Once again Dan takes me along to some amazing history hidden in the woods just off the road. I do not know how many times I have driven by this and never knew it was there. The story about the victim of sickness is equally interesting - something that would otherwise be lost in time, but now we know another faucet of life in Georgia. As always these places fascinate me to no end. The enslaved people’s burial area, as usual is almost lost to time, those cemeteries are especially in danger of being lost forever. At least we have this site documented now. Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography My flashlights: bit.ly/2ZkatOt Wukong Magnets who provided me with a few magnets for my channels sent me a discount code to pass along to my subscribers.... The code: Sidestep16 You get 16% off using that code. www.magnetfishingwukong.com/
Watching the slave plantation cemetaries always breaks my heart. Yes It is now a piece of history and parts of ancestors I will never know or acknowledge are buried in unmarked graves but I accept it and appreciate it. Especially one time you walked quietly at a slave cemetery and you said let have a moment of silence for those buried here. I coul almost hear the dead rejoicing because you acknowledged them. It was fantastic as my mom watched the video almost in tears. Thanks for covering these cemetaries I means alot to many people. Thanks
This comment really means a lot, I appreciate it. On a video coming up soon, a friend of mine and I visited a very old church cemetery that was abandoned in the woods where there was also an enslaved people’s burial area. We literally walked through in amazement of just how many unmarked graves there were there. Just indentions in the ground, with the occasional field stone headstone. We stopped counting but figured easily 200. 200 souls who’s names and stories will never be known to man again. Definitely heart breaking.
I'm tearing reading this, the job Robert is doing is so humble and honorable! To hear the stories, see the cemeteries and set our imaginations to the past brings so many people back to life🤗
Old cemeterys are like pages in a history book. They tell a story. I love the old cemetery fences. Look at that thick vine that has woven itself through the top of the fence!!! A great video as usual and the history lesson.
Belle Ange YES.. they are history books... and they do tell stories. But how they are forgotten. I come from a very small family, both my parents only had one sibling. Never knew my Grandmothers or one Grandfather. And my one Grandfather lived far enough away back then that we didn’t see him much . It is very sad to not know ones own history 😢
@@jaynebrown693 I wasn't able to get to know my grandparents very well at all whic hmakes me sad and my mom only had one sister and same with my dad. He had one sister but I have 4 cousins between my 2 Aunts and Uncles and I don't know them either. They all live in California and my folks moved to Oregon from CA when I was just 6 months old. Our family only went to visit the California relations a few times. I remember both sets of my grandparents coming to Oregon to visit us a few times. I looked up one of my cousins recently and have thankfully reconnected with him and he gave my information to his sister and brother. My other cousin I have no clue how he is or where he is.
I clicked the video on and at once loved it and felt at home. I am from Germany and we were stationed in Ft. Gordon. We had two of our children in 1962 and 63. We lived in Augusta and I got to love the city. People had water pitchers on their porches for people walking by as the temperature in summer often was 100%. yes, you read right! We all had to take salt tablets. WE did like you, packed up the kids, our dog and headed out into the country. How it changed...but nature is the same. It is a beautiful state and we got so attached to it and the friendly people. I spoke oxford English at the time ....but we worked it out and at the end always figured out what we were saying to each other. There is no softer and gentler accent in all of America than the Georgian English. :) Our children of course learned to speak it while playing and bath became ba-eth and hair was hi-ar. I mixed it with my oxford and we had lots of laughs. So out of five we have two Rebels ....they consider their birth place their home. Just a little sidestory I thought you'd like. Thank you for taking us on your wonderful adventures!
Is there an all volunteer group that would go from cemetery to cemetery removing the brush and cleaning off the stones making things neat and tidy once more? It's such a shame to see these places so overgrown and no one caring. I would hope a veteran's group of some sort would take this project on. Perhaps one cemetery a month. It's history and heritage.
I know it would be more work than he's likely to want to take on, but I think a yearly wrap-up of each of his visits, to see if anyone has taken advantage of his stops to organize a rescue party to do clean up. I, for one, would love to know how many of his documentations have born fruit...
Y'all mention that the original plantation house was moved to Taylor County. That's where I'm from. I wonder if you're talking about Mr. Albritton's house? I remember sitting on grandma's front porch and watching them move the house down our road. It's a big old house and the groaning as it passed by was super spooky!
Please don’t give out directions to this, there’s a lot of haters out there tearing down landmarks, this is amazing cemetery thank you 🙏 I loved the sayings on them gravestones.
A "hater" is someone who spreads maliciousness and lies for no apparent reason. People choosing to rightfully hate slavery and those who condone it is not them being a "hater". That being said, graves should not be desecrated and the past cannot be changed through a modern lens. If anything, those that abhor slavery should advocate for the recognition and honoring of the slave cemeteries. It feels like it'd be counter productive to tear down the old plantation cemeteries since slave graves are unmarked, since they then would not be able to honor their enslaved ancestors.
@voicesfrombeyond I'm sorry but My Ancestors Never had Any Slaves so therefore I Refuse to pay You or Anyone else for something I or My Family didn't do!!
@@MC-342 Please write down the family memories shared with you. Those young people will grow older, and the interest in family history will catch a few of them. They will appreciate your stories.
What great story’s about some of the people God Bless them all I hope the slaves are resting in the arms of our lord as they so deserve to you guys show such wonderful vlogs thank you so much I love the history this gentleman certainly knows a lot of history I thankful he’s sharing it with you
Robert and Cody, thanks for taking us along. Dan thanks for sharing your historical knowledge of Georgia. It’s so nice having you along to provide the background knowledge of the people and area
Wow this was great video.Ive lived in Columbus Ga and now in Marion County right next to talbotton.The old stories about the past are priceless.Thanks for all you do.
The epitaph marking the grave of the 2-year old is so touching. The poetry on all the markers in this cemetery is beautiful. Thank you for your respect to these people who have gone before us.
I am a direct decedent of Smith's from Georgia but not those after looking ....My family is from the North Eastern part of Georgia around the Toccoa area . Keep up the good work...I spent a lot of time exploring Georgia when I was younger....So much to discover that is hidden..
I'm from Minnesota and I need to go on my ancestry and check I had a grandfather name that was Ezekiel and all those other names are in my ancestry also. I wish they would have done the whole cemetery I have to check and make sure first
I have to say Robert this for me was one of the most impressive grave site or cemetery. Love all the large memorial columns ( whatever you call them) n the best part is knowing some history that Daniel told. Nice to know too that many of their slaves were buried there outside the fence. Speaking of fence... who ever stoled parts of it I hope it bites them in the butt, as it will come at em. As the saying goes “ you sow what you reap”. ♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
Hello Robert, very interesting history with this one. Fancy having to dig someone up after burying them especially in the middle of the night. At least he was laid to rest in the proper place in the end. Must have been awful for the people having to do that. Take care and a big Thank you
There is a slave cemetery just up the road from my home. Years ago the Land was bought for a subdivision. They found the graves and they couldn't get permits to build. Now many years pass and people forgot about the cemetery well most forgot. A church was built and they cleaned the cemetery and enclosed it. It was very pretty what they did even had a marker explaining about it. Again several years pass. The church is now a mosque, the property once set for a subdivision now has permits and houses are going up pretty fast. Progress and no one caring any longer ends with, what cemetery
Hmmm.....make a FB post about this with the address of this place. Make sure the post public and shareable. Add hashtag #BLM. I guarantee the building will be stopped.
I enjoy the history, thank you for sharing. I’ll be moving to Georgia soon , from New Hampshire. Your channel has helped me learn about history and places in Georgia. The plantation story is one of my favorites.
What part of Georgia? I am a Georgia boy, I lived in Nashua, N.H. back in 2005. I loved the time I was up there. I stuck out like a sore thumb! Lol! Back home now though. I have a few friends that moved here from N.H. Welcome.
The inscriptions on the headstones are just beautifully said about their loved ones. Sadly, we didn't keep it going in our generation... It's sad that its abandon & forgotten, but yet it still a peaceful site...
It's a good thing you go out a document these old graves with the unrest times we live in there are some people that would go and destroy the graves. Plus its nice to hear stories to go along with it makes it not just a name on a tombstone, and makes you think what kind of life they lived in their time.
It's so sad that someone would steal from a cemetery, or steal at all for that matter. It would serve them right to be haunted by the dead they stole from. Thanks for showing this cemetery. I love seeing the old tombstones. They are so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I admire you for the respect you have for the places you explore, Robert. I wish everyone was like this. Thank you Dan for sharing the background history. Thank you y’all for taking us along with your adventures!
I love your cemetery videos. You are so respectful and knowledgeable. I love that you have brought Cody and taught him how interesting cemeteries are and the great history in cemeteries.
Wow everyone buried in this cemetery were so young. I would love to come and tag along to see these cemeteries for myself. But not till winter too many slithering things with teeth for me during the summer. Another great video. I really enjoyed the story of the Uncle even though it was very sad.
Well when you do wrong, you have to pay, either you or the descendants. Enslaving people WAS WRONG! The Bible says that you will reap what you sow! I truly hope that they repented for the wrong they'd done.. otherwise they will wished that they'd never had slaves.
Hi guys, Dan is a very knowledgeable man and I love listening to the history he relates. I do find it incredibly sad that the slaves were not afforded markers so their families to come and pay their respects, also to the members of the family at the plantation that also did not get a marker. How despicable of someone that they would steal parts of the fence, I don't know how they live with themselves. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖
I can take you to a graveyard in Lee Country ,Virgina where the poor buried their loved ones.My great Grandma's brother is there,He died age 13 from Spanish flu. All had wooden coffins.There are sunken graves and trees in holes ,at least 38 I counted as we placed a headstone on his grave..98% of headstones were just rocks loved ones tried to etch information on..we Loving removed the hand etched rock to place a store bought head stone,.grave was sunken .like the rest.. And in Wise Country, Virginia ,Grandma took usto a grave yard on a high ridge were the slaves burried their loved ones. She said some day an archeologist will find and say"" we have proof ,blacks were first here,not Native Americans"..Mind you ,the grave yard has no road and a long hike in Appalachian mountain..Grandpa was born 1888.Grandmaw lived to be 97..
I bet there are hundreds of slave grave yards in charleston with no markers, many blacks will never know where their ancestors are buried. But thanks for sharing and caring, I guarantee the slave owners descendants don't care.
Y'all should drive south alittle to the Rutland Cemetary in Sumter County FL. CR 247. No one takes care of it anymore and its beautiful, in the heart of old Florida history.
Theres a rich history of that area. Recently, an old jail was finally brought down. It was for people who woukd steal horses and sugar from the barges that used to ferry sugar and cane down the Withlacoochee. Check it out and have fun!
So enjoyed that thanks Rob. It’s such a shame that things just arnt sacred to others, to steal that fence is just awful. Loved that history too was just amazing. Thanks so much for taking me along. Take care
Sad that the enslaved people were not precious to you. You're worried about the wrong thing! They were human too and worked sun up to sun down without compensation and was treated inhuman!
I’m a Georgia native myself. I watch your channel when I have spare time. I often wonder what these people were like. What their likes and dislikes were. Their hardships and struggles. I love history and family history especially. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Enjoy watching your videos. It’s so sad watching all the vandalism that is happening at cemeteries across the country. I also I wish better care was taken of old cemeteries so those who are buried there aren’t forgotten.
Thank y’all again for getting to go with y’all today. I enjoyed this very much. Such history. Shame on those thieves. I look forward to your next story.
It's so sad what people do, they are disturbed souls. And were the other plantations close to that on or in different parts of Georgia. Thank you for sharing boys
Thank you for another interesting trek! There are so many mysteries involved in this short video. I'm so glad the house is still standing, even though it's in a different county. Thanks again!
You are doing a good service by making these videos. It is an honor to history and a service to all. I don’t even get stealing a fence from the cemetery. These people have empty souls. I don’t know how they can live with themselves. It’s important that people know that all 13 states had slavery. It wasn’t just a southern thing. You honor the history of both sides
That is wonderful to hear the stories and information. It is especially important to keep oral traditions, stories and information in this technical age. The wealth of knowledge that is lost when our elderly die is tragic. Thank you for a very interesting video.
I sent you a couple of photos you said one of the tombstones had a weeping willow at the top. I didn’t expect to find one up here in Iowa but I found a tombstone with a weeping willow tree on top of it.
Thank you so much for sharing the history, amazing but sad that what people will do, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
So glad you got those stories on public record so they will live on. Such a shame the lack of respect shown in removing sections of that fence.Interesting look back . Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Check out Inion South Carolina My Great, great grandfather owned all of it. His name was Colonel James Meng. My grandfather was one of many sons. He was a bad apple and was carousing and stole a horse and fled to Idaho. Horse thievery was a hanging offense. Beautiful grave stone and quite sad.
Once again Dan takes me along to some amazing history hidden in the woods just off the road. I do not know how many times I have driven by this and never knew it was there. The story about the victim of sickness is equally interesting - something that would otherwise be lost in time, but now we know another faucet of life in Georgia.
As always these places fascinate me to no end. The enslaved people’s burial area, as usual is almost lost to time, those cemeteries are especially in danger of being lost forever. At least we have this site documented now.
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thank you for sharing
Happy your back at this. Miss the walks guy. Thanks Robert and crew. Huge follower here fellas. B safe healthy 2
I love how much information we get from Dan. So much to learn from him, and it's so interesting.
How many cemeteries have you documented in Georgia?
Watching the slave plantation cemetaries always breaks my heart. Yes It is now a piece of history and parts of ancestors I will never know or acknowledge are buried in unmarked graves but I accept it and appreciate it.
Especially one time you walked quietly at a slave cemetery and you said let have a moment of silence for those buried here.
I coul almost hear the dead rejoicing because you acknowledged them. It was fantastic as my mom watched the video almost in tears. Thanks for covering these cemetaries I means alot to many people. Thanks
This comment really means a lot, I appreciate it. On a video coming up soon, a friend of mine and I visited a very old church cemetery that was abandoned in the woods where there was also an enslaved people’s burial area. We literally walked through in amazement of just how many unmarked graves there were there. Just indentions in the ground, with the occasional field stone headstone. We stopped counting but figured easily 200. 200 souls who’s names and stories will never be known to man again. Definitely heart breaking.
I'm tearing reading this, the job Robert is doing is so humble and honorable! To hear the stories, see the cemeteries and set our imaginations to the past brings so many people back to life🤗
Old grave yards are so Interresting
Old cemeterys are like pages in a history book. They tell a story. I love the old cemetery fences. Look at that thick vine that has woven itself through the top of the fence!!! A great video as usual and the history lesson.
Belle Ange YES.. they are history books... and they do tell stories. But how they are forgotten. I come from a very small family, both my parents only had one sibling. Never knew my Grandmothers or one Grandfather. And my one Grandfather lived far enough away back then that we didn’t see him much . It is very sad to not know ones own history 😢
@@jaynebrown693 I wasn't able to get to know my grandparents very well at all whic hmakes me sad and my mom only had one sister and same with my dad. He had one sister but I have 4 cousins between my 2 Aunts and Uncles and I don't know them either. They all live in California and my folks moved to Oregon from CA when I was just 6 months old. Our family only went to visit the California relations a few times. I remember both sets of my grandparents coming to Oregon to visit us a few times. I looked up one of my cousins recently and have thankfully reconnected with him and he gave my information to his sister and brother. My other cousin I have no clue how he is or where he is.
The train going by was just icing on the cake. Great video.
That did add to the ambiance!
Awwww the train whistle sets the mood for Dan's story
This was an incredible cemetery back up in the woods. The memorial markers were in good shape. It's always great to hear Dan share the history.
What a great lesson in Georgia history. Glad I could come along with you!!
I clicked the video on and at once loved it and felt at home. I am from Germany and we were stationed in Ft. Gordon. We had two of our children in 1962 and 63. We lived in Augusta and I got to love the city. People had water pitchers on their porches for people walking by as the temperature in summer often was 100%. yes, you read right! We all had to take salt tablets. WE did like you, packed up the kids, our dog and headed out into the country. How it changed...but nature is the same. It is a beautiful state and we got so attached to it and the friendly people. I spoke oxford English at the time ....but we worked it out and at the end always figured out what we were saying to each other. There is no softer and gentler accent in all of America than the Georgian English. :) Our children of course learned to speak it while playing and bath became ba-eth and hair was hi-ar. I mixed it with my oxford and we had lots of laughs. So out of five we have two Rebels ....they consider their birth place their home. Just a little sidestory I thought you'd like. Thank you for taking us on your wonderful adventures!
Love your channel. The story of the soldiers homecoming was very interesting. Thanks🙏
It is so sad when you are so low to steal from a graveyard
Great stories and it was nice to hear the passing trains🚂🚂
I could listen to Dan's stories all day long
Is there an all volunteer group that would go from cemetery to cemetery removing the brush and cleaning off the stones making things neat and tidy once more? It's such a shame to see these places so overgrown and no one caring. I would hope a veteran's group of some sort would take this project on. Perhaps one cemetery a month. It's history and heritage.
I know it would be more work than he's likely to want to take on, but I think a yearly wrap-up of each of his visits, to see if anyone has taken advantage of his stops to organize a rescue party to do clean up. I, for one, would love to know how many of his documentations have born fruit...
I wish they all could be taken care of but sometimes attention leads to vandalism, especially in todays times.
@@63sonotech I'd like to think that wouldn't happen out here where these cemeteries have been long forgotten. Call me a optimist.
Seems like everyone buried there died really young, very sad. Good video Robert, Thank you
Back then, this was probably a bare field with no trees at all. All of those trees look younger than the Cemetery.
Y'all mention that the original plantation house was moved to Taylor County. That's where I'm from. I wonder if you're talking about Mr. Albritton's house? I remember sitting on grandma's front porch and watching them move the house down our road. It's a big old house and the groaning as it passed by was super spooky!
Diseases wiped out so many people back them. Sad the young never got achance at life. God bless them all.
You have the most amazing voice
For these videos. So gentle and caring. Love from Australia.
It is really sad that the world is full of thief's. Stealing parts of that fence is unforgivable.
Please don’t give out directions to this, there’s a lot of haters out there tearing down landmarks, this is amazing cemetery thank you 🙏 I loved the sayings on them gravestones.
@Peekinkneez Power And perhaps haters like you will be dug up and exposed in your turn.
A "hater" is someone who spreads maliciousness and lies for no apparent reason. People choosing to rightfully hate slavery and those who condone it is not them being a "hater". That being said, graves should not be desecrated and the past cannot be changed through a modern lens. If anything, those that abhor slavery should advocate for the recognition and honoring of the slave cemeteries. It feels like it'd be counter productive to tear down the old plantation cemeteries since slave graves are unmarked, since they then would not be able to honor their enslaved ancestors.
@flockofmohawks Speak for yourself.
@voicesfrombeyond I'm sorry but My Ancestors Never had Any Slaves so therefore I Refuse to pay You or Anyone else for something I or My Family didn't do!!
@voicesfrombeyond I got reservations for you get a damn job
Dan is a very knowledgeable, and interesting person. Good history
The fence at this cemetery is a true sign of excellent craftsmanship. It's beautiful.
So sad when young people and children die
That never got a chance to grow old
I lost my daughter 4 days after her 20th birthday, so the young graves bother me the most.😢
@@wendywarrior2264 So sorry for your loss Wendy.
to steal vandalize and be a heartless moron in a resting place for the dead is inexcusable. thank you for always being respectful to those long gone.
Too bad I didn't sit with my elderly family members to hear family history. So much importance to it.
I listened and now it's time to pass it down. I don't have any kids and the young people in my family dont care. Very sad😥
@@MC-342 Please write down the family memories shared with you. Those young people will grow older, and the interest in family history will catch a few of them. They will appreciate your stories.
Guys! Thank you so much for this history report! Hopefully places like this that are absolutely sacred will be preserved! Thank you Stefano
What a beautiful story. BLESS 🙏💙 THEM all. Thanks for such a great history
What great story’s about some of the people God Bless them all I hope the slaves are resting in the arms of our lord as they so deserve to you guys show such wonderful vlogs thank you so much I love the history this gentleman certainly knows a lot of history I thankful he’s sharing it with you
Awesome tour. Shameful thing that people would steal the fencing.
susan boucher I hope it haunts them.
Robert and Cody, thanks for taking us along. Dan thanks for sharing your historical knowledge of Georgia. It’s so nice having you along to provide the background knowledge of the people and area
A fascinating adventure in living history. As a CW reenactor it doesn't get better than this. Thank you!
G,Day another great one, even if you don't get a pat on the back and a well done from locals you will always have one from me.
Enjoyed his story...Sunday afternoon sharing stories on the porch....
Wow this was great video.Ive lived in Columbus Ga and now in Marion County right next to talbotton.The old stories about the past are priceless.Thanks for all you do.
The epitaph marking the grave of the 2-year old is so touching. The poetry on all the markers in this cemetery is beautiful. Thank you for your respect to these people who have gone before us.
History, wonderful history. There are so many children. I can almost feel their grief. Sad. Love the cemetery. It's amazing.
I am a direct decedent of Smith's from Georgia but not those after looking ....My family is from the North Eastern part of Georgia around the Toccoa area . Keep up the good work...I spent a lot of time exploring Georgia when I was younger....So much to discover that is hidden..
I'm from Minnesota and I need to go on my ancestry and check I had a grandfather name that was Ezekiel and all those other names are in my ancestry also. I wish they would have done the whole cemetery I have to check and make sure first
This is so very interesting but you know this is so beautiful I love this thank you both God bless you 🙏❤️
I have to say Robert this for me was one of the most impressive grave site or cemetery. Love all the large memorial columns ( whatever you call them) n the best part is knowing some history that Daniel told. Nice to know too that many of their slaves were buried there outside the fence. Speaking of fence... who ever stoled parts of it I hope it bites them in the butt, as it will come at em. As the saying goes “ you sow what you reap”. ♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍
Hello Robert, very interesting history with this one. Fancy having to dig someone up after burying them especially in the middle of the night. At least he was laid to rest in the proper place in the end. Must have been awful for the people having to do that. Take care and a big Thank you
There is a slave cemetery just up the road from my home. Years ago the Land was bought for a subdivision. They found the graves and they couldn't get permits to build. Now many years pass and people forgot about the cemetery well most forgot. A church was built and they cleaned the cemetery and enclosed it. It was very pretty what they did even had a marker explaining about it. Again several years pass. The church is now a mosque, the property once set for a subdivision now has permits and houses are going up pretty fast. Progress and no one caring any longer ends with, what cemetery
Hmmm.....make a FB post about this with the address of this place. Make sure the post public and shareable. Add hashtag #BLM. I guarantee the building will be stopped.
My favorite hobby is searching old graveyards. Really gets your brain churning. lol.
Thanks again!! Your journeys are much appreciated by your viewers. I really enjoy the earlier grave sites
Amazing video and Cemetery.
Fascinating lost history. Thank you for sharing this.
I enjoy the history, thank you for sharing. I’ll be moving to Georgia soon , from New Hampshire. Your channel has helped me learn about history and places in Georgia.
The plantation story is one of my favorites.
What part of Georgia? I am a Georgia boy, I lived in Nashua, N.H. back in 2005. I loved the time I was up there. I stuck out like a sore thumb! Lol! Back home now though. I have a few friends that moved here from N.H. Welcome.
Thank you for sharing your video of your day camping, etc.
The inscriptions on the headstones are just beautifully said about their loved ones. Sadly, we didn't keep it going in our generation...
It's sad that its abandon & forgotten, but yet it still a peaceful site...
Thank you for the great work you do at the cemeteries
It's a good thing you go out a document these old graves with the unrest times we live in there are some people that would go and destroy the graves. Plus its nice to hear stories to go along with it makes it not just a name on a tombstone, and makes you think what kind of life they lived in their time.
Love listening to Dan.
It's so sad that someone would steal from a cemetery, or steal at all for that matter. It would serve them right to be haunted by the dead they stole from. Thanks for showing this cemetery. I love seeing the old tombstones. They are so beautiful.
Thank You Sir.
I just love these videos. I wish I could know about each person and write a book on their lives. Thank you for another interesting one!! 🤗
What a wonderful piece of history, saved and documented. Thank you for sharing your great video. Thank you Dan for sharing your beautiful history.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I admire you for the respect you have for the places you explore, Robert. I wish everyone was like this. Thank you Dan for sharing the background history. Thank you y’all for taking us along with your adventures!
I love the history of that old cemetery thanks for sharing
I love your cemetery videos. You are so respectful and knowledgeable. I love that you have brought Cody and taught him how interesting cemeteries are and the great history in cemeteries.
Wow everyone buried in this cemetery were so young. I would love to come and tag along to see these cemeteries for myself. But not till winter too many slithering things with teeth for me during the summer. Another great video. I really enjoyed the story of the Uncle even though it was very sad.
Teresa Noel Yep, too many 🐍 snakes. I’d wear thigh high snake protection boots.
Well when you do wrong, you have to pay, either you or the descendants. Enslaving people WAS WRONG! The Bible says that you will reap what you sow! I truly hope that they repented for the wrong they'd done.. otherwise they will wished that they'd never had slaves.
So incredible, love it!😀
Hi guys, Dan is a very knowledgeable man and I love listening to the history he relates. I do find it incredibly sad that the slaves were not afforded markers so their families to come and pay their respects, also to the members of the family at the plantation that also did not get a marker. How despicable of someone that they would steal parts of the fence, I don't know how they live with themselves. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖
This is a beautiful place
So sad no one cares enough to take care of it
Thank you for another great adventure
Robert! Oh my gosh. Where have you been? Another fabulous video. Men as you keep history alive forever. Thank you so much. God bless.
Videos are posted twice weekly! I’ve been here! 😉
I can take you to a graveyard in Lee Country ,Virgina where the poor buried their loved ones.My great Grandma's brother is there,He died age 13 from Spanish flu. All had wooden coffins.There are sunken graves and trees in holes ,at least 38 I counted as we placed a headstone on his grave..98% of headstones were just rocks loved ones tried to etch information on..we Loving removed the hand etched rock to place a store bought head stone,.grave was sunken .like the rest.. And in Wise Country, Virginia ,Grandma took usto a grave yard on a high ridge were the slaves burried their loved ones. She said some day an archeologist will find and say"" we have proof ,blacks were first here,not Native Americans"..Mind you ,the grave yard has no road and a long hike in Appalachian mountain..Grandpa was born 1888.Grandmaw lived to be 97..
Charlestown Landing in Charleston SC has a slave cemetery with no grave markers. Heartbreaking.
And if you do it's going to be very very rare some I have seen where some had numbers or just initials
Thank you for caring ❤, most are commenting about the missing fence! May God please bless you and your family nice to see another wonderful texan!
I bet there are hundreds of slave grave yards in charleston with no markers, many blacks will never know where their ancestors are buried. But thanks for sharing and caring, I guarantee the slave owners descendants don't care.
Boys ya knocked this one right out of the park.
I've seen the same epitaph as the Wornum epitaph here in a cathedral in Germany....but in Latin!😀
Wow! What a story about the smallpox. So sad. Thank you Dan for the great story.
