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Images of Oak Lawn Cemetery: 2011-2020

Posted on December 13, 2020December 15, 2020

Protected: Grand Council, Independent Order of St. Luke, Meets in Suffolk

Posted on October 7, 2020September 29, 2021

Mrs. Ethel A. Cohoon Nevels

Posted on September 23, 2020October 9, 2020

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: Views of Oak Lawn

Posted on August 8, 2020August 11, 2020

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Posted on November 5, 2019October 12, 2020

Protected: Memorial Day, 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019September 3, 2020

Duke Magazine (Winter 2018): Alumna takes care of sacred spaces

Posted on February 26, 2019June 11, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: In an African American neighborhood, ca. 1925

Posted on August 13, 2016August 19, 2020

Recovering and Preserving African American Cemeteries – National Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservation Leadership Forum

Posted on June 2, 2016July 22, 2020

African American Images of Suffolk: First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

Posted on October 13, 2015August 19, 2020

Visiting Cedar Hill Cemetery (1802)

Posted on February 4, 2015June 9, 2020

Meeting up with Margaret Wynn

Posted on July 9, 2014June 11, 2020

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on July 13, 2020July 22, 2020
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Oak Lawn Cemetery Mapping Project begins…

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on September 28, 2021

The funeral of Mrs. Josephine Smith Kelley (1924)

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on September 12, 2021September 30, 2021

Suffolk, Virginia/Guyana: An international wedding (1896)

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on August 1, 2021September 29, 2021

Lecture: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society: Restoring the Narrative, Reclaiming the hidden history of Suffolk, Virginia’s African American Cemeteries

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021

Find-a-Grave Volunteer of the Month

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on June 19, 2021June 20, 2021

Pvt. Whitford Staton, from slavery to freedom

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on May 31, 2021September 29, 2021
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Memorial Day at Oak Lawn Cemetery, 2021

Photo: Nadia K. Orton, May 21, 2021. All rights reserved.

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on April 24, 2021September 29, 2021
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Thank you!

Many thanks to the members of the Black Family Genealogy and History Society for the invitation to speak, and warm reception.

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on March 29, 2021September 29, 2021

The Wrench-Underwood Family of Suffolk, Virginia

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on March 11, 2021

The Baker-Bullock Family of Suffolk, Virginia, and Wilson County, North Carolina

by Nadia K. Orton
Posted on February 25, 2021

Colored High School Opens (1895)

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African American Images of Suffolk

Protected: Another Pre-1900 Headstone Found

African American Images of Suffolk: Nansemond County Training School (Rosenwald)

Exploring hidden African American history…

African American Images of Suffolk: Mount Ararat Christian Church, ca. 1866

Protected: The Obituary of Mrs. Gaines

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: Views of Oak Lawn

African American Images of Suffolk: Students and staff of the Nansemond Collegiate Institute, ca. 1907

African American Images of Suffolk: Two Americas (ca. 1922)

Protected: Memorial Day at Oak Lawn, 2020

Mineral Springs Baptist Church, Whaleyville

Oak Lawn Cemetery, Historical Marker

Protected: Memorial Day, 2019

Memorial Day, 2018: Three generations…

African American Images of Suffolk: In an African American neighborhood, ca. 1925

African American Images of Suffolk: First Baptist Church – Mahan (org. 1866)

Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Cemetery

Nansemond Collegiate Institute (1890)

African American Images of Suffolk: Nansemond Indian Villages, Historical Marker

Protected: The Clearing Continues: January 23, 2012

Protected: Views of Oak Lawn: June, 2011

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Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

(804) 617-6981

Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturday: 11-3pm
oaklawncemeterysuffolk@gmail.com

Recent Posts

The funeral of Mrs. Josephine Smith Kelley (1924)

September 28, 2021
Suffolk, Virginia/Guyana: An international wedding (1896)

September 12, 2021
Lecture: Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society: Restoring the Narrative, Reclaiming the hidden history of Suffolk, Virginia’s African American Cemeteries

August 1, 2021
Find-a-Grave Volunteer of the Month

July 2, 2021
Pvt. Whitford Staton, from slavery to freedom

June 19, 2021

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Oak Lawn Cemetery
Suffolk, VA 23434

804-617-6981

Mon-Fri: 10am - 5pm
Saturday: 11am-3pm

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© Nadia K. Orton and Sacred Grounds Project, Inc., 2011-2021. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts, links, and photos may not be used without prior written permission from Nadia K. Orton and Sacred Grounds Project, Inc. If granted, full and clear credit shall be given to Nadia K. Orton and Sacred Grounds Project, Inc., with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

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