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My intentions were to publish a book
on this cemetery, but it is proving to be too time consuming for researchers.
I may still publish a book; but for now I want to get the burials and other
information online.
Oak Grove Cemetery is perhaps one of the oldest
existing public cemeteries in Brunswick, and by existing I mean still viewable.
There is one older, but nothing remains of its existence, and it will be hard to
prove who was buried within. One known burial in that extinct City
Cemetery was Benjamin Hart, Revolutionary War Veteran who died in 1802.
All of the material on this site is mine [Amy
Hedrick] from personal transcriptions unless otherwise noted. Many
burials have been overlooked by the gentlemen who compiled two previous books on
the cemetery. Apparently they only used the cemetery records, and nothing
more. I have found several burials that existed in the cemetery when these
books were compiled, that have been completely overlooked.
Therefore, I think it's time to
create a new database. There are many, many unmarked graves in this
cemetery. Where possible, I have attached names to some of those unmarked
graves when a burial record was found.
Also, links are provided to two
family files containing information on all those interred in Oak Grove.
There are about 370 people within this cemetery who I have not found any family
connections to Glynn County families. Contained within these 370 persons
are families that were just passing through, or that settled for a few months or
years until they had to move on for economic reasons leaving behind loved ones,
many of them children. I decided to create a file for them in hopes that
researchers today can offer some family stories to go with the future
publication of a cemetery book for Oak Grove.
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