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Oates Family Cemetery

Sumter County, Georgia, USA

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  • Get directions 214 - 224 Howard Johnson Road, Sumpter Co.Ga. About 20 paces west from the road.
    Sumter County, Georgia, USA
    Coordinates: 32.06592, -84.29295
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In 1958 the Button Gwinnett Sons of the American Revolution places a marker in this cemetery for Richard Wyatt Oates. The SAR named the cemetery the Oates Family Cemetery as their records say that he was buried on his family land. The cemetery is rather large, but has few stones or cedar stakes. The cemetery is marked on the Sumpter County maps, but not named. The cemetery is on Howard Johnson Road about 2/10 miles South from the intersection of Howard Johnson Road and McMath Mill Road where they join on McMath Hill. The oldest part of the cemetery is the SE corner where the SAR marker was placed for Richard Wyatt Oates in 1958.
In 1978 the marker was photographed. It was located about 20 paces from the road and near large old cedars. On 5 January 2016, the marker was not found and probably under years of leaf mold. The old, large cedar tree stumps are there. This is across the street from 214-224 Howard Johnson Rd. where currently the Jones family resides on 5 Jan. 2016. The Oates marker is the only grave location found, but in 1978 there were several depressions and cedar stakes for "lost" graves there. Richard Wyatt Oates is #A212281 on the DAR Patriot's list. He had the rank of Soldier. His service description is that he received a Georgia Bounty Land Grant. His pension is #R7764.
Adjoining on the North of the Oates Family Cemetery is the Union Whitely Burial Ground, a large cemetery which is burial place for Afro-Americans. The Cemetery is several miles from the Church itself. That has led to confusion. The entry to the Union Whitely Burial Ground is on the west side of 264 Howard Johnson Rd.

In 1958 the Button Gwinnett Sons of the American Revolution places a marker in this cemetery for Richard Wyatt Oates. The SAR named the cemetery the Oates Family Cemetery as their records say that he was buried on his family land. The cemetery is rather large, but has few stones or cedar stakes. The cemetery is marked on the Sumpter County maps, but not named. The cemetery is on Howard Johnson Road about 2/10 miles South from the intersection of Howard Johnson Road and McMath Mill Road where they join on McMath Hill. The oldest part of the cemetery is the SE corner where the SAR marker was placed for Richard Wyatt Oates in 1958.
In 1978 the marker was photographed. It was located about 20 paces from the road and near large old cedars. On 5 January 2016, the marker was not found and probably under years of leaf mold. The old, large cedar tree stumps are there. This is across the street from 214-224 Howard Johnson Rd. where currently the Jones family resides on 5 Jan. 2016. The Oates marker is the only grave location found, but in 1978 there were several depressions and cedar stakes for "lost" graves there. Richard Wyatt Oates is #A212281 on the DAR Patriot's list. He had the rank of Soldier. His service description is that he received a Georgia Bounty Land Grant. His pension is #R7764.
Adjoining on the North of the Oates Family Cemetery is the Union Whitely Burial Ground, a large cemetery which is burial place for Afro-Americans. The Cemetery is several miles from the Church itself. That has led to confusion. The entry to the Union Whitely Burial Ground is on the west side of 264 Howard Johnson Rd.

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