Atoka County, OK. - Cemetery: Doyle Cemetery Also known as: Old Indian Cemetery ************************************************************************ Transcribed by: Bennie L. Loftin - bloftin@oio.net January 8, 2001 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ DOYLE CEMETERY Atoka County, Oklahoma LOCATED: SECTION 1, T-1-N, R-13-E This cemetery was about 1/4 mile west and a little north of Olen "Buster" Patterson's old home. It was known as an old Indian Cemetery. The one broken granite stone that was found, is the only tombstone that anyone remembers, but they did remember that there were at one time several rock walled graves. Field work on March 6, 1993 by Clarence Hoehman, Junior Patterson, Johnny Cudd and Bennie Loftin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 OR 10 ROCK WALLED GRAVES (ALL TRACES NOW GONE) DOYLE, BURTON; 9 NOV 1813-15 NOV 1874; AGED 61 YEARS (BROKEN) Oklahoma Chronicles, Vol. 11, page 820. By act of the Choctaw General Council, John Pendergraf Rogers was granted the privilege of operating a toll bridge just east of present Wesley, across Nolitubbe Creek, a branch of McGee Creek. A post office was established at this point, called Rogers Station, on July 1, 1874, with Burton Doyle as postmaster.