Oklahoma

Miami Indians

Miami is thought to be derived from the Chippewa word Omaumeg, signifying “people on the peninsula,” but according to their own traditions, it came from the word for pigeon. The name used by themselves, as recorded and often used by early writers, is Twigbtwees, derived from the cry of a crane. Also called: Naked Indians, a common appellation used by the colonists, from a confusion of twanh, twanh, the cry of a crane, with tawa, “naked.” Pkíwi-léni, by the Shawnee, meaning “dust or ashes people.” Sänshkiá-a-rúnû, by the Wyandot, meaning “people dressing finely, or fantastically.” Tawatawas, meaning “naked.” (See Naked … Read more

Harmon County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Harmon County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Coaly Orchard Homepage Website contains both transcriptions of internments and some photographs of each cemetery. They are listed in separate files so make sure you visit both the cemetery listing and then the photo page. Bitter Creek Cemetery Cave Creek Cemetery Dryden Cemetery Fairmount Cemetery Gould Cemetery Halsmith Cemetery Independence Cemetery Liberty Cemetery Louis/Bethel Cemetery McKnight Cemetery No 2 Cemetery O M Cemetery Pleasant Hill Cemetery Tea Cross … Read more

Greer County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Greer County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Greer County Genealogical and Historical Society Brinkman Cemetery Corinth Cemetery Granite City Cemetery Hackberry Cemetery Jester Cemetery Ladessa Cemetery Lanford Cemetery Lutheran Cemetery Marie Cemetery Plainview Cemetery Quartz Cemetery Reed Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Rock Cemetery Roselawn Cemetery Russell Cemetery Sand Hill Cemetery Smallpox Cemetery Whiteflat Cemetery Wildcat Cemetery Willow Cemetery Hosted at Greer County OKGenWeb Archives Corinth Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Index Hosted at Greer County OKGenWeb Centerpoint Cemetery … Read more

Grant County Oklahoma Cemeteries

Rebecca Mitchell Proctor Grave Marker

Most of these Grant County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Grant County OKGenWeb Arbor Cemetery Cowal Farm Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Fairview Union Cemetery German Cemetery Liberty Cemetery Meade Cemetery Rosemound Cemetery Sand Creek Cemetery St. Mary’s Cemetery Williams Cemetery Hosted at Kay County OKGenWeb Archives New Home Cemetery While this cemetery was built for the town of Eddy in Kay County, it actually rests in Grant County. Hosted at Oklahoma Cemeteries Bauer Cemetery Bayard Cemetery Bethel Baptist Church … Read more

Garvin County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Garvin County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Garvin County OKGenWeb Archives Butterly Cemetery Clabber Flats Cemetery Elmore City Cemetery Elmore City Cemetery Plot Map Elmore City Cemetery Lay Out Map Howell Cemetery Lewis Cemetery McGee Cemetery Mt. Olivet Cemetery A Surnames B Surnames Brown (single listing) C Surnames D Surnames E Surnames F Surnames G Surnames H Surnames I Surnames J Surnames K Surnames L Surnames O Surnames Q Surnames U Surnames Unknown Surnames V … Read more

Family of Peter Folsom

The following is from the pen of a missionary who has long labored among the Choctaws and knew of what he spoke, and is sufficient testimony of the moral worth of him of whom he wrote: “Choctaw Nation, April 9, 1885. “Dear Brother Murrow: I write you a sad letter. Our old Brother Peter Folsom is dead. He was taken sick the first day of April, and has been growing worse ever since. He died today. I am writing by his beloved body. His spirit is in heaven. I can write no more. Please publish his death in the Champion that … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Judge Loring Folsom

Judge Loring Folsom, now the only surviving child of Colonel David Folsom and his first wife, Rhoda Nail, was long one of the leading men of the Choctaw Nation, but retired from the political arena several years ago, and has ever since been living in peace and quiet on his farm one and a half miles south of the town of Caddo, which took its name from a tribe of Indians whom the Choctaws defeated in battle on a group of high hills at the base of which Judge Loring Folsom now lives. This was the last battle in which … Read more

