• Archaeological and Forensic Research in Support of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Graves Investigation:
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• 2024 Field Season Summary Report from Oaklawn Cemetery

• James Goings, according to records obtained from the Veterans Administration, is the second new Tulsa Race Massacre victim that has been confirmed since the City's renewed search for answers.
• While the surnames for James Goings overlap with surnames of interest for Burial 135, there is no DNA, yet, that ties James Goings to a specific burial at Oaklawn Cemetery.
• Nonetheless, James Goings' name was not on original death certificates or early newspaper accounts, which makes James Goings a newly identified Tulsa Race Massacre victim not previously known publicly.
• The first information obtained on James Goings came through an information donor who had a family booklet stating that a "Mr. Goins" was "killed in the Tulsa riot."
• Subsequently, records were requested and received from the Veterans Compensation File contained in the National Archives, whereby a letter written on June 9, 1921, stated that James Goings was killed "in the recent disturbances there"(in Tulsa); a subsequent letter from his sister written in the 1930s stated that James died June 1, 1921.
• Help Needed: The public is strongly urged to come forward with any additional information regarding their connection to the Goings family line as the City works to identify where James was buried. Any descendants of the Goings, Goins, Gowens, etc. surname from many states, including Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee are requested to contact the genealogy team and learn more online at: https://tulsa1921dna.org/

The following updates are based on additional historical research from the experts and teams involved in the search for answers from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. While some of these updates have been talked about publicly in certain circles and during certain presentations, the public at large may find new and/or important information contained in this ongoing work.

• John White –Tulsa Race Massacre Victim
  • Phoebe Stubblefield, forensic anthropologist for the 1921 Graves Investigation, located a death certificate certified in 1925 that states John White died of gunshot wounds on June 1, 1921, and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. While John White was listed in several presentations by Dr. Stubblefield since the time she originally found the death certificate (by ordering all of the June 1921 Tulsa death certificates), sometime after Dr. Stubblefield ordered these, Betsy Warner (daughter of Dick Warner, a prominent Tulsa Race Massacre researcher) also confirmed the finding. While John may be known already in the descendant community, this information is an important part of Tulsa's history and may not be widely known.
• Ella Houston (alt. Ella Morris or Ella Morrison) –Tulsa Race Massacre Victim
  • Originally listed as the "Mother of Arthur Morrison" in historical documents, we now know her to likely be Ella Houston (the wife of Joseph Morrison)
  • Ella Houston's death certificate (July 29, 1921, Muskogee County) says the death was caused by "miscarriage with septicemia." While nothing on the death certificate indicates that she was a victim of the massacre, her tie as a victim comes from a December 1921 Red Cross report on Arthur Morrison, which says "Age 12 - pelegra - homeless since riot - Mother died result injuries in riot."

• While Ella Houston was her maiden name, she was married to Joseph Morris. The family used both Morris and Morrison as a surname.

• James Miller –Tulsa Race Massacre Victim
  • "Joe Miller" is a named victim with a death certificate citing burial at Oaklawn Cemetery on June 2, 1921.
  • Previous researchers hypothesized this may be "Joseph Miller" living at 626 E. Hill with his wife Allie in the 1921 Tulsa City Directory. However, researchers found that the aforementioned Joe Miller was still living in the 1930 census.
  • Through historical research, the genealogy team at Intermountain Forensics located a probate record from 1921 that states that "James Miller (birth name James Askew) "...was killed during the race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June 1921…"
  • Given the findings, it is believed the death certificate for Joe Miller is actually this James Miller.