It's good to see this again Robert. Keep these video's coming. They're great to watch.
Y'all should drive south alittle to the Rutland Cemetary in Sumter County FL. CR 247. No one takes care of it anymore and its beautiful, in the heart of old Florida history.
@k b Me too . I'm in Florida also . Going to check it out. 👍
Theres a rich history of that area. Recently, an old jail was finally brought down. It was for people who woukd steal horses and sugar from the barges that used to ferry sugar and cane down the Withlacoochee. Check it out and have fun!
I love your video's and the history you share about the south kept going we need it
So enjoyed that thanks Rob. It’s such a shame that things just arnt sacred to others, to steal that fence is just awful. Loved that history too was just amazing. Thanks so much for taking me along. Take care
Sad that the enslaved people were not precious to you. You're worried about the wrong thing! They were human too and worked sun up to sun down without compensation and was treated inhuman!
Interesting story by Dan . Thank you Robert for another visit to a peaceful , beautiful cemetery .
These old cemeteries are precious jewels, thank you for your videos!
I’m a Georgia native myself. I watch your channel when I have spare time. I often wonder what these people were like. What their likes and dislikes were. Their hardships and struggles. I love history and family history especially. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Thanks to you and Dan we are thinking of these dear souls
Would have to clean it up. Beautiful fence, would not take it though☹️!! Thanks for sharing!
Enjoy watching your videos. It’s so sad watching all the vandalism that is happening at cemeteries across the country. I also I wish better care was taken of old cemeteries so those who are buried there aren’t forgotten.
Thank y’all again for getting to go with y’all today. I enjoyed this very much. Such history. Shame on those thieves. I look forward to your next story.
I was exploring a new subdivision and came across an old family cemetery. Very interesting
It's so sad what people do, they are disturbed souls. And were the other plantations close to that on or in different parts of Georgia. Thank you for sharing boys
Thank you for another interesting trek! There are so many mysteries involved in this short video. I'm so glad the house is still standing, even though it's in a different county. Thanks again!
Thanks again Robert,Dan, and Cody. Dan seems to be a wealth of knowledge. Good history lesson. It's a shame that someone stole the fence
You are doing a good service by making these videos. It is an honor to history and a service to all.
I don’t even get stealing a fence from the cemetery. These people have empty souls. I don’t know how they can live with themselves.
It’s important that people know that all 13 states had slavery. It wasn’t just a southern thing. You honor the history of both sides
That is wonderful to hear the stories and information. It is especially important to keep oral traditions, stories and information in this technical age. The wealth of knowledge that is lost when our elderly die is tragic. Thank you for a very interesting video.
Hi Robert I've missed watching I've been in the hospital so glad to be home from that p thanks for another great video
LOVE hearing the stories. thanks for sharing!
great video. We are loosing our past.
I sent you a couple of photos you said one of the tombstones had a weeping willow at the top. I didn’t expect to find one up here in Iowa but I found a tombstone with a weeping willow tree on top of it.
So much History. Great Video! Thank You Dan for the tour.
Thank you so much for sharing the history, amazing but sad that what people will do, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
So glad you got those stories on public record so they will live on. Such a shame the lack of respect shown in removing sections of that fence.Interesting look back . Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Enjoyed the historical experience of this cemetery.
Thanks for a very nice video! Thanks to all that support this!
Thank you for doing this, great story. Little slice of forgotten history
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My Great, great grandfather owned all of it. His name was Colonel James Meng. My grandfather was one of many sons. He was a bad apple and was carousing and stole a horse and fled to Idaho. Horse thievery was a hanging offense.
Beautiful grave stone and quite sad.
How true that is on that stone but, it's still just a little eerie! Love what you guys do, thanks so much for sharin with us.
Mostly forgotten graves....but at one time people gathered around those graves and mourned the deaths of a loved.....tears flowed.
Ty Dan for the info..and Robert for all that you do!🤗
Too cool! I am from Columbus Ga.
Loved this video. I'm from Arkansas. I tried to locate this on google maps but that is a beautiful little cemetery.