Buckner Cemetery

A nearby plat contains graves moved from behind the Buckner home five miles southeast of here, now inundated by the Eufaula Reservoir. Buried here are Henry Frieland Buckner, D.D., his first and second wives, an infant son, the wife of J.S. Murrow, James Grayson, and other associates in early Baptist mission work in this area. Called "The Apostle to the Creeks," Buckner was born Dec. 18, 1818, at Newport, Tenn.; came from Kentucky to Ft. Gibson, Creek Nation, as a missionary Mar. 7 1849, and except for a brief stay in Texas during the Civil War, served this area until his death Dec. 3, 1882. He was known as "the controlling spirit in the Creek Nation."

Eufaula, Oklahoma · United States