|
| |
This old cemetery was a local cemetery used by the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians that live in the area on Guy Sandy Creek south and west of Sulphur. The exact location is not known now as the area has been taken by the Department of the Interior and the Arbuckle Lake area. The cemetery was located in Section 18, T1S, R3E. The cemetery was moved during the construction of the lake.
I have visited with several people who had relatives buried in this tiny cemetery. It was related that the interred were moved to Greenhill cemetery in Davis, Sandy Baptist Church cemetery, or Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur. The choice of the cemetery was left to the family of the interred. The move occurred during the building of the lake between 1964-66.
It should be noted that the interred who did have monuments will be listed in the new respective cemeteries registry they were moved to, but there will be no way of knowing who they were.
No one that I visited with knew of any other name for the cemetery other than that listed above. Several efforts have been made to find records of this cemetery from the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation. None of these agencies seem to have any record that a cemetery was ever there or that one was moved during the construction of the lake.
Those who were known to be buried there but listed nowhere else were:
| LAST NAME | FIRST MI | BORN | DIED | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | Cyrus | |||
| Gilbert | Lucy Alexander |
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.