No fault is to be laid to anyone for this mistaken identity. Deaths are recorded appropriatley and over the years this marker somehow became an identity, which in fact it reportedly is. But not to a Mr. Vindice Yelton.

       "Deo Vindice" is Latin for "God Conqured". It is the motto found on the Confederate Seal.

       The marker was designed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and made available to families of deceased soldiers. In this case our Veteran was Mr. Yelton. The Yelton family reports that a cowboy of unknown years is buried in the space in question. The cowboy was on a cattle drive near Arnett when he died, and Mr. Yelton donated the place to bury the man.