Sumter County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Oak Grove Cemetery - Partial Survey More to Come ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie (Johnson) Freeman vcjfreeman@aol.com July 1, 2003, 2:38 am Abstracted By: Myself, my husband Bob, & our 9 yr old daughter, Elizabeth, on 22 June 2003 On E. Lamar Street between Reese St and Tripp St in Americus. It is HUGE. It was hot, but not too muggy. If I didn't have the lot numbers, I doubt I would have found them. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lamar Orfila Voisian Apr 29, 1848 Dec 24, 1933 Lot 38 SE Section (Son of Thomas & Mary (Smith) Lamar) Lamar Mary E. Smith ca 1834 July 27, 1878 wife of Dr. T. C. Lamar -- Age 44 years (Lot 38 SE Section) Lamar Dr. T. (Thomas) C. (Cato) ca 1819 March 3, 1863 Age 44 years (Lot 38 SE Section) Lamar Mary Viola Oct 22, 1846 July 27, 1859 Lot 38 SE Section (Eldest child of Thomas & Mary -- SCA gives date as Sept 27, 1859) Unmarked Grave Lot 38 SE Section Lamar Charles Winn Jan 19, 1853 Aug 12, 1912 Lot 36 SE Section (Son of Thomas & Mary (Smith) Lamar in lot #38) Lamar Josie (Josephine Elizabeth) Nichols Feb 13, 1862 Sept 20, 1915 Lot 36 SE Section (d/o Harrison & Mary (Freeman) Nichols of Worth Co., later Dooly Co., GA) Lamar Charlie (Mar 21 1896 SSDI) March 28, 1977 Lot 36 SE Section (Burial handled by nephew, Bruce Nichols Lanier. Last res was Atlanta, Fulton Co) Unmarked Grave Lot 36 SE Section Rees Sarah Ann Lamar Nov 26, 1807 Sept 25, 1872 'Wife of Albert Rees' -- Lot 143 SW Section Lamar, Sr. Gazaway B. May 26, 1838 Feb 8, 1904 Lot 143 SW Section Lamar Albert Rees March 4, 1881 Nov 22, 1881 Shares stone with Mattie 'Children of Gazaway B. & Micou Rees Lamar' Lot 143 SW Section Lamar Mattie P. Aug 18, 1877 Aug 19, 1977 Shares stone with Albert 'Children of Gazaway B. & Micou Rees Lamar' Lot 143 SW Section Rees Dr. Albert No Birth Info Oct 2, 1876 Lot 143 SW Section Lamar Micou Rees Jan 27, 1849 March 29, 1915 'Wife of G. B. Lamar, Sr.' -- Lot 143 SW Section Rees Gazaway H. L. ca March 28, 1845 Aug 22, 1845 'Aged 4 Mos 25 Days' -- Lot 143 SW Section Rees Albert Lamar May 11, 1852 June 16, 1924 'Papa' -- Lot 143 SW Section Joyner Rev. W. A. Oct 1, 1878 Jan 27, 1959 'Father' North Section Joyner Mattie Westbrook Feb 18, 1880 Feb 4, 1922 'Mother -- Wife of W. A. Joyner' North Section Rainey Elizabeth Joyner Jun 21, 1908 Sept 8, 1963 'Wife of W. B. Rainey' North Section Lanier Henry March 31, 1892 Nov 25, 1915 'Son of Frank & Mattie Lanier' Lot 11C North Lanier Frank Apr 9, 1863 Jan 12, 1935 (Son of William Henry Lanier & Susan Lawson of Troup Co., GA) Lot 11C North Lanier Mattie Hollis Sept 20, 1872 July 4, 1961 (Wife of Frank Lanier) Lot 11C North Additional Comments: All of lot 38 is surrounded by a beautiful ironwork fence. The gate is marked with a plaque that says: T. C. Lamar 1860 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb