McCurtain Co. OK - Joel Dyer's Burial Ground 

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Indian Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma 
Date: March 12, 1938 
Name: Joel Dyer's Burial Ground 
Founded: March 12, 1838 By Simon FOBB 
Abandoned: Moved away 1912 
Present owners of premises: Joel DYER 
Address of present owner: Teal LEWIS, Negro 
Approximate number of graves: 5 
Approximate number of marked graves: 1 
Condition of the premises: Headstone had fallen. Small one of little J.J. 
DYER, died in 1903. 
Legal location of burial ground: County McCurtain Section 24 Township 16 
Range 26E. 
Field Worker: Levina R. BEAVERS 
Volume 111--microfiche #6016976 
CEMETERIES----CHOCTAW-----JOEL DYER 

These graves were found by Simon FOBB who lives four miles Southeast of 
Eagletown. He said Moses DYER, who is buried there, was Reverend James DYER's 
father, who lived there long years ago. In 1836 his wife died and is buried 
there. 

Joel DYER and Colson DYER, sons, were buried in 1840-1842. His mother's name 
was Lardy DYER and she also died and was buried there. 

Beside the family, two men, John HOMER and Wallace HOMER, are in the 
cemetery. 

There is a large red oak tree standing by the graves. The headstone of a 
little boy was down and large bushes have grown all over the graves. 

The cemetery is located on the old DYER Plantation three miles southeast of 
Eagletown.