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 Tapscott (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 Tapscott. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Tapscott is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Tapscott. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tapscott:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Tapscott)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Warren
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Porters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Esmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Scottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Keene
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alberene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Covesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Woodridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodridge is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge
- North Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Simeon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Batesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- New Glasgow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Walkers Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Lowesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Amherst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Bent Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Hurtsville
(29 miles [46.7 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 Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Sherando
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Dooms
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Lyndhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Crimora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Stuarts Draft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Axtell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Centenary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Glenmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Manteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Bridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Mount Vinco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Arvonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- New Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Alcoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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 Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Trenton Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Trents Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Lakeside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cotton Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Nicholas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Weber City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Fork Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kents Store
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Caledonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Fife
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tabscott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Enon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Enon is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Medlock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Bells Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Schuyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Warminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warminster is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Faber
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockfish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Adial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Shipman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shipman is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipman
- Old Myndus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Norwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Greenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Lodebar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Nellysford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Durrett Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tapscott, see our County-by-County Page for Tapscott.
Cemeteries Near Tapscott ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tapscott.
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 Tapscott - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tapscott covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove Cemetery
- The Chestnut Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Esmont.
- The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Stephen's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52032 <3>
- St. Georges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Scottsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Van Clief Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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]<2> 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 <3>
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- George Nicholas Tapscott Family Cemetery
- Mt. Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Tapscott in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tapscott.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tapscott, with the one closest to Tapscott listed first.
- Warren
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- McCullough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullough is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough
- Esmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Glendower
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glendower is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendower
- Hatton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Scottsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Howardsville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Damon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Damon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
- Axtell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Centenary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Nicholas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Schuyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alberene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- Manteo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tapscott. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tapscott.
Newspapers Published in Tapscott ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tapscott.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tapscott, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tapscott.
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 Tapscott:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Cumberland County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Louisa County
- Nelson County
- Waynesboro City
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tapscott) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tapscott, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |