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Elijah Bernard & his wife Annie Belle (Williams, married 21 Oct 1912) lived at 1303 Pou St., Columbus on 12 Sept 1918 when he signed his WWI draft registration card. He was a helper in the steel car gang of the Central of Georgia Railroad yard in Columbus, age 33, born 2 Jun 1885, tall, medium build, African American (found on Ancestry). His GA death certificate says he was born in Midland, GA, son of Harry & Bettis Bernard, died of typhoid fever on 28 Nov 1918. He was buried at the Midland Cemetery on 1 Dec 1918. John L. Dennis was the undertaker.
@@1969floridagirl I agree. Segregation was the norm back in 1918 in Georgia. The Cemetery likely had slaves, former slaves and free people. Additionally some may have been Native American.
The car is a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door. The more rare 63A body style. Born in Detroit and delivered to a dealership in Jackson Mississippi in late November of 1958 and purchased by a young man for his new wife as a Christmas gift in late December. They drove it many years and sold it to a uncle in Alabama where he and the car went missing soon after. That would have been 1968 or 69? That’s about all I could come up with, sorry it wasn’t more.
Elijah Bernard was born 2 June 1885 in Georgia. He was the son of Harry Bernard and lived in Columbus, Georgia. His wife was Annie Bell Williams. He was African American. He worked as a Street Car Department Laborer. He died in 1918 as his marker indicates. The death certificate locates his burial place as "Midland Cemetery". That may be the name and likely due to the era, a largely African American burial place. My source is FamilySearch for the draft card WW1, and the death Certificate virtual image.
This should be how history is taught. Have students research the time periods, what happened in that time period, do research on individual graves. Best way to make history interesting and meaningful
They actually do that in my town here in New England...our cemetery starts at 1665...up until today. The kids love all the soldiers from way past wars....it is so interesting. Indian River Cemetery. Clinton CT
My neighbors and I, and about 4 friends found roughly 200+ graves where there was initially about 25 marked. On my neighbors' property across the street from me, there were 4 Civil War markers with their respective military units engraved on the headstones. What an amazing find. We're still working on it. In the hills of southern Kentucky 👍🇺🇸
I've missed you two, just like 100K other people! Its great to see you both on a new adventure and discovery! You both have not lost your touch, its a great find! Its still amazig just how many graves have been lost to time. Robert, I don't know how you keep so calm around spiders, experience, I suppose. Cool old car, you have a homing beacon for those and cemeteries!! It was all indeed a pleasure to watch. The Roberts' Reign!!
I live in southern Arizona and spiders are an everyday thing. Granted, I cringe every time they stick their hands in dark places without shining a flashlight first.
The plant vine you found is vinca. It has a purple flower on it, with a white cross in the middle, to remind them of their religion. Slaves planted it on family graves, as usually they weren't allowed headstones to mark graves. I encountered this a lot in Virginia.
It’s amazing that golf course didn’t turn in the cemetery to the county when they were building. It’s good to see Robert & Robert inc. back on the job!🤗🐝❤️
@Nancy Holcombe Seems like the golf course would have fenced it off whether they owned it or not. They can’t develop it. But didn’t Robert say that it wasn’t in the county records or did I misunderstood that part? It’s sad that so many of them don’t have markers😔🐝❤️
Please contact the Muscogee County Genealogical Society and give them the location. They may have someone to come out and do a ground penetration survey. Would be so wonderful for the descendants of those buried there. Thank you for your good work. I so enjoy watching your videos.
I find your video's beautiful, but sad as well, these people buried in these forgotten cemeteries would never have expected to be forgotten, the work you all do bringing them back to the public awareness is just amazing, and just an invaluable contribution to your countries history. 💙
Hi Robert and Robert I have missed Robert I like the knowledge he's got he's very interesting to hear him talk about the history of areas you go 🚶♀️ 😀 👍 I really enjoy watching you all a big thank you and Walter and all the gang Andrew south wales uk 🇬🇧
I think an abandoned, forgotten cemetery is just about the saddest thing ever. It's just a shame that the knowledge of all these loved ones was not able to be carried on to the present generations. These cemeteries need to be preserved and protected. The people buried there deserve the dignity of remembrance.
I am so glad to see you guys back together again. Been missing your excursions into the unknown together. You guys are a team. Looking forward to seeing the progress on this lost now found burial ground.
My grandpa name is Frank Davis. I know my ancestors came from Virginia, Tennessee and NC area. I’m not sure where y’all are at, but it’s pretty cool! These were people with families that loved and missed them. These were their tributes of remembrance. It’s sad to see them lost to the elements of time. Thank you!! 🙂
Yeahhhhh! The 2 Roberts are back!!! TG...missed Sidestep Adventures. Very happy to see you both ♥️♥️👍 You both do a beautiful thing, remembering the folks that were 🙏
I did a search on find-a-grave and found where Hank had posting this headstone of Frank Davis, online. Great job Robert(s) and Hank! I left a flower and a message on the page. Rest in peace Mr. Davis, you are not forgotten.
I am just gobsmacked at the amount of information found about this cemetery by your followers. Even the car's owner. Wonderful job folks, whoever you are. Hopefully this will lead to these Graves being cleaned up & cared for again.
Glad to see 5 graves were registered at the Find a Grave site. A great resource for genealogists. See Midland Cemetery, Muscogee County, Georgia. Cool find for you guys.
I stumbled across this video by accident, this was such a cool adventure you guys did. Those graves are some ones father, mother so many years ago. I live in Michigan, was born in 1944, dad was full German, his parents immigrated from Germany in late 1800's. There used to be an old cemetery near Vicksburg Mi. off a dirt road, that mom and dad would visit in the late 1940's to early 1950's. I remember some of the head stones, as there were trees there I would climb. A few years ago I thought about that cemetery, and tried to find it again, I learned it used to be called: Saint Johns German Luthern, or just Hassic Cemetery. I never could find the cemetery, as it may be on, or a part of private property now. There are houses now where the cemetery might have been. I stopped and asked a man who was in his yard about the Hassic cemetery, he said he had the house built 20 years ago, and never heard of that cemetery, end of story.
I'm just curious about what your next step will be. You talked about it being undocumented and that this was why you did this exploration. So what is your next step? Is there a place you go to officially report and document the existence of the cemetery? Does anyone go and study the area, plot the gravesites on a map and make an official record (just in case the golf course finds itself in need of an "expansion"?!
They will do more research themselves then get with the right authorities. The authorities will take it from there normally. I'm guessing there will be a couple more episodes or videos on this particular cemetery before they are done walking through it. So stay on the lookout for that 😉
so nice to see other people excited about cemeteries, i try talking about abandoned cemeteries with friends and family and they look at me like im crazy
Wow I amazing what people have found out about the people that are buried there and I hope you can go back there and possibly find more graves and look into the grave that was buried under the two foot of dirt it’s so sad that the graves have been forgotten thank you for checking them out
If you have the GPS location, can you go to the county property appraiser office and get the section, township and range and research the records backwards to find out what was on the property 100 or more years back? I know a lot of historical records are gone forever, but seems like there should be a paper trail in land documents. Love your videos!
Hey Robert's you both together makes my day. I miss you two together and the Chemistry you put out. Love the way you all are able to track down these lost Cemetery's an all these Hidden Graves. Can't hardly wait till you two come together to recheck. Going to need a backpack to keep in the Vehicles. Thank you for finding this Cemetery . And sharing it with us. Have a Prosperous New Year. Enjoy an Stay Safe.
At the 9 minute mark, you show a burial slab for Elijah Barnard, he was a Black man, born June 2, (1885) not 1883. He died Nov 27, 1918. He was drafted Sept 12, 1918. two months later he was killed. Died Nov 27, 1918 during WW I, at the age of 33 years. He was a tall black man of medium build, he had brown eyes and black hair. He worked for the Georgia Rail Road. He was married to Anne Belle Williams Barnard. They were married Oct 21, 1912 This information comes from his Draft Card. US. World War I Registration and other sources. Great Work Robert and Robert.
Love the old Bryd farm stuff but the cemetery videos are what I started with watching you. Have missed you guys checking these old ones together again. More please?
Something tells me we haven’t seen the last of that abandoned car you discovered..Looks like a awesome salvage and restoration project. Are you familiar with the national group called Friends Of Abandoned Cemeteries? I discovered many stray gravestones while wandering through the woods here in Staten Island,NY. as a kid.I contacted FOAC where they documented and have volunteers who maintain any newly discovered/unknown graveyards.You both have a knack for identifying “indentions”.There is a website I can share with you that’s called ariel views..It’s views taken from aircraft during the works project act FDR adopted as getting people to work.It shows airel views which many times old home sites are discovered but I’m thinking it may be great for finding old abandoned cemeteries such as this.Now if the you type in the name of the town and nearest road it gives you airel views dating back from the 1930’s,40’s,50’s up to present day.Im not sure if I share the link they may take down my entire comment,YT is notorious for doing that.
Elijah Barnard was 35 when he passed. 1918 is death year born 1883. That flowering plant, if it blooms blue, is called Star of Bethlehem and is often found in Moravian cemeteries in NC.
Thanks to you and the other Robert for helping out the spider. I wasn't aware that a spider was able to build its web so quickly. I enjoyed seeing the cursive writing on the graves.
