www.cityofgravette-ar.gov/Gravette%20history%20link.pdf

On the fourth page (Page 6), "Bethel was a small community south of Gravette.... The cemetery dates back before the Civil War.... Bethel Masonic Lodge was organized at the Huff's Mill on Spavinaw near Bethel in 1869".

The Bethel Cemetery is just east of Hwy 59 about a mile south of Gravette on the south side of Spavinaw Creek. Looks to be about 6 miles east of Maysville.

The mill is also mentioned in the ORs at OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 1, vol 34, Part 1, Page 957. There is apparently another Huff's Mill in northeastern Arkansas near Augusta which is mentioned in the ORs.

In Britton's "Civil War on the Border, Volume 2, Chapter XVI " page 241-242

As it was believed from the reports of deserters brought in that Quantrill was marching north with this body of men for the purpose of making a raid into Southern Kansas, Colonel Phillips immediately sent messengers to Fort Smith, the nearest telegraph station, with despatches to General Curtis, commanding the Department of Kansas, and to General Sanborn, commanding the District of Southwest Missouri, notifying them of the movements of the desperadoes, and of their probable intentions, so that Federal officers commanding detachments might be on the lookout for them. The force at Fort Gibson had been much depleted by details for bringing in forage for the stock and subsistence for the troops from distant points; but Colonel Phillips at once sent out as many of his mounted men as could be spared to march up the Arkansas to watch the movements of the bandits; and two companies of infantry were sent up Grand River to meet and reinforce the escort to the train which was coming down from Fort Scott with supplies for the army. As soon as some of his detachments came in, he also sent out Captain Anderson, of the Third Indian Regiment, with about one hundred mounted men, in pursuit of the Southern Indians, under Colonel Adair, who had gone into the northern part of the Cherokee Nation, and who had allowed a good many of his men to return to their homes. After three days' hard marching, Captain Anderson obtained information of the location of
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the main body of the Confederate Indians, at Huff's Mills, ten miles west of Maysville, and pushed forward and attacked them vigorously on the 8th of May, routing them in a few minutes, killing six men and wounding as many more. He reported that he had two of his men badly wounded in the action. Immediately after this affair most of the Southern Indians left that section for the southern part of the Cherokee Nation, and soon crossed to the south side of the Arkansas River.

Britton may be mistaken as to the location, i.e. east of Maysville in Arkansas vs west of Maysville in the Cherokee Nation, or more likely mistaken as to the name -- Watie's Mill was at the mouth of Brush Creek on Spavinaw about ten miles west of Maysville.

Ken