Miller Tract Cemetery, Glynn Co., Georgia; transcribed by Amy Hedrick  amylyn@btconline.net

Cemetery transcribed for the Glynn Co.,
Georgia Genealogy & History Website at
http://www.glynngen.com/

The route I took to this cemetery is
probably the longest route, as I had
permission from the neighboring hunting
club to go through their land.  There is a
gate off of a main road that would provide
a shorter distance.

From Interstate 95, turn west onto Hwy.
17/Hwy. 82 and go .5 miles and turn left
(south) at traffic light onto Hwy. 17
South going towards Woodbine.  At 1 mile,
turn right (west) onto Buck Swamp Road,
about 2.7 miles down, the road will turn
to dirt, at 3.9 miles you will see the
sign for the Higginbotham Cemetery on your
right.  Go through the hunting club gate
about 1 mile and you will come to a fork
in the road, take the left.  At .4 miles
you will turn right and go .7 miles and
you will make a slight turn to the right
through another gate and the cemetery will
be in front of you.  A small street sign a
little ways down names this road Oak
Street.

This is a beautiful cemetery nestled
beneath tall, cumbersome oaks.
Unfortunately it is not receiving the care
it should.  Many graves are completely
overgrown with vines, weeds, bushes, and
saplings.  Some bushes were planted around
the cleaner gravesites, but this too, is a
bad decision, as no one has taken the time
to keep these azaleas from taking over the
gravesites.  They should be removed.

I believe this to be an old slave
cemetery, as it has the characteristics of
an old plantation site, and there are
numerous graves that are not marked, but
have started to sink.  There could be at
least 100 or more sites.

Also, there was no easy way to transcribe
this cemetery as the grave sites were
haphazardly placed.  What I have done is
grouped them and drawn an imaginary line
down the middle of the cemetery.  There
were about 4 groups on the left, if you
are facing the cemetery, and two on the
right.  This does not include the numerous
sites in between that were not marked.
There is a whole row along the back of the
cemetery of gravesites with no markings.

Transcribed 13 March 2004 by Amy Hedrick.

On 20 March 2004, I went back out to this
cemetery, as I deleted some photos by
accident, and found another group of
graves.  This group could be included in
group 3, but I have made it group 4
instead, as I only found one slab.

This cemetery would be a great candidate
for in depth surveying.

Right Side Group 1:

Number 1 and 2 formed the first row of this group, and 3, 4, 5 formed the second row.

1.  Unmarked Slab.
2.  DAVIS, Rosa  1879--1954 [fhm marker]
3, 4, 5.  Concrete slabs, no writing.

Right Side Group 2:

Only two marked graves in this group, however they were on the back row that had many more unmarked sites.  A bit down from these two graves was one that was fenced off and overgrown.

1.  DUNHAM, Anna L.W.  10 June 1916--18 May 1976
2.  DUNHAM, Freddie  1 May 1912--14 August 1975


Left Side Group 1:

This is the most well cared for group in the cemetery.  It also has the run away azaleas that need to be removed before they create bigger problems.  Number 1 is the first row/grave.  Numbers 2-6 form the second row.  Numbers 7-11 form the third row, and numbers 12-15 form the fourth row.

1.  Unmarked Infant
2.  SHORT, Robert Leroy  9 August 1946--30 July 2000
3.  SHORT, Eddie  15 April 1904--14 February 1980
4.  SHORT, Louise Fisher  20 March 1905--4 January 1978
5.  SHORT, Rev. Joe  18 February 1882--26 July 1958
6.  SHORT, Minnie  5 February 1884--4 February 1969
7.  Unmarked Child
8.  SHORT, Joseph  24 February 1924--23 November 1982
9.  SHORT, Roosevelt Edward  31 August 1931--20 November 1991
10.  SHORT, Lloyd A.  28 December 1916--16 January 1956
11.  SHORT, Robert Jr.  18 October 1909--29 June 1928
12.  Unmarked Child
13.  PAISLEY, Willie Sr.  1 March 1907--9 February 1996
14.  Concrete Slab.
15.  PAISLEY, Hilda  1914--1975


Left Side Group 3:

This is a small group, in very poor shape.  There may be more gravesites, too hard to tell with the growth.  Numbers 1-3 form the first row and numbers 4-6 form the second row.

1.  McKAY, Mattie Short  15 October 1894--31 October 1992
2.  Marker no writing
3.  Concrete slab
4.  Marker no writing
5.  Concrete Slab
6.  SHORT, Otis  5 October 1905, rest of marker sunk in ground


Left Side Group 4:

Found one slab, and possibly a few more gravesites.


Left Side Group 5:

This group was in good shape, a lot of overgrowth.  One slab has collapsed into the grave, which leads me to believe that it may have been a marble marker.  Another was completely surrounded by bushes.  Numbers 1-5 form the first row, 2-7 form the second, and number 8 is all by itself.  This group, too, may have many more gravesites.

1.  SHORT, Virginia  6 September 1886--19 September 1978
2.  SHORT, Luke  22 March 1878--30 November 1957
3.  MACK, James  16 June 1907--30 January 1961
4.  LANG, Marie  29 March 1910--1 September 1987
5.  Concrete Slab
6.  SHORT, Harry  30 November 1911--28 March 1997
7.  Collapsed grave, has a flag, so may be a veteran
8.  Concrete slab, grave was completely overgrown.