DeBolt Cemetery Traditional Cache
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DEBOLT CEMETERY
AKA ARNETT
SEC-4 TWP-19 R-24
LOCATION: 1/2 MILE NORTH OF ARNETT
MR. WILLIAM B. DEBOLT, A UNION CIVIL WAR VETERAN, AND MARY E.
HARROLL WERE MARRIED MARCH 27TH, 1866 AT NEOSHO MO. THEY
WERE THE PARENTS OF NINE CHILDREN. THEY MOVED TO DAY COUNTY,
OKLAHOMA IN 1900 AND FILED A CLAIM NORTH OF SWEEZEY. THE
SWEEZEY POST OFFICE WAS SOLD AND THE POST OFFICE WAS CHANGED
TO ARNETT. THE CROSSROADS BAPTIST CHURCH AND CEMETERY WERE
LOCATED ON THE DEBOLT LAND. LATER, THE DEBOLT FAMILY MOVED
TO NEWKIRK, OKLAHOMA. IN 1910 THE LAND AROUND THE CEMETERY
WAS OWNED BY MONT. M. HAMLIN.
RECORDS SHOW THAT ON NOVEMBER 16, 1905, WILLIAM B. AND MARY E.
DEBOLT OF DAY COUNTY, TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA, TRANSFERED
OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CROSSROAD
BAPTIST CHURCH "FOR THE SUM OF ONE DOLLAR LOVE AND AFFECTION."
IN 1915 THE DEED WAS REVOKED BY THE DEBOLTS SINCE THE CHURCH
HAD CEASED TO USE SAID LAND FOR A PLACE OF WORSHIP. THE LAND
WAS TRANSFERED TO THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF ARNETT.
THE OLDEST RECORDED BURIAL IS THAT OF A JOHNSON INFANT
IN 1902.
THE RECORDS OF THE DEBOLT CEMETERY ARE A FINE EXAMPLE OF
DEDICATION BY THE EARLY RECORD KEEPERS. EVEN WITH PAST
DILIGENCE THERE ARE SEVERAL UNKNOWN, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE
LOW IN COMPARISON TO RECORDS OF OTHER CEMETERIES.
CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO RUTH ANN ANDING FOR SPENDING SO
MANY DAYS AND EVENINGS RESEARCHING AND CROSS CHECKING THE
CEMETERY AND ITS RECORDS THESE LAST FIVE YEARS. ALSO, TO
RUTH BAYLESS FOR THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH TO WORK.
I placed this cache here in memory of my childrens Grandparents who are buried here. This is a log only cache, so bring something to write with.
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