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 Wesson (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 Wesson. 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.
Wesson is located in Brunswick 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 Brunswick County: Warren (NC), Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg & Nottoway.
Below are the counties that are near Wesson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wesson:
- Brunswick County (The home county of Wesson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Ezell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Alberta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alberta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
- Dolphin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
- Netta ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Netta is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netta
- Gholsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Powellton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Totaro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Brodnax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ankum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ankum is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankum
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Callaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Callaville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
- Dinwiddie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Oldenplace ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oldenplace is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenplace
- McKenney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Darvills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
- Borthwick ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Borthwick is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borthwick
- Laird ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Laird is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
- Waldemar ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldemar is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldemar
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Wilsons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
- Rowanta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rowanta is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowanta
- Emporia City
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Emporia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Emporia City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Greensville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Radium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Radium is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- Skippers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jarratt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Claresville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Claresville is located in Greensville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claresville
- Lunenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Lochleven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lochleven is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochleven
- Dundas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dundas is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Bagleys Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bagleys Mills is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagleys Mills
- Kenbridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oral Oaks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oral Oaks is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Oaks
- Wattsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wattsboro is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsboro
- Victoria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Nutbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- La Crosse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hagood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hagood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Marengo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
- Opie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Opie is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opie
- Bracey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ogburn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ogburn is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogburn
- Union Level
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Union Level is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Level
- Dunns Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner
- Palmer Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Springs is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Springs
- Wightman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wightman
- Cusco Willa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cusco Willa is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusco Willa
- Boydton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nottoway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Forkland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forkland is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Blackstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Winnie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
- Spainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Spainville is located in Nottoway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
- Southampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Adams Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Adams Grove is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Grove
- Koskoo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Koskoo is located in Southampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koskoo
- Spotsylvania County
- Brokenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Sussex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Grizzard
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grizzard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzard
- Henry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Henry is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Stony Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halifax County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Littleton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Roanoke Rapids
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Rosemary
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rosemary
- South Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Weldon is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weldon
- Weldon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Airlie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Airlie is located in Halifax County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
- Northampton County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Henrico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gaston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gaston is located in Northampton County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,022 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
- Pleasant Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garysburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seaboard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Church Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Church Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Vaughan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wise is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise
- Warren Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Plains is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Plains
- Norlina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Snow Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Warren County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Warrenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wesson, see our County-by-County Page for Wesson.
Cemeteries Near Wesson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wesson.
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 Wesson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wesson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Oakwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flournoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hardy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rawlings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dugger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Lynch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perkinson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Wesson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wesson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wesson, with the one closest to Wesson listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ezell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ezell is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezell
- Edgerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Diamond Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Grove is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
- Meredithville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meredithville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meredithville
- Gholsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gholsonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholsonville
- Powellton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Brokenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brokenburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokenburg
- Brodnax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Totaro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Totaro is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
- Edmunds Store
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edmunds Store is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmunds Store
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Octagon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Octagon is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octagon
- Ante
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ante is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
- Sturgeonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sturgeonville is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wesson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wesson.
Newspapers Published in Wesson ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wesson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wesson, 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 Wesson.
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 Wesson:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Brunswick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dinwiddie County
- Emporia City
- Greensville County
- Lunenburg County
- Mecklenburg County
- Nottoway County
- Southampton County
- Spotsylvania County
- Sussex County
- Halifax County
- Northampton County
- Warren 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> | 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 Wesson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wesson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |