Doaksville Cemetery was established in the early 1800's and has remained in continuous use, taking its name from the now vanished town of Doaksville just east of the grounds. Marble tombstones brought by steamboat from New Orleans reflect the high regard frontier residents held for their leaders. Those buried here include Colonel David Folsom, the first elected Chief of the Choctaw Nation and a leader during the removal of Indians from Mississippi to the Indian Territory, and Colonel J.H. Nail, buried next to Folsom, who also led parties of Indians to their new territorial homes. Nearby, a marker reading simply “Tryphena's Grave” marks the burial of Tryphena Wall Stewart, a remarkable, well educated, and beautiful Choctaw woman who was called a missionary to her own people and became a legend in her own time; she died at age 25 in 1849. Also buried here is Britt Willis, reputed to have been the owner of the slaves Aunt Minerva and Uncle Wallace, and it was near here that those two pioneers hummed the music and composed the words of the spirituals “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Steal Away to Jesus,” and “Roll, Jordan, Roll.” Many graves here pre-date the War Between the States, and since 1962 the Fort Towson Cemetery Association has maintained the grounds through voluntary contributions and fundraising projects.