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 Stonewall (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 Stonewall. 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.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Stonewall is located in Appomattox 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 Appomattox County: Amherst, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Nelson & Prince Edward.
Below are the counties that are near Stonewall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stonewall:
- Appomattox County (The home county of Stonewall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Spout Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
- Beckham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Appomattox
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Spring Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Chap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Pamplin City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hurtsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurtsville
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Joshua Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Walkers Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Madison Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coolwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Sweet Briar Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Winesap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Amherst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Monitor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Pedlar Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pedlar Mills is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedlar Mills
- Pleasant View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Sandidges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Abert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Boonsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
- Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Bellevue
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Waugh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Waugh is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Cifax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cifax is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cifax
- Goode
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lowry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lowry is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Forbes is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Toga
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Andersonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alcoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Mount Vinco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Enonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Enonville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enonville
- Buckingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manteo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Sheppards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sheppards is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards
- Curdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Curdsville is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Glenmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Axtell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Rustburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Zion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Lawyers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyers is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers
- Yellow Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Branch is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Branch
- Powhatan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Powhatan is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
- Timberlake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Gladys
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bedford Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bedford Springs is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford Springs
- Hat Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hat Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hat Creek
- Brookneal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Charlotte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Rough Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Creek
- Abell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Abell is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abell
- Phenix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Cullen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cullen is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Aspenwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Aspenwall is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspenwall
- Abilene
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abilene is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abilene
- Charlotte Court House
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halifax County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Rabat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rabat is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabat
- Cody
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cody is located in Halifax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Lynchburg City
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Lynchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lavino Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Woodbine Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodbine Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Village
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Gladstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Norwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Arrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Colleen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Shipman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Warminster
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Jonesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Massies Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Bryant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Old Myndus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Tyro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pittsylvania County
- Hurt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <1>
- Prince Edward County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Darlington Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington Heights is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington Heights
- Five Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Five Forks is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Tuggle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Tuggle is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuggle
- Hampden - Sydney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hampden - Sydney is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden - Sydney
- Blake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blake Village is located in Prince Edward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake Village
- Rockbridge County
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stonewall, see our County-by-County Page for Stonewall.
Cemeteries Near Stonewall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stonewall.
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 Stonewall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stonewall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Rebecca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Arch Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Feagans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Scott Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Megginson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Drinkard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Babcock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Stonewall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stonewall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stonewall, with the one closest to Stonewall listed first.
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
- Stapleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stapleton is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Joshua Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Old Pilot ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Pilot is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Pilot
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Walkers Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Bocock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bocock is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bocock
- Rustburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Bent Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gladstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coolwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Chap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stonewall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stonewall.
Newspapers Published in Stonewall ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stonewall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stonewall, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stonewall.
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 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 Stonewall:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Appomattox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Campbell County
- Charlotte County
- Halifax County
- Lynchburg City
- Nelson County
- Pittsylvania County
- Prince Edward County
- Rockbridge County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stonewall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Stonewall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |