Finding Moss Man | Old Cemetery Adventure

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  • Опубліковано 22 лип 2019
  • Exploring a cemetery I've heard about since I was a kid...
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  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory  5 років тому +28

    Sorry about the shaky cam at the start of the video... my GoPro was having issues. It clears up.

    • @deborahhamilton7873
      @deborahhamilton7873 5 років тому +4

      Your videos are so interesting I didn't notice any shaking.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  5 років тому +2

      Artist 61 brothers.

    • @DTRBrianMallard
      @DTRBrianMallard 5 років тому +1

      @@artist6135 Brian is my brother. 10 years younger than me. Walter Mallard

    • @janepaterson8747
      @janepaterson8747 5 років тому +3

      Just came across your channel. Very respectful how you do it. It's sad how whenever folk pass and it comes to us all.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔲

    • @justtruth5855
      @justtruth5855 4 роки тому +1

      Sidestep Adventures take a blank peace of paper with a pencil and trace the really difficult words on the stone, enjoying your video's.

  • @wendyderk1587
    @wendyderk1587 4 роки тому +17

    Robert you are an old soul at heart and it makes you so attractive your gentle kindness and soft touch clearing the stones the sound of your voice so respectful and soft thank you and God Bless and Keep you safe ! We are blessed to be able to come along w/you .❣️😊♥️🇺🇸🙏😇😢💔 So many children sad 💔😢😇🙏♥️

  • @jhingbangayan762
    @jhingbangayan762 4 роки тому +30

    You make me cry how you always clear the stones with gentleness.

  • @sharonstuebi8181
    @sharonstuebi8181 5 років тому +39

    I like this one. Some very old graves and still the family is attending it

  • @kraigowaffles2110
    @kraigowaffles2110 5 років тому +39

    The children's graves were sad. So many of them.

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory 5 років тому +22

    I love finding old cemeteries and exploring them. This was a great one you found!

  • @emmadalrymple4102
    @emmadalrymple4102 4 роки тому +18

    Love ALL your adventures. Moss was my dad's nickname. His real name was William. He got the nickname when he was three or four. Somebody asked him to do something. Then they said he moved so slow, he would have moss growing on his back before he finished the task. The name lasted just another83 years or so. He was an Alabama native. Moss was The only name he would answer to, lol.

  • @jaynebrown693
    @jaynebrown693 5 років тому +4

    In School, history was so boring to me. Now it is so interesting and important. I soak it up like a sponge.
    So with that said... I thank people like you who take the time out of you life to look for our history, videotape it and share with us. You gentleman have the perfect personalities for this, your kind, respectful and humble about your approach.
    I totally enjoy the journeys you take us on. You never disappoint even when you don’t find what you were looking for. Just being out in the woods, on a backroads or in an old cemeteries, you manage to teach and show us something! Thanks 👍

  • @billiejames7318
    @billiejames7318 3 роки тому +3

    this was great... loved the story of the .. moss man!!!

  • @brendashelby5593
    @brendashelby5593 5 років тому +26

    I loved seeing this video and so glad someone keeps it taken care of.

  • @jenniferl2029
    @jenniferl2029 4 роки тому +5

    It is a shame that we as a society can forget so much of our heritage.

  • @robertbunnell5932
    @robertbunnell5932 4 роки тому +3

    Someone is doing a really good job at keeping that cemetery up.

  • @yarnhappykim9294
    @yarnhappykim9294 5 років тому +10

    I'm so glad to see that this cemetery is being taken care of

  • @lasvegashula
    @lasvegashula 4 роки тому +2

    Definitely love your passion for old finds...

  • @jimfraser9898
    @jimfraser9898 5 років тому +2

    I like that you narrate the names and dates. That is respectful. Thank you.

  • @patriziasunnygirl2657
    @patriziasunnygirl2657 5 років тому +20

    The cementary vids are my favorits, i love the history and all you tell us. Thanks for that. Greetz from the Netherlands

    • @onefeather2
      @onefeather2 4 роки тому +1

      Watch videos on High Gate Cemetery in London they have some very very old graves and different ones, it is a big cemetery.

