January 2021 edit - For more on Mrs Jane, please read: www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/ghost-house-forgotten-american-farming-tragedy “This is my Texas.” It was amazing that we were even able to locate this lone grave. It is sad someone at one point felt the need to vandalize and flip the grave. I fear this one may wind up being lost to time in those woods. A developer who did not know could easily build there and no one, except a few, would ever remember her grave being there. Thankfully we were able to find it and fix the stone, and help save it for a little while longer. A big thanks to Dan for bringing me out there, providing phenomenal history as usual and also for the old photos of the Perryman Plantation. 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/
Robert, it really concerns me that you keep clearing these old gravestones with your bare hands. In my cemetery adventures, I've encountered many snakes. A baby copperhead (not sure if they have those in Georgia, but we have them in Louisiana) can cause serious nerve damage. If you'll pick out a set of gloves on Amazon, I'll buy them for you. I've written to you before ... email is landocoton@aol.com.
Gentlemen, I can’t tell you how touched I am, watching you both replacing Missus Perryman’s headstone as best you could. I’ve never seen any other UA-camr’s do something like this!! I’m left almost speechless, which has happened only a handful of times in my rather lengthy life. YOU are what being the looker off to find the found is all about!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for what you do. Stay safe and be well! ❤️
Not an anecdote at all. There are descendants of hers as well as her neighbors nearby today. They all tell the same story with consistency, no embellishments. It was simply that she loved her home and did not want to start over again in another new frontier. We here in the south have no need or reason to embellish anything.
Because much stranger things have happened, I won't discount the Perryman story that has been passed down. Mental illness still isn't properly addressed in today's society. Imagine what it was like during the 1800s. Perhaps the poetic "Texas backyard" line was added to the story to give it some color, but I don't think it's far fetched that someone might commit suicide in this situation. Maybe she was a recluse? Maybe she was fearful of starting over again. Who knows? With that being said, Starquant makes a valid point. Families often didn't want to bring shame upon the family name or the loved one in question, and for descendants the stories became romanticized, passed down from generation to generation. Maybe he did kill her. Maybe one of the kids did it. It's also possible that the only true part of the story is that she killed herself. Concocting a legend around her not wanting to move to Texas might have made the family feel better than to acknowledge that she was mentally ill and that's why she did herself in.
What a sad story. I'm glad you found Mrs. Janes grave and were able to right her headstone and clean it off so it's not lost anymore. You, Dan and Cody are good men, doing honorable things. Thank you
I find myself getting more emotional every time you find graves like this I think everyone should pay attention and think about the fact that this could be us someday .God Bless her and May She finally Rest In Peace again God Bless her Soul and thank you please continue with this work you are doing.the good thing about it is She is still were she wanted to stay for this place was in her Heart
"This could be us one day." No my dear, this Will be us one day. Its the only thing we know for sure. People are so disrespectful these days. They walk around like the immortal centers of the universe. Nobody get's out of life alive.
Long forgotten homesteads like this always get to me. I think of all the love, life and death that took place there and to see it now, almost entirely reclaimed by nature, including Ms. Jane's final resting place really fills me with sadness and the realization that in reality, we are here for such a very very short time. I always think about the holidays spent in the house and all the happy times playing with children and all the times laughing and the times crying and all the big moments like births and the heartbreaking moments like death. The holidays and the opening of presents and the breaking of bread and the moments of tenderness holding loved ones close. To see places like this now, its hard to imagine that at one time, someone took great pride in this home and painted and cared for it and planted flowers and grew vegetables for the table. It makes me think of the house I live in and love now and where it will be 100+ years from now. I also believe that people were made from stronger stock back then and could bear heartbreak and sadness far better than we could today. In my 2020 mindset, I can't imagine how Ms. Jane's husband continued on after her suicide, but the reality of that time was that he had no choice but to continue on. There were things to tend to then that we do not have today. You had no choice but to move on, no matter how painful it was. Life demanded it. In the cemetery where my great grandfather is laid to rest is a line of 8 small grave markers of children all under the age of 10, from one family who died in the 1918 pandemic. and book marked on either side of this line of 8 small stones are the parents markers, who passed on many years after their 8 children had died. I cannot comprehend how they continued on after losing so many pieces of their heart. Rest in peace Ms. Jane.
The more I've thought about Mrs. Jane; I've come to believe that the only thing she had any control over was her existence. I can fell her utter hopelessness...
Her spirit is living on her Texas she doesn't want the living to forget her, the past of the life there nor her home and the history of the land powerful it is in her spirit and of others guaranteed 🙏🌹❤️
Robert, this was so very touching and heart-wrenching! Best video yet. I think everyone on your channel would love to see a return visit and some more work done to repair this poor soul's resting place. Last year I placed flower arrangements on several old graves in our town, and said the names of those who were buried there. Wasn't it you who said "people die twice; once when they actually pass, and the second time when their name is said for the last time". You're awesome as are the others who go with you. God Bless. Rest in peace, Lady Jane!🙏✝️🙏❤
Robert....This was an excellent and well-produced video. I'm so happy you found her grave site. May her light shine eternal and may she finally rest in peace. You and your friend were meant to find her. The tragedy of this story made me so sad, that I cried ! She is HOME.... :)
Thanks Kindly Robert, for this video and in honoring Jane! I think she was happy you guys cleaned and rearranged her grave and stone. I am happy as well. A great service Robert! Great Adventures with many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pa.
It is nice when a family descendant is there to tell the story of the departed. I wonder if the husband felt guilty the rest of his life about the passing of his wife. So sad.
To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. When I was a kid I read that this was an inscription in King Tut's tomb and it always stuck in my head for some reason.
Very sad story about mrs.perryman. It's sad nobody else was buried next to her with the stone being turned over and broke just wondering if it marks the exact spot of her grave.. that whole site needs to be cleaned up really good to make sure it is covering the exact spot be nice to find the missing piece and clean it up all good and fix it back together the family should have done this already besides neglecting it..
Are you out maintaining the grave of your ancestors who died in 1848? I’m going to guess you aren’t. It’s been 173 years. It’s natural to not be maintaining your ancestor’s grave almost 200 years later. Let’s not get mad at the family for negligence.
What a sad story, tugs at your heart. I feel for her husband, staying in the house & seeing her grave & what his actions had done to her, 😥😥😥 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️ Australia
I don't see it that way. She let him down. He appears to have provided well for her. She loved the house more than she loved him. He needed her to accompany him to his destiny in Texas . Or perhaps he thought she would stay there and he would go to Texas to escape her but after she killed herself he decided he could stay there and enjoy his home.
I was sad thinking of the sense of community Jane must have felt around her after 20 years of living in that house, the connection she would have felt to the land and people. She would have been used to the way the seasons change the weather, the daily activities of a peach plantation, etc. I can imagine the pressure, unhappiness and maybe even despair she must have felt to come to the decision to end her life instead of leaving the house that was built for her. I am definitely a homebody, a small town girl, and i miss living on a working farm. i can relate to Jane. I live 30 minutes from where there are stonefruit orchards that send fruit as far as Japan and China and my dad grew up on a peach and nectarine farm (im Australian). Hope the family history and stories have been written down.
Thankyou for this comment. I was thinking about how hard moving would have been back then. I moved 3 years ago and am still sorting myself out. Blessings, Dot
Mother earth reclaims all she gives forth in her own time and process. After all the sweat and tears, the moments of bliss and pain...to be remembered is all one can hope.
This video is an homage to that poor woman, her family and descendants. I hope this forgotten plantation is allowed to return to nature , with respect ,not vandalism. Thank you for sharing it, so much history is buried , it's up to people like you to uncover it, you are a visual historian. Cheers, Rik Spector
Haven't been as updated with you guys as I would have liked, but I had my own little cemetery exploration after a funeral back in April of this year. While my mother was talking to relatives, I wandered off and looked at a small collection of graves in a cemetery and I must say, it was nice. It wasn't a forgotten or lost cemetery, just a local one.
Very interesting to hear the story that's been passed down but also quite sad. I'm glad you found her grave and were able to right it. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
I would assume someone found the stone laying on the ground face up with years in the elements they realized that the engraving would soon get worn away. By flipping it over, preserving what was left of the inscription.
WoW, Thanks Robert for your efforts keeping the history alive, the old girl wasn,t going to move for nothing or no body. She was content where she was. Great video, stay safe.
You and those that travel on your adventures have really answered your calling, recording everything and a great reference for all if they are looking for history on a particular place. How nice it would be too save some of the lumber from that barn and to make a marker by her resting place. If you go back out, take some flag tape and mark the path. Again fantastic history!!!
Wow that is so incredible, but bittersweet ya know, but she was determined to stay put, as sad as it was, in how it turned out. So glad you found the headstone and put it back together the best you could, I so love how you honor all these folks in the different videos, You my friend have earned a spot in heaven..Thank you Robert for these great videos!😀 .
oh my goodness what a wonderful story! Robert thank you & Dan for taking us along for such a fascinating adventure! The thought of Snakes kept me on pins & needles for sure,you guys be careful Please! This was sad but beautiful & romantic at the same time. God bless her I hope she is resting in peace in "her Texas" One of your most touching stories thus far thanks again sending love to you & yours
That's such a sad story . Bless her heart she just wanted to stay home . So glad you guys found her grave and fixed it back . Thank you for sharing this story .
