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Old Five Mile Cemetery
Murray County, Oklahoma
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© Dennis Muncrief
© Dennis Muncrief
 
This African American Cemetery is located 11 miles west of Davis, Murray Co., OK on Hiway 7. There are about 119 marked but unknown graves. Some of these are marked with metal pipes. There are many native stone markers with no inscriptions. Original registry by the Arbuckle Historical Society, with reorganization by Dennis Muncrief.

To get to the cemetery from Davis, OK go west on SH 7 about 9 1/2 miles to Mountain View road. Turn left (south) and go to the first section line and turn right (west). Travel west on the county road 9/10ths of a mile. There is a sign on the right that reads "Arbuckle Ranch" with an underground house. The pasture gate will be there on the left. Take the pasture road 3/10ths of a mile over the hill until you come to a fork in the path, take the right fork. Continue down the hill until you come to the flat near a creek. The cemetery is about fifty yards to the right (west) in a grove of trees.

This cemetery is one of the most historically significant cemeteries in Murray County as it is an African American cemetery which contains the Chickasaw and Choctaw Freedmen (ex-slaves) and their descendants. The slaves were brought with the Chickasaw and Choctaw people when the U.S. Government removed them from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Old Five Mile is one of the first cemeteries in Murray County and possibly the oldest as there are many graves marked with only native stones. There are also five graves that are the typical stone monoliths of Chickasaw burials. Descendants of these interred still live in the area known as Jacksonville. Before school integration there was a county school in the area known as Jackson Special School for local black children.

The cemetery has been horribly vandalized with every tombstone, save one, toppled and smashed to pieces. The information on some of the stones could not be pieced together as some of the stones had missing parts. I visited and read this cemetery in Feb of 2004.

If you have family buried in the Old Five Mile Cemetery and/or have obits (with newspapers permission or an obit that you can write) or tombstone photos or individual portraits or can write a short bio or have a history of the cemetery and would like to add your information to this website, contact the area coordinator for more information. You can also check out our How to Submit page.

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NOTE Every effort has been made to transcribe this information accurately. These records MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. Any corrections and/or additions greatly appreciated. As with any genealogy information, this is a source and should be considered as such. It is up to the researcher to verify the accuracy.
 
SURNAME

FIRST MI Maiden

BORN

DIED

COMMENTS
Abram Sanders 1939 8/19/1891 H of Mimey
Allcorn Nancy Elizabeth Copeland 1859 Feb 1900 W of Robert Allcorn (m 1893)
Allcorn Pamie Denton Jul 1896 Jul 1896 Child of Robert & Nancy
Austin Joanna (Mason)   8/23/1895 Wed Benjamin Mason 12/24/1866
W of ??? Austin
Brown Dealia Mae Franklin (Walker) Age 35 9/30/1902 W of Samuel Walker (1881)
Wed William Brown 12/7/1896
Franklin Alexander 2/5/1883 12/28/1906  
Franklin Alexandrew "Zander" Age 85 4/24/1895  
Franklin Alfred 1860 12/28/1897 H of Manerva (1881)
Franklin Bailey Age 50 11/16/1893 H of Margaret
Franklin Buck Jr Sep 1810 Sep 1875  
Franklin Buck Sr 1790?   H of Pollie
Franklin
image		 David Burney "Dave" Age 65 8/16/1900 Union Army
H of Millie  (m 1856)
Franklin Delora "Delores" 1/17/1873 10/22/1894  
Franklin Eliza     D of J & H
Franklin Eliza Newberry Age 24 12/27/1891 W of Walter
Franklin Elizabeth   5/6/1897 W of J C
Franklin Greek 2/26/1893 5/13/1896 Child of Philip & Malinda
Franklin Infant Girl 1895 3/1/1895 D of P F & L F
Franklin James C 12/10/1905 4/1/1906 S of J C & H
Franklin Levy Age 31 2/15/1868  
Franklin Lorene 6/14/1884 5/4/1905  
Franklin Lula M 2/14/1895 6/28/1897 D of Alfred & Manerva
Franklin Malinda 1870 3/14/1898 W of Philip (m 1887)
Franklin Manerva Galton 5/9/1863 6/28/1898 W of Alfred (1881)
Franklin Margaret 1846 1890 W of Bailey
Franklin Millie Colbert (Pitchlynn) 1847 25 Dec 1891 W of ?? Pitchlynn
W of David (m 1856)
Franklin Pollie Birney 1795 Dec 1881 W of Buck Sr
Franklin Reuben 12/28/1896 1896 S of Philip & Malinda
Franklin Willie 9/3/1887 10/1/1887  
James Caesar 1810 1890 H of Leah
James Leah Franklin 1824 2/5/1884 W of Caesar
Johnson Eli 1865 1904 H of Priscilla
Johnson Pricillia James Aug 1860 10/15/1899 W of Eli
Jones Delphia Age 70 1890 W of Philip
Jones Philip "Phil" About 70    
Newberry Angeline James 5/14/1880 8/12/1906 W of Simon
Newberry Caldonia "Callie" Love Age 60 9/29/1903 W of Wiley
Newberry Lydia 8/12/1888 11/30/1904 D of Wiley & Caldonia
Newberry Sonnie 1/1/1821 1/29/1893  
Newberry Wiley "W N" Age 54 10/1/1895 H of Caldonia 
Peters Emerline   11/14/1898  
Philips Susan Age 50 10/21/1891 W of James
Prince Minerva Franklin 1830 1898 W of Newton
Prince Newton Calvin "Newt" 2/25/1825 1/16/1906 H of Minerva
Settles Matilda Franklin 1816 1881  
Stephenson Minerva "Manervy" 1831 10/23/1906  
Williams Mary Age 21 5/13/1882  
Yates George Oct 1854 6/7/1904 H of Louisa
Yates Louisa James Dec 1855 1914 W of George
Young Mimey James (Abram) Age 53 1/12/1908 W of Sanders Abram
W of James Young

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