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Oak Long Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a historically Black church cemetery in southern Miller County, on Helms Road southwest of Colquitt. Its roots reach back to the years before the Civil War, when the site was known as 'Oaky Lawn,' a name still recorded in a 1982 county cemetery survey. The congregation later took the formal name Oak Long, and the grounds hold more than 500 recorded burials tied to families of the community.
Oak Long Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a cemetery in Colquitt, Miller County. It is one of 46 cemeteries documented in Miller County, among 48 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.0858, -84.8064 near Colquitt. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Home Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lane Cemetery, Primitive Union Cemetery, and Union Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Oak Long Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is a historically Black church cemetery in southern Miller County, on Helms Road southwest of Colquitt. Its roots reach back to the years before the Civil War, when the site was known as 'Oaky Lawn,' a name still recorded in a 1982 county cemetery survey. The congregation later took the formal name Oak Long, and the grounds hold more than 500 recorded burials tied to families of the community.
Sources: findagrave.com
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