Tom George Cemetery, Pocola, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

Tom George Cemetery Pocola, LeFlore County, Oklahoma Location: on Backbone Mountain about five (5) miles west of Pocola on a bluff overlooking the Poteau river Directions:

Submitted by Arthur Vanvekoven, Aug 04, 2003 . Total records = 20. This cemetery is located on Backbone Mountain about five miles west of Pocola on a bluff overlooking the Poteau river. On Dec 15, 1902, James Thomas George was laid to rest under his pine tree with his first wife, Sefronia. They share the same headstone with her name on one side and his name on the other. In 1905 the mountain was awarded to Frank and Lela Dunnam, who deeded off a 100 foot X 100 foot cemetery plot and a 10 foot wide 450 foot road to the main county road. The easement And deed and the key to the cemetery gate was given to Mrs. Edith (Hobbs) Green because of her Grandparents and relatives buried there. She and her Family have tried to maintain and keep the cemetery clean. The cemetery is now maintained By Lula Faye (Green) Vanvekoven. There are about 30 each unmarked and sandstone (Indian) graves. Financial and physical help is needed to bring the cemetery back to it’s original state. The Choctaw Indian tribe has ignored efforts to help maintain the Cemetery. - Arthur Vanvekoven
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Barnes, J. P., no dates, husband of Martha J. George. Barnes, Jessie J., b. Mar 06, 1889, d. Sep 06, 1889 ?, son of J.R and J.E Barnes Barnes, Martha J. (George), b. 1852, d. Apr 11 1908, Wife of J.P. Barnes, daughter of Bird and Jane George Barnes, Mary E., b. Jun 2 1886, d. Jun 1 1887, daughter of J.P. & M. (Martha) J Barnes Bell, Cornellia, b. daughter of Dell Bell Hobbs 6 years old, Birth Pl: Ind terr Bell, Del Hobbs, b. daughter of Thomas & Charlotte Hobbs, Died in childbirth, Birth Pl: Ind terr Boman, Montie, b. Jul 27, 1881 Oct 21, 1882, son of Joseph B. and Mattie Boman George, James Thomas (Tom), b. Sep 19 1847, d. Dec 15 1902, brother of John Wesley, William, Jesse, Ann, Martha & Joshua, son of Bird & Jane George, Husband of 1. Sefronia 2. Sarah Barnes, Father of ______, Henry, Effie M., Minnie, and Estella O. George, Sefronia, b. Nov 14 1847, d. Feb 27 1890, 1st wife of James Thomas George (TOM), Mother of -------, Henry, Effie M. and Minnie Gollihar, (Child), no dates Gollihar, Andrew Jackson, Choctaw card # NB620? Gollihar, John Henry , b. Oct 6, 1901, d. Oct 16, 1902, son of J and Harriet C Gollihar Hobbs, Charlotte (Pickins), b. 1848, d. 1916, Wife of Thomas D Hobbs, Children: John Odel, James H. (Jim),Stephen E. and Jesse M. Birth PL: OHIO Hobbs, James (Jim), b. Jul 1882 son of Thomas and Charlotte Hobbs, Birth pl: Ark Hobbs, Nettie, b. May 1891, daughter of Thomas and Charlotte Hobbs, Birth PL: Ind Terr Hobbs, Thomas D., b. Apr 5 1835, d. Dec 10 1901, Corporal Co C 2nd Regt. West Virginia Infantry Civil War, Birth Pl: OHIO Hobbs, William (Bill), d. Dec 1875, son of Thomas and Charlotte Hobbs, Birth PL:Ark Loyd, F. H, b. Feb 22 1898/99, d. Oct 18 1900/1902