In the approximate 1830's, there was a county in Oklahoma named Pickens County and was in the Chickasaw Nation. There was a graveyard there near the Pickens County Courthouse, on Briar Creek. Some of my Choctaw ancestors are said to be buried there. It is reported the graveyard was on the "Lizzie Wisdom place". Does anyone have, or know of, a map that shows where the old graveyard, the old courthouse, or Lizzie Wisdom's place might have been? I will only assume that there was a town called Pickens. A cousin has a map showing Pickens County, but the only town shown there is Oakland. Was Oakland the county seat of Pickens County? Clemmie Sacra's grandmother is said to be buried there and we're trying to determine who she was. If anyone has any information that would help us find this graveyard, we would appreciate it very much. Suzie

Suzie: If I were you I would go to GENFORUM on the net, and find Pickens Co, Oklahoma. There are usually volunteers registered that are knowledgeable and do lookups. Sometimes they will even go to old cemeteries and take pictures of gravestones. I used to do it myself for GENFORUM. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jleflore65@aol.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Pickens County,OKLA > In the approximate 1830's, there was a county in Oklahoma named Pickens > County and was in the Chickasaw Nation. There was a graveyard there near the > Pickens County Courthouse, on Briar Creek. Some of my Choctaw ancestors are > said to be buried there. It is reported the graveyard was on the "Lizzie > Wisdom place". Does anyone have, or know of, a map that shows where the old > graveyard, the old courthouse, or Lizzie Wisdom's place might have been? I > will only assume that there was a town called Pickens. A cousin has a map > showing Pickens County, but the only town shown there is Oakland. Was > Oakland the county seat of Pickens County? Clemmie Sacra's grandmother is > said to be buried there and we're trying to determine who she was. > > If anyone has any information that would help us find this graveyard, we > would appreciate it very much. > Suzie > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE.... > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes and spelled correctly. > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... >

Pickens County no longer exists. It was part of the Chickasaw Nation and became Carter County with Ardmore as the county seat. I'm not sure of the cemetery you speak of but it may be near the old capitol grounds of the Chickasaw Nation at Tishomingo. Carter County Courthouse Post Office Box 37 Main phone line: 580-223-5253 Toll-Free line inside Carter County: 1-800-231-8668 Extension 253 Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402 Karen Volino Court Clerk Linda- -----------------