Oooooh. I hope this is the one. It sounds like a real possibility though. In old letters, there are several references to the boys at the HEALY ranch, kind of remembering old times with them. I hadn't had a chance to pull the census but do remember on the 1930 that the neighbors had a "town feel" to them by their occupations. I will be back there in a few weeks and am more than happy to stomp through whatever is there, as long as someone scares the snakes away. ---- Original Message ---- From: mudman@cableone.net To: OKMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OKMURRAY] Dick BLYTHE, b1864 TN on 1930 Murray Co., >Census Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:00:58 -0500 >Candace, >By Jove, I think I bloody well got it!!! > >There is a cemetery on the Healy Brothers Ranch that is sort of lost. >Barbara Giddens and I went down the creek two years ago looking for >this >cemetery and we never found it. The ice storm had made it as >dangerous as >could be. There were dangling tree limbs overhead and swayed in the >wind >just trying to hit us in the head. > >We KNOW it is there but nobody will take us there. Many report to >have seen >it in the winter when the leaves have fallen. The cemetery is small >and >sits on a creek bottom. It is close to the old Dolese Brothers >Rayford >Quarry and just about in Skip Healey's front yard give or take a >thousand >acres. Bo Saunders who lives in Davis was a foreman for Dolese >Bros. and >has told me on many occasions that he has plainly seen the cemetery, >in the >winter, on the west side of the creek. > >This is the only cemetery in Allen TWP that I have not been able to >find. >This has to be Walnut Cemetery, just has to be. This cemetery is >about 4 >miles south of Davis! It is the one I referred to as "The Hampton >Graves" >since it has no name. > >Allen Twp. is the area between Davis and Dougherty. The only other >cemetery >in Allen Twp. is the James Cemetery and it is a black cemetery and >online. > >This morning after I sent the email about a new plan of attack, I >called the >90 year old lady in Davis and asked her if she remembered the Blythe >family. >She told me the g-granddaughter of Dick worked at a gift shop in >Davis so I >made contact with her. > >I made a run to Ardmore today to pick up a load of paint and stopped >in >Davis and talked to the g-grand daughter of Dick Blythe himself. I >also >found out that Dick Blythe lived one block south of the red light in >Davis >across the street west from the First Baptist Church and the house >is still >there. How 'bout them apples! The granddaughter told me he did not >own a >farm south of Davis, he only rented one. > >This is a lot of stuff for now but I believe that the cemetery that >I have >been calling the "Hampton graves" for 3 years may very well be the >Walnut >Cemetery. Now I can get us within a 1/4 mile of it - all we have to >do is >wade through hip-deep rattlesnakes to find it!!! > >I'll keep you informed. > >Dennis >Host - Murray County > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Candice Gregory" <firegrl@sierratel.com> >To: <OKMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:19 AM >Subject: Re: [OKMURRAY] Dick BLYTHE, b1864 TN on 1930 Murray Co., >Census > > >> Dennis; >> Thank you so much for your help on this. I am at work, but when I >> get home tonight, I will pull the census and get it to you. >> >> I'm not sure this is the correct BLYTHE family that had the land, >but >> they are old timers in Davis. SInce MAry Ann died in Davis, it >can't >> be too far from there. >> >> I figure there is a possibility that this cemetery may be one that >> has been somewhat lost or not captured. . .or under water. >> >> ---- Original Message ---- >> From: mudman@cableone.net >> To: OKMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com, >> Subject: Re: [OKMURRAY] Dick BLYTHE, b1864 TN on 1930 Murray Co., >> Census >> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:38:31 -0500 >> >> >Candace, >> >I had an idea. If you could make a list of the census of 1930 >> >containing >> >the surnames of the 10 families listed immediately before the >BLYTHE >> >household and the 10 families immediately after the Blythe >surname, >> >we may >> >be able to go to the county court house and find the land records >> >for some >> >of these people in the old books. >> > >> >It will not hurt to ask some oldtimers around Davis if they >remember >> >where >> >the Blythe family lived. I know one lady who is 90 and lived in >> >Davis all >> >her life and may have known them. She in fact did know Sam Davis >> >and played >> >with his children. >> > >> >I'll give this route a go and see what it turns up. Don't forget >to >> >make >> >the list of surnames and email it to me. Since census takers went >> >in a line >> >down the road we may zero in on this family yet. There may still >be >> >someone >> >living on their old land in Allen township. >> > >> >Dennis >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: <firegrl@sierratel.com> >> >To: <OKMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:59 PM >> >Subject: [OKMURRAY] Dick BLYTHE, b1864 TN on 1930 Murray Co., >Census >> > >> > >> >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing >> >list. >> >> >> >> Surnames: BLYTHE, MALONE, COURTNEY, PRATER, DENT, MOORE >> >> Classification: Query >> >> >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/856 >> >> >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> >> >> Dick BLYTHE, b 1864 TN and his wife, Sarah E., b 1872 TN, are >> >shown on the >> >Allen Twnsp. on the 1930 Murray Co., census. >> >> >> >> Anyone tracking this family? I am interested in a possible tie >> >with him >> >and the Walnut Cemetery on BLYTHE property. >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== OKMURRAY Mailing List ==== >> >> Need a blank form for an Oklahoma Death Certificate >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/deathform.htm >> >> >> >> ============================== >> >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> >records, >> >go to: >> >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >==== OKMURRAY Mailing List ==== >> >Murray Co., OK OKGenWeb >> >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmurray/ >> > >> >============================== >> >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> >records, go to: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> > >> **Candace >> >> >> ==== OKMURRAY Mailing List ==== >> Host For Murray Co. >> Dennis Muncrief mudman@cableone.net >> www.rootsweb.com/~okmurray >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > > >==== OKMURRAY Mailing List ==== >Need a blank form for an Oklahoma Death Certificate >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/deathform.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > **Candace