What an amazing find! And it leads the mind to so many questions.... what did she have? What were her symptoms? Here’s some more info on this place from historian Dan Aiken: “Two of those rock graves are John James Livingston and his wife. According to info online, he was born in 1780 and died in 1861. His daughter married Seaborn J. Whatley. The Livingston house was across the road from the cemetery, way back, about 200 yards. The rock chimney bases were still there in 1990. I also recall being told that a monument company came a great distance to place the slab over one of the graves there and something happened to the man doing the work. He never finished the job and the marble sides that were suppose to go around the bottom of the slab were left in a pile nearby. I often wondered what happened to the monument guy.” Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures Announcing the new Patreon members only Facebook group! Visit our Patreon for more details..... My flashlights: bit.ly/2ZkatOt Wukong Magnets who provided me with a few magnets for my channels sent me a discount code to pass along to my subscribers.... The code: Sidestep16 You get 16% off using that code. www.magnetfishingwukong.com/
Doubt it was cancer. Best guess is some kind of auto immune disease like lupus. Uncle Jay has to be the coolest uncle in America. Love your show. Marietta..
@@olafvidar9315 It may well have been consumption or tuberculosis. Remember that the human life expectancy was far shorter back then, and germ theory had not been developed. Heavy metals such as mercury, along with arsenic and strychnine were commonly used in nostrums. The median human life expectancy was far shorter, and women were not highly regarded after child bearing age.
WOW. Robert, I had heard at one time that graves with stacked stones on the graves could possibly be Indian burial grounds. Thank you for another great video.
Thirty years ago, I used to drive all over Northern Virginia and into the Shenandoah Valley in search of old graveyards. I took photos of the more interesting or poignant markers. It was my weird hobby. I'm very gratified to see that you're doing what I used to do, taken to the next level. You document visits to these graves that could be the last time they're ever visited with so much respect. Well done, sir.
#RobertHibbert - have you ever been into the Manassas area? My husband is from there. We used to visit the Manassas Battle Fields, watch reenactments of the Battle of Manassas also. So much to see and learn from there at their museum as well. We still have family on my husband's side that live there and I have family in Front Royal, my favorite place of all time to visit is Skyline Caverns (my husband proposed to me in the cavern with the reflecting pond ♥). Anyway, I Was just wondering if you'd ever been in those areas as well. Take Care!!
I do the same here in the u.k. there pretty old here ..i find it fasinating emaging what they looked like how they lived ..oldest one i found dayed back to 1500s.
@Play4u67: I've been near, around, and through Manassas town and past the battlefield, but unlike you, I've never done a proper visit! I've been to the charming town of Front Royal a few times. (Wallis Warfield Simpson lived there for a time while she was getting a divorce from her first husband, fun fact.) Luray is also lovely, and I've "done" the cavern tour too. Further down south I've explored Waynesboro and Staunton and made a few visits to Swannanoa back when it was the home to The University of Science and Philosophy. That was a very long time ago!
"Taken from the evil to come". That is interesting. An untold story there. In all of the old stones I have viewed, I have never seen an inscription like that.
I wonder if she had Huntington's Disease. Many afflicted people get end-stage dementia, which can take on frightening manifestations.---It's hereditary, so makes me wonder if there are any other family members at that site with odd inscriptions.
What you do has such meaning.....I don't think you really realize just how much. Bless you... "Speak Their Name"... Someone I love has gone away And life is not the same The greatest gift that you can give Is just to speak their name I need to hear the stories And the tales of days gone past I need for you to understand These memories must last We cannot make more memories Since they're no longer here So when you speak of them to me It's music to my ears... kp/2013/Out of the ashes
They say you die twice. The first i when your body dies, and the second is when your name is spoken for the last time. Thanks for speaking names to keep them alive.
I can believe it. Even it well known cemeteries you'll have graves that are seldom if ever visited. Children grow old and die, and the grandchildren or great-grandchildern don't feel the same connections to the dead, or have moved away from the area. I see it in my own family. My uncle visits his wife's grave frequently, but hasn't been to his parents and sister since the 1980s. It's sad that the dead are forgotten, but it also makes me think of alternative ways to have my own remains disposed of besides an unvisited hole in the family plot.
Wife of James M. Young, Elizabeth Anna Whatley, appears in book (The Georgia Frontier, Volumes 2-3 (P456-457). Below is a story about her grand parents, Samuel and Catherine Whatley: On 15 April 1842, a letter from Mrs. Catherine Whatley, widow, to Hon. R. W. Habersham, Georgia Senator, stating that about time of the Revolution, her father, James Anglin, moved from North Carolina, settling near Washington, Georgia, bringing with him 7 sons and Catharine, "a motherless daughter about 13 yers. old." Her brothers were all older than she. Her father was native of Ireland. She had lived 5-6 yrs. in Wilkes County, Ga. When she married Samuel Whatley, a boy about her age, whose father had been killed by Indians at Cherokee Corner on Clarke-Oglethorpe County, Ga. Line when Samuel was 14 years old, the eldest child. During Rev., her husband served under Elijah Clarke, was at siege of Augusta and served under Colonel Elijah Clarke when he was shot in left arm. They were betrothed before he left on S.C. Campaign, and when he returned home with his wounds, were married before old Squire Biddle in Wilkes County. She has lived 45 years in Wilkes County after her marriage and moved to Pike County after Samuel's death to plantation of her son, James Whatley, where he has res. for 9-10 yrs. She had 5 sons "Still alive and Georgia citizens". She married Samuel in Wilkes County, Ga. in 1781 or 1782. She is 80 years old, lived in Ga. 67 yrs., in Wilkes County 55 years, and Pike County, 9 yrs. She states her husband was loyal to Whig cause and before he reached majority was twice frozen, once hung and twice shot while in defense of liberty. Henry Anglin, Sr., who served with Whatley under Micajah Williamson, testified that Whatley was wounded at Long Canes in South Carolina, taken prisoner 4-5 mos., came home with wounds all over him, on 13 February 1844 in Jackson County.
Same book lists children of Seaborn Whatley: II. Seaborn J. Whatley, born 18 October 1798 in Wilkes County, died 9 February 1886. He married to Martha Elizabeth Livingston (born 17 Jul 1808 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, died 18 July 1868) in Harris County on 15 January 1832, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Livingston. Issue: A. William Henry Whatley, born 2 February 1833 in Wilkes County. He married Ann C. Sutton on 20 December 1855 in Harris County. B. Samuel John Whatley, born 31 October 1834 in Harris County, Died on 12 September 1843. C. Elizabeth Anna Whatley, born 4 March 1836 in Harris County. She married James M. Young on 25 August 1857. D. Katherine Savannah Whatley, born 28 November 1837 in Harris County, died on 1 October 1881. She married Warren A. Clark on 14 January 1868. E. Sarah Jane Whatley, born 12 July 1839 in Harris County. She married John A. Partridge on 20 March 1856. F. Mary Frances Whatley, born 28 February 1841 in Harris County, died on 7 May 1881. G. Susan Wilson Whatley, born 23 December 1842 in Harris County, died on 1 October 1879. H. James Lewis Whatley, born 2 November 1844 in Harris County. I. Martha Milford Whatley, born 10 September 1849 in Harris County, died on 11 November 1862. J. Laura Cassandra Whatley, born 25 October 1849 in Harris County. She married William Moses Jones on 13 January 1869. He married Mary E. Keyes on 30 April 1879.
Charles Copeland, I know of some Whatley’s. They live in & around Edgefield, SC. (I assume that is from the Edgefield District, SC mentioned about.) Location a bit north of Aiken, SC across the Savannah River & Augusta, GA.
Many, including my great grandpa, died from lead poisoning. He was a house painter and in those days paint contained lead which accumulates in the body. He would stir paint with his hands. They were clueless then about the dangers.
Robert, Brian, Cody that was a very good job of expressing this video . Very well done and with a lot of respect. Well put with feeling . Good job. Sherri
Beth Livingston That is amazing! Do these people show up on a family tree? Do you know any stories about these people? I hope he didn’t actually stumble over your relatives!
@@yvellebradley2502; yes they do show up in my family tree. After the Rev. war her family moved to Alabama and then later some moved to Alabama and some to Texas. Learned a lot when I joined the DAR. So much history and fascinating to study.
@@bethlivingston1181 I noticed that one of the first stones he read had the last name Young, My ancestors are named Young and came to Texas in the early 1800's. William Foster Young, and his Son William Cocke Young, also their relatives the Crains came with them to help Texas fight in the Battle of San Jacinto, where Texas gained it's freedom. Does any of this sound familiar? Could you possibly have Youngs in your tree as well?
You are so right..there are a number. I remember my father show the burial spot of 5 family members who died of the 1918 flu. A young child, then mother, next two boys, and finally the father. Burial plot was out of St.Pauls, NC off Barker Ten Mile Rd. swamp. Marked with wooden cross and stones. Wish I could remember more about location, but likely over grown.
The tool you found looks to be the remains of a very old mattock. Long ago they were more single-sided than double sided, and were a common gardening/farming tool. Look up "antique mattock" and you will find photos of some that are very similar to the one you found. Pretty cool. Probably left over from the days the cemetery was still being tended.
@@gwagon4188 my dream is to tour the USA...Im dreamin of touring your great country plan is to somehow in this year still come over for a week...The ppl of the US are so fortunate ....I think I am born in the wrong continent
You honor our ancestors is a respectful way and it so interesting! I've done much wandering in old cemeteries finding relatives and stories, like the mysterious illness. We've come a long way from those days,,,,,or have we? Thanks Most Kindly! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Another interesting look into history. I enjoy watching but they also make me sad. So many forgotten people. They also tend to make me homesick. I am now so far away from the graves of people i loved. I worry who cares for them now although they rest in a cemetery that is cared for. Sorry for all the sentiment. I like going with to places i would never get to & admire that you document these cemeteries for posterity.
Aloha S.S.A.! Fascinating cemetary! I shed a couple tears when you showed us the kid's graves. Was there a town or church nearby there? It would be great if some of the surviving Whatley family watch this video & fill us in on their history & "the mysterious illness."🤔
I enjoy your channel, it is so nice to see I am not the only one who is touched by the little remnants we have today of people who lived here in Georgia long ago. I see there are so many of them in this graveyard who lived through The War Between the States and it would be so wonderful know their experiences of that. Especially Seaborn Whatley, who lived almost the entirety of the 1800s, and his sweet wife "who rendered him good and not evil". Hopefully the family has a record of all the people buried there. Some of my favorite reading consists of first-hand accounts of people who lived through The War, and it is very compelling stuff. Some had incredible gumption and were survivors. Most of it is tragic. Many of the younger men who came through the conflict even halfway whole left Georgia and headed out West to get away from the disenfranchisement and broken economy, and the women were left to deal with their loss and grief. Some wound up in the mental asylum in Milledgeville because they just couldn't process all the things that happened to them. So that makes it even sadder if their stories are lost. Makes me want to know more about this family. Thanks for sharing!
I stumbled across your most interesting channel, my daughter and I have gone through local cemeteries. We find it most interesting, we clean them up, taking off built up leaves, soil and even trim over growth just to tidy up the graves. We still should have respect for the departed. Again so very interesting.
Great video. Just happy to see a place like this that hasn't been disturbed by vandals and graffiti artists. Meep up the good work and enjoy your content.
Wow the woods in your state really take it back quickly glad you document these places thank you 😊❤️✌🏻💙 so much loss of our history, interesting mysterious sickness
I’m not sure if knowing where you’ll spend forever, is comforting or unnerving. These family cemeteries are beautiful but then there almost forgotten except for you guys. Thanks for your work.
Thank God for genealogy. My dad took us away from the family and we only saw them on certain occasions. And then visiting my moms family was limited to none. So she talked about them enough for me to know a little bit. My mom is 83 years young. So I started doing genealogy and finding out all this stuff. It has been very interesting since I didn't grow up with family members on a day to day basis. I found family members never met that had already done most of the lineages.
I have fibromyalgia and it's only been in recent years that studies have been made regarding fibro. It's very hard to diagnose , so was also considered mysterious for many years. I'm glad science has made much progress in the study of illnesses.
Another great adventure. My mom and kids and I used to go to old graves sites in N.C where a lot of ancestors of ours were buried. I'm no longer able to but I enjoy tagging along on your adventures
That first grave you passed in the silent section was such an unusual type. Really lovely, the way the stones are stacked like a wall here in the Highlands. Do any if your viewers know a good resource for grave architecture typology? I'm also really interested in the type in the video you did with the fellow who wears the 'You need Jesus' shirts. Was on a hill, and had 5 or 6 house type structures in a row. They were the children of parents with ornate headstones, mum had a lovely ivy carving, at end of row. Thanks for great content!
Thank you for all that you do. You are recording history in many ways, keeping loved ones alive and bring it to so many people. With the current pandemic you are helping record and research past epidemics. Please get a whisk broom.
Considering the times she lived in chronic arsenic poisoning might have been a factor in her illness. There was arsenic and lead in so many every day products then and some people were more affected than others. Everything from wallpaper to clothing dyes to cosmetics to food additives and countless other every day things had arsenic and/ or lead at the time. Chronic mercury poisoning could also have been an issue as mercury was commonly used in medicines. Whatever she was prescribed for hger illness over those years could have actually been contributing to it.
Ok, I'm convinced. Going to do this around my county and see what I can find. My town wasn't founded until after the Civil War but was involved in it. They made a movie about it. The Free State Of Jones. Another great video.
What beautiful epitaphs! Those people were loved and cared for. Thank you for reading these out loud. May the rest in peace. P.S. Thank you for leaving that tool thing behind... many would've taken it as a souvenir.
Another great video, very interesting, like you I am fascinated with what the lady died of marked as a mysterious illness. They used to put a lot more information on the headstones back then didn’t they making it a lot more interesting for us. Thank you Robert
Many early settlers in Georgia came down from PA. Mine left 1769 and 1771 from Cumberland PA to what is now Washington and Burke. counties. Three brothers walked back to PA for enlistment in the Revolutionary War.
The headstones have beautiful, poetic sayings on them, ...and you're so nice to read them to us, I love old headstones, i don't think that modern day headstones have beautiful inscriptions on them, not like the older ones. Thanks for sharing an interesting cemetery.
Our society seems to be less and less reverent about burial places like this, as you noted in another video where a sewer line was dug thru one of the cemeteries you profiled. It frightens me that these sacred places may be lost someday, completely defiled and destroyed in the name of progress and societal improvements. I wish that the family members, church and other local communities would document these locations, the buried, and some history of the buried. Community and church projects should be developed to maintain and preserve these sacred and beautiful sites. Schools could have classes and have students research the buried and the history that they brought to the area. Field trips could be given where the students would get a first-hand look at the early residents and the beginnings of their areas and an idea of how their community was once settled. It would be of particular interest to any descendants who might still live in the area. I would think that locals and especially descendants of the deceased would benefit from the efforts. Please keep up the great work. God bless you!
I would guess the 14 years of unknown illness would have been an autoimmune or neurological disease. Considering the husband was a doctor, he left an important message carved in stone. Thank you for finding it and presenting it.
Yes, it is interesting she was married to a Doctor as well as suffering from a mysterious illness. I would like to know what her symptoms were and more of her story.
It could be Fibromyalgia. It wouldn't have been mistaken for consumption. There has been some speculation that Florence Nightengale suffered from it as well based on symptoms from her journal, but that is in hindsight and not during the time she lived.
Just found you today. I live south of Atlanta and there is a very old graveyard near my house that may interest you. The Westmoreland family is buried there. Dr. Westmoreland founded Emory Hospital after the civil war. It is not a big cemetery with fancy stones. It is small and has many other old stones including some slave graves.
I absolutely love all your videos...may I suggest you take a whisk broom with you...short handle and stiff bristles would clean off the tombstones easier. LOVE that you read these markers for us. Thrilling.
Another great video. It’s amazing how many are out there and forgotten. I do have to say Robert, I am a little jealous, seeing you in short sleeves. I’m in Minnesota and it’s going to be -21 tonight. 🥶
It saddens me to see this old family cemetery is not kept up. The names should be written down and donated to a Historical Society, etc. Thank you for sharing.
The Mysterious Sickness was often pernicious anaemia--vitamin B12 deficiency. It was less common and no one knew how easily it could have been cured--if they had known about vitamins and the B 12 vitamin. It took a long time to kill--but the patient just got paler and weaker as their blood iron decreased--some took six or seven years to pass away, others only a few. It was also known is some early texts as "Fading Away". Not to be confused with Leukaemia--another disease that was a sure killer but usually a quicker decline. Tuberculosis they knew about--no mystery there. .
I love to watch your cemetery videos, and I wonder, do you think that carrying along a small whisk broom would make it a little easier to clean off the gravestones? I can't believe it, you just mentioned some people have asked about bringing a broom along, lol. But I think a regular sized broom would be a hassle, unlike a small little whisk broom.
Hi Robert and the boys! I get really excited when I see you have discovered another cemetery Robert..you and your friends are so respectful, and often manage to reveal such interesting information from those grave stones, and like this time, you encourage other people to write in and tell you some amazing facts linked to things you find. I’ve never seen anyone else “read” the writing quite like you do Robert...after brushing leaves etc away, you have a torch in one hand, and almost like your reading Braille, you literally feel the carvings and read with your finger tips! I think that’s a great way to read the carved words. So well done. It’s been so enjoyable travelling round with you. All, discovering so much !. Do you write up and hand in your findings to the local historical society,council or similar, so the information you collate can at least be saved and be on record for people.?? One last comment...,you make me smile Robert..your always talking about bringing a small hand brush to clear the graves, and also your blank paper and crayons to do a rubbing.....not seen you do either yet, but I can live in hope, lol. Meanwhile, Thankyou for reading this, and keep up your exciting adventures! I love coming with you, as many others do too! Take care! Love and best wishes to you all! From Helen in the UK 😘👍☕️☕️👩 xxx . Ps! Watch out for those snakes! 🐍🐍🐍!
Another great and well done video! I wish I had the time and money, as I would like to "adopt" one of these abandoned cemeteries that you have shown and clean them up.
You have a very nice voice sometimes i just listen to the videos and dont view them.i love and appreciate your work i love grave yards and visit them all the time my family and friends think im weird i dont care i love wat i love. Keep them coming.
If you ever want to read the old old tombstones use baby powder or flour pour it on take a small brush and wipe away excess powder or flour you will be able to read everything on the tombstones the rain will wash the powder and flour iff
I was thinking that it looks like a "form" that a shoemaker would use (with part of the foot section broken off), or perhaps even a prosthetic leg - although I don't have a clue as to how either one of those would have gotten to that location! A casket leg makes a lot of sense.
@@sharihuffman8874 I think even then they had grave side services and some tool had to be used to support the casket so it would not fall into the hole. It is kinda good to see the tools they used back then if that is what it was.
I just love the visits to these cemeteries and I'm so grateful that you take the time and trouble to read each of the markers. You might think about slipping a little whisk broom into your car. It won't take up much room and it'll be handy when you do make stops at these long lost cemeteries!
That wooden thing you found, first thing I thought of was that it was quite possibly something used when someone lost a leg, to help support the body. Kind of a peg-leg. It would be possible that some of those grave belonged to soldiers in the Civil War...so ...I would be very interested to find out if I'm right.
As a person suffering diabetes I bet that lady did too. During the Victorian Era people would watch love ones starve to death because of fasting to avoid the symptoms.
I found it interesting that some of the grave stones said departed from this life. In my state of Illinois even the grave stones from the 1800s said 'died' not departed.
Thank you for another interesting adventure . Bless you for your respect for the dead . I’m especially interested in the mystery illness being a retired RN
If you are interested in seeing old graveyards, PLEASE READ THIS. So many old graves are losing the ability to read what is / was on the gravestone. It would be really great if we could come together to have small plaques made for each of them in order to help identify whose grave it is. I think whoever owns / manages the grave should have records on who is in each grave. I am sure some graves may be so old that there is no way to find out. However it would help preserve the info we can read and or find out about each grave, for future generations. I have no idea on the cost it would take to have a small plaque made. However if we came together as a community, I am sure donations and fundraisers could help cover the cost. Maybe starting with the older graves and posting info on where families could have plaques made for their loved ones, whom they visit. It's only a good idea if many people help to come together to make it happen.
What an amazing find! And it leads the mind to so many questions.... what did she have? What were her symptoms?
Here’s some more info on this place from historian Dan Aiken:
“Two of those rock graves are John James Livingston and his wife. According to info online, he was born in 1780 and died in 1861. His daughter married Seaborn J. Whatley. The Livingston house was across the road from the cemetery, way back, about 200 yards. The rock chimney bases were still there in 1990.
I also recall being told that a monument company came a great distance to place the slab over one of the graves there and something happened to the man doing the work. He never finished the job and the marble sides that were suppose to go around the bottom of the slab were left in a pile nearby. I often wondered what happened to the monument guy.”
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Chalk would be a benefit.
Doubt it was cancer. Best guess is some kind of auto immune disease like lupus. Uncle Jay has to be the coolest uncle in America. Love your show. Marietta..
@@olafvidar9315 It may well have been consumption or tuberculosis. Remember that the human life expectancy was far shorter back then, and germ theory had not been developed.
Heavy metals such as mercury, along with arsenic and strychnine were commonly used in nostrums.
The median human life expectancy was far shorter, and women were not highly regarded after child bearing age.
WOW. Robert, I had heard at one time that graves with stacked stones on the graves could possibly be Indian burial grounds. Thank you for another great video.
When can I meet you I go to cemetery
Thirty years ago, I used to drive all over Northern Virginia and into the Shenandoah Valley in search of old graveyards. I took photos of the more interesting or poignant markers. It was my weird hobby. I'm very gratified to see that you're doing what I used to do, taken to the next level. You document visits to these graves that could be the last time they're ever visited with so much respect. Well done, sir.
#RobertHibbert - have you ever been into the Manassas area? My husband is from there. We used to visit the Manassas Battle Fields, watch reenactments of the Battle of Manassas also. So much to see and learn from there at their museum as well. We still have family on my husband's side that live there and I have family in Front Royal, my favorite place of all time to visit is Skyline Caverns (my husband proposed to me in the cavern with the reflecting pond ♥). Anyway, I Was just wondering if you'd ever been in those areas as well. Take Care!!
So beautifully said sir! ❤️
I do the same here in the u.k. there pretty old here ..i find it fasinating emaging what they looked like how they lived ..oldest one i found dayed back to 1500s.
@Play4u67: I've been near, around, and through Manassas town and past the battlefield, but unlike you, I've never done a proper visit! I've been to the charming town of Front Royal a few times. (Wallis Warfield Simpson lived there for a time while she was getting a divorce from her first husband, fun fact.) Luray is also lovely, and I've "done" the cavern tour too. Further down south I've explored Waynesboro and Staunton and made a few visits to Swannanoa back when it was the home to The University of Science and Philosophy. That was a very long time ago!
Could you perhaps put your research and photos on line for us to view?
When I walk through graveyards and cemeteries I imagine what each person's life was like. As I read their headstones my mind goes back in time.❤
"Taken from the evil to come". That is interesting. An untold story there. In all of the old stones I have viewed, I have never seen an inscription like that.
Unit 38 I’m wondering if there was an illness going around.
I'm thinking this refers to the great tribulation...not having to live through Gods judgement on earth at the second coming.
I googled it alot different meanings,comes from bible
Vreepy shit 4 sure
I wonder if she had Huntington's Disease. Many afflicted people get end-stage dementia, which can take on frightening manifestations.---It's hereditary, so makes me wonder if there are any other family members at that site with odd inscriptions.
I love the cemetery videos, its great to see the dead being remembered
Yes
Mee too
What you do has such meaning.....I don't think you really realize just how much. Bless you...
"Speak Their Name"...
Someone I love has gone away
And life is not the same
The greatest gift that you can give
Is just to speak their name
I need to hear the stories
And the tales of days gone past
I need for you to understand
These memories must last
We cannot make more memories
Since they're no longer here
So when you speak of them to me
It's music to my ears...
kp/2013/Out of the ashes
They say you die twice. The first i when your body dies, and the second is when your name is spoken for the last time. Thanks for speaking names to keep them alive.
Amen
So true
Saddest thing when you're forgotten and there is no one left to remember you.
that quotes by banksy
I absolutely can't believe all the forgotten cemeteries.....
Me either
I can believe it. Even it well known cemeteries you'll have graves that are seldom if ever visited. Children grow old and die, and the grandchildren or great-grandchildern don't feel the same connections to the dead, or have moved away from the area. I see it in my own family. My uncle visits his wife's grave frequently, but hasn't been to his parents and sister since the 1980s.
It's sad that the dead are forgotten, but it also makes me think of alternative ways to have my own remains disposed of besides an unvisited hole in the family plot.
Wife of James M. Young, Elizabeth Anna Whatley, appears in book (The Georgia Frontier, Volumes 2-3 (P456-457). Below is a story about her grand parents, Samuel and Catherine Whatley:
On 15 April 1842, a letter from Mrs. Catherine Whatley, widow, to Hon. R. W. Habersham, Georgia Senator, stating that about time of the Revolution, her father, James Anglin, moved from North Carolina, settling near Washington, Georgia, bringing with him 7 sons and Catharine, "a motherless daughter about 13 yers. old." Her brothers were all older than she. Her father was native of Ireland. She had lived 5-6 yrs. in Wilkes County, Ga. When she married Samuel Whatley, a boy about her age, whose father had been killed by Indians at Cherokee Corner on Clarke-Oglethorpe County, Ga. Line when Samuel was 14 years old, the eldest child. During Rev., her husband served under Elijah Clarke, was at siege of Augusta and served under Colonel Elijah Clarke when he was shot in left arm. They were betrothed before he left on S.C. Campaign, and when he returned home with his wounds, were married before old Squire Biddle in Wilkes County. She has lived 45 years in Wilkes County after her marriage and moved to Pike County after Samuel's death to plantation of her son, James Whatley, where he has res. for 9-10 yrs. She had 5 sons "Still alive and Georgia citizens". She married Samuel in Wilkes County, Ga. in 1781 or 1782. She is 80 years old, lived in Ga. 67 yrs., in Wilkes County 55 years, and Pike County, 9 yrs. She states her husband was loyal to Whig cause and before he reached majority was twice frozen, once hung and twice shot while in defense of liberty. Henry Anglin, Sr., who served with Whatley under Micajah Williamson, testified that Whatley was wounded at Long Canes in South Carolina, taken prisoner 4-5 mos., came home with wounds all over him, on 13 February 1844 in Jackson County.
Same book lists children of Seaborn Whatley:
II. Seaborn J. Whatley, born 18 October 1798 in Wilkes County, died 9 February 1886. He married to Martha Elizabeth Livingston (born 17 Jul 1808 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, died 18 July 1868) in Harris County on 15 January 1832, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Livingston. Issue:
A. William Henry Whatley, born 2 February 1833 in Wilkes County. He married Ann C. Sutton on 20 December 1855 in Harris County.
B. Samuel John Whatley, born 31 October 1834 in Harris County, Died on 12 September 1843.
C. Elizabeth Anna Whatley, born 4 March 1836 in Harris County. She married James M. Young on 25 August 1857.
D. Katherine Savannah Whatley, born 28 November 1837 in Harris County, died on 1 October 1881. She married Warren A. Clark on 14 January 1868.
E. Sarah Jane Whatley, born 12 July 1839 in Harris County. She married John A. Partridge on 20 March 1856.
F. Mary Frances Whatley, born 28 February 1841 in Harris County, died on 7 May 1881.
G. Susan Wilson Whatley, born 23 December 1842 in Harris County, died on 1 October 1879.
H. James Lewis Whatley, born 2 November 1844 in Harris County.
I. Martha Milford Whatley, born 10 September 1849 in Harris County, died on 11 November 1862.
J. Laura Cassandra Whatley, born 25 October 1849 in Harris County. She married William Moses Jones on 13 January 1869. He married Mary E. Keyes on 30 April 1879.
What a wonderful historian Charles thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing
That's awesome history I'd love too see more offered by the stoneviewers
Charles Copeland, I know of some Whatley’s. They live in & around Edgefield, SC. (I assume that is from the Edgefield District, SC mentioned about.) Location a bit north of Aiken, SC across the Savannah River & Augusta, GA.
I love the respect you show these lost and forgotten souls. Because of your team speaking their names, their legacy lives on.
Many, including my great grandpa, died from lead poisoning. He was a house painter and in those days paint contained lead which accumulates in the body. He would stir paint with his hands. They were clueless then about the dangers.
Every Tombstone tells a story had hope's and dreams and so many died so young thank you so much as always for taking us along whith you
Robert, Brian, Cody that was a very good job of expressing this video . Very well done and with a lot of respect. Well put with feeling . Good job.
Sherri
I'm so glad you're out there documenting this. Imagine what you haven't even discovered yet.
Yes!
This is awesome, I do believe you stumbled upon a few of my relatives... Too cool!!!
Beth Livingston That is amazing! Do these people show up on a family tree? Do you know any stories about these people? I hope he didn’t actually stumble over your relatives!
@@yvellebradley2502 Is Livingstone not the name of the stone mason or undertakers from that time ?
@@yvellebradley2502; yes they do show up in my family tree. After the Rev. war her family moved to Alabama and then later some moved to Alabama and some to Texas. Learned a lot when I joined the DAR. So much history and fascinating to study.
I meant they moved from Alabama then to Georgia and Texas.
@@bethlivingston1181 I noticed that one of the first stones he read had the last name Young, My ancestors are named Young and came to Texas in the early 1800's. William Foster Young, and his Son William Cocke Young, also their relatives the Crains came with them to help Texas fight in the Battle of San Jacinto, where Texas gained it's freedom. Does any of this sound familiar? Could you possibly have Youngs in your tree as well?
The respect you, and those with you, show for the people who have been forgotten by others -- it amazes and humbles me. Thank you.
Ive come across two forgotten cemeteries here in Robeson Country, N.C. right off a major highway........Its sad they’re forgotten like that 😔
You are so right..there are a number. I remember my father show the burial spot of 5 family members who died of the 1918 flu.
A young child, then mother, next two boys, and finally the father.
Burial plot was out of St.Pauls, NC off Barker Ten Mile Rd. swamp. Marked with wooden cross and stones.
Wish I could remember more about location, but likely over grown.
The tool you found looks to be the remains of a very old mattock. Long ago they were more single-sided than double sided, and were a common gardening/farming tool. Look up "antique mattock" and you will find photos of some that are very similar to the one you found. Pretty cool. Probably left over from the days the cemetery was still being tended.
The best thing you can do...read their tombstones out loud! 😊 Excellent!
Viewing all the way from South Africa...awsome work
Thank you!
S. A. Love it there......can you see how it is in the U.S.
@@gwagon4188 my dream is to tour the USA...Im dreamin of touring your great country plan is to somehow in this year still come over for a week...The ppl of the US are so fortunate ....I think I am born in the wrong continent
@@jeta-mariaswanepoel ...Hi ek praat Afrikaans...groete en seënweense!!
You honor our ancestors is a respectful way and it so interesting! I've done much wandering in old cemeteries finding relatives and stories, like the mysterious illness. We've come a long way from those days,,,,,or have we? Thanks Most Kindly! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Another interesting look into history. I enjoy watching but they also make me sad. So many forgotten people. They also tend to make me homesick. I am now so far away from the graves of people i loved. I worry who cares for them now although they rest in a cemetery that is cared for. Sorry for all the sentiment. I like going with to places i would never get to & admire that you document these cemeteries for posterity.
Me i would like to wander and visit different places when i go. I want to see the 4 corners
Aloha S.S.A.! Fascinating cemetary! I shed a couple tears when you showed us the kid's graves. Was there a town or church nearby there? It would be great if some of the surviving Whatley family watch this video & fill us in on their history & "the mysterious illness."🤔
sometimes i watch your cemetery videos and im so touched by the respect and care you show that it makes me cry
I enjoy your channel, it is so nice to see I am not the only one who is touched by the little remnants we have today of people who lived here in Georgia long ago. I see there are so many of them in this graveyard who lived through The War Between the States and it would be so wonderful know their experiences of that. Especially Seaborn Whatley, who lived almost the entirety of the 1800s, and his sweet wife "who rendered him good and not evil". Hopefully the family has a record of all the people buried there. Some of my favorite reading consists of first-hand accounts of people who lived through The War, and it is very compelling stuff. Some had incredible gumption and were survivors. Most of it is tragic. Many of the younger men who came through the conflict even halfway whole left Georgia and headed out West to get away from the disenfranchisement and broken economy, and the women were left to deal with their loss and grief. Some wound up in the mental asylum in Milledgeville because they just couldn't process all the things that happened to them. So that makes it even sadder if their stories are lost. Makes me want to know more about this family. Thanks for sharing!
I stumbled across your most interesting channel, my daughter and I have gone through local cemeteries. We find it most interesting, we clean them up, taking off built up leaves, soil and even trim over growth just to tidy up the graves. We still should have respect for the departed. Again so very interesting.
Such a great find, love how you read out the inscriptions... msy they rest in peace x
You have , for a moment in time said the names of the forgotten. They live again so to speak their names. God Bless you Robert
I love these old family cemeteries. They had money to afford those sort of headstones in the 1800s in rural Georgia.
Great video. Just happy to see a place like this that hasn't been disturbed by vandals and graffiti artists. Meep up the good work and enjoy your content.
Wow the woods in your state really take it back quickly glad you document these places thank you 😊❤️✌🏻💙 so much loss of our history, interesting mysterious sickness
Seaborne Whatley: At about 7:30 the "shock of corn" phrase is a Bible verse: Job 5:26.
The first phrase is from Psalm 37:37.
LIBICU812 37:37
May the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen. Those unmarked graves: we may not know your name but our father knows you by name.RIP
I’m not sure if knowing where you’ll spend forever, is comforting or unnerving. These family cemeteries are beautiful but then there almost forgotten except for you guys. Thanks for your work.
Yo Robert. Again great find guy
Really appreciate ur work. Jus gives chills to me when your reading off names. That’s every time
Just normal people like me and you living every day lives. Passed away and forgotten. Makes you wonder how they were like. Life is too short
Thank God for genealogy. My dad took us away from the family and we only saw them on certain occasions. And then visiting my moms family was limited to none. So she talked about them enough for me to know a little bit. My mom is 83 years young. So I started doing genealogy and finding out all this stuff. It has been very interesting since I didn't grow up with family members on a day to day basis. I found family members never met that had already done most of the lineages.
Plz get a wisk broom
And some gloves
A wisk broom with +soft bristles+.
I have fibromyalgia and it's only been in recent years that studies have been made regarding fibro. It's very hard to diagnose , so was also considered mysterious for many years. I'm glad science has made much progress in the study of illnesses.
Im wondering if i have that.need more info
Another great adventure. My mom and kids and I used to go to old graves sites in N.C where a lot of ancestors of ours were buried. I'm no longer able to but I enjoy tagging along on your adventures
I enjoy this channel so much. I wonder if the item you found would be used in placement of the slabs.
Maybe so
That first grave you passed in the silent section was such an unusual type. Really lovely, the way the stones are stacked like a wall here in the Highlands. Do any if your viewers know a good resource for grave architecture typology? I'm also really interested in the type in the video you did with the fellow who wears the 'You need Jesus' shirts. Was on a hill, and had 5 or 6 house type structures in a row. They were the children of parents with ornate headstones, mum had a lovely ivy carving, at end of row. Thanks for great content!
Thank you for all that you do. You are recording history in many ways, keeping loved ones alive and bring it to so many people. With the current pandemic you are helping record and research past epidemics. Please get a whisk broom.
What a beautiful thing you do, To remember all those poor souls lost and forgotten,,, Thank you
Considering the times she lived in chronic arsenic poisoning might have been a factor in her illness. There was arsenic and lead in so many every day products then and some people were more affected than others. Everything from wallpaper to clothing dyes to cosmetics to food additives and countless other every day things had arsenic and/ or lead at the time. Chronic mercury poisoning could also have been an issue as mercury was commonly used in medicines. Whatever she was prescribed for hger illness over those years could have actually been contributing to it.
You never fail to educate me, giving me some joy with your cemetery videos. I love them!!!
I love the old names like Seaborn.
From Australia 🇦🇺 loving your videos , so interesting looking through cemeteries and at graves etc.
Ok, I'm convinced. Going to do this around my county and see what I can find. My town wasn't founded until after the Civil War but was involved in it. They made a movie about it. The Free State Of Jones. Another great video.
What beautiful epitaphs! Those people were loved and cared for. Thank you for reading these out loud. May the rest in peace. P.S. Thank you for leaving that tool thing behind... many would've taken it as a souvenir.
I agree about reading the epitaths. I bet they were chosen with care and they had a special meaning for many of the families.
Another great video, very interesting, like you I am fascinated with what the lady died of marked as a mysterious illness. They used to put a lot more information on the headstones back then didn’t they making it a lot more interesting for us. Thank you Robert
Maybe check out the Wandering Woodsman videos. Shows different graveyards in PA. Some types I have never seen.
Many early settlers in Georgia came down from PA. Mine left 1769 and 1771 from Cumberland PA to what is now Washington and Burke. counties. Three brothers walked back to PA for enlistment in the Revolutionary War.
I used to live in Berks County, Pa. I love watching The Wandering Woodsman channel.
The headstones have beautiful, poetic sayings on them, ...and you're so nice to read them to us, I love old headstones, i don't think that modern day headstones have beautiful inscriptions on them, not like the older ones. Thanks for sharing an interesting cemetery.
Our society seems to be less and less reverent about burial places like this, as you noted in another video where a sewer line was dug thru one of the cemeteries you profiled. It frightens me that these sacred places may be lost someday, completely defiled and destroyed in the name of progress and societal improvements. I wish that the family members, church and other local communities would document these locations, the buried, and some history of the buried. Community and church projects should be developed to maintain and preserve these sacred and beautiful sites. Schools could have classes and have students research the buried and the history that they brought to the area. Field trips could be given where the students would get a first-hand look at the early residents and the beginnings of their areas and an idea of how their community was once settled. It would be of particular interest to any descendants who might still live in the area. I would think that locals and especially descendants of the deceased would benefit from the efforts.
Please keep up the great work. God bless you!
That bird was like " Get off my lawn!" 🤣🤣
Right
Great video! Thanks for finding and sharing!!
I would guess the 14 years of unknown illness would have been an autoimmune or neurological disease. Considering the husband was a doctor, he left an important message carved in stone. Thank you for finding it and presenting it.
Yes, it is interesting she was married to a Doctor as well as suffering from a mysterious illness. I would like to know what her symptoms were and more of her story.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory I would too. This is a very inspiring story.
It could be Fibromyalgia. It wouldn't have been mistaken for consumption. There has been some speculation that Florence Nightengale suffered from it as well based on symptoms from her journal, but that is in hindsight and not during the time she lived.
Just found you today. I live south of Atlanta and there is a very old graveyard near my house that may interest you. The Westmoreland family is buried there. Dr. Westmoreland founded Emory Hospital after the civil war. It is not a big cemetery with fancy stones. It is small and has many other old stones including some slave graves.
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How come local councils don't take care of these cemeteries, they do in Australia, as far as I know.
I absolutely love all your videos...may I suggest you take a whisk broom with you...short handle and stiff bristles would clean off the tombstones easier. LOVE that you read these markers for us. Thrilling.
Another great video. It’s amazing how many are out there and forgotten. I do have to say Robert, I am a little jealous, seeing you in short sleeves. I’m in Minnesota and it’s going to be -21 tonight. 🥶
Wow as usual so fascinating and sad, but Thank you for Keeping their memories alive...Great job!
Very interesting indeed but sad. Another cool adventure...thank you.
Amazing video as always. Just curious if you have seen any family pets buried in some of these cemeteries?
No
Thank you so much for showing this. I just love the respect you show these people. Thanks for taking me along just loved it
It saddens me to see this old family cemetery is not kept up. The names should be written down and donated to a Historical Society, etc. Thank you for sharing.
happy belated birthday Robert seeing this video on march 5th 🎉🎂🎊another awesome video i enjoy again 👍😉
Such history there. Thank you Robert, Brian and Cody for filming.
The Mysterious Sickness was often pernicious anaemia--vitamin B12 deficiency. It was less common and no one knew how easily it could have been cured--if they had known about vitamins and the B 12 vitamin. It took a long time to kill--but the patient just got paler and weaker as their blood iron decreased--some took six or seven years to pass away, others only a few. It was also known is some early texts as "Fading Away". Not to be confused with Leukaemia--another disease that was a sure killer but usually a quicker decline.
Tuberculosis they knew about--no mystery there.
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Another quality video on forgotten names. Thanks for sharing
I love to watch your cemetery videos, and I wonder, do you think that carrying along a small whisk broom would make it a little easier to clean off the gravestones?
I can't believe it, you just mentioned some people have asked about bringing a broom along, lol. But I think a regular sized broom would be a hassle, unlike a small little whisk broom.
Hi Robert and the boys!
I get really excited when I see you have discovered another cemetery Robert..you and your friends are so respectful, and often manage to reveal such interesting information from those grave stones, and like this time, you encourage other people to write in and tell you some amazing facts linked to things you find. I’ve never seen anyone else “read” the writing quite like you do Robert...after brushing leaves etc away, you have a torch in one hand, and almost like your reading Braille, you literally feel the carvings and read with your finger tips! I think that’s a great way to read the carved words. So well done. It’s been so enjoyable travelling round with you. All, discovering so much !. Do you write up and hand in your findings to the local historical society,council or similar, so the information you collate can at least be saved and be on record for people.??
One last comment...,you make me smile Robert..your always talking about bringing a small hand brush to clear the graves, and also your blank paper and crayons to do a rubbing.....not seen you do either yet, but I can live in hope, lol.
Meanwhile, Thankyou for reading this, and keep up your exciting adventures! I love coming with you, as many others do too! Take care!
Love and best wishes to you all! From Helen in the UK 😘👍☕️☕️👩 xxx . Ps! Watch out for those snakes! 🐍🐍🐍!
Another great and well done video! I wish I had the time and money, as I would like to "adopt" one of these abandoned cemeteries that you have shown and clean them up.
Tuberculosis was common then too. Good videos. Thanks.🇨🇦
You have a very nice voice sometimes i just listen to the videos and dont view them.i love and appreciate your work i love grave yards and visit them all the time my family and friends think im weird i dont care i love wat i love. Keep them coming.
Great uploads. I would love to see some videos on ghosts and historic sites of the unusual!
If you ever want to read the old old tombstones use baby powder or flour pour it on take a small brush and wipe away excess powder or flour you will be able to read everything on the tombstones the rain will wash the powder and flour iff
That kinda looks like a corner leg they used to hold the casket during the funeral. Maybe they forgot to pick it up. Very old though.
Thats what I was thinking it was.
@@reedsponsler2563 Great minds think alike. LOL
I was thinking that it looks like a "form" that a shoemaker would use (with part of the foot section broken off), or perhaps even a prosthetic leg - although I don't have a clue as to how either one of those would have gotten to that location! A casket leg makes a lot of sense.
@@sharihuffman8874 I think even then they had grave side services and some tool had to be used to support the casket so it would not fall into the hole. It is kinda good to see the tools they used back then if that is what it was.
Interesting!
I just love the visits to these cemeteries and I'm so grateful that you take the time and trouble to read each of the markers. You might think about slipping a little whisk broom into your car. It won't take up much room and it'll be handy when you do make stops at these long lost cemeteries!
We would like to hear from Cody please.
Wow this is amazing so much history😃 Thanks for this post Joanne
Love your videos
Thank you
That's nice what you are doing...once
Again their names were spoken and we thought of them in mystery and wonder. RIP
That wooden thing you found, first thing I thought of was that it was quite possibly something used when someone lost a leg, to help support the body. Kind of a peg-leg. It would be possible that some of those grave belonged to soldiers in the Civil War...so ...I would be very interested to find out if I'm right.
Loved your video, so I subbed. I find it so interesting, looking at these old graves, the history of our former generations. Thank you
As a person suffering diabetes I bet that lady did too. During the Victorian Era people would watch love ones starve to death because of fasting to avoid the symptoms.
Another facinating cemetery. Thank you 😊
Thank you. Another interesting video. Are you cataloging the inscriptions?
Sooo glad I found your channel! I love what you are doing and do it every chance I get.
it a shame and sad when a cemetory is forgotton and neglected
Diamond painting with dreamer true but anything over 100 years really depends on future generations to maintain it & not forget what once was there
I found it interesting that some of the grave stones said departed from this life. In my state of Illinois even the grave stones from the 1800s said 'died' not departed.
You guys are great respecting the graves of people who are forgotten. Keep up the great work to keep these loved ones in memory
THANKS for sharing and Being Concederate of these that Have PASSED ON, and for clearing the tops of their Graves And some history of the tombstone.💕🌹
The silence u gave the unmarked grave was very heartfelt thank u
Excellent upload thanks!
Awesome video. It's crazy how close to my last name Whatley is. My last name is Wheatley, 1 letter difference. Very interesting. Thanx for this video!
i loved the cemrtaries growing up and stll love them today..thank you.always
I love your videos. They are very interesting. Seeing the bits of history is great.
You have to wonder if that mysterious illness was something that's common today like diabetes or some type of thyroid issue like Graves disease
Thank you for another interesting adventure . Bless you for your respect for the dead . I’m especially interested in the mystery illness being a retired RN
Do you collect this info for the Find A Grave index?
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So many old graves are losing the ability to read what is / was on the gravestone. It would be really great if we could come together to have small plaques made for each of them in order to help identify whose grave it is. I think whoever owns / manages the grave should have records on who is in each grave. I am sure some graves may be so old that there is no way to find out. However it would help preserve the info we can read and or find out about each grave, for future generations. I have no idea on the cost it would take to have a small plaque made. However if we came together as a community, I am sure donations and fundraisers could help cover the cost. Maybe starting with the older graves and posting info on where families could have plaques made for their loved ones, whom they visit. It's only a good idea if many people help to come together to make it happen.