June 18, 2008
We found Shiloh Cemetery.
The gravesites shown here are:
Mary Akin (my great grandmother), wife of William Polk Akin and mother of Alfred Akin
Nancy Whitsett (my great great grandmother), Mary Akin's mother
Susan C. Foreman, Nancy Whitsett's sister
Sue E. Akin (age 1), Alfred's sister
Whitsett Akin (age 3), Alfred's brother
Charley Whitsett, Mary Akin's brother
What an amazing day we had. First finding Walkingstick Mountain and then finding Shiloh Cemetery in Sallisaw. I had read about Shiloh Cemetery in a book published in 1970. The book said that the cemetery was in poor shape so I was not certain it even existed anymore. We got a map of Sallisaw at the Chamber of Commerce office and asked if anyone there knew of the cemetery. No one did. We drove out to Shiloh Road. Ron made a left turn (we could have gone right) and we drove for a couple of miles. Just as he was saying that maybe we should turn around we saw the sign, Shiloh Cemetery. I just couldn't believe it. Out of the 28 gravesites there, I knew of 25 of the people from my genealogy research.
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