Appalachia Story of the Forgotten under our Lakes
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- #forgottengraveyards #lostgraves #appalachia #appalachianhistory #donnielaws So many graves are still under our Lakes in this Tennessee Valley. There is still thousands of unmarked graves forgotten and lost in time of our mountain people and Native Americans. Thanks for watching. NOTE: Old photos from the TVA Archives Department. SUBSCRIBE:: LIKE AND SHARE:: HELP GROW YOUR CHANNEL. THIS CHANNEL COVERS 9 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS !!! ( CHECK IT OUT) All Videos are Copyrighted and used by permission only.
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They all deserve to be remembered no matter where they are buried.
Amen my friend.
Yeah, sitting here watching and listening to Donnie talk about the people left under the lakes and I said but God knows who they are, who they were and where they are at. That brings me more comfort than the sad part of not being moved or remembered and forgotten. Thank You for these history lessons and photos and videos. You are a good man for bringing awareness and history back to life for those who wouldn't have known otherwise. God Bless you. Love this channel and your content. Puts things in so much better perspective.
Amen to that brother
AMEN
You're such a great story teller. I learn something new every time. Thanks!
Awesome my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Really neat history lesson Donnie, thank you! God does remember each one.
Amen my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Morning Donnie, thanks for sharing this great story of the past.
Good morning my friend. Your very welcome.
Hello from KY love your channel ❤️.Donnie thank you for your testamonial.While depressing,it is much needed information.I feel so sorry for all those folks.
Hello friend. Thanks for sharing this. It was hard. God bless you.
Godspeed your recovery, Mister Donnie. When I worked the TVA, I couldn't help but think of what lay beneath the waters surface. All the history covered in the depths.
They told of this story from the movie Deliverance with Burt Reynolds who stared in it about a cemetery where people were being removed because they were going to flood the land thanks Donnie for a very fascinating story 😁 God bless you 🙏 my friend your friend Bob in Florida
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. I've seen the movie. Your very welcome.
I got one of the 6 bows that Ben Pearson artchery sent to make the movie, they broke one while straining it up and Renolds kept one , 4 were returned and sold to a sporting goods store in Pine Bluff Ark. as used . Great bow, I won my first regional championship in south Ark. my first season tournament, still have it.
God bless you and your family Mr,Laws
God bless you my friend. Thank you.
Over here in North Carolina I know in Swain County that my Great Aunts family was promised a way to get across the lake to their family cemetery. It has been called The road to Nowhere. I am so sorry about your GGmother but always remember that to be absent in body is to be present with the Lord. Until next time have a Blessed weekend my friend.
Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
Beautifully presented and the choice of background music perfectly complements the narrative. Your work shows that these people and their stories, although gone, are not forgotten, wherever they may lie. God bless you and family.
Thank you very much my friend for sharing this. God bless you.
Such neat historical archive photos and history , and a beautiful Norris lake there Donnie....what an undertaking that was....it had to have been so hard on all the families to leave their land...but to have to move the graves of their loved ones ...my my......those were some hard hard times for sure ...it reminds us to always count our blessings ...
Thank you for the video Brother.
Awesome my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Hello Donnie, this was something my Dad was fascinated with. He always talked about the old towns that were flooded out to make lakes. He also really liked old roads. Yes, those old roads before the newer straight roads. I think I've shared that about my Dad before. If you really think about it, the first roads were paths used by the Native Americans. I found an old map of our property. It shows a trail/path that goes past where the old log cabin used to stand & deep into the woods up the ridge, down the ridge & into a field. I've walked that area quite a bit. It does seem to be an old road/walking path. I think that is so interesting. The map is from 1901 or right around then.
WOW Thanks for sharing this information my friend. So much is lost .
1 more wonderful presentation. Out of curiosity I looked it up. Appears some them Dams are Hydroelectric. Not just flood control only.
True my friend. Most are both. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thanks for reply. You are never too old to learn new things. 1 job site we had huge contract with TVA for biggest part of our steam coal. Keep food on our tables.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
God bless 😊😊😊❤❤❤
Thank you Mr. Donny ❤ one of your best
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie! Hope your mending up good! I really enjoyed that video. It was sad, but it's reality and alot of people have no idea what it was like. I don't personally, but my grandmother used to tell me stories of what she knew about and it was all very sad. God Bless you Donnie! ❤
Reminds me of that movie, Brother, where art thou, there was a scene about this...
Very interesting video.
Awesome my friend.
Such a powerful video!
Thank you friend.
On the Resurrection day, when the trumpet sounds they’ll all come up. None will be left or missing then. What a reunion that will be Donnie.
Thank you. This was a beautiful video of the history in this Tennessee valley.
Amen my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Sky king!
You're Right about that!
🎼🎵🎶 Ain' no grave -- watery or otherwise -- gonna hol' Our Bodies down...🎶 When We hear 'at trumpet sound...., We're gonna git up, git up outta the Ground (or out from under the deep water)!🎶
🙂
Rick Bonner Pennsyltucky
Amen. And everyone shall be reunited once again. That brings such comfort.
@@richardbonner2354 I love that song!!
@@skyking4501 🙂 Me too!
Rick
My parents were born in the 1920s my father plowed fields with a mule named Kate till he could afford a tractor which we planted gardens and tobacco. Times then were hard but they were also good times honest times,unlike today with all their technology, Thanks Donnie for another great video
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
You mean everything wasn't given to you because you were white ?
When I was younger, my mom and dad took my sister and I to Kentucky. We climbed a mountain to the top where my great grandparents were buried. As people get older it's harder to get up there to take care of the graves.
My family down there also have graves on the land like you said. Some were buried in pine boxes, even recently.
I have ALWAYS loved old houses, cars, furniture etc. I love to learn about the 1800's. We have it so much easier than they had it back in the day.
Thank you so much for sharing! You sound like my great uncle. Your channel is one of my favorites! 💯❤️
WOW Thanks so much for sharing your memories my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Is my favorite 😍
Christina, is this in Eastern Kentucky. I have a lot of DNA in Eastern Kentucky up & down the Big Sandy. Take care, my friend.
My 4th Great Grandfather Thomas is buried Lake Norris as is his son Uriah. Thanks for all your work Donnie.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
This happened in Northern Alabama aswell theres a huge Guntersville Dam that was built and the land and farms were all covered by the lake aswell. So much history is and has been lost.Thank you so much for putting our history out there for all of the younger generations and others to learn were there people came from.Have a great day.
That's sad my friend. This all across this country. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.
My name is Shirley Luke Barnes , I was born in Arab , my grandfather William Nathan Luke and some other men moved some graves from the area , about 22 or so with a wagon. They reburied them on higher ground . That was all they could do in the time they had😢.
Pickwick Lake/Tennessee River covered parts Liverpool, Alabama and all but the cemetary of Riverton, Alabama
@norbertofontanez5550 WOW! Thank you.
Great Pictures 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Thank you for keeping the history truthfull.
I feel sad for the children now. They believe what A.I. tells them.
Hello from Virginia Have a Great Day
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
So far my Friday morning is starting well. Sitting on the front porch sipping some coffee and watching your new video after taking care of all of the animals. It is gorgeous morning. That is sad what they did to the communities in the name of progress. Have a great day, stay safe, stay busy, and God only makes good days.
Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
Ironic that you say the progress is sad. You woke up, turned on a light, made coffee, possibly removed breakfast items from refrigerator and logged onto computer. All thanks to electricity.
@bobberguy1 The comment was not literal but was figurative. Like all things, there is a positive and negative impact. Everything has a sacrifice from someone. In this case, progress cost the families and communities in its way. If you could go back and ask them at that time, I bet not everyone was thrilled what it cost them even if knowing it was to have advances in electricity. Like when the Fed moved out everyone and took over land for the national park. The national parks are gorgeous but at the time those families who were moved off were not happy and did not think it was great. Nothing is free. Something always costs someone.
Amen my brother, the good lord knows where each an every one is and who they are. But it is something we need to remember so thank you so much for this Donnie! God bless you my awesome mountain brother.
Thank you my brother. God bless you. Thanks so much.
Never take our live and history for granted. Both, precious. God bless and thank you for reminding us of our forgotten past.
Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie for sharing. At least a lot of those grave yards were relocated. There are no telling how many they're are that have been bulldozed away over the years.
That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
I live up on the mountain above Watauga Lake and Butler, the “Town that wouldn’t drown.” They moved Butler, but it was never the thriving little town it used to be. We have a wonderful museum about the old town and them building the lake. If you’ve never been, it’s definitely worth your time to visit.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much Donnie for this video x I loved every moment, so interesting x may they all, wherever they are buried, rest in peace x
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
I want to go to the city of Dandridge. I like the way the people saved the city from TVA.
Thank you Mr. Laws for this as always. It is very sad what the people went through. Some properties had been in families for generations. There are some lakes that you can see tombstones and silo's sticking up out of the water. I live on Norris and grew up fishing and boating here. There are quite a few people that have had accidents here or murdered and dumped here, never found. To me now it is beautiful and i do love it but, it has such a sad history. A tomb in a way.
Thank you for all you do to bring us history and so much interest. God bless you all.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
I know a man that was searching for his ancestral history of "Thompson". He'd visit the old grave yards and make rubbings of the stones that couldn't be read anymore. Just a sheet of paper up against the marker and rubbed with the edge of a pencil.
No telling how old the graves were.
Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina 💙
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Yes, sir. There are two big lakes that I know of (one in NC and one on the NC/SC border) where the same thing happened...old towns buried under the water, churches, graveyards and all. I often think of the history that's lost there. You're right, Jesus lnows where every one of them are. Bless you for your time and research in gathering these photos and remembering. ❤🙏Jane in SC.
So many places are like that my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Not only on the NC/SC border but also futher down in the state of SC as well. Lake Marion and Moultrie both ar said to have towns beneath them. I know for certain that the Santee lake has at least one large Native American graveyard under it . Its close to where I-95 crosses the Lake
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
When our ancestry was traced we had ancestors from Sevier County Tenn. We were told we were part Cherokee way back then. Long long ago. I so appreciate this video. Whether it touched my family or not I will never know. All of our older folks are gone and now I am the older generation in her 70's.
I understand my friend. We are the elders now. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.
@@donnielaws7020 thank you for all you do My grand parents lived in the mountains used to go up there every Sunday My Mom and dad took them a good meal. Happy times
You made a very nice video. Very touching and a nice tribute to the early pioneers of your area. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Thank you friend. I really appreciate it. Your very welcome.
Thanks for sharing Mr Donnie I know this happened in north Alabama where my ancestors lived they made a damn and a huge lake so many stories . ♥️🗝️👍🐝
I understand my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Lots of people forgotten. Worst of wall, a way of life and allegiance to God gone. Another well done video. The addition of “Everlasting Arms” was excellent. Thanks for another good video.
Papaw talked about the 3 C’s a lot. A lot was done during those years.
God bless you my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Mr. Laws your the best story teller I’ve ever heard god bless you
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. Thank you. God bless you.
Good morning 😊
Thank you for sharing the history love your videos!!
Good morning my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donny, God knows where every grave is and knows them by name God Bless you my friend.
Amen my friend. Your very welcome.
Thanks for keeping forgotten memories alive. Progress has made life easier for many, but also has taken from many. The beautiful scenery and waterways are pleasant to our eyes and bring us many pleasures but how many of us think about it's history ? Thank you Donnie, may God bless.
WOW that's so true my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Because it is easier does not make it better.Looking around today easier means lazier and shiftless.
@@cliffordfreeman7829 are you from North Carolina Mr.Freeman?
@@sharonfreemanpace1011 No i am from New Jersey.
@@cliffordfreeman7829 I will have to check our family tree.I know we Freemans had a bunch of kin that went north from North Carolina.
You're far more than just an old country boy Donnie, your the best narrator of your people's history that I have ever seen or heard! I appreciate that you go back as far as early Native Americans, long before the Cherokee, Chickasaw, or the Creek Tribal Federation, and tell the story of all of the people up to the present. Thank you for an excellent history lesson as well as an entertaining story!
We have two lakes where I live, Allatoona and Lanier, that buried towns and history with their creation. Once, during a time of bad drought, I took my Goddaughter to the areas that were exposed and explained to her that the poles, stone steps and shattered dishware were evidence that somebody once lived there. We spent hours at places like this and she gained a love of the people who came before her. She's a very modern 31 year old now with her own family but she lives on the top of a mountain within walking distance of Lake Allatoona! She takes her son on long nature walks there and shows him the history now. We serve a purpose here when we pass these histories on. May they never be forgotten!
WOW, Thanks so much for sharing this. Thank you. God bless you.
Thank you for keeping this history alive, Donnie.❤
Your very welcome my friend.
Donnie, you have such a great voice for explaining this history. Most not in the books. At times speaking about your own family. I'm sixty-eight years old. I love how you take us back to another time. I would have loved to have , been one of your lucky cousins are friends, to run the fields with you as a kid at your grandmother's.. thanks Donnie.
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for saying this. Thank you. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thanks Donnie. That was beautiful and I really loved it.👍
Thank you friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
I love lakes glad they are being remembered and not forgotten under the lakes lakes are beautiful wherever they are buried it's need to be remembered
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
Happy to be sharing this buddy God bless you as well
90% of what you show is history that many of us would never know and none of it would ever be taught in school so thanks for history lessons which can't be found except for your great channel!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this my friend. That's so sad but true. God bless you. Hopefully their stories will be remembered. Thanks again.
Good morning 🌄 my friend 😊 I have always loved history and thank you for sharing so much history with others so it won't be forgotten ❤ I appreciate you and the videos you do and stories you tell Mr. Laws 😊 have a great day and may God bless you and yours 🙏
Awesome my friend. Thank you so much. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thank you Sir. I always love a good history lesson. God Bless you and yours,today and always!!
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
You Do a great job donnie just remember all you have to do close Your eyes look to the sky and you have found You're a great grandmother god bless you donnle
Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing this.
Time always brings change, whether we like it or not, but it's still sad to see what's being lost. Thanks Donnie 😎👍
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
Good Morning All,
I'm Thankful for
Another Beautiful Day,
That The Lord Has Made.😊
Good morning my friend. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
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You're Welcome Friend,
I Appreciate Your Awesome Channel.
God Bless You and Yours.👍
Excellent episode. Thanks for the hard work that you put in these.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
I'm sure glad you made this video so many are not aware of the towns and cemetery under the water
Thanks for sharing this my friend. That's so true. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Thank you, Donnie. Awesome video. God bless brother.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Your very welcome. God bless you. Thank you brother.
My homeplace is beside of Laurel River Lake in Southeast Kentucky.. I really appreciate this video..
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Beautiful country.
Good morning my friend👍 Watching your channel 👍
The Voice of the Smoky Mountains
Good morning friend. God bless you.
Thank you for such an informative video. It is heartbreaking to think of the loved ones under the lake, gone but not forgotten.
It sure is my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
I find these reservoirs and dams sad places when you realise they wiped out so many little communities. I was watching the plight of Lake Mead last year but then seeing how Las Vegas wasted water. I think those little old forgotten cemetaries are so peaceful out in the woods. Those pictures of the old families make me wish you could go back and talk to them to listen to how their life was. I know it was hard but they did have some enjoyment. Thanks for these videos.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. I feel the same way. God bless you.
Thank you Donnie for another amazing video. You are a blessing. My husband and I love to sit together and watch them on my phone. My dad was born in Russell Springs Kentucky.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Great video Mr. Donnie. Thanks for another awesome history lesson. It’s sad that they had to relocate the dead and cover the others with water under the lakes. It’s so unfair that man/government were able to come in and run the families out and destroy their way of life. Thanks for sharing and for keeping history alive.
Thank you friend. It is sad, but times change unfortunately. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Great video! A good reminder of the history that is buried and sacrifices our ancestors were burdened with.
Thank you friend.
Hi from Nashville, and thanks for another great video!! Much ❤.
Hello my friend. God bless you.
Thank you so much for this beautiful video.and I love your beautiful voice.
Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.
Past generations were a different breed.What people call hard today was just plain living a basic life more filled with familys and hardships sure but today most are spoiled and think there lives are hard.Hate to say it but i think the coming generation are going to be weaker in Morals,values work ethics.If anything they got it way to easy.
That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Thank you Mr. Donnie,I enjoy every video you post,have a blessed day🌻
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you for sharing...very interesting/important history.
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
WHAT A SAD STORY. IM GLAD YOU MAKE THESE KINDS OF VIDEOS SHOWING HISTORY THATS NOT REALY TALKED ABOUT, LIKE IN SCHOOL BOOKS. NO REAL HISTORY, EVIL THINGS TAUGHT NOW. THATS EVEN SADDER. GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS.
Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
I feel pain for those I’ve lost. Those who don’t know have lost the meaning of their existence. So sad.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I love the history and thank you for sharing this story with us. God bless you Mr. Donnie
Thank you friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
Just let me say that the people that are in the grave can't nor don't CARE, so apparently they didn't have any family that cared either.
That's true my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Progress always has an ugly side.
I can't imagine how gut wrenching that was for those who had to endure it. 😢
I heard stories of people on hard it was. God bless you.
Hi Donnie hope you are having a great day. Enjoy your videos. God Bless
Morning friend. Thank you. God bless you.
Good to see ya Donnie, God bless you wnd hope your having a wonderful morning
Good morning my friend. God bless you. Thank you.
My maternal grandfather's family settled in the Powell River valley after the Revolutionary War -- one of his ancestors was an officer in the Continental Army & wintered with Washington @ Valley Forge -- after receiving a land grant in return for his service, my ancestor headed out for what is now Indiana -- however, after seeing the abundant fish & game in the Valley, they settled there -- my maternal granddad had to give up his farm, which was on fertile bottomland, to the TVA for the Norris Dam project -- he moved to Lead Mine Bend in the Strawberry Plains area of Jefferson County, where he had a dairy operation & grew longleaf tobacco
WOW that's awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
@@donnielaws7020 , my maternal grandfather also was employed by the Army Corps of Engineers & went "on loan" to the Civilian Conservation Corps when it was formed -- he supervised the construction of several CCC camps & later ran @ least one location -- over the years afterward he occasionally received letters from men who thanked him for his fatherly guidance during their service in the CCC
I took a friend to a cemetery where my great grandfather, 5-6 generations removed is buried. He fought in the Revolutionary War in George Washington’s regiment as a private (I actually have documentation). He and several other graves have the war medallions and someone comes by and puts flags in them for Memorial Day. So many people and memories forgotten are in that cemetery. Someone mows it so it’s kept up. It is a beautiful place that seems forgotten. We got a photo of a spirit there today. And we felt a cold spot in the same location repeatedly. It made us sad that someone is still lingering there. Thank you for your beautiful stories ❤️
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. Amazing.
@@donnielaws7020 I know people are going to think I’m crazy. I’m a very level headed but open minded person. If I could figure out how to share the photo on here I would. It was pretty amazing!!
Good morning Donnie sir it’s great to see another video from you
Morning my friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you for sharing this video with us, and keeping our history alive.
Hope everyone has a bless weekend.
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
Thanks for the history lesson Donnie !!!!
Your very welcome my friend.
This is truly heartbreaking !!!!
It is sad my friend.
I could listen to you all day. Thanks again !
Awesome my friend. Thank you.
Hello Mr. Donnie, I have learned so much, so much I didn't know about Appalachia and the people who lived there. These videos are something special and through these video's the people of Appalachia will not be forgotten. You may just be an ol' country boy, but Donnie YOU are something SPECIAL!
Such a tragedy for so many.
Yes it is my friend. Thanks for sharing.
They are frozen in time and in the hearts of remaining family members. Most importantly is God does know every hair on each head. That has always amazed me. They are registered in the book of Life and have returned to the place they lived as souls before they were ever given an earthly body. The gift of eternal Life is the Love of God. Thanks for sharing and remembering these precious souls, Donnie. Your friend, Louise
Smith Mtn Lake in Virginia between Bedford Co. and Franklin Co.
Great story. Love the Tennessee Valley, have a relative who worked for TVA until Jimmy Carter shut down all the work on Nuke Power Plants. Beautiful lakes. It is very sad like you say so many people lost so much while some actually benefited for a little better result. It is honorable that so many of the graves were exhumed and relocated. This kind of things has been duplicated across our country, whole communities, roads and bridges laying beneath the surface...very familiar with it.
Thanks for sharing this my friend with. God bless you.
Butler was a town near watauga that was flooded. A lot of its structures still remain somewhat standing.
Thank-you for sharing. no need to reply.
Our FATHER MAKER has HIS EARTHLY PEOPLE WITH HIM, JESUS KNOWS EACH ONE BY NAME. PRAISE JESUS FOR HIS KEEPING US!! And Donnie has JESUS HEALING WORDS FOR quickening life into healing reality. Amen Hallelujah📖🙏💛
Amen my friend. Thanks so much. God bless you.
DONNIE LAWS Very interesting as all your hard work putting video content together
Much appreciated many thanks GODBLESS YOU AND YOURS
Keep on keeping it real
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Always appreciate you visiting our History. Thank You very much Donnie.
Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.
Do you know the Taylors on hwy 90 clairfeild tn ? And my granny roxy and stella and paul and christine .teresa wayne chris thats my family great ppl ❤
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. God bless you.
Great, But Sad History Thank You For That Excellent Video. GOD BLESS YOU
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
If those waters could talk! So many forgotten homesteads hiding underneath such beautiful rivers and lakes!
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing that.
Thank you, Donnie, for keeping these places and people's memories alive. I'm thankful that God knows where each of us are ,and that he doesn't forget anyone.
God 🙏 🙏 🙏 bless.
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
Beautiful video & narrative Mr Law's!
I have little respect for the TVA & all the destruction they caused but I also know it's a two edged sword.
Destroy to save...should be the TVA moto.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
You've done really well with these videos of our Tennessee past. My maternal grandmother was from Kingston, Tennessee. Her sister my great aunt Grace married a Smith who's family property was about a mile off I-40 on Gallagher Road. The Smith property told to me by my second cousin consisted of 1400 acres until the government built Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge is just down the road from where the family cabin was built. They ended up with 200 acres and the government the rest!
Thank you friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories and story. God bless you.
Another fascinating video from Mr Laws, maybe not a college graduate but very educated and your video making skills keep us all watching. I grew on on Norris Lake close to Mattie Randolph Hollow, we used to hike in every direction and found many things in those old woods including old grave yards and house foundations. This video hits home 100%, thank you for making it.
WOW God bless you my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
I love that you included music from "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms". I remember singing that song in the little Quaker church that I grew up in. What great memories!
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Thank you for for this Mr.Laws. I can't imagine. Everything that these families knew under the lake forever. Yes sir God knows everyone of them. God bless you my friend
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.