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The earliest identified burial in the Perryman Cemetery took place in 1879, although the site is probably a fragment of an earlier, larger burying ground. The Cemetery is the city's oldest, continuously occupied tract of land.
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.
Oaklawn Cemetery is the oldest existing cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It occupies 20 acres of ground and is bounded on the north by 8th street, on the east by Peoria Ave., on the south by 11th Street and on the west by Midland Valley Railroad right-of-way which now is part of an interdispersal highway loop.
Feb 8, 2024 · The oldest cemetery still in use in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is called Oaklawn Cemetery. The graves of some of Tulsa’s most notable historical personalities are interred there, which is a 20-acre plot of land.
Find 6512 memorial records at the Oaklawn Cemetery cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Add a memorial, flowers or photo.
To view approximately 24,000 images from the Beryl Ford Collection* housed on the library’s website, click here. *In 2004 the Rotary Club of Tulsa purchased the Beryl Ford Collection. Beryl Ford had been collecting Tulsa history for most of his life before his death in 2009 at the age of 83.
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Mar 26, 2011 · Once located at 2nd Street and Frisco Avenue, this cemetery was established in 1882 and contained the graves of some of Tulsa’s first white settlers, and at least one notable outlaw, a member of the Doolin and Dalton Gangs, Tulsa Jack.
