BIRD, -BJLLIE CMSTJEKIB3 OBJ?HC-^ # K. SCOTT - must 5 0 0

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1 BIRD, -BJLLIE CMSTJEKIB3 OBJ?HC-^ # K. SCOTT - must 5 0 0

2 **' BURIAL CROWD FO11M -9- Form B-IS-1,49) BXBD, Indian-- 1, i^reer History Iro>ct for Gklahoria CBMETERIE3 ~GRE1K 3C0T2-W3M Field worker's name BlUie Byrd "This report mad*e on (late) L&reh Lame' (if any) of burial ground _ Bate taiknowa-sooii :. Poiinded -(da t<=>) af t«f> Civil' War. Abandoned (date) 4. Fres3nt owner3 of prpiuses FS_o.f prerent ahundor.pd, Oklahom and 1'OTE": Answer fully, if po.~,-b].e, q.uestior.s 5 to 1? inclusive, her< or en sheets firmly attechpd to this, forn. 5. Original owners of promises, Matilda >eott 6". Give names" o-f oti^r persons who -at ~>r<<= trne owr.^- the preniis^s. 7. Aprroxims te nur.be.r of graves. 4g_. e. Approximate n-jr.it«r of marked F;ravg3 all have sort of dark except om ones, 9. General condition of headstones, in^iudlm" inscriptions. Good "*" \Z. dumber of ins^riptionr copied c.ni att^ohed.' 2 (Place each" inscription or. a separate she^t ^r>-i attach all to thi? form). 11, Any other information / pu were at le +o ^father about the bupisl rroundincludinr its history. " l f.. Condition of the premises 13. Detailed location of burial* ground. <a 7% miles 3. S, feleetka, Ofelahoma 14. Legal location of burial ground', Com -y Okfoslcee Section Township- 10 The plat on t.his~tbr:a represents 640 aores, one square mile,' a'nd is sub- fliviied into 40* a^re tracts^. The "enter of the section, and burial trc:nd should be loc^tpj accordingly. If possible, ma/e additional sutdivisions on plat to give more so curate location. (north) ' Kuirfcer. of sheets attached,to this form f «J...^-^-...

3 .511 B28D, BULBS CMETERlJS^GREffi Interview with Lizzie Synn Woleetka, Qklahaaa I live one and a half miles west of the Sqott-Wiley. cemetery. I.donU know the exact date of the founding of this cemetery but it was some time after the Civil War, although there mi^t ; have r "1ye n~st5ffi^ac : tivity there prior to that time, r Madeline, "ELoise and Mose Vfiley are the present owners, holding undivided interests "in the allotment*of Matilda Scott,"deceased, I never saw- my father lowered into a grave although I saw him die* He was shot as he lay sick in bed by the bushwhackers of the Union arc^r. We left him still 'in bed and took refuse in the hills and mountains.» The next I saw of T&at had been my father was when we returned to the old hamel-dpter the Civil War* There-were a few bones «that lay scattered in the yard but Jiia skull was never found* $hat few bones were found were gathered and buried*.. ",

4 51'.? BYRD, fclllib. CEMEMtlE-CREEK It ' \ Robertson', present oisner of the Lucinda seott (deceased) allotment, was the husband o -iucinda sdott* Loeoted in OkfiBkee County, Section 27, To-wnahip 10, Rang 12*. Old graves there, but no marks or they haire all lost# Recent onss are marked by stone or brick \ Private Cgaetery of Liaaie HSym - * * * Oa her allotment in. Okfuslcee -County, Section 26,'-. Township 10, Bangs 12 9 si^as of old graves.but so old the marks or old split rail houses have rotted and e.1- most -disappearmjuj?? jastimate of number of graves. She has sold place but the cemetery has beea set aside for her femily and the present owner is now Paul Feathers* In neglected state. Old as. that of Wiley Scott, ' ',

5 BIRD* BILLH BBCRIHPIOHS ' Rest is Peace "Niy.otea Fi Daughter of 7as«&Sarali HGFarlond Bora Feb. 28, 1896 Dlad Sept* 7 W 1896 Budded on Earth.!Po bloom In Heaven*