Craig County Oklahoma Cemeteries

Rebecca Mitchell Proctor Grave Marker

Most of these Craig County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Craig County OKGenWeb Archives Fairview Cemetery Hosted at Craig County OKGenWeb Landrum Cemetery Walker Cemetery Unknown Burials in Craig County Hosted at Oklahoma Cemeteries Big Cabin Cemetery Blackfeather Cemetery Bluejacket Cemetery Bluejacket Family Cemetery Bobb Family Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Old Ketchum Cemetery Pheasant Hill Cemetery Scott Cemetery Timpson Chapel Cemetery Welch Cemetery White Oak Cemetery Williams Timberhill Cemetery Hosted at Oklahoma Gravestones Project Big Cabin Cemetery Cemetery Centralia … Read more

Cotton County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Cotton County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Cotton County OKGenWeb Archives Devol Cemetery Elm Grove Cemetery Fairview Cemetery, Randlett Fairview Cemetery 2 Temple Cemetery Abell-Gutierrez Surnames Hackett-Oxford Surnames Pack-Zerkle Surnames Partial Extract Walters Cemetery Wilkerson Cemetery Hosted at Oklahoma Cemeteries Elm Grove Cemetery aka New Salem Cemetery Fairview Cemetery aka Randlett Cemetery Temple Masonic Cemetery Walters Cemetery Wilkerson Cemetery Hosted at Cotton County Oklahoma interment.net Lonestar Cemetery aka Hooper Cemetery Temple Masonic Cemetery A – C Surnames … Read more

Comanche County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Comanche County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Comanche County OKGenWeb Archives Highland Cemetery Photos Letitia Cemetery Meers Cemetery Sterling Cemetery Hosted at Oklahoma Genealogical Society Elgin Cemetery Geronimo Cemetery Letitia Cemetery Meers Cemetery Paradise Valley Baptist Cemetery Hosted at Comanche County OKGenWeb Allendale Cemetery Bailtso Apache Cemetery Beef Creek Apache Cemetery – Geronimo’s grave is located here Cache Cemetery Cache KCA Cemetery Chattanooga Cemetery Chief Chihuahua Apache Cemetery – Fort Sill Crouch Cemetery Crow Family … Read more

Coal County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Coal County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Coal County OKGenWeb Archives Byrd’s Prairie Cemetery Cairo Cemetery Centrahoma Cemetery Coalgate Cemetery Globe Cemetery McCarty Cemetery Pine Cemetery Pleasant Grove Cemetery Hosted at Coal County OKGenWeb Byrds Prairie Cemetery Centrahoma Cemetery Coalgate Cemetery Lonestar Cemetery McCarty Cemetery Moore Cemetery Ninas Cemetery Nixon Cemetery Panther Creek Cemetery Plesant Grove Cemetery Wilson Cemetery Woodman Cemetery Hosted at Coal County Oklahoma ALHN Boiling Springs Cemetery Byrds Prairie Cemetery Cairo Cemetery Calvary … Read more

Cleveland County Oklahoma Cemeteries

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Most of these Cleveland County Oklahoma cemeteries are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we provide the listing when it is only a partial listing. Hosted at Cleveland County OKGenWeb Archives Blackburn Cemetery Box Cemetery Corbett Cemetery Corbett Cemetery Tombstone Photos Denton Cemetery Denver Cemetery Falls Cemetery Knoles Cemetery Tombstone of Martin V B Knoles Maguire-Fairview Cemetery Schwartz Cemetery Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery U.G./Kear Memorial Cemetery Warren Cemetery Cemetery Hosted at Oklahoma Genealogical Society Indian Graves Hosted at GenRoots Emmanual Memorial Cemetery – South OKC IOOF Cemetery – Noble IOOF Cemetery – Norman Moore Cemetery Resthaven … Read more