Thanks to all of you, Robert, Cody and Dan! Amazing video.... definitely tragic, to say the least, but Jane's life/death is now documented and she will always be remembered, no matter what happens to that land. It's such a shame she took her own life to stay on that plantation. If only her husband had listened to her and agreed to stay. He pushed too hard, though, and he lost his wife because of it... and then he ended up staying anyway so her death was totally in vain. The whole story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for righting her stone, Robert. That poor woman deserves that much, at least! I'm so glad you guys were able to locate her! You done good, boys!!!
I am watching this from my hone in Southern California and I am walking with you on this wonderful adventure. I simply love this type of history and have always been interested in cemeteries and graves themselves. You are so easy to listen to and I appreciate all you are doing and sharing with us. Thank you so much and God Bless You in your adventures. Nancy
Thankyou for respecting the old gravestone and sharing your family history. Im a new subscriber from southeastern NSW Australia. Hope you stay healthy. Sending Blessings to everyone, Dot
Many thanks for all y'all do. With your mighty great stories to go along with finding her grave again, for now Jane can be remembered again. That is the part of researching genealogy that brings the most satisfaction and closure. Not so much as seeing how far back your can trace a lineage, but the stories to be passed down, that give substance to those kinfolk who came before us.
Your team does great work. It’s very sobering to see the passage of time and people who lived and loved and were loved gone and forgotten. Sad, but inevitable. Thanks for all you do and share.
Wow, that was too cool, finding it, not her shooting herself. That’s so sad. I hope her husband learned to consider the feelings of others after that. Looks like it would have been a beautiful house. You know, he probably wasn’t just taking her from her house, but also grown children and grandchildren....the life they had built together.
A lot of families moved to Texas from this area post-Civil War and the old stories of neighbors checking on neighbors and finding, "Gone to Texas" or "GTT" signs left on doors still survive. My 3x granddaddy moved his family to Texas but returned after bad farming in Bell Co. TX.
It's so strange to feel something for someone who died over a century before I was born. As I try to put myself in her shoes her husband was asking her not only to move but to give up her entire life, family, and friends for a complete unknown. There was no internet or phones or any way to have constant communication once she left. I can see how this must have been overwhelming to her in the early 1800's. She must have felt so alone in those last hours as her husband was packing up and now the sad part is she really is all alone out in the woods. "Her Texas in the backyard" isn't even a backyard or recognizable. She is alone and forgotten in death as she was in life.
What a wonderful thing you guys do. Also, how horrible some people can be. A tragic story. It’s a shame there’s not some type of protection for these graves/ graveyards. Ty for showing such reverence and respect. ❤️🥰🙌🏻🤗
WOW!!!! Amazing History!!! Thank You SO much for documenting all this!!! I'm Enthralled with all this History and you are keeping it ALIVE!!! Love your videos and documentation...so Respectful and very Interesting..you are doing a Wonderful Service to all these Past Lives....
I hope (if possible) the names and information on these grave markers are carefully documented along with their exact locations; and it would be wonderful to have them published on Findagrave. Those people likely were ancestors of living people. My dad would have loved to go along on these explorations, by the way. He was very interested in family history and old homesteads.
That is a very very sad story! Reminds me of my mother not wanting to leave her home of 40+ yrs. When I bought a duplex to have my parents right next door. So sad when these things happen, people change life changes..... Bless you all for flipping over that grave. 💞🙏
Another moving video. You truly are a reteller of the stories of our ancestors. Having descents telling the stories is a great addition to your videos. Having the stories told by them add such a personal touch. Keep it up. Well done!
I find your videos so interesting. My grandmother told me about our Georgia ancestors from way back when, as told to her from her grandmother-early 1800's, maybe late 1700's. The Davenports and how my our great grandmother used to carry a hatchet in her belt and was always on the lookout for Indians. At least 2 other family members were abducted by Indians, but managed to fight their way back. The woods were no joke back then and a long journey to Texas was not just accomplished in a few days. You did it all by yourself, encountering friendly Indians or hostile, friendly settlers or not, land you were not familiar with, impassable land forms, bad weather who knows. You could very well have died making that journey. I don't blame Ms. Perryman at all.
That was a very interesting place. Again, thanks for taking us along. I did not even get bitten by a mosquito...Glad y'all got the gravestone put back together.
Omg! Robert, cool hat! I didn’t recognize you! What great and sad history tonight. 1798. So old. You men are so valiant to piece it back together. It’s almost completely gone. There are most likely many more like this, almost gone in time secretly asleep. Thank you for all you do!
Love History love your videos. My Grandmother was a Culpepper. She Byron Croft of Berlin,Georgia . The Crofts came from Germany a few hundred years ago. Landed in the Carolinas. There are two cemeteries in the Berlin area that are full of Crofts. Thank you very much for what yall do.
