New Springplace "God's Acre"

This memorial marker is located in Oaks Cemetery in Oaks, OK.

New Springplace

"God's Acre"

The New Springplace mission was established

 by the Moravian Church in 1842. New Springplace

 was the second Moravian mission station in the

 Indian Territory after the forced removal of the

 Cherokees on the Trail of Tears from the East.

The Moravians named the mission New Springplace

after the original mission in Georgia. The mission

buildings were on the hillside just north of this location.

Brother Boas a Cherokee member of the Moravian

 Church was the first burial in the New Springplace

graveyard. He died October 9 or 10, 1844 In a written

 letter to Salem, North Carolina, Rev David Z Smith

 tells of the death of Brother Boas. His remains

were interred at a little distance behind the garden

at Springplace where a site was selected by the

Brn (Brethren) for a future burial ground.

Moravians call their graveyard "God's Acre".

 Brother Aucustus G Fogle described the New

Springplace graveyard in his travel diary for

 June 28 1854. There are 33 graves in a row, 

3 of which are missionaries wives. Twenty-nine

of those burials were recorded in the Moravian

records. Those names and dates are on the

reverse side of this memorial stone.

An asterisk (*) preceding a name indicates that

the person came on the forced removal of the

Cherokees from the East.

Erected in 2010 by

Cherokee Moravian Historical Association

The Goingsnake District Heritage Association

 The Oklahoma Chapter Trail of Tears Association

Resemblance?

Located at Oak Cemetery in Ft. Smith, AR.

William How Robertson

1883 - 1900

Is it just me or does the boy in the lower part resemble the angel?

The Fenwick Butterfly

Spotted this site while wandering through Oak Cemetery in Ft. Smith, AR. And had to go figure out what it was.

It turned out to be this interesting butterfly sculpture.

It marks the Fenwick family plot.

Oddly I could not find any markers around it with this last name.  Either I didn't look well enough or they have planned ahead.  I even went to the website to see if there were any on the burial list. Couldn't find any there either.

Sweet Child

Located at Oak Cemetery in Ft.Smith, AR.

He was situated inside a nice wrought iron fence with the rest of his family.

He has held up very well to be 116 years old.

Captain James E. Reynolds

(Located this touching monument at Oak Cemetery in Ft. Smith, AR.)

This monument marks the final resting place for:

Felicity L Reynolds

Nov 17, 1847

Oct 24, 1920

James E Reynolds

July 17, 1837

June 26, 1920

The monument, carved in Italy, is that of a wounded soldier being helped by two young women. The statue is a tribute to the two teenage girls who rescued the wounded Captain Reynolds from the battlefield in New Hope, Georgia.