Happy New Year to other Robert! 🥂🎉Great explore,the suspense built on finding this one. The crunch,crunch of the leaves,the abandoned car ooo gives me chills... and then the 🕷️😳. Y'all be careful and have a great New Year's weekend!🙋Love from KY!🍾🌹🥂🎉
If anyone can sniff out a rusty car, it's you Robert! Very cool! I hope you go back to this one after you find out some more information on it. There has to be more slabs out there. I always watch these in full screen so I can feel like I'm there with you guys. (I would remember my tools...just sayin'...)
Looking forward to Robert and Other Robert going back with your brooms and flash light, and checking out the graves you couldn't uncover. Happy New Year to Both of You and Your Families. 🍾🍸
Interesting find. It's a good thing the Lord knows where everyone is, so many forgotten graveyards. So many unmarked pioneers also buried all over our nation. Nice to see you find them.
We always look forward to your video's, we see that you have found a new car on your travels. Sadly you could not drive it home. The abandoned cemetery you found beside the gold course was amazing. You and the other Robert do such a great job bring history to life. Thank you for all your hard work
On Elijoh (sic) Barnard's death certificate it states that he died in 1918 (you were right!)'of typhoid fever at the age of 33. A week later another Elijah Barnard was born in Muscogee County. A son or grandson? I couldn't find Frank Davis's information. Both men were African American.
To me it is so sad to see an abandoned cemetery and they seem to be in every community, town and city in America. Thank you both for making these findings a part of your channel. I am nearing 80 yrs. and I remember from my childhood my grandmother going to every cemetery with paper flowers she had hand made to put on her relatives graves. At the time I wondered why and now I think she was keeping the records of her ancestors alive in her memory.
Ms Delores Radford if you are still able, please record your life history, all the stories you remember from your childhood, names of your family and birthdays and death dates or close to them for your family! My dad is 85. His whole life he's had a nickname he has no memory of how he got it. I waited too long to get curious about it and now I cannot, yet, find anyone who knows. I've begged him to write on all his family pictures who are the people, the date as best he can, etc. He is the last one alive who knows this and I have a huge passion for genealogy. Thank you. Jill
Can't believe I figured out Bernard that quick. And before both Roberts did. Maybe my brain ain't so old after all. Lol. Love yall doing these discovery videos of old cemeteries. Y'all ROCK.
Wow, you gentlemen are amazing at finding graves. Good work, must be a multi family cemetery, any way to figure out the original families? Thanks, Roberts
Wow! This was an amazing adventure. So sad to hear that this grave yard is not documented. It should be. Good to see you both together again n doing your wonderful thing in finding old cemeteries. This really got me excited as you keep finding more. You definitely have to go back again with all your tools n check for more. It would really be grand if you can research more on this one n find many answers to your questions. Thank you both for this thrilling video. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍🐶
Great that you found that cemetery. Great to see you & the other Robert back, braving spiders, snakes, quite possibly Bigfoot as well. Not to mention the barbed wire. Happy New Year.
There many many old forgotten cemeteries around where I live in Middleboro Mass. And in surrounding towns. There is a ton of history surrounding this area dating back to the early 1600's. My neighbor's farm house was built in 1657. It was one of three not burned down by the wampanoag indians during King Phillips war. The residents were sympathetic to the Native Americans and they left each alone.
Looked up Elijah and he died from typhoid fever. The one next to him could be his wife, Annie. This could have been a family cemetery or a small church cemetery. They were African American.
I was wondering if perhaps this was a slave cemetery ... no big ornate monuments and hand, primitive, engravings ??? how terribly sad that so many of these cemeteries are sitting under years of leaves and dirt, unknown to man
@@LitlPoot ..You're probably half right. Although Elijah was born and died a free man he most likely was buried next to the slave cemetery in the freedom section, lol.
Oh my days! Seeing this video brought back a memory that I thought had been a simple nightmare!! There was an old, abandoned graveyard near my cousins’ house and all the neighbor kids would go down there to see what was to see. (I was about 9 at the time.). There was a large monument over one of the graves and my older sister dared me to climb up on it, even though it was cracked and half caved in. Well, not to be a scaredy-cat, I did it……and yes. The side I climbed up on fell into the grave hole below. They had to run home and admit to being there, telling mama I was IN the grave and the fire department showed up and got me out. I was so terrified I couldn’t even talk! It took months for me to recover completely and then my sister began convincing me it was just a nightmare and no need to worry. I will never again forget how absolute my terror was!! And the smell! To this day I can’t handle the smell of musty ground. UGH!! I bet I have brand new nightmares tonight! But this is a GREAT video and I’m a brand new subscriber. I love the ease with which you talk to “us” as if we were all right there beside you! Well done and bless you both for bringing the long-forgotten dead back to the light. I wonder why the graveyard was just abandoned?
I'm impressed how cleaned out this cemetery is. That's good what you both are doing. My Mother and I used to visit grave yards. Put flowers on graves that had blown off.
This makes you wonder how many thousands of graves there are around the country under mounds of dirt and leaves that will never be discovered. Every state needs a couple of Roberts! 😄👍 I wish you and all your viewers a Happy New Year.🎊🍾🥂 Looking forward to more adventures in 2022.
Loved this! Really glad to see you and Robert back at it. Also love "the best family homestead' with Aaron. However I love your presentation of the old forgotten ones. Thank you for the video. Keep that horrible spider though!!!!
What a great find ! It would be nice to bring this find to the light of day and uncover and mark the property lines and And clear all the grave sights. Would take a lot of helpers and some good experts like you two Roberts to over see this lost cemetery project ! By the way, that old car body there is a 1959 Ford car ! I can tell by its shape and the taillights ! Great work ! It would be almost impossible at this time for people like you two guys (or me) to walk away from this find ! I hope you have more video on it. Thanks for this video !
We have some Graves like those with the concrete slabs poured over them here in southern Indiana. Most of them had died from the influenza of 1918 and they sealed them with those concrete like that because they were afraid that it would spread from the dead bodies
Absolutely loved that. Would be wonderful if one of your subscribers lived near there and started a clean up campaign and give the respect you two do. Now Robert I hope you bought Robert a new pair of gloves for Christmas. Please stay safe and take care. Happy New Year
The car looks like a Mercury Monterey, they had a slanted power rear window... A buddy of mine owned one when we were still in highschool. I remember a trip we once took to Panama City Beach Florida. While riding on the beach, two of us would sit on the back panel, arms up on the roof, facing forward outside of the car...We thought we were cool 😎🌞 I live in my home county of Marion County Ga... But I lived in Muscogee County Ga in my younger years... Thanks for sharing and for what you do out there...
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The car was so cool! And the unknown cemetery…. So much mystery.
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I believe that’s a 1958 or 1959 ford galaxy
@@Thundervalleyspeedshop Yes, looks like a 1959 or 58 ford especially from the rear!
Definitely a 1959 Ford, like a 300
The plant is vinca
Elijah Bernard & his wife Annie Belle (Williams, married 21 Oct 1912) lived at 1303 Pou St., Columbus on 12 Sept 1918 when he signed his WWI draft registration card. He was a helper in the steel car gang of the Central of Georgia Railroad yard in Columbus, age 33, born 2 Jun 1885, tall, medium build, African American (found on Ancestry). His GA death certificate says he was born in Midland, GA, son of Harry & Bettis Bernard, died of typhoid fever on 28 Nov 1918. He was buried at the Midland Cemetery on 1 Dec 1918. John L. Dennis was the undertaker.
That is what I found as well though you have more detail. So, the cemetery is likely Midland Cemetery.
I think this maybe an African American cemetery. Someone else has commented that a plant found there was common on AA graves
@@1969floridagirl I agree. Segregation was the norm back in 1918 in Georgia. The Cemetery likely had slaves, former slaves and free people. Additionally some may have been Native American.
@@lindawoody8501 I believe that you are correct, it was common to bury natives in the segregated cemeteries.
What a beautiful find and now your research! Hopefully, the site has been marked and restoration / preservation is underway. 🙏👏👏👏
The car is a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door. The more rare 63A body style. Born in Detroit and delivered to a dealership in Jackson Mississippi in late November of 1958 and purchased by a young man for his new wife as a Christmas gift in late December. They drove it many years and sold it to a uncle in Alabama where he and the car went missing soon after. That would have been 1968 or 69? That’s about all I could come up with, sorry it wasn’t more.
Elijah Bernard was born 2 June 1885 in Georgia. He was the son of Harry Bernard and lived in Columbus, Georgia. His wife was Annie Bell Williams. He was African American. He worked as a Street Car Department Laborer. He died in 1918 as his marker indicates. The death certificate locates his burial place as "Midland Cemetery". That may be the name and likely due to the era, a largely African American burial place. My source is FamilySearch for the draft card WW1, and the death Certificate virtual image.
Thank You for the info
Surely that name is Barnard ? the second letter is surely an A ?
His death certificate says his last name was Barnard, but his parents names are listed Bonard. He died of typhus.
How wonderful that you managed to trace who he is. Very interesting.
@@logictheorist His death certificate says typhoid fever.
This should be how history is taught. Have students research the time periods, what happened in that time period, do research on individual graves. Best way to make history interesting and meaningful
Good idea
It would be nice if it was taught that way . Need to convince the parents and the state agencies that regulate schools and the curriculum .
They actually do that in my town here in New England...our cemetery starts at 1665...up until today. The kids love all the soldiers from way past wars....it is so interesting. Indian River Cemetery. Clinton CT
My neighbors and I, and about 4 friends found roughly 200+ graves where there was initially about 25 marked. On my neighbors' property across the street from me, there were 4 Civil War markers with their respective military units engraved on the headstones. What an amazing find. We're still working on it. In the hills of southern Kentucky 👍🇺🇸
Cool! Keep up the good work!
I absolutely love the effort and hard work you guys put in to document and preserve our history and the history of the forgotten.
I've missed you two, just like 100K other people! Its great to see you both on a new adventure and discovery! You both have not lost your touch, its a great find! Its still amazig just how many graves have been lost to time. Robert, I don't know how you keep so calm around spiders, experience, I suppose. Cool old car, you have a homing beacon for those and cemeteries!! It was all indeed a pleasure to watch. The Roberts' Reign!!
I live in southern Arizona and spiders are an everyday thing. Granted, I cringe every time they stick their hands in dark places without shining a flashlight first.
The plant vine you found is vinca. It has a purple flower on it, with a white cross in the middle, to remind them of their religion. Slaves planted it on family graves, as usually they weren't allowed headstones to mark graves. I encountered this a lot in Virginia.
Why weren't they allowed to have headstones? Thank you for telling me about the vinca to.
@@ghighiannemorrison4922 because some of the plantation owners saw them as subhuman.
Thank you Vicki....a bit like the early Australian settlers thought Aboriginal were the 'missing link'.
@@ghighiannemorrison4922 pretty much.
It’s amazing that golf course didn’t turn in the cemetery to the county when they were building.
It’s good to see Robert & Robert inc. back on the job!🤗🐝❤️
@Nancy Holcombe Seems like the golf course would have fenced it off whether they owned it or not. They can’t develop it. But didn’t Robert say that it wasn’t in the county records or did I misunderstood that part? It’s sad that so many of them don’t have markers😔🐝❤️
@Nancy Holcombe oh yes! Maybe someone watching will recognize a name. I imagine there are many graveyards like that… with few or no markers.🐝🤗❤️
@Nancy Holcombe That’s kind of you. I’m sure they are thankful for your help.🐝🤗❤️
Please contact the Muscogee County Genealogical Society and give them the location. They may have someone to come out and do a ground penetration survey. Would be so wonderful for the descendants of those buried there. Thank you for your good work. I so enjoy watching your videos.
You guys bring me such Joy. I am 74 Birmingham Alabama and a shut-in. You both do God's work for these forgotten souls.
I find your video's beautiful, but sad as well, these people buried in these forgotten cemeteries would never have expected to be forgotten, the work you all do bringing them back to the public awareness is just amazing, and just an invaluable contribution to your countries history. 💙
Hi Robert and Robert I have missed Robert I like the knowledge he's got he's very interesting to hear him talk about the history of areas you go 🚶♀️ 😀 👍 I really enjoy watching you all a big thank you and Walter and all the gang Andrew south wales uk 🇬🇧
I think an abandoned, forgotten cemetery is just about the saddest thing ever. It's just a shame that the knowledge of all these loved ones was not able to be carried on to the present generations. These cemeteries need to be preserved and protected. The people buried there deserve the dignity of remembrance.
How can they be cleaned and preserved now that they've been found?
I am so glad to see you guys back together again. Been missing your excursions into the unknown together. You guys are a team. Looking forward to seeing the progress on this lost now found burial ground.
My grandpa name is Frank Davis. I know my ancestors came from Virginia, Tennessee and NC area. I’m not sure where y’all are at, but it’s pretty cool! These were people with families that loved and missed them. These were their tributes of remembrance. It’s sad to see them lost to the elements of time. Thank you!! 🙂
That first headstone was a beauty, loved seeing the old handwriting. Thank you for honoring these people.
So happy to see Robert and Robert doing what they do best. Great way to end the year. Fascinating find! Hope you guys go back.
Yeahhhhh! The 2 Roberts are back!!! TG...missed Sidestep Adventures. Very happy to see you both ♥️♥️👍
You both do a beautiful thing, remembering the folks that were 🙏
I’m so glad to see the two Roberts back together again! You are such a great team. I love these old cemetery videos.
Glad to see the dynamic duo Roberts together again. Really missed you guys 👍
You guys are amazing making these people known again who were long forgotten
Just love trekking through the woods with Robert and Robert. Finding and documenting these old graves. God bless and take care
Listening to the two of you as you walk through the woods is fascinating stuff. Good luck on finding out more!
I did a search on find-a-grave and found where Hank had posting this headstone of Frank Davis, online. Great job Robert(s) and Hank! I left a flower and a message on the page. Rest in peace Mr. Davis, you are not forgotten.
I am just gobsmacked at the amount of information found about this cemetery by your followers. Even the car's owner. Wonderful job folks, whoever you are. Hopefully this will lead to these Graves being cleaned up & cared for again.
This was absolutely fantastic journey with u guys. Thank you so much for bringing us along. Anxious to find out who the people are and so on.
To untrained eyes like me would not have spotted any of that. Good job Robert and Robert.
Glad to see 5 graves were registered at the Find a Grave site. A great resource for genealogists. See Midland Cemetery, Muscogee County, Georgia. Cool find for you guys.
I stumbled across this video by accident, this was such a cool adventure you guys did. Those graves are some ones father, mother so many years ago. I live in Michigan, was born in 1944, dad was full German, his parents immigrated from Germany in late 1800's. There used to be an old cemetery near Vicksburg Mi. off a dirt road, that mom and dad would visit in the late 1940's to early 1950's. I remember some of the head stones, as there were trees there I would climb. A few years ago I thought about that cemetery, and tried to find it again, I learned it used to be called: Saint Johns German Luthern, or just Hassic Cemetery. I never could find the cemetery, as it may be on, or a part of private property now. There are houses now where the cemetery might have been. I stopped and asked a man who was in his yard about the Hassic cemetery, he said he had the house built 20 years ago, and never heard of that cemetery, end of story.
No! Not end of story! Go to the county records office and see what you can find. Keep looking for your family!
Oh Congratulations on your forthcoming RUclips award for reaching 100k. You are such a hardworking RUclipsr. 🥰🥰
The car is a 1959 Ford. I think it's cool that ya'll do these explorations. I also think it's sad when graves become forgotten.
I'm just curious about what your next step will be. You talked about it being undocumented and that this was why you did this exploration. So what is your next step? Is there a place you go to officially report and document the existence of the cemetery? Does anyone go and study the area, plot the gravesites on a map and make an official record (just in case the golf course finds itself in need of an "expansion"?!
Good questions!
I was about to ask how they go about documenting this and found your reply.
Does it get pinpointed as cemetery at all, or.. ? Very curious as well :)
They will do more research themselves then get with the right authorities. The authorities will take it from there normally. I'm guessing there will be a couple more episodes or videos on this particular cemetery before they are done walking through it. So stay on the lookout for that 😉
so nice to see other people excited about cemeteries, i try talking about abandoned cemeteries with friends and family and they look at me like im crazy
Wow I amazing what people have found out about the people that are buried there and I hope you can go back there and possibly find more graves and look into the grave that was buried under the two foot of dirt it’s so sad that the graves have been forgotten thank you for checking them out
Love your exploration of cemeteries ! Hope both Roberts and Cody too have a HappyNew Year !
If you have the GPS location, can you go to the county property appraiser office and get the section, township and range and research the records backwards to find out what was on the property 100 or more years back? I know a lot of historical records are gone forever, but seems like there should be a paper trail in land documents. Love your videos!
Awesome seeing both you Roberts together 👍❤️👍
Hey Robert's you both together makes my day. I miss you two together and the Chemistry you put out. Love the way you all are able to track down these lost Cemetery's an all these Hidden Graves. Can't hardly wait till you two come together to recheck. Going to need a backpack to keep in the Vehicles. Thank you for finding this Cemetery . And sharing it with us. Have a Prosperous New Year. Enjoy an Stay Safe.
At the 9 minute mark, you show a burial slab for Elijah Barnard, he was a Black man, born June 2, (1885) not 1883. He died Nov 27, 1918. He was drafted Sept 12, 1918. two months later he was killed. Died Nov 27, 1918 during WW I, at the age of 33 years. He was a tall black man of medium build, he had brown eyes and black hair. He worked for the Georgia Rail Road. He was married to Anne Belle Williams Barnard. They were married Oct 21, 1912 This information comes from his Draft Card. US. World War I Registration and other sources.
Great Work Robert and Robert.
Thanks for sharing
You rock at this
Other Robert, you were missed!! ❤️
Wonderful find, guys. The lost have been found! Thanks to you both.
Love the old Bryd farm stuff but the cemetery videos are what I started with watching you. Have missed you guys checking these old ones together again. More please?
Something tells me we haven’t seen the last of that abandoned car you discovered..Looks like a awesome salvage and restoration project.
Are you familiar with the national group called Friends Of Abandoned Cemeteries?
I discovered many stray gravestones while wandering through the woods here in Staten Island,NY. as a kid.I contacted FOAC where they documented and have volunteers who maintain any newly discovered/unknown graveyards.You both have a knack for identifying “indentions”.There is a website I can share with you that’s called ariel views..It’s views taken from aircraft during the works project act FDR adopted as getting people to work.It shows airel views which many times old home sites are discovered but I’m thinking it may be great for finding old abandoned cemeteries such as this.Now if the you type in the name of the town and nearest road it gives you airel views dating back from the 1930’s,40’s,50’s up to present day.Im not sure if I share the link they may take down my entire comment,YT is notorious for doing that.
That ‘59 Ford is a goner, it’ll probably collapse when they try to drag it out. It’s best left where is.
@@texan01 The 59 Fords' tail lights looked like they were 12" in diameter!
I noticed they didn't open the trunk lol
Awesome! I didn't know that there was such an organization! Excellent!
Man , I just Love a good mystery , especially when it involves you two !
Elijah Barnard was 35 when he passed. 1918 is death year born 1883. That flowering plant, if it blooms blue, is called Star of Bethlehem and is often found in Moravian cemeteries in NC.
Thanks to you and the other Robert for helping out the spider. I wasn't aware that a spider was able to build its web so quickly. I enjoyed seeing the cursive writing on the graves.
Happy New Year to other Robert! 🥂🎉Great explore,the suspense built on finding this one. The crunch,crunch of the leaves,the abandoned car ooo gives me chills... and then the 🕷️😳. Y'all be careful and have a great New Year's weekend!🙋Love from KY!🍾🌹🥂🎉
Love your cemetery adventures. Cool old car you found in the woods.
I wish they'd stated what model it was! I was guessing something like Edsel, or Ford Fairlane!
If anyone can sniff out a rusty car, it's you Robert! Very cool! I hope you go back to this one after you find out some more information on it. There has to be more slabs out there. I always watch these in full screen so I can feel like I'm there with you guys. (I would remember my tools...just sayin'...)
Looking forward to Robert and Other Robert going back with your brooms and flash light, and checking out the graves you couldn't uncover. Happy New Year to Both of You and Your Families. 🍾🍸
Interesting find. It's a good thing the Lord knows where everyone is, so many forgotten graveyards. So many unmarked pioneers also buried all over our nation. Nice to see you find them.
Awesome vid guys, Happy New Year and congrats on 100k subscribers
Y’all are amazing. So grateful for you finding these forgotten graves.
We always look forward to your video's, we see that you have found a new car on your travels. Sadly you could not drive it home. The abandoned cemetery you found beside the gold course was amazing. You and the other Robert do such a great job bring history to life. Thank you for all your hard work
On Elijoh (sic) Barnard's death certificate it states that he died in 1918 (you were right!)'of typhoid fever at the age of 33. A week later another Elijah Barnard was born in Muscogee County. A son or grandson? I couldn't find Frank Davis's information. Both men were African American.
Robert was having such a good time exploring and uncovering the gravestones. It was fun watching.
To me it is so sad to see an abandoned cemetery and they seem to be in every community, town and city in America. Thank you both for making these findings a part of your channel. I am nearing 80 yrs. and I remember from my childhood my grandmother going to every cemetery with paper flowers she had hand made to put on her relatives graves. At the time I wondered why and now I think she was keeping the records of her ancestors alive in her memory.
Ms Delores Radford if you are still able, please record your life history, all the stories you remember from your childhood, names of your family and birthdays and death dates or close to them for your family! My dad is 85. His whole life he's had a nickname he has no memory of how he got it. I waited too long to get curious about it and now I cannot, yet, find anyone who knows. I've begged him to write on all his family pictures who are the people, the date as best he can, etc. He is the last one alive who knows this and I have a huge passion for genealogy. Thank you. Jill
So glad to see Robert back with you!!!!
Can't believe I figured out Bernard that quick. And before both Roberts did. Maybe my brain ain't so old after all. Lol. Love yall doing these discovery videos of old cemeteries. Y'all ROCK.
Wow, you gentlemen are amazing at finding graves. Good work, must be a multi family cemetery, any way to figure out the original families? Thanks, Roberts
Wow! This was an amazing adventure. So sad to hear that this grave yard is not documented. It should be.
Good to see you both together again n doing your wonderful thing in finding old cemeteries.
This really got me excited as you keep finding more. You definitely have to go back again with all your tools n check for more. It would really be grand if you can research more on this one n find many answers to your questions. Thank you both for this thrilling video.
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Thank you Robert and Robert for finding a a missing cemetery please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
Some more lost history found on this day. You've done good boys have to look that Frank Davis up. Thanks for sharing
Great that you found that cemetery. Great to see you & the other Robert back, braving spiders, snakes, quite possibly Bigfoot as well. Not to mention the barbed wire. Happy New Year.
Frank Davis wife is Malindy...he had 3 children Frank Jr, Evans and Bishop.. He was a black male who owned his own farm in Bozemans, Georgia.
There many many old forgotten cemeteries around where I live in Middleboro Mass. And in surrounding towns. There is a ton of history surrounding this area dating back to the early 1600's. My neighbor's farm house was built in 1657. It was one of three not burned down by the wampanoag indians during King Phillips war. The residents were sympathetic to the Native Americans and they left each alone.
I would be really cool to hear an update and some answers to those questions!
Looked up Elijah and he died from typhoid fever. The one next to him could be his wife, Annie. This could have been a family cemetery or a small church cemetery. They were African American.
I was wondering if perhaps this was a slave cemetery ... no big ornate monuments and hand, primitive, engravings ??? how terribly sad that so many of these cemeteries are sitting under years of leaves and dirt, unknown to man
@@LitlPoot ..You're probably half right. Although Elijah was born and died a free man he most likely was buried next to the slave cemetery in the freedom section, lol.
@@P.B.Theriver what's funny?
@@Angel-tw3ko Because Elijah lived and died a free man. Isn't that something to be happy about?
Oh my days! Seeing this video brought back a memory that I thought had been a simple nightmare!! There was an old, abandoned graveyard near my cousins’ house and all the neighbor kids would go down there to see what was to see. (I was about 9 at the time.). There was a large monument over one of the graves and my older sister dared me to climb up on it, even though it was cracked and half caved in. Well, not to be a scaredy-cat, I did it……and yes. The side I climbed up on fell into the grave hole below. They had to run home and admit to being there, telling mama I was IN the grave and the fire department showed up and got me out. I was so terrified I couldn’t even talk! It took months for me to recover completely and then my sister began convincing me it was just a nightmare and no need to worry.
I will never again forget how absolute my terror was!! And the smell! To this day I can’t handle the smell of musty ground. UGH!! I bet I have brand new nightmares tonight!
But this is a GREAT video and I’m a brand new subscriber. I love the ease with which you talk to “us” as if we were all right there beside you! Well done and bless you both for bringing the long-forgotten dead back to the light. I wonder why the graveyard was just abandoned?
This is another one where I was talking to my screen. You guys are amazing.
The Other Robert is crazy excited with the discovery of those graves. So happy to see this new video!
I'm impressed how cleaned out this cemetery is. That's good what you both are doing. My Mother and I used to visit grave yards. Put flowers on graves that had blown off.
This makes you wonder how many thousands of graves there are around the country under mounds of dirt and leaves that will never be discovered. Every state needs a couple of Roberts! 😄👍 I wish you and all your viewers a Happy New Year.🎊🍾🥂 Looking forward to more adventures in 2022.
You both are the BEST… Thank you for All you both do….💪👍
Loved this! Really glad to see you and Robert back at it. Also love "the best family homestead' with Aaron. However I love your presentation of the old forgotten ones. Thank you for the video. Keep that horrible spider though!!!!
Finding the forgotten. ❤️
What a great find ! It would be nice to bring this find to the light of day and uncover and mark the property lines and And clear all the grave sights. Would take a lot of helpers and some good experts like you two Roberts to over see this lost cemetery project ! By the way, that old car body there is a 1959 Ford car ! I can tell by its shape and the taillights ! Great work ! It would be almost impossible at this time for people like you two guys (or me) to walk away from this find ! I hope you have more video on it. Thanks for this video !
Robert barbed wire can usually be dated, would be interesting to know the age of it.
Big Robert, aka Hound Dog can find those cemeteries! Can't believe how many people are buried there. It's huge.
A great find for families! Great job guys
We have some Graves like those with the concrete slabs poured over them here in southern Indiana. Most of them had died from the influenza of 1918 and they sealed them with those concrete like that because they were afraid that it would spread from the dead bodies
Absolutely loved that. Would be wonderful if one of your subscribers lived near there and started a clean up campaign and give the respect you two do. Now Robert I hope you bought Robert a new pair of gloves for Christmas. Please stay safe and take care. Happy New Year
Absolutely awesome!! Love watching yall! ❤
Always interesting!! Thanks 👍
Another great adventure. Good to see the Robert's out a d about. Thanks for taking us along.
Aloha Robert & Robert! Wishing you & yours a Blessed New Year! Aloha! Please take care!
I love your combo, Robert and Robert 🔝👏🏼
great to see you,robert again!! love it!good old days! like you guys,keep it up!
I am so glad that I found your channel - I love this kind of content!!!
Thank you guys for your exploring. The car looks like a 1959 Ford by the tailights..............Jay
1959 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door. The rare 63A body style.
Please, keep us posted on what you find out about this place! God bless and Happy New Year!
The car looks like a Mercury Monterey, they had a slanted power rear window...
A buddy of mine owned one when we were still in highschool. I remember a trip we once took to Panama City Beach Florida. While riding on the beach, two of us would sit on the back panel, arms up on the roof, facing forward outside of the car...We thought we were cool 😎🌞
I live in my home county of Marion County Ga...
But I lived in Muscogee County Ga in my younger years...
Thanks for sharing and for what you do out there...
I so do really want a part 2 where they come back with tools
Please do updates on this cemetery, and go prepared to brush leaves and scrape dirt. Love these vids you do on forgotten cemeteries.
Don't forget the chalk!
Great video and interesting the graves you found and the research your followers discovered!
Great video. Thanks.
Enjoy your video's! Have a Happy New Year!! God Bless You!
Nice one guys, that was a great adventure. The old USGS map shows two cemeteries that are not visible on Google Maps, maybe one of them?
What's USGS
@@1969floridagirl United States Geological Survey