Hello, I am searching for information on my great grandfather, Elisha Sharp LOCKE, and his two brothers - Victor M. (Moreau or Murat) LOCKE and Dr. Benjamin Franklin LOCKE Jr. The three brothers were the sons of Benjamin Franklin LOCKE Sr. and Mary SHARP. All three brothers were born in Decatur, Meigs Co., TN. Victor on 1 AUG 1846; Benjamin on 28 MAY 1851; and Elisha on 14 JUN 1854. After the Civil War in about 1866, all three brothers came to Indian Territory, in the area of Skelton Depot, Lukfata - now McCurtain Co., OK. Victor married Susan P. McKINNEY there sometime in 1871, then they moved to Skulleyville, Doaksville, and then to near the town of what would be Antlers, OK - which Victor is credited for Founding the town of Antlers at the site of the spring and his Frisco Railroad Way Station. Victor died on 5 JAN 1929, and was buried 'in the private burial ground on his estate in the western part of Antlers' on 7 JAN 1929. This 'private burial ground' came to be called the LOCKE cemetery and was deeded to the City of Antlers as a historical site by one of his daughters, 'to be cared for "in perpetuity" - however the application for a Historical Site never came to be, and in the late 1960's/early 1970's, the City of Antlers sold the property to a Housing Contractor, and all but a very FEW of around 100 graves were 'covered up' by houses and gardens. Sad, for V. M. LOCKE Sr. was single-handedly responsible for most of the early housing in Antlers, because he purchased 'bottom-land' plots when the town charter was being laid out, and then supplied new settlers with these housing plots for no more than the cost of a Quitclaim Deed and his promise that the settlers would have a permanent homesite. Benjamin married Hattie WILSON in 1875. Elisha Sharp LOCKE married Jane Elizabeth ("Janie") DAVENPORT, daughter of Barney DAVENPORT and Selina YARCOMBY (YARCOMBE/YARCUMBY/???), on 24 DEC 1894. They lived on a large area of land on the old road between Antlers and Ethel, and were well known for their cattle and dairy products. Jane was full-blood CHOCTAW. Elisha died 29 JUL 1913 in Antlers, OK. Jane died 2 JAN 1929 in Antlers, OK. Together they had 5 children - Elisha Frank LOCKE (my grandfather), Mary LOCKE (died as an infant), Bertie Helen LOCKE, Jesse ("Jeff") LOCKE, and Archer ("Arch") Marion LOCKE. They had a half sister from Jane's previous marriage to Julius HAMPTON - her name was Susan ("Hook") HAMPTON. I am looking for any and all information concerning these LOCKE families, and the McKINNEY, DAVENPORT, YARCOMBY (sp?), WILSON, WAGNER, and HAMPTON families also. I would like to find out about the places Skelton Depot, Lukfata (now McCurtain Co.), Skulleyville, Doaksville, and Antlers, OK. The information I know is what I have entered above, so please feel free to offer as MUCH as you know. I want to put all of the family back together again, and create a Family History. Thank you for your help. Kevin D. Clapp - great grandson of Elisha Sharp LOCKE & Jane Elizabeth DAVENPORT mac-tire@nts-online.net Researching LOCKE, YARCOMBY(sp?), DAVENPORT, WILSON, HAMPTON, McKINNEY, and WAGNER Families of Southeastern Indian Territory - now Oklahoma.