Oak Grove Cemetery – Maxton – Robeson County – United States

Oak Grove Cemetery is located at the intersection of East Wilmington Street and Cemetery Road in Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina, at approximately 34.7371° N, 79.3306° W. The cemetery was formerly within the Shoe Heel District of Richmond County, before the area became part of Robeson County. A North Carolina legislative notice from 1905 records the incorporation of the Oak Grove Cemetery Company. ([ncgenweb.us](https://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/oakgrovecem.html?utm_source=openai)) Cemetery surveys document graves associated with families including the Paces, Hasty, Edwards, MacLean, McKinnon, and Watson families, with burial dates ranging from the nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. The recorded burials include William James Patton, identified on his marker as a U.S. Army World War II corporal. A 2018 survey organized the cemetery’s burial information alphabetically by surname, which may assist visitors researching family connections. ([ncgenweb.us](https://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/oakgrovecem.html?utm_source=openai))