Robberson Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma

Canvassed 02/24/2000 by Brenda Choate & Terry Johnson Terry Johnson took me to this cemetery. We went up Hwy 76 south to the road that intersects the Hwy just at the Pernell school and turned right/west. We went straight and where the paved road curved back south we took the dirt road straight instead of taking the curve. We drove straight on to a red gate, then straight on to a wire gate, and just inside that second gate we turned south and drove for about 1/4 mile, stopped and crawled under a fence and walked about 150 yards into the pasture. The cemetery was located in a thicket of trees. It is not being taken care of. It has no fence or sign. Terry said the Robberson Townsite was located right by the cemetery but there is no sign of it now. He indicated that the gates are locked as the cemetery is on leased land where cattle are kept. There may well be more graves here than listed but not that you could readily see.
Name	Born	Died	Comments
Miller, Jesse B.		Jan 21, 1895	Unmarked Jo Thrower Ron Rogers
Lowery, W.J.	March 16, 1849	Dec 31, 1899	He is not dead but sleepth, In my father's house are many mansions
Moreland, Infant	April 9, 1905	May 10, 1905	A little bud of love to bloom with God above, Child of CE & DG Moreland
Moreland, Infant	Oct 29, 1903	Oct 30, 1903	Budded on earth to bloom in Heaves, Son of CE & DG Moreland
Medlen, Francis Marion		Jan 31, 1901	Husband of Celeste, Civil War vet -6th. Reg, Kansas Cavalry Volunteers, Union Army. My Great Great Uncle - Unmarked Barbara Sullivan
Dicus, Jim			Sandstone marker only Nancy A. Dicus-Beck
Dicus, Martha Hill			Sandstone marker only Nancy A. Dicus-Beck
Unknown			Sandstone marker only
Unknown			Sandstone marker only
Unknown			Sandstone marker only
Unknown			Sandstone marker only
Nancy Dicus-Beck says her sister went by Robberson Cemetery last year and also spoke to one of the local residents there, she said she remembered her father speaking of the Dicus family who lived there, she was 80 or 90 years old. She also suggested my sister check the Dirty Socks Cemetery and another old one which is also near by, the next time she is in the area..The elderly lady told my sister that there was a woman in the area who was stealing the headstones and selling them at flea markets, she had watched her taking the stones many times.We do not know if there is a headstone on James Dicus grave or if other family is buried there, but there is possibly a young son Eugene and a wife Martha (Hill) Dicus buried there also. My only information is that James was buried in Robberson, Indian Territory. If you know of anyone who might have purchased a tombstone and currently have it in their possession or know where it is, the Dicus family and others would like very much to get that information. Please email Nancy A. Dicus-Beck above or Brenda Choate with any information you may. We very much would like to track these stones down. It is unthinkable that someone would take stones that family placed on a loved ones resting place, for any reason, much less to sell for a few dollars.

There may be burials other than those pictured here that can no longer be seen and are lost in the trees.
There are only three engraves stones left here. We have heard that stones that used to mark burials here
were taken and sold at flea market.

On the left you have our intrepid cemetery hunters Betty Barnett (left) and Diane Gann (right). In the picture to the
right you see Diane and Betty going under the fence.

Here on the left you can see they are on the other side of the fence and in the pasture. On the right is a view of
the grove of trees in which Robberson Cemetery is now located.

These two pictures are views of one of the markers, from a distance, up inside the grove.

On the left another view and on the right a view of Betty inside the grove of trees

These two pictures are of the gully just on the east side of the grove of trees where Robberson Cemetery is
located. We were told that the townsite of Robberson was just on the other side of this gully somewhere near
where you can see the trees in the background of the picture on the right. There is nothing left of it now.

These two pictures are of the W. J. Lowery stone. Born March 16, 1849 and died Dec 31, 1899,
"He is not dead but sleepth" - "In my father's house are many mansions". On the right you see Betty
and Diane checking the stone out. It had fallen off it's base and was lying face down on the ground.
They turned it over for this photograph.

This is the Moreland Infant stone. Infant son of G. E. & D. G.?, born October 29, 1903 and
died October 30, 1903. On the left is the way it was found. Betty and Diane moved
the fallen branches so it could be better photographed.

These photos are of Leiter Moreland, Infant daughter of G. E. & D. G.? Moreland, born April 9, 1905 and died
May 10, 1905. The photo on the left show the way it was found. Betty and Diane put it together for the photo
on the right.

These two photos show a couple of the graves which are unknowns marked only with a sandstone marker.

And these two photos also show unknowns whose final resting place is marked with a sandstone marker only.