Fascinating story and tour in the Georgia woods. I once visited a friend in rural NE Georgia. To get to his place, I had to drive my 4WD up some backroads. At one point, I came across a very old, overgrown family cemetery plot (6-7 graves, I think) dating to the 18th century. Quite interesting.
thank you for sharing her story with us. to hear some of her family tree ...gave me such a deep sense of gratitude to you for the time, effort and expense (and personal discomforts) to share these histories with us.
Please make sure the older gentleman’s stories are documented on paper for the future citizens to read. He is just fascinating. I didn’t get my mom and dad’s stories documented, and boy am I sorry. Thanks for your wonderful work!
What a remarkable story and find. So glad you were able to locate and correct it. I love what you do. She was like "nope, plenty of souls need saving here, I'm not leaving!!" He just wanted to spread The Gospel further..... we are an unruly bunch here in Texas ;);) BUT we LOVE JESUS!! I'm glad you told what he did after that. I wondered if he buried and left her there or if he went on.... Another GREAT vid Robert. Thanks for taking us along on another Side Step Adventure!!
What a wonderful thing you did, finding her and putting the stone back together as much as you could. Her story is so heartbreaking. I pray she is at peace and she deserves to be honored for her brave battle with sorrow. I am a new subscribers and just love your work.
January 2021 edit - For more on Mrs Jane, please read: www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/ghost-house-forgotten-american-farming-tragedy
“This is my Texas.”
It was amazing that we were even able to locate this lone grave. It is sad someone at one point felt the need to vandalize and flip the grave. I fear this one may wind up being lost to time in those woods. A developer who did not know could easily build there and no one, except a few, would ever remember her grave being there. Thankfully we were able to find it and fix the stone, and help save it for a little while longer. A big thanks to Dan for bringing me out there, providing phenomenal history as usual and also for the old photos of the Perryman Plantation.
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Another great video Robert. I live in southeast Texas and I've been on an old homeplace for 52 years. There's no place like home.
Robert, it really concerns me that you keep clearing these old gravestones with your bare hands. In my cemetery adventures, I've encountered many snakes. A baby copperhead (not sure if they have those in Georgia, but we have them in Louisiana) can cause serious nerve damage. If you'll pick out a set of gloves on Amazon, I'll buy them for you. I've written to you before ... email is landocoton@aol.com.
I wonder why the grave couldn't be moved somewhere else.
Great history with a Sad story. Love these walks Robert ,again Robert,again.
B safe man.
@@jo-annwillis4315 - She would probably then haunt the area. I don't think she wanted to leave her home.
Gentlemen, I can’t tell you how touched I am, watching you both replacing Missus Perryman’s headstone as best you could. I’ve never seen any other UA-camr’s do something like this!! I’m left almost speechless, which has happened only a handful of times in my rather lengthy life. YOU are what being the looker off to find the found is all about!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for what you do. Stay safe and be well! ❤️
It's too sad that poor Mrs. Jane felt that her death was the only way she could stay with her house. Thank you for sharing.
And she'll always be there.
Judging by the proximity of that Highway she will soon be paved over in asphalt is they don't pass the hat among the family and move her. : (
@@starquant sounds very interesting, do tell more.
Not an anecdote at all. There are descendants of hers as well as her neighbors nearby today. They all tell the same story with consistency, no embellishments. It was simply that she loved her home and did not want to start over again in another new frontier. We here in the south have no need or reason to embellish anything.
Because much stranger things have happened, I won't discount the Perryman story that has been passed down. Mental illness still isn't properly addressed in today's society. Imagine what it was like during the 1800s. Perhaps the poetic "Texas backyard" line was added to the story to give it some color, but I don't think it's far fetched that someone might commit suicide in this situation. Maybe she was a recluse? Maybe she was fearful of starting over again. Who knows? With that being said, Starquant makes a valid point. Families often didn't want to bring shame upon the family name or the loved one in question, and for descendants the stories became romanticized, passed down from generation to generation. Maybe he did kill her. Maybe one of the kids did it. It's also possible that the only true part of the story is that she killed herself. Concocting a legend around her not wanting to move to Texas might have made the family feel better than to acknowledge that she was mentally ill and that's why she did herself in.
What a sad story. I'm glad you found Mrs. Janes grave and were able to right her headstone and clean it off so it's not lost anymore. You, Dan and Cody are good men, doing honorable things. Thank you
I find myself getting more emotional every time you find graves like this I think everyone should pay attention and think about the fact that this could be us someday .God Bless her and May She finally Rest In Peace again God Bless her Soul and thank you please continue with this work you are doing.the good thing about it is She is still were she wanted to stay for this place was in her Heart
"This could be us one day." No my dear, this Will be us one day. Its the only thing we know for sure. People are so disrespectful these days. They walk around like the immortal centers of the universe. Nobody get's out of life alive.
@@LambentLark i was thinking the very same thing
Long forgotten homesteads like this always get to me. I think of all the love, life and death that took place there and to see it now, almost entirely reclaimed by nature, including Ms. Jane's final resting place really fills me with sadness and the realization that in reality, we are here for such a very very short time. I always think about the holidays spent in the house and all the happy times playing with children and all the times laughing and the times crying and all the big moments like births and the heartbreaking moments like death. The holidays and the opening of presents and the breaking of bread and the moments of tenderness holding loved ones close. To see places like this now, its hard to imagine that at one time, someone took great pride in this home and painted and cared for it and planted flowers and grew vegetables for the table. It makes me think of the house I live in and love now and where it will be 100+ years from now. I also believe that people were made from stronger stock back then and could bear heartbreak and sadness far better than we could today. In my 2020 mindset, I can't imagine how Ms. Jane's husband continued on after her suicide, but the reality of that time was that he had no choice but to continue on. There were things to tend to then that we do not have today. You had no choice but to move on, no matter how painful it was. Life demanded it. In the cemetery where my great grandfather is laid to rest is a line of 8 small grave markers of children all under the age of 10, from one family who died in the 1918 pandemic. and book marked on either side of this line of 8 small stones are the parents markers, who passed on many years after their 8 children had died. I cannot comprehend how they continued on after losing so many pieces of their heart. Rest in peace Ms. Jane.
A very emotional story.....brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for putting her grave back together as best you could.
The more I've thought about Mrs. Jane; I've come to believe that the only thing she had any control over was her existence. I can fell her utter hopelessness...
I teared up, too.
We need more guys like Dan. He's a walking history book!!! Love you both for what you do.
She wanted you to find her grave. Thank you Robert.
Michele Lupe-Bowe I agree
Her spirit is living on her Texas she doesn't want the living to forget her, the past of the life there nor her home and the history of the land powerful it is in her spirit and of others guaranteed 🙏🌹❤️
Dead people can't talk
@@ashleyw6728 Keep telling yourself that.
@@sassyt1545 u really trying to tell me they can
Wonder how much history we walk on every day? Sad.But,thank you guys!
Patricia Russell that is so true
People in Savannah, GA live in squares built over slaves graves. Which is why Savannah is the most haunted city in America.
Sadly, much..
If you come to England and think that you'd never leave!
@@sweetlexii71,Shepherdstown West Virginia is called the most haunted town in America.
i actually choked up while i watched this. it hurts to see someone soon to be erased as though they never existed
It will happen to all of us.
Robert, this was so very touching and heart-wrenching! Best video yet. I think everyone on your channel would love to see a return visit and some more work done to repair this poor soul's resting place. Last year I placed flower arrangements on several old graves in our town, and said the names of those who were buried there. Wasn't it you who said "people die twice; once when they actually pass, and the second time when their name is said for the last time". You're awesome as are the others who go with you. God Bless. Rest in peace, Lady Jane!🙏✝️🙏❤
Thank you for the hard work you do! We need more caring men like you on our planet at this time. Many thanks from Calgary Alberta 🇨🇦
Robert....This was an excellent and well-produced video. I'm so happy you found her grave site. May her light shine eternal and may she finally rest in peace. You and your friend were meant to find her. The tragedy of this story made me so sad, that I cried ! She is HOME.... :)
She is at Peace now and smiling down from the heaven's..
Thanks Kindly Robert, for this video and in honoring Jane! I think she was happy you guys cleaned and rearranged her grave and stone. I am happy as well. A great service Robert! Great Adventures with many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pa.
It is nice when a family descendant is there to tell the story of the departed. I wonder if the husband felt guilty the rest of his life about the passing of his wife. So sad.
I wish I could hear you.
Grave Robbers working quickly at night did not realize they replaced the Slab backwards.
Only God will know
HE was a religious man who tried to force his wife so I doubt he felt guilty in anything. Sounds he cared no less of her,
She lives on, her name is being spoken by many of us just now. RIP Miss Jane.
She never would have imagined
To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. When I was a kid I read that this was an inscription in King Tut's tomb and it always stuck in my head for some reason.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory I think she would have as she has revealed herself to you the day you found her grave.
Very sad story about mrs.perryman. It's sad nobody else was buried next to her with the stone being turned over and broke just wondering if it marks the exact spot of her grave.. that whole site needs to be cleaned up really good to make sure it is covering the exact spot be nice to find the missing piece and clean it up all good and fix it back together the family should have done this already besides neglecting it..
I agree ,100%..She deserves that !!RIP..sweet lady!!..a little tlc would make her smile from up above😉🌹
Are you out maintaining the grave of your ancestors who died in 1848? I’m going to guess you aren’t. It’s been 173 years. It’s natural to not be maintaining your ancestor’s grave almost 200 years later. Let’s not get mad at the family for negligence.
A very sad story--but home is truly where the heart is.
I agree... it truly is❤🤗😘Joanne NZ
yes it is !
Yes,very,sad.im from morrow ,GA.
A fitting epitaph to close this visit.---Please tell us that you kept that jar!
That kind of jar makes the best flower vase
That looked like an old honey jar
What a sad story, tugs at your heart. I feel for her husband, staying in the house & seeing her grave & what his actions had done to her, 😥😥😥 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️ Australia
I don't see it that way. She let him down. He appears to have provided well for her. She loved the house more than she loved him. He needed her to accompany him to his destiny in Texas . Or perhaps he thought she would stay there and he would go to Texas to escape her but after she killed herself he decided he could stay there and enjoy his home.
I was sad thinking of the sense of community Jane must have felt around her after 20 years of living in that house, the connection she would have felt to the land and people. She would have been used to the way the seasons change the weather, the daily activities of a peach plantation, etc. I can imagine the pressure, unhappiness and maybe even despair she must have felt to come to the decision to end her life instead of leaving the house that was built for her. I am definitely a homebody, a small town girl, and i miss living on a working farm. i can relate to Jane. I live 30 minutes from where there are stonefruit orchards that send fruit as far as Japan and China and my dad grew up on a peach and nectarine farm (im Australian). Hope the family history and stories have been written down.
She was 49 and tired of moving all the time and restarting in new places. Poor thing.
She was born in 1797, and died in 1848. That would make her 50 or 51, by my count.
No disrespect meant, but coming from a woman that has been thru the change, I can tell you menopause can be horrible for some women. 😢
And pumping out kids
Thankyou for this comment. I was thinking about how hard moving would have been back then. I moved 3 years ago and am still sorting myself out. Blessings, Dot
@ThingsToDoInMC mn n
Mother earth reclaims all she gives forth in her own time and process. After all the sweat and tears, the moments of bliss and pain...to be remembered is all one can hope.
Time marches on.
Beautifully said.
When you found that first bottle, and said how pretty it was, I caught myself answering "yeah it is."
Same!! Lol..History..wander what was in it..
What a wonderful, wonderful old sad story. Thank you, Robert, for what you are doing!!
It is good that someone remembers her. The thought of no one ever remembering you is heartbreaking .
We remember Miss Jane today. Thank You!
I think of Miss Jane often. (Mr. Drysdale's secretary, right?)
This video is an homage to that poor woman, her family and descendants.
I hope this forgotten plantation is allowed to return to nature , with respect ,not vandalism.
Thank you for sharing it, so much history is buried , it's up to people like you to uncover it,
you are a visual historian.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Definitely a sad story. Thank you for sharing. It is amazing how much history is right under your feet if you only know where to look.
Haven't been as updated with you guys as I would have liked, but I had my own little cemetery exploration after a funeral back in April of this year. While my mother was talking to relatives, I wandered off and looked at a small collection of graves in a cemetery and I must say, it was nice. It wasn't a forgotten or lost cemetery, just a local one.
Very interesting to hear the story that's been passed down but also quite sad. I'm glad you found her grave and were able to right it. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
I would assume someone found the stone laying on the ground face up with years in the elements they realized that the engraving would soon get worn away. By flipping it over, preserving what was left of the inscription.
I am so glad he found the grave! He ought to write a book on the history of Perryman Plantation! Thank you again for a great video!
History Lover He was very knowledgeable. If not written down, the stories and histories are gone.
you guys are so kind and respectful....well appreciated
How wonderful that you both found her, she can now be at peace
WoW, Thanks Robert for your efforts keeping the history alive, the old girl wasn,t going to move for nothing or no body. She was content where she was. Great video, stay safe.
You and those that travel on your adventures have really answered your calling, recording everything and a great reference for all if they are looking for history on a particular place.
How nice it would be too save some of the lumber from that barn and to make a marker by her resting place. If you go back out, take some flag tape and mark the path.
Again fantastic history!!!
Awesome idea!!
That is extremely strange turning ones stone upside down. Very strange. 1787!!!!! Fascinating story behind that.
Because she committed suicide!
Because some low lives love to vandalize and cause pain.
A falling tree or limb could have knocked it over, as could a strong wind.
Wow that is so incredible, but bittersweet ya know, but she was determined to stay put, as sad as it was, in how it turned out. So glad you found the headstone and put it back together the best you could, I so love how you honor all these folks in the different videos, You my friend have earned a spot in heaven..Thank you Robert for these great videos!😀
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Yes he has ...as well as other's who do the same...thanku to him and all the other's that have honourable heart's...
Wow so glad you find it but So sad 😭 that nobody took care of it over the years I wish there could be a new top for her
What a great discovery and what a great story. Maybe now she wont be forgotten.
oh my goodness what a wonderful story! Robert thank you & Dan for taking us along for such a fascinating adventure! The thought of Snakes kept me on pins & needles for sure,you guys be careful Please! This was sad but beautiful & romantic at the same time. God bless her I hope she is resting in peace in "her Texas" One of your most touching stories thus far thanks again sending love to you & yours
I also thank you. November 2020
A sad yet beautiful story. Thank you for bringing us along.
That's such a sad story . Bless her heart she just wanted to stay home . So glad you guys found her grave and fixed it back . Thank you for sharing this story .
Thanks to all of you, Robert, Cody and Dan! Amazing video.... definitely tragic, to say the least, but Jane's life/death is now documented and she will always be remembered, no matter what happens to that land. It's such a shame she took her own life to stay on that plantation. If only her husband had listened to her and agreed to stay. He pushed too hard, though, and he lost his wife because of it... and then he ended up staying anyway so her death was totally in vain. The whole story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for righting her stone, Robert. That poor woman deserves that much, at least! I'm so glad you guys were able to locate her! You done good, boys!!!
I am watching this from my hone in Southern California and I am walking with you on this wonderful adventure. I simply love this type of history and have always been interested in cemeteries and graves themselves. You are so easy to listen to and I appreciate all you are doing and sharing with us. Thank you so much and God Bless You in your adventures. Nancy
Thankyou for respecting the old gravestone and sharing your family history. Im a new subscriber from southeastern NSW Australia. Hope you stay healthy. Sending Blessings to everyone, Dot
Awesome vid. Not only a very interesting grave but the back story really brought it to life.
Many thanks for all y'all do. With your mighty great stories to go along with finding her grave again, for now Jane can be remembered again. That is the part of researching genealogy that brings the most satisfaction and closure. Not so much as seeing how far back your can trace a lineage, but the stories to be passed down, that give substance to those kinfolk who came before us.
What amazed me was how quickly nature recaptured the area... RIP Mrs. Jane...
Love it Robert! Great to hear the history behind the land and graves when possible. 👍💖💖🙏🇺🇸
Your team does great work. It’s very sobering to see the passage of time and people who lived and loved and were loved gone and forgotten. Sad, but inevitable. Thanks for all you do and share.
Wow, that was too cool, finding it, not her shooting herself. That’s so sad. I hope her husband learned to consider the feelings of others after that. Looks like it would have been a beautiful house. You know, he probably wasn’t just taking her from her house, but also grown children and grandchildren....the life they had built together.
It's a beautiful thing you guys did there, thank you. So sad that people disrespect graves, and forget to upkeep the graves and gravesites.
A lot of families moved to Texas from this area post-Civil War and the old stories of neighbors checking on neighbors and finding, "Gone to Texas" or "GTT" signs left on doors still survive. My 3x granddaddy moved his family to Texas but returned after bad farming in Bell Co. TX.
It's so strange to feel something for someone who died over a century before I was born. As I try to put myself in her shoes her husband was asking her not only to move but to give up her entire life, family, and friends for a complete unknown. There was no internet or phones or any way to have constant communication once she left. I can see how this must have been overwhelming to her in the early 1800's. She must have felt so alone in those last hours as her husband was packing up and now the sad part is she really is all alone out in the woods. "Her Texas in the backyard" isn't even a backyard or recognizable. She is alone and forgotten in death as she was in life.
I know exactly what you mean
She was remembered today. Thanks to Robert 🙏🏻❤️
She's not alone, just her skeleton is tbere.......
Too sad 😞
Thank you for the effort and work that you did. Making Mrs Jane's grave respectable (as much as possible) was a very honoring moment. Well done!
I said a prayer. Thank you for doing, what you did. We all should be dignified, even in death ❤
Although very sad. Another great story. I'm glad y'all were able to find the grave and straighten it out somewhat.
What a wonderful thing you guys do. Also, how horrible some people can be. A tragic story. It’s a shame there’s not some type of protection for these graves/ graveyards. Ty for showing such reverence and respect. ❤️🥰🙌🏻🤗
Sad, but a wonderful piece of history. Thank you for sharing.
WOW!!!! Amazing History!!! Thank You SO much for documenting all this!!! I'm Enthralled with all this History and you are keeping it ALIVE!!! Love your videos and documentation...so Respectful and very Interesting..you are doing a Wonderful Service to all these Past Lives....
I love the way you display the history in your video
This makes my heart happy for y’all to find and fix
Thank you
Thank You for sharing your history with us. She was a tough woman.
I have recently came across your channel I think what you guys do is a great thing looking forward to more of your videos
Your vids keep getting better and better Robert! And I like how you read the comments.
Enjoyed this. You brought a live, human element to this grave with its background story. It's not just a name carved in stone.
What an amazing find. Thank you for all you do to save history
what you guys do is so amazing. thank you for caring so much
Thank you for restoring her gravestone ❣️
Amazing story and history vignette. ! Thank you !
I hope (if possible) the names and information on these grave markers are carefully documented along with their exact locations; and it would be wonderful to have them published on Findagrave. Those people likely were ancestors of living people. My dad would have loved to go along on these explorations, by the way. He was very interested in family history and old homesteads.
Another awesome video sir
That was excellent, tragic history but so interesting. Thank you.
This is truly a sad story, but I am sure there are many more to be told. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Such a cool story. I'm so happy that people like you guys do what you do for history
That is a very very sad story! Reminds me of my mother not wanting to leave her home of 40+ yrs. When I bought a duplex to have my parents right next door. So sad when these things happen, people change life changes..... Bless you all for flipping over that grave. 💞🙏
Another moving video. You truly are a reteller of the stories of our ancestors.
Having descents telling the stories is a great addition to your videos. Having the stories told by them add such a personal touch.
Keep it up. Well done!
Absolutely love your videos❤i find history amazing💙thank you
I find your videos so interesting. My grandmother told me about our Georgia ancestors from way back when, as told to her from her grandmother-early 1800's, maybe late 1700's. The Davenports and how my our great grandmother used to carry a hatchet in her belt and was always on the lookout for Indians. At least 2 other family members were abducted by Indians, but managed to fight their way back. The woods were no joke back then and a long journey to Texas was not just accomplished in a few days. You did it all by yourself, encountering friendly Indians or hostile, friendly settlers or not, land you were not familiar with, impassable land forms, bad weather who knows. You could very well have died making that journey. I don't blame Ms. Perryman at all.
Thank you both for rearranging the burial stone. God sees what you both are doing. ✝️👍🇺🇸
That was a very interesting place. Again, thanks for taking us along. I did not even
get bitten by a mosquito...Glad y'all got the gravestone put back together.
Omg! Robert, cool hat! I didn’t recognize you! What great and sad history tonight. 1798. So old. You men are so valiant to piece it back together. It’s almost completely gone. There are most likely many more like this, almost gone in time secretly asleep. Thank you for all you do!
As a Texas girl her last words are especially haunting. Such a sad story all around. Thank you to your friend for sharing this history.
To me this grave and it’s story are the best video you have made! I love what you are doing❤️
Love History love your videos. My Grandmother was a Culpepper. She Byron Croft of Berlin,Georgia . The Crofts came from Germany a few hundred years ago. Landed in the Carolinas. There are two cemeteries in the Berlin area that are full of Crofts.
Thank you very much for what yall do.
This is amazing!! What a story & finding of her gravestone. Nan Conner
It’s great that you find all this history. It’s great watching it.
What a sad story. I really enjoy your sharing.
Very sad but interesting story. Thank you for sharing.
Just like putting a puzzle together. Bless you guys for what you do.
Fascinating story and tour in the Georgia woods. I once visited a friend in rural NE Georgia. To get to his place, I had to drive my 4WD up some backroads. At one point, I came across a very old, overgrown family cemetery plot (6-7 graves, I think) dating to the 18th century. Quite interesting.
thank you for sharing her story with us. to hear some of her family tree ...gave me such a deep sense of gratitude to you for the time, effort and expense (and personal discomforts) to share these histories with us.
This was fantastic. I enjoyed learning about the history of the area and the family. These are just the best!!! Thankyou
Awesome story told. Glad you found the grave.
Interesting look around. Sad story. Thanks for sharing with us!
Please make sure the older gentleman’s stories are documented on paper for the future citizens to read. He is just fascinating. I didn’t get my mom and dad’s stories documented, and boy am I sorry. Thanks for your wonderful work!
My goodness. You must be feeding Cody well! He's a Big boy now.
What a remarkable story and find. So glad you were able to locate and correct it. I love what you do. She was like "nope, plenty of souls
need saving here, I'm not leaving!!" He just wanted to spread The Gospel further..... we are an unruly bunch here in Texas ;);) BUT we LOVE JESUS!!
I'm glad you told what he did after that. I wondered if he buried and left her there or if he went on.... Another GREAT vid Robert. Thanks for taking us
along on another Side Step Adventure!!
What a wonderful thing you did, finding her and putting the stone back together as much as you could. Her story is so heartbreaking. I pray she is at peace and she deserves to be honored for her brave battle with sorrow. I am a new subscribers and just love your work.