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Page 6 - Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma Ghost Towns, surname information gleaned from the book "History of Pottawatomie County" by Charles W. Mooney. I am sorry, I do not have this book. Narlora Burns has it, therefore, I can not get you copies of the pages you may request.

GADDY (#51)

Location: SE 1/4 sec 17, T10N, R3E

Surnames:
GADDY, J. R.
NOBLE, Betty
GADDY, Enoch
STEARNS, F. P.
CASEY, Charley
CHESSER, Hugh
MCGEEHEE, (Mr.)
MCCOY, Dave
ELLIS, (Mr.)
STEVENS, Jewel
RANKIN, (Mr.)
CHESSER, Hugh
GADDY, J. R. (Jr.)
WILSON, Nancy
WOOLUM, (Mr.)
BLACKBURN, "Grandpa"
PARKS, Bill
SEALS, Russell
LAWRENCE, (Family)
GIVINS, Richard H.
FISHER, Grace

MORGAN (#52)

Location: "Between Shawnee and Asher"

Surnames:
MORGAN, George W.
WINCHELL, B. L.
MORGAN, W. W.
DONOHEW, J. C.
DAVENPORT, J. C.
HAIL, William S.
PET-AH
DAVIS, Mathew
WHITE, Henry
BLEDSOE, Alpha

PEARSON SWITCH (#53)

Location: "The south bank of Salt Creek near Old Beck"

Surnames:
MILLER, C. W.
WISE, (Mr.)
WISE, Euen
WISE, Ralph
WISE, Jim
WAMBEGO, Joseph
POK-SH-KAH, Frank
LIGHT, Joseph M.
PE-A-DWA-DAH
WHISANT, William
MOOSE, Joseph
QUA-QUA, Z. E.
SIN-BIN-NUN
TU-QUALS
SHI-SHE-WANS
WA-WAS-SUG, Francis
VILLNES, John
LIGHT, Joseph
MILLER, John
PIERCE, Dank
PEARSON, (Mr.)
DEBAUGH, (Family)
BLEDSOE, Franklin T.
SANDERS (Family)
LAMB, Enoch
WANWINKLE, Daniel B.
NUZUM, George
MCGUIRE, J. F.
SANDERS, D. G.

ELLAVILLE (#54)

Location: SE1/4 sec 6, T7N, R5E

Surnames:
MOREN, Willis D.
DOYLE, Lewis M.
DOYLE, Sidney
MOONEY, Jesse (Dr.)
MOONEY, Ella
HODGE, (Family)
CHRISTIAN (Family)
CHRISTIAN, Alva
CHRISTIAN, Zella
MARTIN, Earl
SIMPSON, R. J.
JONES, W. C.
DOYLE, Sarah
CUMMINGS, Samuel
SIMPSON, T. J.
GARRETT, O. W.
DENTON, Hattie
JETT, J. B. "Jim"
JETT, Alice
PLATZ, Melions
CUMMINGS, Charles W.
URBANSKY, Aaron
CLOWER, William
VAN DALAK, J. C.

DENT (#55)

Location: SE 1/4 Sec 31, T12N, R6E

Surnames:
VLASAK, Frank R.
SIMPSON, Marion J.
WINSLOW, Loring B.
KROTIL, Frank
WINSLOW, C. M.
DALTON, William A.
BANISH, William R.
REYNOLDS, Robert J.
HALE, Stella A.
PICKETT, Joseph
STEWART, Thomas J.
LEE, Yell B.
MCGAFFEY, Leslie E.

RUGGLES (#56)

Location: Never a post office, located five miles south of Tecumseh, & commonly called "Old Beck."

Surnames:
RUGGLES, W. A.
RUGGLES, Atwood
MOONEY, Charles
NIX, James M.
SAMPEL, Wm K.
BROWN, Wm J.
JOHNSTON, John P.
MCGAHEY, Samuel [For you McGeeHee researchers, this is how I found the name spelled on the Soundex. This man is only listed as "an early settler"]
BOMAR, Joseph E.
RUGGLES, Guy A.
HENDRY, Ernest L.

SILLER (#57)

Location: NW 1/4 sec 15, T7N, R4E

Surnames:
TARTER, Ivy
TARTER, Siller
PAPPAN, Elizabeth
CURLEY, Captain
SNOW, R. C.
MILLER, C. W.
DAVIS, Frank
PILLER, J. C.
STANDRIDGE, Pleas E.
UPTON, John W.
CURLEY, Suzette
GRAHAM, C. C.
UPTON, Joseph G.
BEAN, W. R.
LEWIS, Jackson C. C.
TARTER, Daniel
PAPAN, Sophia
NEGONKO, Alex
SOLDIER, Peter

AYDELOTTE (#58)

Location: "About six miles north of Shawnee"

Surnames:
HANSMEYER, William H.
WINSTON, N. J.
WINSTON, Margaret
FRAZIER, T. C.
BUTTRAM, Frank
BUTTRAM, Abe
AYDELOTTE, J. M.
CRAIG, Henry C.
KENNEDY, E. H.

[Transcribers Note: This was my family's first home in Pott County. My great Grandfather, Robert Manning HURD had a 160 acre farm near Trousdale and was the first mail carrier for the town. They came from Whitewright, Texas to Trousdale, Oklahoma in 1904.]

TROUSDALE (#59)

Location: NW 1/4 sec 36, T7N, R2E

Surnames:
MCCALL, Thomas
LAWSON, Mrs. Earl (Agnes TROUSDALE)
TROUSDALE, Wm B. "Billy"
TROUSDALE, Wm A.
TROUSDALE, Alexander A. "Buddy"
TROUSDALE, A. N. "Gustie"
TROUSDALE, Madeline
TROUSDALE, Mattie B.
DICKERSON, W. J.
TROUSDALE, Allen
TOUPAIN, Mary
TOUPAIN, Mary Margaret
GRACE, Maggie
HAYNES, W. R.
MEINERT, Willemena
MEINERT, B. D.
LAM, Walter
TEAL, "Mr."
CHILDS, H. C.
MCCALL, Tom
SHUFFIELD, Joe
YOUNG, Doc
RIDGEWAY, (Dr.)
MOONEY, Jesse (Dr.)
FARRIS, W. W. (Dr.)
COMPTON, Mac C.
COMPTON, Osa
CAMP, Charley
HYNES (Mr.)
HYNES, Agnes
HUNTER, Andy
BLANCHARD, Curtiss
WEATHERFORD, Dale
TATE, J. C.
CHILDS, W. E.
CHILDS, Matie B.

TRIBBEY (#60)

Location: Sec 2. T7N, R2E

Surnames:
ANDERSON, Thomas
TRIBBEY, Alpheus
LOVE, Judge
STARR, Belle
FRASIER, James T. "Jim"
FRAZIER, John Thomas
HORNED, A. J.
TRIBBEY, Martha (Mattie HARRINGTON)
TRIBBEY, Julia
TRIBBEY, Thomas H.
TRIBBEY, Arthur
TRIBBEY, Floyd
TRIBBEY, Roy
TRIBBEY, Virgie Lou
TRIBBEY, Walter
MITCHELL, George
ST. CLAIR, (Dr.)
CLARK, W. S. (Dr.)
NESBITT, B. F. (Dr.)
CORNELL, E. E.
FORESTER, J. W.
BELL, Daniel
KYTLE, Tom
BAILEY, E. C.
PATTERSON, Luther
DERRYBERRY, (Mr.)
BRADFORD, (Mr.)
GARDENHORN, Wilbur
FOWLER, Robert
ROBERTS, Jack
COUCH, Ed
WRIGHT, Allen
ROBINSON, Jim "Four Mule"
RAMSEY, Nathan
BUGG, (Family)
GINN, Lim
TROUTMAN, Lee
TROUTMAN, Luther
TROUTMAN, Newkirk
TROUTMAN, Alfred
TROUTMAN, Leroy
TROUTMAN, Orpha
TROUTMAN, Goldie
TROUTMAN, Martha
TROUTMAN, Ethel
BOSTICK, Mrs. George
WEEDN, Sterling B.
COKER, Sarah A.
ANDERSON, A. H.
WEEDN, Lester
MCBRYDE, Wm. J.
JACOBS, E. A.
REDWINE, Jas T.
BENCE, D. F.
FORSTER, Porter
CONDREY, G. P.

HOTULKEE (#61)

Location: Sec 26, T9N, R4E

Surnames:
HUTULKEE, Martha
MYERS, Charles M.
CHEATHAM, Bolen C.
TYNER, Mary L.
GILL, Jas H.
ELLIS, Roswell
CLUCK, Jacob A.
MURRAY, Lewis
ROSE, G. L.
ROBERTSON, S. A.
FOWLER, Miles
CARPENTER, J. A.

THACKERY (#62)

Location: "Railroad stop between Shawnee and Tecumseh"

Surnames:
THACKERY, Frank
MCLOUD, John W.
MCLOUD, Martha A.
VAN WINKLE, J. M.
SCOTT, Oscar F.
FIX, Jesse
SPYBECK, John
PATTERSON, C. J.
BOURBONNAIS, Anthony Jr.
JARVIS, Hubert
JOSEY, J.
RHODES, Fred W.
EFFINGER, Chas

SEWELL (#63)

Location: NE 1/4 Sec 3, T8N, R3E

Surnames:
HUFF, Henry G.
WATERS, Jonathan F.
SEWELL, N. (Dr.)
WYANT, Alexander
HITMAN, Thomas J.
OSBORN, E. W.
SMALLBECK, Henry
MILLER, C. W.
BURTON, B. F.
WARD, Jacob B.
FOWLER, Ward
FOWLER, Mike
LEGG, G. E.
TATE, Lucy
WHITE, J. D.

HARRIS (#64)

Location: 1 1/2 miles north of Tecumseh

Surnames:
SHINCIS, Frank
SHINCIS, Clarissa
WORKMAN, Samuel
HULL, Jas W.
DICKERSON, Sarah A.
WARREN, K. H.
JOHNSTON, Henry
SE-KA-WA
HARTLEY, Geo W.
DAVIS, John P.
BLAIN, John
ARMSTONG, John A.

This ends the Pott county ghost town list.



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