This was such a cool cemetery, and what a beautiful old church.... Those two really early graves are way too early for the county. Is it possible I misread them??? Our good friend and area historian Dan confirmed those dates as being too early for the area, but theorized that they may have been moved from elsewhere. And all those unmarked graves.... I’ll definitely be going back to this one. Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures 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/
It's possible they were relocated from an old farmstead. Happens a lot when property is bought. Family often moves them to a more permanent place. Edit: After reading it a second time, I believe the first one is 1841 - 1845 and the second one is 1840 - 1841. You can see it if you pause the video in slow-mo.
Generally speaking they bury the body then build the rock walls and rock tombs. Same with the other tombs we’ve seen at cemeteries. Generally speaking they are false tombs and the body is under ground. There are exceptions.
The American Temperance Society (ATS), also known as the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance, was a society established on February 13, 1826 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] Within five years there were 2,220 local chapters in the U.S. with 170,000 members who had taken a pledge to abstain from drinking distilled beverages. Within ten years, there were over 8,000 local groups and more than 1,250,000 members who had taken the pledge.[3][4] The society benefited from, and contributed to, a reform sentiment in much of the country promoting the abolition of slavery, expanding women's rights, temperance, and the improvement of society. Possibly because of its association with the abolitionist movement, the society was most successful in northern states. After a while, temperance groups increasingly pressed for the mandatory prohibition of alcohol rather than for voluntary abstinence. The American Temperance Society was the first U.S. social movement organization to mobilize massive and national support for a specific reform cause. Their objective was to become the national clearinghouse on the topic of temperance.[5] Within three years of its organization, ATS had spread across the country.
Thank you for being willing to get the history. I also want to say a personal thank you and blessings to you and your loved ones for taking the time find these graves and research. It hurts my soul that so many have been forgotten. Especially the slave cemeteries...
No night of sorrow, none of pain But perfect peace and rest Redeemed and saved she sweetly sleeps Upon her saviors breast. The epitaphs on some of these graves gives me chills. I can almost hear the cadence they were written in.
I found that one particularly intriguing. Redeemed from what? Perhaps only the family knew, and took the secret with them. The words are quite lyrical.
Back in the late 1800's and early 1900's my family would pack a lunch, walk to the cemetery and spend the day. They would take gardening tools and spend the day cleaning their ancestors' memorials, eating lunch and enjoying the peace and quiet. Oh my, how long ago in a totally different world. Sad that it's gone.
the Greenes were early settlers dating back to my 5th grandpaw, who was William Greene who died in 1775. you can find a lot of history on the Greene families...there were 10 different Greene familes. Love your videos!
I live on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. A friend asked me to locate and photograph his grandfather's grave by Hana, on the east side of Maui. With buddies, I set off on an adventure (the road to Hana is an adventure in itself!) and we found the old Japanese cemetery on a cliff above the secluded red sand beach where the Hawaiian royalty gave birth to their children. Most of the headstones looked to be of poor-quality concrete and SEVERELY eroded. Some were limestone, which is a porous and soft stone (compared to granite or basalt). Many of the stones were only the bottom half of the memorial, the top half being broken off either due to vandalism or weathering. In fact, many of the headstones were sliding off the edge of the cliff and ready to tumble down to the ocean with the next heavy rain. I had asked my friend how I would recognize his grandfather's grave and he said it's rumored to be the only one with a Christian cross on it, since the others were 99.9% Japanese and probably Buddhist. He was a Korean man who was revered by the local Japanese folk and honored by being allowed to be buried in "their" cemetery. Just as we were about to leave, I spotted a relatively new headstone, from the 1940s if I remember right, and sure enough there was a cross at the top and the proper name carved in the granite. It was hiding behind some aggressively-growing vines and we pulled off what we could. I took photos and next time I visit Hana, I'll take some pruning shears and a handsaw to better uncover the stone. What amazed me most about this forgotten Japanese cemetery is the commemoration of these folks' lives. They were likely dirt-poor sugar cane or pineapple workers, get they got a beautifully-carved stone. Not with decorative features, but with inscriptions all in Japanese so there was no way I could read them, even if they weren't weathered. And their families buried them on sacred ground in a beautiful tropical setting.
You're graveyard videos always make me think of a local cemetery. I've rode by it probably a million times, but have never walked or tried to explore it. It looks big from the road, but I've seen smaller ones with less than 10 graves. Next time I get a day off when the weather is warmer, I might grab a friend and see who used to walk the streets before me.
I guess it would have been quite a challenge to be around there when these settlers arrived. Extremely hard times and no doubt dangerous !! I just hope they made happy lives for their selves. I wonder where they all came from before they made the journey here. Thank you guys , so very interesting to watch.
I do. I also am the same way when I look through antique stores and old hand tools and the people who used them. I do blacksmith work and often wonder about the men who made those old items when I see them.
Hi guys, the tombstone you were having problems with at 11:03 if you go to that timestamp .you can see the dates look like born 1844 died 1845. Such a shame that so many people buried there in the woods have unmarked graves that lie forgotten by time. Thank you for sharing and taking us along. x
I was working on my ledger. I was day dreaming. Then I thought I had heard a voice that kinda like a younger Clint east wood. Your voice is a gift. God was good to you. Never change. Om
Thank you for sharing this with us. I hope we have somehow honored those souls, especially thee unnamed ones.. Thank you again from New Zealand x Victoria.
I never knew that so many older (and sometimes forgotten) cemeteries were so close and almost extensions of newer. So glad that I visited, thanks to you ✌🏻
The Home Guard of the Temperance movement force the closure of saloons. Think of Molly Hatchet. The large fieldstone tombs are a 4 bed tomb. There are 4 individuals in each of the large ones. The Hall children have 3 headstones and one is missing as I could see the set for the 4th. They may have been original settlers to this county and the church could be a formal building built long after the early graves. So this community reaches that far back. The rock tombs are usually built to facilitate a burial that the animals will not desecrate and dig up. Also, if they died in the winter and early spring, it was easier than digging through frozen ground, or exposing them to hostiles. Also, the size of the unmarked may prove that there was a large land grant plantation nearby.
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. I only discovered you a few months ago and now I find myself getting a big smile on my face when I see that you've posted a new video! This particular one was really nice because of the steep angle of the sun at the time you filmed it. In the past you have filmed your walks through a wooded area containing unmarked graves and you always talked about seeing the indentations from the graves. You would point them out - but I could never see them. This time the sun was leaving deep shadows that brought each grave out clearly. I was spotting them before you even pointed them out. I know you can't arrange to be at these spots at a particular time of the day, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. You can't really see anything when the sun is directly overhead. I also wanted to thank you for taking the time to read the names and inscriptions on the graves. I know it's silly - but I always repeat the names out loud (and say a quick 'hi'). Those names were engraved on those stones so people could come by and read them and remember the people who are buried there. We may not have known them in life, but we can say their names and acknowledge them now!
Thanks, that means a lot. One thing I really enjoy is reading the names.... names that may not have been spoken for a very long time. We remember people who would otherwise be forgotten, now if even for just a brief moment they’re remembered. And yes, the sun was absolutely fabulous in this video!
Mamie Bobb .....I like that you repeat the names and say hi to the buried. I think I’ll join you in doing that. It feels respectful even for a virtual visit.
Fascinating cemetery guys ! You do need to go back this spring and film again before the new growth starts and the old leaves are gone. I'll bet you will find even more unmarked graves !
Thank you for sharing, the church is amazing, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends at least this cemetery is being taken care of the to some point , I hope you can find out some more information
I would love for yall to come down to Florida, to look at some of the small towns we have here.im glad to see some one with the same interests that I have and love.
ya gotta love history from all over the world watching video's like this i know i do thnx Robert for sharing another awesome video and thankfull for the forgotten to be rememberd again nu calling out their names 👍🇳🇱😉❤
Robert, is there any way to protect those graves, especially the unmarked? It bothers me to think a real estate developer could have that area cleared and put a Costco or Walmart on it. Could the county erect signs saying it’s a cemetery? Would that be possible?
Looks like an old Methodist church. Next time you are in Lee Co. AL check out Gold Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery (across the road). It was really grown up last time I was there. As for moving graves it is very unlikely. It happened but mostly for rich families. There are a few graves in Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika that were moved there in the 1880's but their dates were 1860s & 1870s.
Long live the South! Me mothers mothers mothers mother was forced out of the south after the war of northern aggression. The retribution by the north on the south was so terrible. They escaped here to Canada.
I find your videos very interesting and respectful. My mother and I used to walk through cemeteries, but since she passed, it's not the same. One question I have is that I thought cemeteries are not next to churches, and graveyards are. I hope you never lose your curiosity.
I would see how far off of the colonial trading path ,it's possible the family settled there and buried the children and somewhere down the family line the family donated the land where the burials were to consecrate the ground . My family settled here in 1700 in central NC about 2 miles from the trading path like most early settlers and we have graves that far back . Home guard were those who were unable to for physical reasons or wasn't able for some reason to be a soldier they stayed behind to basically gaurd the home front.
Enjoy the wide range of videos. Love the Church. Im just wondering if that part of land with unmarked graves belongs to the Church or that part was sold or taken years ago.
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.
Was checking a few of the name you called out on findagrave web site, this cemetery doesn't seen to be registered on that site. Maybe someone local may pick this up and put this church and cemetery on the findagrave site.
That would be nice. Then it would not be lost in time and maybe some of the unmarked graves can brought forth and listed. Save our history children, and let your families know where you came from.
You said that some of the unmarked graves in the woods away from the regular cemetery could be the graves of slaves. Weren't slaves usually buried on the plantation they died on and if so was there a plantation nearby and this might be the cemetery for the plantation? Maybe the existing church started out as a plantation's church.
Yes, generally slaves are buried on the plantations where they lived, but it is not completely uncommon for them to be buried at church cemeteries of the era. Of course if they were to be buried at a church cemetery it was separate as seen here. Sometime I’ll go film another old church cemetery that has a verified slave cemetery, for reference. Also, sometimes slaves were members of the church. I suppose it all really depended on their masters.
All those graves that you think might be too old- I think the ones in the dates may actually be fours. I've seen that a lot, where a four will actually look like a one because the left side of the number isn't cut in very deep.
I watched this video on a large flatscreen TV which showed more detail. Those graves in question are dated from the 1840s. The font on the number "4" makes it appear as a "1".
You should check out this place called Big Buck Head Church. It is in Millen, Georgia. It even has an old cemetery across the street. It is a historical church it's on of the places where William Sherman came through.
Greetings from Tennessee, I wonder why there are fences around some graves? Most animals will not disturb the graves so it seems a bit odd that some graveyards have fences on the inside. Many have fences around the outside which is expected but not so much on the inside.
Armor -- If you notice, most of those nice iron fences are around the graves of the wealthier folks. It was a way to show off without risking the wrath of the church for a more "prideful" display. If funds allowed, it was also a way to commemorate a beloved wife (lost to childbirth), as my g-g- Uncle did for his young wife in our rural mid-Georgia family cemetery. Unfortunately, a lot of these ornate fences in urban cemeteries are being stolen.
Temperance Society were people who were against Alcoholism. They fought to have alcohol outlawed. I always found it ironic that when they did succeed and bring in the ban on alcohol they ultimately caused alcoholism to markedly increase. Alcoholism dropped significantly after prohibition ended. Portugal a few years ago decriminalized all drugs. Drug addiction plummeted. Crimes plummeted also.
Do you ever use paper and a charcoal pencil and do a rubbing of the stone if the dates are hard to read? I love the old cemeteries, thank you for the great video!
HI Sidestep Adventure! All I am saying to you why you don't ask US authority to make a Census about these abandonned cementeries to rehabilitate them, it will be perfect to remember our lost of love one in the shade of death.
I am curious as to why you never mention the towns? This cemetery looks like the one I. Juliette GA that my grandparents, brother and uncle are buried at
Yeah, it sad that due to circumstances their names are lost to us. I have heard of asylums or even orphan asylums having graves unmarked, marked with a plain cross, a grave with only a number and at least one case of a mass burial.
@@greenliongirl07 , it still is a thing. I live in the Phoenix area and there is an indigent cemetery for the County located just off the end of the runways at Luke AFB. They try to mark graves with name and dates, but unfortunately many homeless and illegal immigrants don't have identification available and the County just assigns a number to the John/Jane Doe. The Coroner tries to solve these, but few ever are. The most saddening thing is due to vandalism by various groups for various reasons the cemetery is only open a few hours a week, is fenced so as to be unseen from the road, and is devoid of any vegetation. It is literally a dirt field with cheap medallions to mark the graves.
It would be really cool to see all these stones..lol..it is the genealogist in me, that wants to see. Got excited by the last name Green or Greene. That was my maiden name.
I just wanted and most likely others tell you the same I do like this video You and the others have some videos and I hope you and the rest will exployers some other state around Georga
Hey Robert these Farmers came i in before the county had the lottery I hope these people didn't lose their farms how would they have known if there was a lottery or not
@@AdventuresIntoHistory that's fantastic!! Would you show anything that might be left? Chimneys, wells, foundations, etc. It would be so interesting if you would metal detect too!! I love history so much!
As a side note for you, this is not a cemetery, this is a graveyard. Cemeteries are separate from a church. Burial grounds next to a church are graveyards.
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This was such a cool cemetery, and what a beautiful old church....
Those two really early graves are way too early for the county. Is it possible I misread them??? Our good friend and area historian Dan confirmed those dates as being too early for the area, but theorized that they may have been moved from elsewhere.
And all those unmarked graves....
I’ll definitely be going back to this one.
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It's possible they were relocated from an old farmstead. Happens a lot when property is bought. Family often moves them to a more permanent place.
Edit: After reading it a second time, I believe the first one is 1841 - 1845 and the second one is 1840 - 1841. You can see it if you pause the video in slow-mo.
Generally speaking they bury the body then build the rock walls and rock tombs. Same with the other tombs we’ve seen at cemeteries. Generally speaking they are false tombs and the body is under ground. There are exceptions.
I will definitely go back to this cemetery and double check those dates. The 1840’s would make more sense.
I agree Sidestep..I really enjoyed this video
very interesting...looks like 1840s graves as I've studied them more
The American Temperance Society (ATS), also known as the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance, was a society established on February 13, 1826 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] Within five years there were 2,220 local chapters in the U.S. with 170,000 members who had taken a pledge to abstain from drinking distilled beverages. Within ten years, there were over 8,000 local groups and more than 1,250,000 members who had taken the pledge.[3][4]
The society benefited from, and contributed to, a reform sentiment in much of the country promoting the abolition of slavery, expanding women's rights, temperance, and the improvement of society. Possibly because of its association with the abolitionist movement, the society was most successful in northern states.
After a while, temperance groups increasingly pressed for the mandatory prohibition of alcohol rather than for voluntary abstinence. The American Temperance Society was the first U.S. social movement organization to mobilize massive and national support for a specific reform cause. Their objective was to become the national clearinghouse on the topic of temperance.[5] Within three years of its organization, ATS had spread across the country.
Wow! Thank You for this information! I LOVE THE USA!
Thank you for that history lesson.
Very interesting.
copy and paste much?
Thank you for being willing to get the history. I also want to say a personal thank you and blessings to you and your loved ones for taking the time find these graves and research. It hurts my soul that so many have been forgotten. Especially the slave cemeteries...
That was absolutely fantastic. Thanks for taking me along. Just love old cemeteries
No night of sorrow, none of pain
But perfect peace and rest
Redeemed and saved she sweetly sleeps
Upon her saviors breast.
The epitaphs on some of these graves gives me chills. I can almost hear the cadence they were written in.
I found that one particularly intriguing. Redeemed from what? Perhaps only the family knew, and took the secret with them. The words are quite lyrical.
I thought the same thing!
Such a beautiful Church and Cemetery. I so enjoyed being shown round. Thank you. 🌷💚🌷
Love your videos, I have always been interested in the older graveyards. Thank you for sharing!
That's called taphophile. I luv old cemeteries and homes also.
Back in the late 1800's and early 1900's my family would pack a lunch, walk to the cemetery and spend the day. They would take gardening tools and spend the day cleaning their ancestors' memorials, eating lunch and enjoying the peace and quiet. Oh my, how long ago in a totally different world. Sad that it's gone.
thank you for reciting the inscriptions on the gravestones. It gives honor to the deceased.
the Greenes were early settlers dating back to my 5th grandpaw, who was William Greene who died in 1775. you can find a lot of history on the Greene families...there were 10 different Greene familes. Love your videos!
I live on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. A friend asked me to locate and photograph his grandfather's grave by Hana, on the east side of Maui. With buddies, I set off on an adventure (the road to Hana is an adventure in itself!) and we found the old Japanese cemetery on a cliff above the secluded red sand beach where the Hawaiian royalty gave birth to their children. Most of the headstones looked to be of poor-quality concrete and SEVERELY eroded. Some were limestone, which is a porous and soft stone (compared to granite or basalt). Many of the stones were only the bottom half of the memorial, the top half being broken off either due to vandalism or weathering. In fact, many of the headstones were sliding off the edge of the cliff and ready to tumble down to the ocean with the next heavy rain. I had asked my friend how I would recognize his grandfather's grave and he said it's rumored to be the only one with a Christian cross on it, since the others were 99.9% Japanese and probably Buddhist. He was a Korean man who was revered by the local Japanese folk and honored by being allowed to be buried in "their" cemetery. Just as we were about to leave, I spotted a relatively new headstone, from the 1940s if I remember right, and sure enough there was a cross at the top and the proper name carved in the granite. It was hiding behind some aggressively-growing vines and we pulled off what we could. I took photos and next time I visit Hana, I'll take some pruning shears and a handsaw to better uncover the stone. What amazed me most about this forgotten Japanese cemetery is the commemoration of these folks' lives. They were likely dirt-poor sugar cane or pineapple workers, get they got a beautifully-carved stone. Not with decorative features, but with inscriptions all in Japanese so there was no way I could read them, even if they weren't weathered. And their families buried them on sacred ground in a beautiful tropical setting.
You're graveyard videos always make me think of a local cemetery. I've rode by it probably a million times, but have never walked or tried to explore it. It looks big from the road, but I've seen smaller ones with less than 10 graves. Next time I get a day off when the weather is warmer, I might grab a friend and see who used to walk the streets before me.
Nice cemetery. Thanks for sharing
Fascinating cemetery. I hope you are able to find out more information. Never disappointed with your videos!
You and your group are now the eyes, ears, and voice for theses graves.
I guess it would have been quite a challenge to be around there when these settlers
arrived. Extremely hard times and no doubt dangerous !!
I just hope they made happy lives for their selves.
I wonder where they all came from before they made the journey here.
Thank you guys , so very interesting to watch.
Such an awesome beautiful church and cemetery. I did really enjoyed this cemetery visit. Thanks you so much for sharing it.
Do you ever imagine what their lives were like and how they lived ? Because I do
Same
I do. I also am the same way when I look through antique stores and old hand tools and the people who used them. I do blacksmith work and often wonder about the men who made those old items when I see them.
I sure do.
Tammi Rients Yes , I always wonder what they saw and where they came from.
What lives they left behind to settle where they did.
@@TS-bn7zt these things always fascinate me I wish I could have a moment in their lives
Hi guys, the tombstone you were having problems with at 11:03 if you go to that timestamp .you can see the dates look like born 1844 died 1845. Such a shame that so many people buried there in the woods have unmarked graves that lie forgotten by time. Thank you for sharing and taking us along. x
That would make much more sense. I’ll double check next time!
I really enjoy your videos. I especially enjoy when you explore old abandoned churches. This church is magnificent .
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I was working on my ledger. I was day dreaming. Then I thought I had heard a voice that kinda like a younger Clint east wood. Your voice is a gift. God was good to you. Never change. Om
This is a treasure. Thank you Robert and crew for doing this. Love you digging up history.
Another thumbs up. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I hope we have somehow honored those souls, especially thee unnamed ones.. Thank you again from New Zealand x Victoria.
Thank you Victoria
I never knew that so many older (and sometimes forgotten) cemeteries were so close and almost extensions of newer.
So glad that I visited, thanks to you ✌🏻
I did not either before I started doing this
The Home Guard of the Temperance movement force the closure of saloons. Think of Molly Hatchet. The large fieldstone tombs are a 4 bed tomb. There are 4 individuals in each of the large ones. The Hall children have 3 headstones and one is missing as I could see the set for the 4th. They may have been original settlers to this county and the church could be a formal building built long after the early graves. So this community reaches that far back. The rock tombs are usually built to facilitate a burial that the animals will not desecrate and dig up. Also, if they died in the winter and early spring, it was easier than digging through frozen ground, or exposing them to hostiles. Also, the size of the unmarked may prove that there was a large land grant plantation nearby.
Thank you so much for your video. I thought it was well kept in general and certainly peaceful.
Old cemetery explores are my favorite! Thank you!
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. I only discovered you a few months ago and now I find myself getting a big smile on my face when I see that you've posted a new video! This particular one was really nice because of the steep angle of the sun at the time you filmed it. In the past you have filmed your walks through a wooded area containing unmarked graves and you always talked about seeing the indentations from the graves. You would point them out - but I could never see them. This time the sun was leaving deep shadows that brought each grave out clearly. I was spotting them before you even pointed them out. I know you can't arrange to be at these spots at a particular time of the day, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. You can't really see anything when the sun is directly overhead.
I also wanted to thank you for taking the time to read the names and inscriptions on the graves. I know it's silly - but I always repeat the names out loud (and say a quick 'hi'). Those names were engraved on those stones so people could come by and read them and remember the people who are buried there. We may not have known them in life, but we can say their names and acknowledge them now!
Thanks, that means a lot. One thing I really enjoy is reading the names.... names that may not have been spoken for a very long time. We remember people who would otherwise be forgotten, now if even for just a brief moment they’re remembered.
And yes, the sun was absolutely fabulous in this video!
@@AdventuresIntoHistory with people like you out there they will live on in our memory
Mamie Bobb .....I like that you repeat the names and say hi to the buried. I think I’ll join you in doing that. It feels respectful even for a virtual visit.
I love these videos! Love the history
Great video, very interesting Cemetery.
46th Reg, Co. I - Pike, John T.-Private Mar. 4, 1862. Surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865
Thank you, Robert. Lovely, interesting cemetery.
Fascinating cemetery guys ! You do need to go back this spring and film again before the new growth starts and the old leaves are gone. I'll bet you will find even more unmarked graves !
Such a great video, and beautiful area, love it.
This site is beautiful and so is the church. Great
Another great video ! Thank you Robert !!!
Awesome video sir
Thank you for sharing, the church is amazing, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends at least this cemetery is being taken care of the to some point , I hope you can find out some more information
I would love for yall to come down to Florida, to look at some of the small towns we have here.im glad to see some one with the same interests that I have and love.
Love these video, along with the history. Great job.
ya gotta love history from all over the world watching video's like this i know i do thnx Robert for sharing another awesome video and thankfull for the forgotten to be rememberd again nu calling out their names 👍🇳🇱😉❤
Robert, is there any way to protect those graves, especially the unmarked? It bothers me to think a real estate developer could have that area cleared and put a Costco or Walmart on it. Could the county erect signs saying it’s a cemetery? Would that be possible?
Very intresting, would love to see you go back there with the boys. Greetz from the Netherlands
Great video! I always wonder about how their lives were. Would be great if it were on a map with names of these folks. Thanks for sharing!
A few people lived to be old back in the day but people mostly died young.
That is a very pretty place. Enjoyed it very much. Hope you boys are all staying safe and well and Happy late Thanksgiving to all your families.
Some of these graves has some very deep poetry on them
some of these I would think were written with extreme heart felt emotions
Looks like an old Methodist church. Next time you are in Lee Co. AL check out Gold Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery (across the road). It was really grown up last time I was there. As for moving graves it is very unlikely. It happened but mostly for rich families. There are a few graves in Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika that were moved there in the 1880's but their dates were 1860s & 1870s.
I’ll try to check that out, it’s not too far away.
Long live the South! Me mothers mothers mothers mother was forced out of the south after the war of northern aggression. The retribution by the north on the south was so terrible. They escaped here to Canada.
Another great video can't wait for more. You are my number one favourite UA-camr
Thank you!
I find your videos very interesting and respectful. My mother and I used to walk through cemeteries, but since she passed, it's not the same. One question I have is that I thought cemeteries are not next to churches, and graveyards are. I hope you never lose your curiosity.
I would see how far off of the colonial trading path ,it's possible the family settled there and buried the children and somewhere down the family line the family donated the land where the burials were to consecrate the ground . My family settled here in 1700 in central NC about 2 miles from the trading path like most early settlers and we have graves that far back . Home guard were those who were unable to for physical reasons or wasn't able for some reason to be a soldier they stayed behind to basically gaurd the home front.
That is so interesting, thank you for sharing.
Enjoy the wide range of videos. Love the Church. Im just wondering if that part of land with unmarked graves belongs to the Church or that part was sold or taken years ago.
I think it still belongs to the church.
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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.
Was checking a few of the name you called out on findagrave web site, this cemetery doesn't seen to be registered on that site. Maybe someone local may pick this up and put this church and cemetery on the findagrave site.
That would be nice. Then it would not be lost in time and maybe some of the unmarked graves can brought forth and listed. Save our history children, and let your families know where you came from.
You said that some of the unmarked graves in the woods away from the regular cemetery could be the graves of slaves. Weren't slaves usually buried on the plantation they died on and if so was there a plantation nearby and this might be the cemetery for the plantation? Maybe the existing church started out as a plantation's church.
Yes, generally slaves are buried on the plantations where they lived, but it is not completely uncommon for them to be buried at church cemeteries of the era. Of course if they were to be buried at a church cemetery it was separate as seen here. Sometime I’ll go film another old church cemetery that has a verified slave cemetery, for reference.
Also, sometimes slaves were members of the church. I suppose it all really depended on their masters.
Slaves not only lived on plantations. Folks on farms and in the towns.
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All those graves that you think might be too old- I think the ones in the dates may actually be fours. I've seen that a lot, where a four will actually look like a one because the left side of the number isn't cut in very deep.
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I watched this video on a large flatscreen TV which showed more detail. Those graves in question are dated from the 1840s. The font on the number "4" makes it appear as a "1".
That would definitely make more sense. After filming this video I ran into another similar situation where it appeared to be a one but was a 4.
You should check out this place called Big Buck Head Church. It is in Millen, Georgia. It even has an old cemetery across the street. It is a historical church it's on of the places where William Sherman came through.
Beautiful Cemetery it’s so sad that there is so many unmarked graves these lives meant something
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This was one of the more bigger cemeteries. Wow!
Greetings from Tennessee, I wonder why there are fences around some graves? Most animals will not disturb the graves so it seems a bit odd that some graveyards have fences on the inside. Many have fences around the outside which is expected but not so much on the inside.
I think it’s probably to separate family plots.
Armor -- If you notice, most of those nice iron fences are around the graves of the wealthier folks. It was a way to show off without risking the wrath of the church for a more "prideful" display. If funds allowed, it was also a way to commemorate a beloved wife (lost to childbirth), as my g-g- Uncle did for his young wife in our rural mid-Georgia family cemetery. Unfortunately, a lot of these ornate fences in urban cemeteries are being stolen.
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Do you ever use paper and a charcoal pencil and do a rubbing of the stone if the dates are hard to read? I love the old cemeteries, thank you for the great video!
We don’t have these kind of cemetery in Minnesota
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All I am saying to you why you don't ask US authority to make a Census about these abandonned cementeries to rehabilitate them, it will be perfect to remember our lost of love one in the shade of death.
I am curious as to why you never mention the towns? This cemetery looks like the one I. Juliette GA that my grandparents, brother and uncle are buried at
The unmarked graves are probably a potters field and/or a slave cemetery would be my guess.
Yeah, it sad that due to circumstances their names are lost to us. I have heard of asylums or even orphan asylums having graves unmarked, marked with a plain cross, a grave with only a number and at least one case of a mass burial.
For sure, or even a mixture of both.
@@greenliongirl07 , it still is a thing. I live in the Phoenix area and there is an indigent cemetery for the County located just off the end of the runways at Luke AFB. They try to mark graves with name and dates, but unfortunately many homeless and illegal immigrants don't have identification available and the County just assigns a number to the John/Jane Doe. The Coroner tries to solve these, but few ever are.
The most saddening thing is due to vandalism by various groups for various reasons the cemetery is only open a few hours a week, is fenced so as to be unseen from the road, and is devoid of any vegetation. It is literally a dirt field with cheap medallions to mark the graves.
It would be really cool to see all these stones..lol..it is the genealogist in me, that wants to see. Got excited by the last name Green or Greene. That was my maiden name.
I loved this
Would like to have known what state these were in and what town.
His videos are almost all done in the state of Georgia.
That is so cool
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Try dowsing rods. They will confirm your opinion about the graves.
I may be wrong but I’m seeing 1841-1845? on the little boys grave. I couldn’t read the little girls grave.
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Hey Robert these Farmers came i in before the county had the lottery I hope these people didn't lose their farms how would they have known if there was a lottery or not
Was just imagining on the old Road a black horse and cart with the coffin on The cart heading for burial and the mourners following behind
How old is the church ?
In the rock tombs are they buried above ground?
There had to have been a old settlement close by that has been lost in time
This was. Lots of old plantation sites nearby and many smaller farms and it was also along a Federal Road.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory that's fantastic!! Would you show anything that might be left? Chimneys, wells, foundations, etc. It would be so interesting if you would metal detect too!! I love history so much!
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As a side note for you, this is not a cemetery, this is a graveyard. Cemeteries are separate from a church. Burial grounds next to a church are graveyards.
What about the two from 1790’s? I know EVERYONES concern was the 1800’s but not mine💖
There were no burials that early there, birthdates though. It is always so cool to see someone born so long ago.
I believe a lot of these Graves Sir American Indian. A lot of American Indian Graves here in Oklahoma are the same.
Part of the Five Civilized Tribes. Who were educated and also Christian.
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99% of all humans will be in unmarked graves someday.
Could they have/would they have buried Native American Indians after a battle, and not have marked their graves?
Those unmarked are probably potters field . Or could be slaves.
Or could be people who simply could not afford a fancy granite marker and had to make-do with a wooden marker which has since disappeared.