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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 Moses Crossing (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 Moses Crossing. 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 Moses Crossing ...
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 Moses Crossing: Moses Xing.
- While the name of this community is Moses Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moses Crossing may originally have been Mose's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moses Crossing might be written as Mose Crossing.
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 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.
Moses Crossing is located in Nelson 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 Nelson County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Augusta & Buckingham.
Below are the counties that are near Moses Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moses Crossing:
- Nelson County (The home county of Moses Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Rockfish
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Schuyler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Faber
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Old Myndus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Shipman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Warminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Lodebar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Arrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colleen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Covesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Esmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Alberene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Keene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Batesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Scottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Yancey Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Crozet
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foothill Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- New Glasgow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Lowesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Walkers Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Amherst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Sandidges
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Sweet Briar Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Coolwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Alto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Allwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Forks of Buffalo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Joshua Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Pleasant View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Bent Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Appomattox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Sherando
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Lyndhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Stuarts Draft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crimora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sampson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Brand
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steeles Tavern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jolivue
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Spottswood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Manteo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Glenmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Centenary
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Mount Vinco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Alcoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Arvonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Dillwyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Gold Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Belmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Trenton Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Nicholas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lake Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Weber City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fork Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Marlbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Fairfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moses Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Moses Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Moses Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moses Crossing.
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 Moses Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moses Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Harris Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Esmont.
- The Harris Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harris - Kidd - Bryant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2439014 <4>
- Gibson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gibson Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Covesville.
- Hunt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Cove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Cemetery
- The Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Adial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Stevens Cove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Moses Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moses Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moses Crossing, with the one closest to Moses Crossing listed first.
- Schuyler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Faber
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Damon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Damon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Covesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Lovingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- McCullough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McCullough is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
- Warminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Esmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Midway Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Midway Mills is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Mills
- Manteo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Alberene
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lodebar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wingina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wingina is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moses Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moses Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Moses Crossing ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moses Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moses Crossing, 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 Moses Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Moses Crossing:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Nelson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Rockbridge County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moses Crossing) 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 Moses Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |