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Oaklawn Cemetery is the oldest existing cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It occupies 20 acres of ground and contains the graves of some of the most prominent of the early settlers. Joe Star, a Civil War veteran, occupies the oldest known grave in Oaklawn.
The Perryman Cemetery, located at 32nd and Utica, is Tulsa’s. oldest private cemetery. The cemetery has approximately fifty people buried and has a small number of unmarked graves. The Perryman’s were instrumental in the foundation of Tulsa during the 19th century.
Joe Star, a Civil War veteran buried in 1878, is reported to occupy the oldest known grave in Oaklawn. However, there is no existing Star headstone. A large section of the Oaklawn cemetery known as “Potters’ Field” was set aside for the city’s poor and generally has very few headstones.
Initially, it was the Creek Indian Cemetery (1882), and it later became known as the Second Street Cemetery and then the Tulsa Cemetery. Burials ceased by 1905 and graves were moved to Oaklawn Cemetery (Tulsa) and Woodlawn Cemetery (Sand Springs) in 1920.
Jul 17, 2020 · On Monday, the first test excavation began at a potential site detected by archaeologists on the grounds of Oaklawn Cemetery, the oldest graveyard in Tulsa.
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May 23, 2021 · On Tuesday June 1, the City of Tulsa will begin a full excavation and analysis of the Original 18 site at Oaklawn Cemetery, 1133 E. 11th St. led by the University of Oklahoma - Oklahoma Archaeological Survey (OAS) and the 1921 Graves Physical Investigation Committee.
