Slave Narrative of Polly Colbert

Person Interviewed: Polly Colbert Location: Colbert, Oklahoma Age: 83 I am now living on de forty-acre farm dat de Government give me and it is just about three miles from my old home on Master Holmes Colbert’s plantation where I lived when I was a slave. Lawsy me, times sure has changed since slavery times Maybe I notice it more since I been living here all de time, but dere’s farms ’round here dat I’ve seen grown timber cleared off of twice during my lifetime. Dis land was first cleared up and worked by niggers when dey was slaves. After … Read more

Johnston County Oklahoma Cemeteries

Rebecca Mitchell Proctor Grave Marker

Most of these Johnston 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 Johnston County OKGenWeb Archives Armstrong Cemetery Bee Cemetery Boggy Depot Bold Springs Cemetery Brown Cemetery Cheadle Crossing Cemetery Coleman Cemetery Colley Cemetery Condon Grove Cemetery A – J Surnames L – Y Surnames Connervile Cemetery Earl Cemetery Additions Egypt Cemetery Emet Cemetery Fillmore Cemetery Lone Cedar Cemetery Mannsville Cemetery Norton Cemetery Additions Old Mannsville Cemetery Pontotoc Cemetery Sandy Creek Cemetery Teller Cemetery Teller Cemetery – Updated Tishomingo Cemetery … Read more