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 Pulleys Crossroads (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 Pulleys Crossroads. 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 Pulleys Crossroads ...
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 Pulleys Crossroads: Pulleys Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Pulleys Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pulleys Crossroads may originally have been Pulley's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pulleys Crossroads might be written as Pulley Crossroads.
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 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 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.
Pulleys Crossroads is located in Southampton 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 Southampton County: Hertford (NC), Northampton (NC), Franklin, Greensville, Suffolk City, Surry & Sussex.
Below are the counties that are near Pulleys Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pulleys Crossroads:
- Southampton County (The home county of Pulleys Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Doles Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Doles Crossroads is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doles Crossroads
- Ivor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sedley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sedley is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedley
- Black Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Black Creek is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Burdette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Edgehill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edgehill is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
- Sebrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Cypress Manor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cypress Manor is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Manor
- Hunterdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hunterdale is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunterdale
- Courtland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Isaac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Chesapeake City
- Charlton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Charlton Village is located in Chesapeake City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton Village
- Dinwiddie County
- Rowanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Franklin City
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Greensville County
- Jarratt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Isle of Wight County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Zuni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Walters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Walters is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Raynor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carrsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Magnet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Magnet is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Smithfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rushmere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rushmere is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushmere
- Rescue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
- James City County
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newport News City
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Hilton Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Village
- Bernard Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bernard Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernard Village
- Lee Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall
- Newport News
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Hill Village is located in Newport News City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Village
- Prince George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Newville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Burrowsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burrowsville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrowsville
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Talpa is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
- Derby ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Derby is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Garysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garysville
- Suffolk City
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Oak Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Holland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Kilby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kilby is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
- Manning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manning is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Chuckatuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
- Pittmantown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pittmantown is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittmantown
- Suffolk
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wilroy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilroy is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilroy
- Russell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Whaleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Ames Cove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ames Cove is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames Cove
- Bennett Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bennett Harbor is located in Suffolk City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Harbor
- Surry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Dendron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carsley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Carsley is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsley
- Itata
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Itata is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itata
- Beachland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beachland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beachland
- Surry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Scotland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Claremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Homewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Wakefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sussex is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
- Yale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Henry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grizzard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Gates County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Reynoldson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Gates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willeyton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willeyton is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willeyton
- Roduco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roduco is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roduco
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Gates County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Hertford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Como
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Barretts Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barretts Crossroads is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Crossroads
- Murfreesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Severn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Severn is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Pendleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pendleton is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pulleys Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Pulleys Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Pulleys Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pulleys Crossroads.
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 Pulleys Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pulleys Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brittle Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diggs Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Scott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gay Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bristown Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Briggs / Davis / Johnson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (142 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- McClenny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Pulleys Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pulleys Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pulleys Crossroads, with the one closest to Pulleys Crossroads listed first.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Ivor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vicksville is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksville
- Zuni
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Zuni is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni
- Sebrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sebrell is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebrell
- Littleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Littleton is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Courtland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Raynor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raynor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynor
- Isaac
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Isaac is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaac
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dendron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Homeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Homeville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Carrsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pulleys Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pulleys Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Pulleys Crossroads ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pulleys Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pulleys Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pulleys Crossroads.
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 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 Pulleys Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Southampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesapeake City
- Dinwiddie County
- Franklin City
- Greensville County
- Isle of Wight County
- James City County
- Newport News City
- Prince George County
- Suffolk City
- Surry County
- Sussex County
- Gates 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> | 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 Pulleys Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pulleys Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |