Pittsburg County


Brushy Indian Cemetery



BRUSHY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
Blanco, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Canvassed Sept. 26, 2004 by Rhonda Borthick
From McAlester, take Hwy. 69 South to Hwy. 63 Junction in Kiowa.  Turn left and go approx. 7.3 miles to Blanco.  Make a right turn at the intersection across from the Post Office.  Go approximately 3.1 miles and turn left.  There is a sign that says "Brushy Creek Baptist Church".  Go about 1.5 miles and you will see the church and cemetery. (3-3N-15E) This is said to be an Indian burial ground, and there are many rocks that serve as headstones.  The cemetery is still in use.  This is a complete listing of all legible headstones and markers as of Sept. 26, 2004.

Anderson, Buster, b. 25 Sept. 1895, d. Feb. 3, 1937, Oklahoma Co. C, rest of stone is buried
Anderson, Jane, b. 1897, d. 1977, s/by William H. Anderson
Anderson, Katherine L., b. 1920, d. 1998, s/by Jane Anderson
Anderson, Marie, b. Aug. 6, 1922, d. July 13, 1992, m. Aug. 17, 1957, s/by Melton H. Anderson
Anderson, Melton H., b. Jan. 15, 1919, d. Mar. 27, 1983, PVT, US ARMY, WWII, s/by Marie Anderson
Anderson, Millie, b. 1895, d. 1989, s/by William H. Anderson
Anderson, Wiene, d. Dec. 3, 1917, age 60, w/o B. R. Anderson
Anderson, William H., b. 1899, d. 1965, s/by Millie Anderson
Carney, Jesse James, b. Jan. 19, 1910, d. Jan. 29, 1987
Coley, Allie B., b. 1896, d. 1959, s/by Pearl Coley
Coley, Caldwell, b. 1885, d. 1937, s/by Pearl Coley
Coley, Pearl, b. 1926, d. 1945, s/ by Allie B. Coley
Corn, Archie W., date reads Oct. 4, with a 5 and a 7 spaced far apart
Dailey, James N., b. 1890, d. 1967
Daily, Ella, b. July 28, 1904, d. Apr. 11, 1982
Daily, Epsie, b. Nov. 18, 1857, d. Mar. 26, 1906
Daily, Laura Leora, b. 1936, d. 1981
Ellis, Orval (Pete), b. July 6, 1927, d. Sept. 21, 2002
Frye, Bicey, b. Mar. 21, 1904, d. Dec. 15, 1922, w/o Edmond Frye
Frye, Ida Mae, d. Dec. 26, 1929, age 20
Frye, Lula Mae, b. apr. 4, 1912, d. June 21, 1930
Hamb, Wesley, b. Mar. 27, 1884, d. (stone broken, date is gone)
Harris, Susan, b. 1855, d. Dec. 12, 1923, "Choctaw Indian"
James, George, b. Dec. 29, 1920, d. Dec. 23, 1962, Oklahoma,  CPL COL 10 BN ORD TNG OEN, WWII
James, J. B., Rev., d. Feb. 26, 1920, age 76
James, Jacob, b. 1924, d. 1985, marker
James, Jennie Faye, b. Nov. 9, 1942, d. Dec. 18, 1995
James, Lena Lorene, b. Sept. 26, 1901, d. Sept. 3, 1963
James, Melvina, b. Dec. 19, 1901, d. Feb. 11, 1911, d/o Joseph and Belsey James
Kemp, Anna Lydia, a. Mar. 5, 1933, d. July 4, 1955
Kemp, Mullen, b. Jun. 9, 1909, d. Aug. 8, 1981, PVT, US ARMY, WWII
Loving, David, Sr., b. 1922, d. 1994
Loving, David, Sr., b. Nov. 4, 1922, d. May 1, 1994, U. S. Army, WWII
Loving, Sampson Melton, b. Dec. 22, 1892, d. Dec. 20, 1930, PVT, US Army
Moore, Mable Bonnie, b. Oct. 9, 1926, d. Jan. 3, 2000
Nesbit, Atha Ruth, b. 1897, d. 1938
Nesbitt, Artha Ruth, b. 1897, d. 1938
Paxton, Anthony Ray, ba. Dec. 23, 1968, d. Nov. 5, 1992
Paxton, Kenneth Ray, b. May 23, 1945, d. June 20, 1991
Perry, Edmond Lymon, b. Jan. 17, 1914, d. Sept. 13, 1973, Tec 4, US Army, WWII
Pickens, Gincy, d. Apr. 15, 1914, age 40, "Wife of Isom Pickens"
Pickens, Isaiah C., b. 1899, d. 1976, marker
Pickens, Sampson, b. Feb. 19, 1897, d. Oct. 10, 1914
Pickings, Carrie, b. Jan. 7, 1911, d. June 29, 1956
Pope, Ida, b. 1910, d. 1996, marker
Pope, James Duncan, b. Sept. 8, 1930, d. Nov. 9, 1985
Sampson, James, Sr., b. 1938, d. 1993, marker
Scott, Kyler S., b. 2002, d. 2002
Timmons, Jim, b. Nov. 8, 1917, d. Nov. 10, 1968
Weaver, Alice Faye, b. Oct. 9, 1941, d. Aug. 23, 1998
Wesley, Abel, b. 1855, d. May 25, 1902, double stone with Polly Ann Wesley
Wesley, Eli, b. Mar. 22, 1879, d. Mar. 22, 1965, "Uncle"
Wesley, Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1885, d. Dec. 6, 1967, s/by Eli Wesley
Wesley, Isaiah, b. Dec. 23, 1930, d. blank, s/w Joyce A. (Fuller) Wesley
Wesley, Joyce A. (Fuller), b. Mar. 6, 1940, d. Jan. 16, 2000, s/w Isaiah Wesley, m. Apr. 17, 1959
Wesley, Plenna, b. Aug. 11, 1895, d. 1935, w/o Henry Wesley
Wesley, Polly Ann, b. 1863, d. Dec. 25, 1899, double stone with Abel
Wesley, Rebecca, b. Apr. 24, 1909, d. Apr. 10, 1994, s/by Rev. Wm. Taft Wesley
Wesley, William Taft, Rev., b. July 23, 1908, d. Feb. 6, 1973, s/by Rebecca Wesley
Wetzel, Paul J., b. 1917, d. 1979, marker
Willie, Danny Gene, b. 1966, d. 1990
Willie, Danny Gene, b. Sept. 11, 1966, d. Jan. 5, 1990
Willie, Ordie Marie, b. 1917, d. 1983, marker, next to Thomas Willie
Willie, Thomas, b. 1899, d. 1983, marker, next to Ordie Marie Willie
Willis, William Lee Roy, b. Jul. 3, 1942, d. Jan. 8, 1991, PFC US Army
Wood, Orval Pete, b. 1927, d. 2002, double stone with Violet James Wood
Wood, Violet James, b. Nov. 14, 1930, d. blank, m. Aug. 28, 1954

 


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