Busby Cemetery
The Busby Cemetery was located in the SW 1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 4, Township 28, Range 13 on the south bank of Cotton Creek, NW of Copan. There were only 36 grave stones or markers here, but many unknown graves. Because of the inundation of this site at the time of the building of the Copan Dam, the U.S. Corps of Engineers had this entire site moved. The new site was in the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 16, Township 28, Range 13, just north of the town of Copan and approximately two miles south of the original site. A total of 125 graves were moved to the new site in November 1979.
In March of 2003, I was provided a copy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cemetery Relocation Plan for Busby Cemetery, dated August 1978. Instead of adding data to existing records, I have entered the data from the list in addition to the data taken from Talking Tombstones. Therefore when you pull a record regarding a burial in the Busby Cemetery, expect two records for each person. The record that lists the grave # is from the Corp of Engineer's report. The other record is from Talking Tombstones. In this way, you are getting the data that is provided from both sources. As always it is up to you to this information and verify and authenticate your research documentation.
If you would like further information concerning the relocation project, you may contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Office or the Copan Project Office. I will try to find the numbers for these offices and will list them here in the future. Also, the relocated Busby Cemetery is now owned by the Delaware Indians and their deed to this cemetery is a matter of record at the Washington County Courthouse.
A Special "Thank You" to Mary Nunneley for her assistance with this cemetery.
NOTE: The Photo Links are not working at this time.
| Burial Data BaseID | Last Name | First Name | Middle Name | Maiden or Other Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death | Notes | Inscription | Cemetery | Nearest Town | Photo | Military Service | War |
| 7261 | Donna | 11000000 | 1913 | Very hard to read sandstone | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/7261.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 502 | A | L | 0 | 0 | footstone only | Busby | Copan | No | |||||
| 7515 | Baker | Maud | Mrs | 1884 | 3211910 | Grave #85 | Busby | Copan | No | ||||
| 538 | Baker | Maud | 1884 | 3211910 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | No | |||||
| 504 | Black | Alexander | 1011861 | 6081917 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/504.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 7527 | Black | Alexander | 1011861 | 6081917 | Grave #97, Cherokee, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by a brother who attended both disinterrment and reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/504.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7526 | Black | Daniel | E | 4091898 | 5041910 | Grave #96, Cherokee, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by a brother who attended both disinterrment and reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/505.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 505 | Black | Daniel | E | 4091898 | 5041910 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/505.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 506 | Black | Myrtle | Gl | 3301903 | 6061903 | daughter of Elizabeth & Aley Black | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/506.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7525 | Black | Myrtle | G | 3301903 | 6061903 | Grave #95, Cherokee, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by a brother who attended both disinterrment and reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/506.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 539 | Boyd | Clyde | James | 6041925 | 6061925 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/539.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7535 | Boyd | Clyde | James | 6041925 | 6061925 | Grave #105, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by four sisters | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/539.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7460 | Bridges | Norma | Bell | 4051903 | 1101905 | Grave #30, Caucasion, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by a Sister-in-law who viewed reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/503.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 503 | Bridges | Norma | Bell | 4051903 | 1101905 | daughter of J.M. & Mandy Bridges | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/503.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 509 | Busby | Mary | E | Melton | 1853 | 0 | wife of S.T. Busby (She was Cherokee Maiden Mary E. (Melton) (Spencer) Busby) | Busby | Copan | No | |||
| 507 | Busby | Mary | E | 7151893 | 5201896 | daughter of S.T. & M.E. Busby | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/507.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7498 | Busby | Mary | 0 | 0 | Grave #68, Cherokee, Removal permit signed by four granddaughters and grandsons | Busby | Copan | No | |||||
| 7499 | Busby | Mary | E | 7151893 | 3201896 | Grave #69, Caucasian, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by 4 cousins | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/507.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 508 | Busby | Pearline | Phoebe | 1131892 | 2201896 | daughter of S.T. & M.E. Busby | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/508.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7500 | Busby | Pearline | Phoebe | 1131892 | 2291896 | Grave #70, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by four cousins | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/508.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7505 | C | P | 0 | 0 | Grave #75 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/540.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 540 | C | P | 0 | 0 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/540.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 510 | Chatham | Mary | A | 0 | 3181911 | age 61 y., wife of Thomas D. Chatham | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/510.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7537 | Chatham | Mary | A | 0 | 0 | Grave #107 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/510.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 511 | Cox | Wayne | C | 0 | 0 | Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/511.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7544 | Cox | Wayne | C | 0 | 0 | Grave #114, Granite marker, Removal permit signed by a nephew and a niece | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/511.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 512 | Crockett | Mary | A | 9111880 | 8101908 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/512.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7551 | Crockett | Mary | A | 9111880 | 8101908 | Grave #120, Marble marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/512.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 513 | Don Carlos | Frank | Lawson | 0 | 2151890 | age 52 y 8mo 9 d | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/513.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7464 | Don Carlos | Frank | Lawson | 6061838 | 2151890 | Grave #34, Cast Iron marker, Removal permit signed by eighteen grandsons and granddaughters | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/513.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7507 | Duck | 0 | 0 | Grave #77 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/541.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 541 | Duck | 0 | 0 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/541.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 7480 | Dunn | 0 | 0 | Grave #50 | Busby | Copan | No | ||||||
| 515 | Dunn | J | W | 0 | 0 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/515.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7478 | Dunn | J | W | 0 | 0 | Grave #48 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/515.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7479 | Dunn | L | A | 0 | 0 | Grave #49 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/542.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 542 | Dunn | L | A | 0 | 0 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/542.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7438 | Dunn | Olie | 11001880 | 8151886 | Grave #8 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/514.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 514 | Dunn | Olie | 11001880 | 8151886 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/514.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 7495 | E | W | 0 | 0 | Grave #65 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/516.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 516 | E | W | 0 | 0 | sandstone with W.E. nothing more | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/516.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7262 | Falleaf | Lera | L | 9171920 | 4221993 | "Beloved Wife and Mother" | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/7262.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7263 | Falleaf | Richard | F | Sr | 5141911 | 1241996 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/7263.jpg">Yes</a> | Cpl US Army Air Corp | |||
| 7471 | Foreman | Amos | 1863 | 12241887 | Grave #41, Caucasian, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by a niece who viewed reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/517.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 517 | Foreman | Amos | 0 | 12241887 | age24 y | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/517.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7511 | Griggs | George | 1864 | 8281940 | Grave #81, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by Grandaughter | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/544.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 544 | Griggs | George | 1864 | 8281940 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/544.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7510 | Griggs | Perry | 12181870 | 6271933 | Grave #80, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by Niece | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/543.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 543 | Griggs | Perry | 12181870 | 6271933 | no original marker, son of Washington J.J. Griggs (McCallister Funeral Home) | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/543.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 545 | Griggs | Washington | J. J. | 0 | 1908 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/545.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7512 | Griggs | Washington | J. J. | 0 | 1908 | Grave #82, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by Great Granddaughter | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/545.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 546 | Halley | Nellie | Myrtle | 8201907 | 9281911 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/546.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7516 | Halley | Nellie | Myrtle | 7201907 | 9281911 | Grave #86 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/546.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 547 | Hooker | Infant | 3251915 | 4061915 | no original marker, Infant of Gene Hooker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/547.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7517 | Hooker | Infant | 3231915 | 4061915 | Grave #87 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/547.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 518 | Howell | Augustus | H | 7201900 | 4301903 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/518.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7539 | Howell | Augustus | H | 7201900 | 4301903 | Grave #109, Caucasian, Marble marker, Removal permit signed by two brothers. One brother attended the reinterrment and the other brother attended both disinterrment and reinterrment | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/518.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7533 | K | H | A | 0 | 0 | Grave #103 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/519.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 519 | K | H | A | 0 | 0 | sandstone with H.A.K. nothing more | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/519.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7540 | King | Carl | William | 10091904 | 6241906 | Grave #110, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by a brother | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/548.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 548 | King | Carl | William | 10091904 | 6241906 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/548.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7541 | King | Opal | May | 4081906 | 7121906 | Grave #111, Caucasian, Removal permit signed by a brother | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/549.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 549 | King | Opal | May | 4081906 | 7121906 | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/549.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7542 | M | 0 | 0 | Grave #112 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/550.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||||
| 550 | M | 0 | 0 | sandstone found when moving graves | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/550.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 7543 | M | C | 0 | 0 | Grave #113 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/551.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 551 | M | C | 0 | 0 | sandstone found when moving graves | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/551.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7441 | Marsons | M | 0 | 0 | Grave #11, Marble Marker, Removal permit signed by a cousin | Busby | Copan | No | |||||
| 552 | McDaniels | Infant | 0 | 0 | infant | no original marker | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/552.jpg">Yes</a> | ||||
| 7519 | McDaniels | Infant | 0 | 0 | Grave #89 | Busby | Copan | <a href="/images/Busby/552.jpg">Yes</a> | |||||
| 520 | McMaster | Donna | 11001913 | 9001915 | Busby | Copan | No | ||||||
| 7456 | McMaster | Donna | 11001913 | 9001915 | Grave #26, Removal permit signed by two sisters and a brother | Busby | Copan |