  • @ricj7517
    @ricj7517 5 років тому +11

    Hello Robert,Walt and Cody!..Love the videos

  • @imomediaimomedia6648
    @imomediaimomedia6648 5 років тому +12

    Hey Walt ...Cody...Hey Robert! Good morning from Nashville. These graves are a sobering experience for sure but great to see them maintained.Especially the older ones such as these.These headstones were definitely hand chiseled. AMAZING Watch out for MOSSMAN !😬😬😊

  • @hankfacer7098
    @hankfacer7098 4 роки тому +3

    With so many videos you have done and countless others on these wonderful old cemeteries, which you are saving forever on film (old term I know), it would be a shame if they were not being archived by the Authorities or Historical groups. You are wonderful modern historians, Thank You

  • @Figgatella
    @Figgatella 5 років тому +12

    I love your videos and I love your voice. Very calming and soothing. Great video!

  • @conniepritchardreinhardt9978
    @conniepritchardreinhardt9978 4 роки тому +2

    Love the story at the end of video. All my grandkids have old fashioned names.. From cemetery visits we did when my daughters were pregnant. Even my dogs have cemetery names. Like Princess Salome Juliar is my girl dogs name.. Solome juliar came from Mrs. Ringling.. Whos sons were in the circus business. I own their original home here in mc gregor Iowa.

  • @raynonabohrer5624
    @raynonabohrer5624 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful Cemetery so glad someone's taking care of it? And God bless him for it. Cuz that grass has been cut and I don't think of his lawnmower

  • @lisaramsey4470
    @lisaramsey4470 5 років тому +11

    You want to see some 1700 graves go visit the Palmetto Baptist cemetery in Palmetto , GA. It is not a forgotten church or cemetery.. Church is a old church, not building and very neat cemetery

  • @joshuabaker1904
    @joshuabaker1904 5 років тому +11

    Glad to see this cemetery is being maintained. Thanks for another great video guys.

  • @wooogly6287
    @wooogly6287 5 років тому +22

    You should carry a crayon and paper to do a rub when you can't read the tombstone. I really enjoy your channel. Cemeteries have always interested me.

    • @Denise23451
      @Denise23451 4 роки тому +3

      Wooogly oops, just suggested something similar to this ☺️ I hadn’t read your post yet. They did see your post, I hope they do🤞🏼

  • @barbaraherron3796
    @barbaraherron3796 5 років тому +15

    The Civil War solder was
    LTC James Turner Phillips
    BIRTH 22 Aug 1831
    Talbot County, Georgia, USA
    DEATH 5 Sep 1919 (aged 88)
    Box Springs, Talbot County, Georgia, USA
    BURIAL
    Patterson Family Cemetery
    Box Springs, Talbot County, Georgia, USA

  • @denisehogarth5433
    @denisehogarth5433 5 років тому +3

    I am sorry I paid such little attention when my grandmother would insist on taking us all to the cemetery during a visit. I remember that some of the stones were into the late 1700. Keep doing these videos if only for the history of life where it looks like none exists

  • @chrisiiams4303
    @chrisiiams4303 5 років тому +3

    What a beautiful resting place. Thank you for sharing a great video

  • @melissadyche8325
    @melissadyche8325 3 роки тому

    It’s nice to know that there are some people that travel and explore the old cemeteries and say their names and just maybe someone might be interested in looking for their ancestors and know as long as the families name is mentioned they aren’t forgotten

  • @crazyred725
    @crazyred725 4 роки тому +1

    this was really cool to watch... I've been watching your videos for a while but this is the first time I saw names I recognized from my family tree. The Calhoun/Colquhouns are my kin through marriage

  • @cadence4527
    @cadence4527 4 роки тому

    You are a champion of history. I applaud you for your efforts to document these hidden locations, these hidden gems, especially your efforts to take care of the abandoned cemeteries. Thank you for placing flags on the graves of soldiers.
    I’m sure there are others out there who will band together with you to protect and preserve those places. I’d be one of them.

  • @StormyNight777
    @StormyNight777 4 роки тому +2

    So good to see the cemetery kept up and mowed so well.

  • @alisongriffin337
    @alisongriffin337 4 роки тому +3

    So nice to see this cemetery is kept so nice. Loved this video, so clear. So glad that you don’t rush it and actually read the gravestones for us. Thank you xx

  • @cynthialinaweaver77
    @cynthialinaweaver77 4 роки тому +2

    So very interesting life was hard then I like the softness in your voice as you read the stones and tell there stories.❤️

  • @marylingo5966
    @marylingo5966 4 роки тому +1

    Hi 👋, lived in Columbus all my life, relatives buried all over this area. You and the guys with you are so very respectful and when you remove leaves, vines and read the names of those passed people I just love it, God bless you all, they who are dead are now remembered. By the way have you seen the Shiloh Cemetery up on the hill near the junction of Double Churches and Whitesfield Rds? I have Great great Grand parents laid to rest there......... people pass by all the time not knowing what lies a few steps up the hill......... there is .... .also 2 Churches across the Road with very interesting old cemeteries. This area was way, way out in the country. God Bless and Keep You 🙏🙏

  • @douglasandrie9314
    @douglasandrie9314 4 роки тому +1

    Great video. Love them all...and you're a great story teller, as you saunter through the monuments. See you next time!

  • @susanhenshaw622
    @susanhenshaw622 4 роки тому +1

    Very well tended to which is nice to see. A lot of the ones you do videos aren’t which is so sad. Thanks Robert and friends.

  • @brendawhite9120
    @brendawhite9120 5 років тому +4

    Love walking threw old cemeteries, so interesting. Thanks again for taking me along🤗

  • @navyspook79
    @navyspook79 5 років тому +1

    What's sad is to see these graves lost and forgotten. I'm guess that during those times they may have been buried on a plantation or church that has long been gone. Thank you for the respect that give to these graves.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 5 років тому +1

    Thank you Robert, nice to see a cemetery so well cared for.

  • @dscobellusa
    @dscobellusa 5 років тому +6

    Wow~ You sure did a great job of filming and narrating the stones. You are wonderful!

  • @barbaraherron3796
    @barbaraherron3796 5 років тому +3

    The Duncan Calhoun you read wrong his last name is actually CALAJHOUN. He was born in Scotland and came to America by way of an indentured servant.

  • @sherladixon2842
    @sherladixon2842 4 роки тому +3

    My dad was from Georgia and he used to take us to old cemeteries . You can learn a lot about the history in old cemetaries

  • @dwightmagnuson4298
    @dwightmagnuson4298 4 роки тому +2

    The quadrangle maps (7.5 minute series) from USGS have all the old cemeteries on them. The US government isn't issuing them any longer but they can still be found.

  • @leemajors8326
    @leemajors8326 5 років тому +1

    Always good to see very old cemetery’s in good condition.

  • @harolynallison7915
    @harolynallison7915 4 роки тому +6

    your channel is the best on the net on this topic, well filmed and more than once your kind heart was on display, thanks for your respect to those that have passed. good work

  • @lonnied7709
    @lonnied7709 5 років тому +2

    Beautifully and respectfully done. Thank you

  • @janedoe3880
    @janedoe3880 5 років тому +1

    Oh gosh, sooo cool. Loved that story about moss man. You take us places we would never be able to go. Glad u had friends with this time . Thank you

  • @marie2274
    @marie2274 4 роки тому +4

    I love your videos, I live in Colorado there is so many forgotten graves in the Mountains.
    Funny how all military headstones are all the same design

  • @lynnebunning7273
    @lynnebunning7273 4 роки тому +2

    So many children passed to early. How heart breaking for the families, the poor mother thinking during pregnancy, will this child survive. I. Know the heartache I felt when I miscarried one child. But to loose 3 living children 😭😥😭 🇦🇺🐨👍❤️❤️

  • @joanhamilton2651
    @joanhamilton2651 5 років тому +1

    I love your adventures. Thanks for taking me along. I love old cemeteries

  • @karenlampson3555
    @karenlampson3555 5 років тому +46

    I love the passion you have for everything old. My question is does CODY talk? He seems very very shy. No one seems to talk with him. Is he one you guys brothers or cousins???? I guess I just wish he was included a little more. I am a mom and that is where this silly rant is coming from. Keep up you great work I love and will keep watching. Karen from OREGON

    • @fannybuster
      @fannybuster 4 роки тому +16

      Cody I believe is their Indian Guide,He finds the trails and will protect the explorers from hazards,and if need be, sit on any rattlesnake that happens be in the vicinity.

    • @ninaappelt9001
      @ninaappelt9001 3 роки тому

      @@fannybuster LOL

    • @karifredrikson8492
      @karifredrikson8492 2 роки тому +1

      It was.silly! Helicopter Mom?.

    • @cdd4248
      @cdd4248 2 роки тому

      Hahaha! I was just wondering about Cody too- great minds and all that! LOL

  • @kelliehogan8110
    @kelliehogan8110 5 років тому +1

    Awesome VIDEO guys ! Really enjoyed.... Love the Old CSA tombstones.... May they all be resting in Peace !! God Bless you as well and keep the videos coming !!👍😀💓

  • @rhonda5711
    @rhonda5711 5 років тому +3

    You always have such interesting adventures. Those were really old. Great video with more family stories, luv it! Thank-you for sharing :)

  • @tickdog3
    @tickdog3 4 роки тому +1

    This has become my new favorite channel.. thanks for sharing!

  • @cclyon
    @cclyon 5 років тому +1

    That's a beautiful little cemetery. Surprising just how old some of those were.

  • @beckywalters2
    @beckywalters2 4 роки тому

    i agree with the comments about gentleness. it truly touches my heart bhow much you care

  • @wandamiller7640
    @wandamiller7640 4 роки тому

    Thank you for showing us.🍃🌸🍃

  • @tommyvinson6
    @tommyvinson6 5 років тому +3

    Interesting cemetery good to see it is kept up.

  • @teresaallison6836
    @teresaallison6836 4 роки тому +2

    I just came across u I love what u do very respectfully I will keep watching I'm in Greenville very close love this stuff wish I could do what u do love this so much

  • @lyndsaywood9719
    @lyndsaywood9719 4 роки тому +2

    Love the music added in when your just looking around at stuff.

  • @judiesmith167
    @judiesmith167 3 роки тому +1

    I have a brother by my dads first wife Johnny Gobble who died in infancy. I placed a stone on his grave in 2002.He is buried in what they use to call the Chestnut Hill Cementary and now it is Salisbury City Cementary. Where he is buried there are alot of infant graves. I think you would find the cemetery interesting. It seems it was very hard for children to live past infancy.

  • @chrisreinink5479
    @chrisreinink5479 4 роки тому +4

    Again a great video like the Confederate gravestones big hero,s real Southern figthers. God bless you al fooks injoying Always you impressing video,s love and peace from the Netherlands Chris Reinink

  • @cynthiadonahey9989
    @cynthiadonahey9989 3 роки тому +1

    The road may just be a lane, big enough to pull a cart, lots of times by hand. I suspect there was an older cemetery there. Some caskets were used solely for transport. Grass was introduced fairly late. I used to go on old cemetery hikes, starting when I went with my sitter, who provided meals for the men, a number of them doctors.

  • @pamelawooten3251
    @pamelawooten3251 5 років тому +2

    Great video. You all do good work!

  • @hoodoo_taco
    @hoodoo_taco 5 років тому +1

    You and the guys keep getting better and better!! One day, you need to go up to Talbotton City Cemetery, also known as Oak Hill Cemetery in Talbotton GA. There are some old ones there. My family is buried there too. Maybe that will be the one we team up on.

  • @TheDividog
    @TheDividog 4 роки тому +1

    I am a Patterson from Mississippi- most likely related. Loved to see the history. If you get to D'Lo Mississippi- there are some wonderful graves there.

  • @neliatuazon8866
    @neliatuazon8866 3 роки тому

    I've watched several of your videos since the start of 2021 and this is the first time I came across same birthdate of Nov 21... and our name rhymes too. I finally subscribe to your channel.

  • @cynthiadonahey9989
    @cynthiadonahey9989 3 роки тому

    People used to weave shrouds and line them with moss. Sometimes these were barely buried as shoveling was hard work and water levels could be high. This did leave outlines.

  • @lindamccaughey8800
    @lindamccaughey8800 5 років тому +1

    Have really enjoyed this thanks. So sad with children’s graves. Totally fascinating

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer8525 4 роки тому +1

    Sometimes you can "braille" the letters on the graves if they are too eroded to read. Also, if you point a flashlight at the letters from the side they will show up better.

  • @musiknbooks
    @musiknbooks 5 років тому +2

    Keep up the good work! I've enjoyed your adventures from the day I discovered Sidestep Adventures! I love exploring cemeteries and backroads....'till next time.

  • @jamesstallings2007
    @jamesstallings2007 5 років тому

    This one is well kept !!! Nice tour !!!

  • @fastsetinthewest
    @fastsetinthewest 5 років тому +1

    Sidestep, on the other side of the state in Screven County, I use to visit old cemeteries out in the middle of old plantation fields. A few farmers would get closer and closer until they farmed over them. Usually these farmers were renting the land. Look up 'List of Plantations in Georgia'. Eaglegards...

  • @kayesdigginit1519
    @kayesdigginit1519 5 років тому +5

    It looks like the parents of the wife of the eldest Mr. Patterson brought her down to Georgia as the two oldest graves were with her maiden name 👍
    I too feel such sadness when seeing the graves of children 😢
    We have a cemetery in west Texas where the poor parents list their 3 young gauges within days of watch other. Saddest spot I've been to, when it comes to American locations 😞
    I say this because I've visited Dachau in Germany 😢😢😢 while stationed there in the 80's.

  • @joycemetheny8338
    @joycemetheny8338 3 роки тому +1

    I hear that good fences make for good neighbors .lol

  • @idasmith8679
    @idasmith8679 3 роки тому

    Thank you for doing what you do

  • @daveyjoweaver5183
    @daveyjoweaver5183 4 роки тому

    I very much enjoyed this video as well as your others. My Thanks to all you folks! Peace! DaveyJO in Pa.

  • @susanschultz1762
    @susanschultz1762 5 років тому +2

    love the use of the 2nd camera, it gives another perspective

  • @onefeather2
    @onefeather2 4 роки тому +1

    Love old cemeteries.

  • @yarnhappykim9294
    @yarnhappykim9294 5 років тому

    Thank you so much for sharing your video please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends

  • @byronj.hendrix4032
    @byronj.hendrix4032 4 роки тому

    Get a can of shaving cream and a piece of plastic to spread it with. Spread a small amount in the area you want to read and remove the excess. The shaving cream will fill in the words you want to read, with the excess removed. I use this method on difficult to read tombstones and it usually works pretty well.

  • @poohbearsauntie
    @poohbearsauntie 5 років тому +1

    I ADORE YOUR VIDEOS, SIR!!

  • @williamyorkolepossum
    @williamyorkolepossum 3 роки тому +1

    So much history...

  • @misskiss75
    @misskiss75 5 років тому +1

    Oh wow. That’s a neat cemetery.

  • @scottcrockett8270
    @scottcrockett8270 4 роки тому

    Enjoying catching up on your videos

  • @eringemini7091
    @eringemini7091 4 роки тому +1

    Aloha Robert & Crew! This is a cool old cemetary! It occured to me that another UA-camr; Jessie of Jessie's Histories & Mysteries may have also filmed there. The difference is that she films at night! (Paranormal videos)😊😱.

  • @virginiaeasterling4347
    @virginiaeasterling4347 4 роки тому

    Thanks for your update

  • @plymouthduster2252
    @plymouthduster2252 5 років тому

    Great video very interesting cemetery

  • @1M005E1
    @1M005E1 5 років тому +2

    Nice & beautiful find. Y'all stay safe, during these hot temps, brings out those "sneaky snakes".

  • @jaifuller1976
    @jaifuller1976 5 років тому +11

    I know of an old cemetary in Long county Ga. I stumbled across while i was looking for my grandfather. You should check it out

  • @smullis7
    @smullis7 5 років тому

    Love the moss man story!

  • @dscobellusa
    @dscobellusa 5 років тому

    Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

  • @annewinchester6945
    @annewinchester6945 4 роки тому

    Nice to see fences around the burial plots.

  • @paranormallovermarlene7965
    @paranormallovermarlene7965 5 років тому +1

    Hi. Sad the cemetery lacks flowers ! 😕👍🌷🇨🇦

  • @debbieblaylock9997
    @debbieblaylock9997 5 років тому

    I love old Cemeteries that place. Has been keep up

  • @crazychannel1478
    @crazychannel1478 5 років тому +1

    Hey yall guys I really enjoyed this video take care love from NC

  • @Nene_760
    @Nene_760 5 років тому +11

    Damn they passed over 100 years ago... imagine what their life's was like . Theyde probably be so confused on today's slang an music haha
    R.i.p.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  5 років тому +4

      You’re right.... when I filmed an cemetery for a town that is long since gone I was imagining what those peoples reactions would be if they could wake up and look around now. Where the town used to be is only woods now. Wouldn’t that be a shock to see...

    • @Nene_760
      @Nene_760 5 років тому +2

      @@AdventuresIntoHistory YIKES ! Crazy how time does change everything . They would probably for Sure feel the difference with the air pollution now.

  • @lla1010
    @lla1010 4 роки тому +1

    Just subscribed to your channel, loving your videos! Looking forward to watching more! 😉😉👍👍

  • @diannakollanda53
    @diannakollanda53 3 роки тому +1

    Didn't realize that there was all that many cemeteries in GA