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They were all very informative and a lot of cool findings about the history enjoyed the series hopefully you'll have more on it in the future thank you Robert.
When you are into genealogy and have a keen interest in history, it is amazing how much you can remember. I wish this was being recorded in a book somehow. I fear RUclips will one day go the way of the 8 track or cassette player one day. This should never be lost.
Family not speaking to each other happens more than people know. It happened in my family. Life is to short and family is everything. Forgive and forget!
What a nice wrap up to the Whitehead series. My husband's gggrandfather was drafted at about 50 years of age out of Stokes County, NC. There weren't any Confederate records showing this, but he must have had a record, perhaps the allegiance statement at the end of the war. He has a Confederate tombstone, one of the ones provided by the US.
I'll share a couple of tidbits about the civil war that you rarely hear (related to the southern draft). Both came from letters written by one of my GG Grandfathers during the war. In one or more letters, he described how things changed when soldiers learned that their terms of service were to be extended with no right to return home. From what he wrote, after that change on the side of the Confederates (which also included the Draft), the confederate soldiers would die cursing the Confederacy, and that they realized they'd been snickered by the southern elites. (He fought for the Union BTW.) He also wrote about how in the North, they also extended the term of service and refused to let people leave no matter the reason. He knew a man whose term was up, and he needed to go home (If I remember right, his friend's mother was ailing and probably would die). He tried to leave and was caught. The provost marshal (I think that was the military officer type) put him in jail, so the rest of the unit fixed bayonets and charged the jail. The provost marshal fled in terror, and they let the man free so he could return in time (which I think he did). I've got the original letters and scans of them, but it's been several years since I read them and would have to do some searching to find the individual letter(s) again. (BTW - the letters of that period were sent in tiny little envelops - one of them had written on it that it was on a train burned by confederates and was singed because of the burning.)
Ty for sharing! Museum quality items are in your care. My great gramdfather was in the Union Army, Kentucky regiment (they all had children late in life, so great and not great great) I love hearing the stories of our shared history, north and south. This series is fascinatimg to listen to.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! William Whitehead is my 4th Great Grandfather! I have been looking for information on that side of my family for years!!!!!!
Another great video Robert 👍. I would love to come to Waverly Hall and meet Dan. Does he do tours of the town? The history he talks about is so interesting. We should all know our family history and the history of where we live. Thank you Dan.
Thanks Dan and Robert really enjoyed learning more history! Dan you're so knowledgeable about the history of Waverly Hall and surrounding area have liked listening to you. Please you and Robert do more videos
I am extremely impressed with the History that Dan knows from one small town/region . Thank you Robert and Dan for showing us many cemeteries of the enslaved. Our very young nation is still healing from these past mistakes. Many nations made mistakes, but are healing , forgiving, not forgetting and learning from the past , only, so they can move on. That is what forgiveness is. Queen Elizabeth visited Dublin in 2011. This event will be part of her amazing life and legacy. I think these sentences were the best lines of her speech at Dublin castle . "Indeed so much of this visit reminds us of the complexity of our history, its many layers and traditions, but also the importance of forbearance and conciliation, of being able to bow to the past but not be bound by it. Thank you for presenting American history!
Thank you Robert and Dan! I'm enjoying the tour about Waverly Hall and ALL the history. Today I almost had to write down/take notes the lineage connection between the Whiteheads to Pitts to Mrs. Street that Dan recited!! Sometimes I get lost in my own genealogy of who's who in the line up! Dan you have an amazing memory and so very well spoken as you share your knowledge, you make it all very easy to follow along! Keep'em comin!
I wish I had the memory to recite my family tree as smoothly as Dan recites the Whitehead's history! Thank you for this series and all of your videos and channels.
Love to hear the history! Thank you Dan! I would like to see this in every community! We all need the Elders to tell history. It's a shame so many stopped the storytelling. The people's of ages ago all had the one family that kept the history to pass on it was held sacred in many tribes. The young should know we weren't just whittling sticks. The writings are in the stones,the Native robes,sing your songs and tell.
Very interesting to hear about the families. Dan is worth is weight in gold as far as knowledge. I know that you are recording him for future generations but hopefully he will record all the history in writing as a backup and store the knowledge in a local historical society. Thanks to both of you for doing this as I realize that you spend your own personal time on making this all happen. Kudos to the both of you.
I continue to be amazed at the scope of Dan's knowledge, I don't get how you can remember the details of so many people in history!! You two make a a great team, love watching your videos, thank you!
Dan is just amazing, even if you're not from the area the way he explains everything,,, it keeps your interest he's a breathing History lesson of that area
Thank you Robert, Other Robert, Dan, Walter, and etc for everything you have taught me. I just finished watching the 60 Minutes story about Sharswood, a former plantation in Virginia. The slave quarters were just as I remember the home you showed us recently, and the cemetery with field stones is just like the ones you document. I felt so knowledgeable watching the program! Thank you, again, for what you do.😊
I just watched a 60 minutes episode about a plantation home being bought by descendants of a slave from that plantation! It would be great if we knew some more history of the slaves. I know documentation is hard, but it would be nice. Btw I love what you and Dan do.
I always enjoy listening to Dan talking local history. And that cemetery looks enormous to me. You can barely see the vehicles going by on the road. But maybe it only looks that way on camera.
I do believe that is one of the most intresting videos I've ever seen you two do.. It's so good. The Whiteheads and Mahone must've been really well off.. It's intresting how the story of so many generations lived within the same area and you see what kind of whealth and history it brought. I could only imagine how rich Elizabeth Whitehead must've been. Thanks for such a a great history lession
Thank you to Dan Akin for his extreme knowledge of the history of the Whitehead and other closely related family members and where the plantations once were. Thank you, Robert for Sharing .
I just love these videos I am related to all the Baptist Ministers with the name Stout. I have a ancestry of the Stouts and there’s 21 children and they are famous in NJ they bought the land from the Indians my grandmother was adopted by a Indian. Never had an attack by Indians.
So fascinating to hear this history. Thank you Dan. I am working on my family genealogy and find it so interesting to see who married who. Just amazing information.
I always find these history research videos so very interesting and it is wonderful that you take the time and put in the effort to share them with others. You both do a marvelous job.
History is a very important thing and I am so happy that you guys especially Dan know the history and teach the history to others because history should not be forgotten good or bad unlike what's going on now in society where you're trying to wipe out history especially white man's history I hate to say that but history is never to be forgotten no matter whether it's good or bad as I said and we cannot let them destroy it alter it or make it up as they wanted to be God bless you guys and I will continue to watch everything that you do God bless 🛐♾️✝️❤️ LOL
Just a tip: When you visit these older cemetarys, bring a spray bottle filled with water and spray the epitaphs with the water and they will instantly become easy to read. 😉
I am an Emory University Alum. As a Theological Graduate Student I spent countless hours in the Pitts Theological Library ( at the time boasted the largest Theological Collection in the Southeastern United States. I had no idea about the Waverly Hall (Slave Plantation) connection.
If only I could find someone as knowledgeable as Dan is about my own city and county of Midland Michigan. I would love to know the stories of people who are buried in our cemeteries.
I have figured out where the idea of "Terracing" came from. "The Hanging Garden in Babylon". From the year 500- 600BC. This was south of Baghdad. I saw a video and thought of your show!
"When Samantha died, Miss Margaret Pitts was 24 years old. Miss Margaret said she paid the delivery and setting fee for the grave marker as well as one for Hilliard, who is buried beside his wife, to her left, but his grave marker disappeared long ago. "
I would like to ask; my family owns property on what was once a portion of an old plantation, & nobody knows exactly where the old house once stood, on the site. Their home and land, ( my parents) sits in front of a cemetery, that was moved there when a lake was built in the 1940s. There is Carolina jasmine growing next door to them, it reaches all the way up to the top of pine trees. There are two concrete obelisk that sit on either side of my family's property, and a grave lays, faxing the wrong directions, north,and south, on the property. Could the obelisk have been put there, at any time, during the existence of the plantation? There is a slave cemetery a few Mile's away, but I am curious, as to the jasmine, and could it be indicative of the presence of the original plantation home? Thanks!
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They were all very informative and a lot of cool findings about the history enjoyed the series hopefully you'll have more on it in the future thank you Robert.
I have Pitts family, Stanely and Giggleman
@@lisapitts2011 thank you I will check that out.
I really don't understand how Dan manages to remember all of those names and all that history! It's honestly amazing to me!
Same.
Dude is a wealth of knowledge!
When you are into genealogy and have a keen interest in history, it is amazing how much you can remember. I wish this was being recorded in a book somehow. I fear RUclips will one day go the way of the 8 track or cassette player one day. This should never be lost.
My thoughts too! These videos are a treasure. Thanks, Dan and Robert!
Another ggreat story. I'm from Australia but am starting to know the locals
Dan is an encylopedia!! Amazing historic details and information. Very interesting episode, a beautiful cemetery too. Excellent!! 👍👍❣️❣️
I love the fact that this is becoming a series. Very interesting and a great job gentleman.
What a joy I could listen to Dan all day love these stories about these people so long ago I go through a wide range of emotions when listening
Family not speaking to each other happens more than people know. It happened in my family. Life is to short and family is everything. Forgive and forget!
Thank you Dan an Robert Amazing American history
Tall cotton!! I can remember my grandmother using this phrase. I'm sure Dan has heard it...lol
Amazing cemetery and History
Man that's a lot Dan. The Whiteheads were the goats of their time. Thnx Robbie & Dan. Enjoy the weekend
Thanks, Robert and Dan!! XXXX ❤👍
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Dan is a encyclopedia of history and showing other people the history
What a nice wrap up to the Whitehead series. My husband's gggrandfather was drafted at about 50 years of age out of Stokes County, NC. There weren't any Confederate records showing this, but he must have had a record, perhaps the allegiance statement at the end of the war. He has a Confederate tombstone, one of the ones provided by the US.
I'll share a couple of tidbits about the civil war that you rarely hear (related to the southern draft). Both came from letters written by one of my GG Grandfathers during the war.
In one or more letters, he described how things changed when soldiers learned that their terms of service were to be extended with no right to return home. From what he wrote, after that change on the side of the Confederates (which also included the Draft), the confederate soldiers would die cursing the Confederacy, and that they realized they'd been snickered by the southern elites. (He fought for the Union BTW.)
He also wrote about how in the North, they also extended the term of service and refused to let people leave no matter the reason. He knew a man whose term was up, and he needed to go home (If I remember right, his friend's mother was ailing and probably would die). He tried to leave and was caught. The provost marshal (I think that was the military officer type) put him in jail, so the rest of the unit fixed bayonets and charged the jail. The provost marshal fled in terror, and they let the man free so he could return in time (which I think he did).
I've got the original letters and scans of them, but it's been several years since I read them and would have to do some searching to find the individual letter(s) again.
(BTW - the letters of that period were sent in tiny little envelops - one of them had written on it that it was on a train burned by confederates and was singed because of the burning.)
Really interesting ! Thank you for sharing.
Ty for sharing! Museum quality items are in your care. My great gramdfather was in the Union Army, Kentucky regiment (they all had children late in life, so great and not great great)
I love hearing the stories of our shared history, north and south. This series is fascinatimg to listen to.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! William Whitehead is my 4th Great Grandfather! I have been looking for information on that side of my family for years!!!!!!
If you have not seen the series… we have done 4 videos about William Whitehead and the Whitehead plantation.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory Just watched them all again
Another great video Robert 👍. I would love to come to Waverly Hall and meet Dan. Does he do tours of the town? The history he talks about is so interesting. We should all know our family history and the history of where we live. Thank you Dan.
Hello Jen
Wow that is a great history lesson on the families,enjoy the videos greatly
Thanks Dan and Robert really enjoyed learning more history! Dan you're so knowledgeable about the history of Waverly Hall and surrounding area have liked listening to you. Please you and Robert do more videos
The Three Amigos , thanks Rob , Dan , Uncle Walter. another great video. Now all we need is a little safety green added in to make it The Four Amigos.
Outstanding the gents knowledge is outstanding. I could listen to his voice for hours. Ty for this series.
I am extremely impressed with the History that Dan knows from one small town/region .
Thank you Robert and Dan for showing us many cemeteries of the enslaved.
Our very young nation is still healing from these past mistakes.
Many nations made mistakes, but are healing , forgiving, not forgetting and learning from the past , only, so they can move on.
That is what forgiveness is.
Queen Elizabeth visited Dublin in 2011. This event will be part of her amazing life and legacy. I think these sentences were the best lines of her speech at Dublin castle .
"Indeed so much of this visit reminds us of the complexity of our history, its many layers and traditions, but also the importance of forbearance and conciliation, of being able to bow to the past but not be bound by it.
Thank you for presenting American history!
I could listen to Dan's history lessons always.He never gets boring.Great video.
Thank you Robert and Dan! I'm enjoying the tour about Waverly Hall and ALL the history. Today I almost had to write down/take notes the lineage connection between the Whiteheads to Pitts to Mrs. Street that Dan recited!!
Sometimes I get lost in my own genealogy of who's who in the line up! Dan you have an amazing memory and so very well spoken as you share your knowledge, you make it all very easy to follow along!
Keep'em comin!
Hello Jenni
Great history!
WOW Dan is a treasure, need more like him.
I wish I had the memory to recite my family tree as smoothly as Dan recites the Whitehead's history!
Thank you for this series and all of your videos and channels.
Love this show. All cemeteries should be kept as nice. We owe it to the deceased
Love to hear the history! Thank you Dan! I would like to see this in every community! We all need the Elders to tell history. It's a shame so many stopped the storytelling. The people's of ages ago all had the one family that kept the history to pass on it was held sacred in many tribes. The young should know we weren't just whittling sticks. The writings are in the stones,the Native robes,sing your songs and tell.
Very interesting to hear about the families. Dan is worth is weight in gold as far as knowledge. I know that you are recording him for future generations but hopefully he will record all the history in writing as a backup and store the knowledge in a local historical society. Thanks to both of you for doing this as I realize that you spend your own personal time on making this all happen. Kudos to the both of you.
I continue to be amazed at the scope of Dan's knowledge, I don't get how you can remember the details of so many people in history!! You two make a a great team, love watching your videos, thank you!
Dan is just amazing, even if you're not from the area the way he explains everything,,, it keeps your interest he's a breathing History lesson of that area
Excellent recollection of the Whitehead family history by Mr Dan!
Top vid this one
I'm really enjoying this adventure! And Dan is starting to look like a Reb soldier. lol
Hello Peggy
Love hearing Dan's historical stories
Dan is amazing, he's a walking, talking history buff for sure.
Thank you Robert, Other Robert, Dan, Walter, and etc for everything you have taught me. I just finished watching the 60 Minutes story about Sharswood, a former plantation in Virginia. The slave quarters were just as I remember the home you showed us recently, and the cemetery with field stones is just like the ones you document. I felt so knowledgeable watching the program! Thank you, again, for what you do.😊
I'm so thankful for these videos! Dan is a wealth of knowledge! Thanks Rob 😁
I just watched a 60 minutes episode about a plantation home being bought by descendants of a slave from that plantation! It would be great if we knew some more history of the slaves. I know documentation is hard, but it would be nice. Btw I love what you and Dan do.
Very interesting, thank you Robert and Dan. Dan the knowledge man!
Always enjoy seeing Gentleman Dan and learning the history of your area! ❤️
I always enjoy listening to Dan talking local history.
And that cemetery looks enormous to me. You can barely see the vehicles going by on the road. But maybe it only looks that way on camera.
I do believe that is one of the most intresting videos I've ever seen you two do.. It's so good. The Whiteheads and Mahone must've been really well off.. It's intresting how the story of so many generations lived within the same area and you see what kind of whealth and history it brought. I could only imagine how rich Elizabeth Whitehead must've been. Thanks for such a a great history lession
Thank you again gentlemen for a fascinating video. All three of you are very generous with your time and knowledge.
Great
Man , he is a wealth of knowledge on the Whiteheads and the early people of Waverly Hall in general.
An absolute walking history book.
Thank you to Dan Akin for his extreme knowledge of the history of the Whitehead and other closely related family members and where the plantations once were. Thank you, Robert for Sharing .
Always enjoy the videos thanks from my hill top in. Sc
Dan is the Google of Waverly Hall! Thank you so much for this series. Facinating!
It was a wonderful series, special thanks to Dan
I just love these videos I am related to all the Baptist Ministers with the name Stout. I have a ancestry of the Stouts and there’s 21 children and they are famous in NJ they bought the land from the Indians my grandmother was adopted by a Indian. Never had an attack by Indians.
I have not bern this excited to view another episode since Dallas circa 1989! LOL! Just teasing, but I am really enjoying this series! Thank you!
Thank you Robert for this video...a perfect way to end this series on this family and those associated with it. Keep safe and keep well. 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Fascinating!
please encourage Mr Akin to transcribe this great local history
Interesting history
Love from Pakistan ❤🇵🇰
Wonderful video of this family. This shows that money will part families faster that anything.
Very interesting history I'm glad there are people like you guys that care about this stuff.
Thank you I have enjoyed this very much. God bless both of you 🙏❤️
So interesting to listen to your love that you know all this
Wonderful job, please write it down for the next generation
So fascinating to hear this history. Thank you Dan. I am working on my family genealogy and find it so interesting to see who married who. Just amazing information.
Robert, Thanks for creating this channel for us! This information is incredible American history!
Love this.
This is so interesting! Thank you Robert & Dan!
Another wonderful history lesson from Dan. Thank you!!
I always find these history research videos so very interesting and it is wonderful that you take the time and put in the effort to share them with others. You both do a marvelous job.
Amazing history, I do similar here in Ireland, just love your cemeteries there
Excellent! Thank you!
History is a very important thing and I am so happy that you guys especially Dan know the history and teach the history to others because history should not be forgotten good or bad unlike what's going on now in society where you're trying to wipe out history especially white man's history I hate to say that but history is never to be forgotten no matter whether it's good or bad as I said and we cannot let them destroy it alter it or make it up as they wanted to be God bless you guys and I will continue to watch everything that you do God bless 🛐♾️✝️❤️ LOL
Thank you for the tour today. Always a interesting video.
Thanks for the historical narratives - very interesting!
@sidestep adventures thank you for bringing so much history to us all. I'm in Georgia and appreciate it. I lived in Barnesville years ago.
Really enjoyed that thanks. Dan has so much history to share, love it. Please stay safe and take care
Robert this fella Dan is a great story teller keep the vids coming PS wheres Cody
A lot of baby making back in the day, I guess no TVs. Thanks Dan and Robert.
I find this kind of history very interesting !! Thank you for sharing this with me !
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Just a tip: When you visit these older cemetarys, bring a spray bottle filled with water and spray the epitaphs with the water and they will instantly become easy to read. 😉
I am an Emory University Alum. As a Theological Graduate Student I spent countless hours in the Pitts Theological Library ( at the time boasted the largest Theological Collection in the Southeastern United States. I had no idea about the Waverly Hall (Slave Plantation) connection.
This so interesting.
a great informative video thank y'all for sharing it with us.
If only I could find someone as knowledgeable as Dan is about my own city and county of Midland Michigan. I would love to know the stories of people who are buried in our cemeteries.
Great stories. I love your channel
Hmm. I wonder how she managed to hang on to her wealth. She must have been one shrewd gal!
Buried it or like Scarlett was very resourceful.
@@karenwright8556 Maybe her plantation was spared destruction by the yankees?
I have figured out where the idea of "Terracing" came from. "The Hanging Garden in Babylon". From the year 500- 600BC. This was south of Baghdad. I saw a video and thought of your show!
so interesting
Was this wealth created in Waverly Hall or did they bring it with them? I assume it came from earlier generations.
Dan 👍👍👍
Interesting
Rough times in the South after the Civil War.
I would like to see more dogs in your videos. Just a suggestion. 😁
I didn’t know people were forced into battle in those days .
"When Samantha died, Miss Margaret Pitts was 24 years old. Miss Margaret said she paid the delivery and setting fee for the grave marker as well as one for Hilliard, who is buried beside his wife, to her left, but his grave marker disappeared long ago. "
Cool
Merci de traduire les commentaires en français
I would like to ask; my family owns property on what was once a portion of an old plantation, & nobody knows exactly where the old house once stood, on the site. Their home and land, ( my parents) sits in front of a cemetery, that was moved there when a lake was built in the 1940s. There is Carolina jasmine growing next door to them, it reaches all the way up to the top of pine trees. There are two concrete obelisk that sit on either side of my family's property, and a grave lays, faxing the wrong directions, north,and south, on the property. Could the obelisk have been put there, at any time, during the existence of the plantation? There is a slave cemetery a few Mile's away, but I am curious, as to the jasmine, and could it be indicative of the presence of the original plantation home? Thanks!
I wonder if they could be my people. Grandpa hasn't talked about his folks.
The panic of 1873 caused economic problems as well.