Union Level
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- La Crosse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chase City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powhatan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Pilkinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pilkinton is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilkinton
- Belona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- Dorset
(30 miles [48.3 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 Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Farmville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden - Sydney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Tuggle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Five Forks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Darlington Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martins Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Martins Corner.
Cemeteries Near Martins Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martins 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 Martins Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martins Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- St. Marks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blendon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blendon Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Crewe.
- The Blendon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dunn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49490 <4>
- Crewe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Belfast Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Strum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oliver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vaughns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Downs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wards Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Martins Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martins Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martins Corner, with the one closest to Martins Corner listed first.
- Winnie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Nottoway Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nottoway Court House is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottoway Court House
- Crewe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rubermont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rubermont is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubermont
- Oliveville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveville
- Burkeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irby is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
- Blackstone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jennings Ordinary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Ordinary
- Nutbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Green Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wellville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wellville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gills is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Denaro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denaro is located in Amelia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denaro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martins Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martins Corner.
Newspapers Published in Martins 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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martins Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martins Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martins Corner.
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 Martins Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Nottoway County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amelia County
- Brunswick County
- Buckingham County
- Charlotte County
- Chesterfield County
- Cumberland County
- Dinwiddie County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Powhatan 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Martins Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Martins Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |