Sad thing is, that even chiseled in stone ,everything slowly fades into time and is forgotten, We are truly dust in the wind, Someone once said, '' life is short even in its longest days."
And not a one in the old graves in the old cemetery would know a thing about electricity, radio, movies, telephones, airplanes, automobiles, TV, space flight, landing on the moon, satellites, world wide instant communications, internet, cell phones, digital video and the lists goes on. The most they could know were steam engines and perhaps photography and telegraphy as new fangled things. Their world was so completely different than ours.
That inscription was on a tombstone near our house. It had been a family plot long forgotten. I read it when I was little and it gave me nightmares for weeks. Especially when it stormed so bad the night I read it I was afraid to go to sleep.
Cemetaries are interesting. So much history. My father dragged us around Europe from cemetary to cemetary learning about family genealogy. European cemetaries usually have playgrounds in them so that is where we were while they were looking fo family graves. My mother would talk to people an we would even meet relatives. We were related to the chief of police in Luxembourg. Even went to Lichtenstein an found some. Weird but wonderful childhood while my dad was stationed overseas
Just subscribed recently . Enjoyed the video very much . But also want to give you a thumbs up at the respect and thoughtfulness you gave this cemetery .
William Jefferson Nicholson was in C Co. 10th GA Vol. Infantry from Chattahoochee County. He enlisted in May 1862, participated in a number of engagements and died of typhoid fever on Sept 5, 1862. Jimmy Carter is a direct descendent. Carter’s great-grandfather, Nathaniel Nunn Nicholson was given William’s army pay of $44 and his clothing. I wonder if the local authority is aware of this.
There is a great story behind everyone I ever met. Remember that and keep it in context the next time you ponder your own mortality. Keeps you real. LOL
I found a old cemetery in Elberton Georgia about 22 years ago while I was out walking in the forest deer hunting, there were at least ten gravestones if I remember correctly and they weren't actually tombstones they were basically big rocks that had epitaphs carved into them and I believe they were all dated in the 1800's, I also remember there being these very strange looking leafless tree's growing amongst the headstones and it being the only place in that forest where I seen those particular little trees, I really wish I had a camera with me at the time, I'm hoping to get back down there one day to see if it's still there, anyway great video guys
@michael perry I'm really hoping to make it back out there one day, it's a very long drive from where I live but it's worth it just to see if it's still there, this place was on the outskirts of a WMA I was deer hunting and I was intrigued when I came across it, I really hope it's still there and hasn't been wiped out by development or looted and vandalized, I really want to videotape it and document it
It is great to have photographic or videographic documentation of these old cemeteries for history sake. Now that we have the internet, hopefully, this information can be preserved forever.
I also found a graveyard while vacationing in Georgia recently that was also in a national forest area. I took some pictures of the one remaining headstone dating back to the 1800s. There were alot of unmarked graves. Did some research and found out that it was a family graveyard and sent the pictures to a family member that I found on FindAGrave.com
in 100 years or less nobody remembers or cares. the memorials are made for the LIVING, not the dead. and when there are no more living who care the memorial is forgotten and abandoned. the dead dont know or care either way., they are not "resting " in the graves. thier soul is either in heaven or hell. the remenant of thier bodies slowly returning to the earth. they lived a life, shed thier bodies, and thier soul continues on.
@Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart It's often Not so much that they don't care... they just DON'T KNOW their relative is there! There is cemetery that I went and was around since a little kid... NO IDEA we had relatives there! Till an Aunt started a genealogy study & found them.
I recently stumbled across your channel and find it so refreshing. Just pictures and talking, no epic drone shots with house music. No click bait. Ever since I read Faulkner for the first time I found the south highly fascinating and love that you are focusing on that. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Germany
You are right, that is how i found out i have a lot of familymembers living in the US, Canada ( & rest of the world).They were doing research for a book about the family history.Ancesters came from Europe ( Netherlands ) after a complete village where they lived burnt down ( around 200 persons).
This is a bittersweet expedition of discovery. When a person dies, with thankfully few exceptions, he or she leaves behind such sadness and sense of loss. Because of that, the survivors want to mark their profound emotions and to honor the deceased and over time, the inevitable usually gets swept up with the fact that the old adage "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" prevails. I imagine most of us wnt to erect a Great Pyramid or the equivalent to our dead loved ones but we bow to our traditions and mark a grave in the manner of our beliefs, ability to afford and so on. Then, time steps in and we return to the soil and only the historians keep track of us out of some around curiosity and desire to remember their stories. The trees grow, the markers topples and that's the way it goes. You guys were so respectful.
What an amazing video. The Revolutionary War soldier and his son from the Cival War. Truly astounding. Never seen that before. I've seen many old cemeteries, always love the history of the area. I've never seen so many BRICK STRUCTURES. What kind of grave covering is this? These are hand made bricks. Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from southern California. 👍😁
Possibly grandfather and grandson... as John Mayo would have been 70 when George was born. Either way, very cool that they are side by side! Sadly we dont get to see many old cemeteries out here on the West Coast
At our old family cemetery in south Alabama, we have people from the late 1700s up to my Grandmother that died in 1997 at 98. We have a Revolutionary War veteran , more than one Civil war veteran , WWI and WWII. Its fascinating to explore my family history.
Thank you @dragon tiss and @Darla Hays. What an amazing family history to have @Darla. My GGrandfather came to America after Ressurrection from the Cival War, as a 12 year old child with his older brother. Our family has an old dilapidated farm outside of Opelousas, LA. Where my Grandmother was born. They are buried in cement vaults above ground, high water table in the south. I've also seen "spirit houses" over graves on plantation tours, slave or indigenous type graves. Never brick covering. I find it absolutely beautiful. 😁
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@@shielarobitaille1534 the brick coverings were crypts at one point. It looks like they were either vandalized or destroyed by the weather.
its so sad to see peoples final resting place forgotten. thanks to your video maybe now those people can rest in peace knowing that someone found them and they are forgotten no more
It's fascinating to see the old graves but often very difficult..tried to visit some old and family graves in Illinois but was warned that the graveyard was had long been neglected and overrun with copperhead snakes..felt bad but didn't want to risk it.. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry sorry!
These people have been laid to rest by people who actually knew, and loved them. Don't despair Becky. They are at rest. Gone to their creator. All that remains of them is bones.
@@Dave-ty2qp you make an excellent point. i suppose i care too much. but i cant help it. as long as we remember those who are lost to us i guess they are never really gone
some persons born in late 1700's who died 1800's have some kind of family stoys to tell about their town but very hard to find but lost in history books forever to still discoverd by the persons who lived through 1700's-1800's as myths/lagaons and ppersons who born later in 1800's have different storys to tell facts changed by the family membmers who knew them can be find read in history books
This was so fascinating to watch. You all think like I do. What once was is all but gone. I guess we are looking at our own mortality... thanks Mark!👍🇺🇸
Absolutely... we really are. I think about that often when I am at an old cemetery. The ground I am standing on was once their world. And after I am gone it’ll be someone else’s world. Haunting really. Thanks for the comment
HTWSSTKS is an acronym with connections to the Masonic Temple, specifically Royal Arch Masons. The letters stand for, “Hiram, Tyrian, Widow's Son, Sent to King Solomon.”
Greetings from Canada. In writing the history of my family I could never get an exact date and place of death for my great great grandfather who emigrated from Ireland to Ontario, Canada. He and his wife settled on Ile du Grand Calumet in the Ottawa River, Pontiac County, Quebec after coming over in 1817 from Kilkenny. I will be forever grateful to the men from Ile du Grand Calumet who explored a deep embankment just behind the Catholic church on the Island. They found the top part of my great great parents headstone. It read "Michael Cahill, died 1838." They posted what they found from fragments on the Facebook page "Ile du Grand Calumet Memories" That answered my questions. Wherever possible historical associations or even individuals should post information from these old headstones before it's gone forever. In Ontario by law the municipality must maintain and try to conserve old headstones. Unfortunately in Quebec there is no such law and we are losing our history of the pioneers.
Wow, thats an amazing story. Your GGGrandfather was only here 21 yrs before he passed. He was probably youngish when he passed too but he made his mark, your here + probably other relatives.
Thank you for respecting those sites and for a short time bringing them to life. Seeing that Masonic marker was very interesting as I am a Mason as well.
President Washington was alive almost til the year 1800.))))) died 1799....the white house did not have any indoor plumbing Til 1910.......President Lincoln born 1809 his first Son lived until 1926..his name Robert Todd Lincoln... lincolns first son was at his dads opening of his memorial the lincoln memorial opened 1922,,,and there is a video of it on you tube,,,you can see abraham lincolns first son in the video...
This is the finest cemetery exploration/visitation I’ve seen on UA-cam-y’all understand that the faded markers represent all that remains of the individual histories of all these people, the histories that were interwoven to form a community that has faded as well, almost completely out of existence. It is an overwhelming feeling-I live near Arlington National Cemetery and have family members and friends buried there, and when I look out over the sea of headstones, the knowledge that so many lives and stories rest there is mind boggling. Thank you for bringing these people back to life, if only briefly and in bits and pieces.
Yes - everyone had a separate, distinct history and story. Amazing and interesting. Thank you. Another awesome cemetery is Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.
I love to stroll through old grave yards, reading the headstones, I get a deep appreciation for these people who were before us (family), believing in their country and most importantly our Heavenly Father, but I have a great sadness thinking about the state our once great nations were and what these people would think now if they could see. We've let them down because we have lost sight of who we are and why we're here sadly :(
I am so pleased to see your appreciation of people who lived so long ago. I've been doing genealogical research for the last eleven years. One of my main goals was to record all the old family stories for future generations of the family (like, as an example, my great grandmother seeing/hearing Abraham Lincoln give a campaign speech when she was a young girl). I wrote about my family's personalities, good points, talents, occupations, and even their life disappointments in some cases for a well-rounded picture of what they were really like. I didn't want to eventually pass out of this world with future generations of the family thinking our ancestors were nothing more than headstones in a cemetery. I also got all the old family photos identified and posted on my tree so they could never be lost to "File 13". I hope I did a good job -- Diane.
I really truly admire your respect and reverence towards the departed of the forgotten town of Pineville. I want to add if you come by there again especially during Memorial Day or Veterans Day place something at the graves of the men who served their country.
I could hear the reverence and awe in your voice as you were walking through this cemetery....I thoroughly enjoyed walking with you. Thanks so much for sharing ! :)
Just subscribed, love what your doing. It’s crazey, in the village I live in South Yorkshire England the church is nearly a thousand years old. There is an abandoned graveyard in village I grew up and they got loads of graves in 1800’s. We are spoilt though because they seem new compared to the ancient graves we got. At st Mary the virgin in beighton in Sheffield there is the grave of the queen of the gypsys. I forget how old it is but I will post it.
Walter Ansley is in New Prospect Primitive Baptist Church cemetery. Polly Bivins is in the Pineville Cemetery. The three Halls in forest are not documented on findagrave dot com. Y'all should enter them on findagrave. If you have the time, you can look them up on findagrave on your phone while there. Many times findagrave will have history of individuals.
What a beautiful peaceful place , as you said a whole community laying together not knowing that their town and homesteads have long gone. Thank you so much for bringing these people to our attention may they rest in peace for eternity.
When I was a kid, my dad and I liked to explore old cemeteries. We even found where my great great grandparents are buried! Since I'm not physically able to do this anymore, thank you for doing it for me!💜💜
Thank you for your tenacity and care in documenting these graves and head markers! I especially appreciate you finding slave cemeteries. I'm trying so hard to pick up threads of my ancestry since new records - census, death records, etc. - are being published. What I take from your documentation is towns and villages that no longer exist. Places I can look into and maybe find a thread! Thank You...please don't stop. You are doing something invaluable for so many people.
I love this thank you..I love it when you tell about their stories and they knew each other ,,,and I love pictures on tombstone ,,,I love your channel and watch it often....they are all apart of history now ,,,
You guys are just precious. I've done a lot of exploring of cemeteries myself. It reminds me of how connected we are to those who have lived and gone. I wish I were there with you all. This is just awesome. Very moving. Its almost hard to express all the thoughts and feelings that run through me. People are my main interest. I'm in awe of life here on earth and curious about my eventual passing over to where many fine people are already waiting, in glory. Thank you for this.
Susie Arviso I thought I was strange for doing this. I found it so interesting. I’m happy to see this video to validate my interest in people and honoring their lives.
I am in awe of your respect and dignity that you demonstrate to these loved ones and lost community. I just watched both of these videos and had to comment and subscribe to your channel. Have never seen any before but am a fan now. Thank you again for the humble, kind and dignified respect you showed.
This whole piece of property including the church has a out of this world presence about it! Touching! Makes me want to visit and clean up the cemetery! Thank you so much for remembering them I am watching this, today, Good Friday. Some how this seems appropriate.
Found your channel today and subscribed. Very interesting and informative videos you do. Ty for sharing your adventures and videos with us ALL. HUGS and Blessings from NY State 🌌🌠🏞🦋🎶👣
God Bless you Son!!!! Thank you for honoring the dead....God is gonna give you a reward in Heaven one day for this! I’d love to see more videos like this.
That is so sad! All those lives, friends, parents, children, aunts, uncles, sisters, and brothers.. I believe that the civil war was a senseless war. Slavery should've never happened, and they fought to keep it going. But, God in his infinite power and grace, stopped it. So many lives taken in the process. Now they lay there lost to time, left to decay as the rest of humanity changed and grew. But you, Robert, go to these places, all covered up, and left behind, and you speak their names one more time. Letting us see, and hear their names, and we imagine what their lives were like. It's truly heartbreaking, and awe inspiring at the same time. On the behalf of everyone else who watches these videos, I thank you for what you do! I'm not able to go to these places, but I feel like I'm there with you. God bless you, and everyone who does this.. and thank you!
I think youre utube here is OUTSTANDING and thank you. So many of our older towns etc are literally disappearing. And young man myself a Veteran of 27yrs service thank you for pointing out those Mayo soldiers .They were incredible to see such history side by side. Again Sir thank you
Another awesome video. I would like to say in defense of those who fought in the civil war. They fought for what they believed in right wrong or indifferent. They fought brother father cousin friend.it was a very sad and tragic time in the history of the United States as I went back and researched my family history I found that my family killed my family. Their friends killed them and they killed their friends. To remember them no matter what side they fought for we must always remember and respect the passion that they had for what they believed in. That was what helped the United States become the country that we are. Was a passion of belief. Thank you once again.
Thank you for being so respectful and sharing many names. I noticed the little ones often died in summer. I wonder if they succumbed to the “summer complaint,” as my grandfather called it. From spoiled food. There are many children in our cemetery who passed in summer. (My heart always goes out to Mommy and Daddy)
In Arbela, Mo., there's a cemetery that has grave stones dating back as far as mid 1700s and still has occasional burials of local elderly. Its not real big but has very interesting grave stones.
I have just found your channel and I am interested in the history of old towns I would like to say that I like the way you show the upmost respect for those who have been laid to rest .Thank you for a good video. from England
Very interesting , year's ago my cousin and I went around Massachusetts visiting old cemetery's like at Plymouth MA , and other's , alway's wondered about their lives . Much respect . Although they were ordinary people they are still an important part of history that few will ever know . I love history and alway's wished I knew their story . Thank. You . New sub . 👍🏼
Some of these people probably weren't all that ordinary. History books only tell the stories of the truly exceptional people. Many very extraordinary people will be forever forgotten. In a way it is very sad. So I guess I am agreeing with Sirius Lee. I would love to know their stories.
What a beautiful place. I appreciate the sensitivity you showed to the departed ones and appreciation for the lives they lived, and the place they came for their final rests. Very refreshing to see someone who can present a cemetery with such sensitivity.
I NEVER knew so many cemeteries had been forgotten, I don't know how that could happen, not the way I was raised by my grandparents who adopted me. I Thank God I was brought up that way!!! You young men are doing incredible things, please keep it up!!!
Sad thing is, that even chiseled in stone ,everything slowly fades into time and is forgotten, We are truly dust in the wind, Someone once said, '' life is short even in its longest days."
God remembers the dead, wherever they may be.
Steve Clark Scripture tells us - Our lives are as a ‘Vapor mist in the air - here than gone’ .
Now I got...🎶' dust in the wind ...on my mind...makes me wana go back so bad...and go back to warn Gen Lee
@@michaelbest7872 which god? it's almost 2020. time to realize it's all mythology.
It depends on the stone. Sadly, they did not know that the soft stone they used did not keep the letters and dates visible. Granite will keep forever.
I love to walk through graveyards and reading when they were born and when they died. I wonder what their lives were like.
Judith Niles me as well
One Day I read every Headstone at my mom and dads cemetery.
I often wonder the same thing Judith. I think I spend too much time looking in the past, wonder what they were like , how they lived.
I do as well. So interesting and sad when you see how young many died.
I find cemeteries very peaceful
Wow! I thought I was the only one that like to do that
And not a one in the old graves in the old cemetery would know a thing about electricity, radio, movies, telephones, airplanes, automobiles, TV, space flight, landing on the moon, satellites, world wide instant communications, internet, cell phones, digital video and the lists goes on. The most they could know were steam engines and perhaps photography and telegraphy as new fangled things. Their world was so completely different than ours.
In so many ways it would have been so much more simple and yet in so many ways it would have been so much more difficult.
Just by reading these peoples names one more time you are keeping they're memory alive, well done.
their.....
I like that 🕊️
- Remember as you go by, As you are now so once was I, And as I am now so shall you be, Prepare yourself to follow me...
This is on my ancestors stone- died 1815- Alvingaham, Lincolnshire, UK
Margaret2332 AMEN
That inscription was on a tombstone near our house. It had been a family plot long forgotten. I read it when I was little and it gave me nightmares for weeks. Especially when it stormed so bad the night I read it I was afraid to go to sleep.
Several prose like that were not unique, that one was well used and I have seen it lot on stones from the mid 1800s
That is beautiful Margaret! Is that scripture?
Cemetaries are interesting. So much history. My father dragged us around Europe from cemetary to cemetary learning about family genealogy. European cemetaries usually have playgrounds in them so that is where we were while they were looking fo family graves. My mother would talk to people an we would even meet relatives. We were related to the chief of police in Luxembourg. Even went to Lichtenstein an found some. Weird but wonderful childhood while my dad was stationed overseas
You asked what that symbol was on the tomb stone. That man was a "York Rite", Royal Arch Mason.
Oh wow how did you know that....I was trying to find out my mother is a Eastern Star I was going to ask her
That mark was actually on another headstone we saw. It was the one by the lemon or Orange trees. I thought it was Masonic
Alas my brother
are they deep enough to tell you its satanic too? :x
@Susan Koessler NOT REALLY, FREEMASON IS A CULT , SATANIC CULT
Robert. You’re a natural storyteller. Please keep making videos 👍
"And all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out"....john 5:28-29
I did a sermon on graveyards once, call Gods Gardens. What is planted in his gardens will raise as believers
st wayne They would have been believers, or not, BEFORE they were laid to rest, or unrest.
Just subscribed recently . Enjoyed the video very much . But also want to give you a thumbs up at the respect and thoughtfulness you gave this cemetery .
Thank you
William Jefferson Nicholson was in C Co. 10th GA Vol. Infantry from Chattahoochee County. He enlisted in May 1862, participated in a number of engagements and died of typhoid fever on Sept 5, 1862. Jimmy Carter is a direct descendent. Carter’s great-grandfather, Nathaniel Nunn Nicholson was given William’s army pay of $44 and his clothing. I wonder if the local authority is aware of this.
I agree all the soldiers graves should be saved.
Around 10:30. Exactly the reason I watch these videos. Real history of real people.....
God bless, Michael
There is a great story behind everyone I ever met. Remember that and keep it in context the next time you ponder your own mortality. Keeps you real. LOL
Dave Yes, and the next time you notice a complete stranger, whether he’s homeless or driving an expensive car.
You guys make the best cemetery videos! You read the names! Thank you!
I found a old cemetery in Elberton Georgia about 22 years ago while I was out walking in the forest deer hunting, there were at least ten gravestones if I remember correctly and they weren't actually tombstones they were basically big rocks that had epitaphs carved into them and I believe they were all dated in the 1800's, I also remember there being these very strange looking leafless tree's growing amongst the headstones and it being the only place in that forest where I seen those particular little trees, I really wish I had a camera with me at the time, I'm hoping to get back down there one day to see if it's still there, anyway great video guys
Wow! Sounds really cool
@michael perry I'm really hoping to make it back out there one day, it's a very long drive from where I live but it's worth it just to see if it's still there, this place was on the outskirts of a WMA I was deer hunting and I was intrigued when I came across it, I really hope it's still there and hasn't been wiped out by development or looted and vandalized, I really want to videotape it and document it
Let me know when you go and send me a link to the video, I’d love to see it.
It is great to have photographic or videographic documentation of these old cemeteries for history sake. Now that we have the internet, hopefully, this information can be preserved forever.
I also found a graveyard while vacationing in Georgia recently that was also in a national forest area. I took some pictures of the one remaining headstone dating back to the 1800s. There were alot of unmarked graves. Did some research and found out that it was a family graveyard and sent the pictures to a family member that I found on FindAGrave.com
1700's good grief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love discovering this type of stuff. Sad to see that apparently there are no relatives to keep up the area.
in 100 years or less nobody remembers or cares. the memorials are made for the LIVING, not the dead. and when there are no more living who care the memorial is forgotten and abandoned. the dead dont know or care either way., they are not "resting " in the graves. thier soul is either in heaven or hell. the remenant of thier bodies slowly returning to the earth. they lived a life, shed thier bodies, and thier soul continues on.
texas tough Wow , well said - that is gospel TRUTH . ✝️
Sharon Legon, you would think that the body of a soldier from the Revolutionary War would be important enough to be catalogued somewhere
@Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
It's often Not so much that they don't care... they just DON'T KNOW their relative is there!
There is cemetery that I went and was around since a little kid... NO IDEA we had relatives there!
Till an Aunt started a genealogy study & found them.
texas tough very well put
Thank you for the adventure through the past. I admire your respect for the graves. 🙂
I recently stumbled across your channel and find it so refreshing. Just pictures and talking, no epic drone shots with house music. No click bait. Ever since I read Faulkner for the first time I found the south highly fascinating and love that you are focusing on that. Keep up the good work. Cheers from Germany
Thank you!
This is great for genealogist seeking family ancestry. Thank you.
You are right, that is how i found out i have a lot of familymembers living in the US, Canada ( & rest of the world).They were doing research for a book about the family history.Ancesters came from Europe ( Netherlands ) after a complete village where they lived burnt down ( around 200 persons).
You did an amazing thing! They have descendents and sure they are grateful for this. Thank you.
This is a bittersweet expedition of discovery. When a person dies, with thankfully few exceptions, he or she leaves behind such sadness and sense of loss. Because of that, the survivors want to mark their profound emotions and to honor the deceased and over time, the inevitable usually gets swept up with the fact that the old adage "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" prevails. I imagine most of us wnt to erect a Great Pyramid or the equivalent to our dead loved ones but we bow to our traditions and mark a grave in the manner of our beliefs, ability to afford and so on. Then, time steps in and we return to the soil and only the historians keep track of us out of some around curiosity and desire to remember their stories. The trees grow, the markers topples and that's the way it goes. You guys were so respectful.
What a really profound way to put it.....
Anna-Lisa Girling Beautiful words Anna and so true . ❤️👍🏼
Henry Ansley, b. ca 1867 GA, Drucilla (wife), b. ca 1870 GA; son Walter b. 1900 GA (all found in the 1940 Federal Census for Webster County, GA
neglected graves are a shameful thing." ~Martha Corinne, Earl Hamner, "The Pony Cart" The Waltons
Even worse when they get plowed over by farmers as happened to my Dad's great grandparents cemetary the Pickett family cemetary in Arkansas.
LOVE that you took the time to read the gravestones! So cool you took the time to go there. Thank you!
What an amazing video. The Revolutionary War soldier and his son from the Cival War. Truly astounding. Never seen that before. I've seen many old cemeteries, always love the history of the area. I've never seen so many BRICK STRUCTURES. What kind of grave covering is this? These are hand made bricks. Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from southern California. 👍😁
Possibly grandfather and grandson... as John Mayo would have been 70 when George was born. Either way, very cool that they are side by side! Sadly we dont get to see many old cemeteries out here on the West Coast
At our old family cemetery in south Alabama, we have people from the late 1700s up to my Grandmother that died in 1997 at 98. We have a Revolutionary War veteran , more than one Civil war veteran , WWI and WWII. Its fascinating to explore my family history.
Thank you @dragon tiss and @Darla Hays. What an amazing family history to have @Darla. My GGrandfather came to America after Ressurrection from the Cival War, as a 12 year old child with his older brother. Our family has an old dilapidated farm outside of Opelousas, LA. Where my Grandmother was born. They are buried in cement vaults above ground, high water table in the south. I've also seen "spirit houses" over graves on plantation tours, slave or indigenous type graves. Never brick covering. I find it absolutely beautiful. 😁
@@shielarobitaille1534 the brick coverings were crypts at one point. It looks like they were either vandalized or destroyed by the weather.
its so sad to see peoples final resting place forgotten. thanks to your video maybe now those people can rest in peace knowing that someone found them and they are forgotten no more
It's fascinating to see the old graves but often very difficult..tried to visit some old and family graves in Illinois but was warned that the graveyard was had long been neglected and overrun with copperhead snakes..felt bad but didn't want to risk it.. I guess it is better to be safe than sorry sorry!
These people have been laid to rest by people who actually knew, and loved them. Don't despair Becky. They are at rest. Gone to their creator. All that remains of them is bones.
@@Dave-ty2qp you make an excellent point. i suppose i care too much. but i cant help it. as long as we remember those who are lost to us i guess they are never really gone
@wdh 3007 i agree. in my heart i know that
some persons born in late 1700's who died 1800's have some kind of family stoys to tell about their town
but very hard to find but lost in history books forever to still discoverd by the persons who lived through 1700's-1800's as myths/lagaons
and ppersons who born later in 1800's have different storys to tell facts changed by the family membmers who knew them can be find read in history books
This was so fascinating to watch. You all think like I do. What once was is all but gone. I guess we are looking at our own mortality... thanks Mark!👍🇺🇸
Absolutely... we really are. I think about that often when I am at an old cemetery. The ground I am standing on was once their world. And after I am gone it’ll be someone else’s world. Haunting really.
Thanks for the comment
HTWSSTKS is an acronym with connections to the Masonic Temple, specifically Royal Arch Masons. The letters stand for, “Hiram, Tyrian, Widow's Son, Sent to King Solomon.”
thankyou
You got it! Great job! I had to Google it because I didn't know.
I was trying to find out my mother is a Eastern star and I was going to ask her in the morning. Lol thank you instead
That's creepy
Greetings from Canada. In writing the history of my family I could never get an exact date and place of death for my great great grandfather who emigrated from Ireland to Ontario, Canada. He and his wife settled on Ile du Grand Calumet in the Ottawa River, Pontiac County, Quebec after coming over in 1817 from Kilkenny. I will be forever grateful to the men from Ile du Grand Calumet who explored a deep embankment just behind the Catholic church on the Island. They found the top part of my great great parents headstone. It read "Michael Cahill, died 1838." They posted what they found from fragments on the Facebook page "Ile du Grand Calumet Memories" That answered my questions. Wherever possible historical associations or even individuals should post information from these old headstones before it's gone forever. In Ontario by law the municipality must maintain and try to conserve old headstones. Unfortunately in Quebec there is no such law and we are losing our history of the pioneers.
is it a really good history tho.
@@keetahbrough oh yes
Wow, thats an amazing story. Your GGGrandfather was only here 21 yrs before he passed. He was probably youngish when he passed too but he made his mark, your here + probably other relatives.
Do your DNA, ancestry the best
Absolutely beautiful and respectful trip through the old cemetery. Well deserving of such respect and you provided such honor beautifully.
This guy is awesome for visiting these forgotten graves . I'm sure they'd appreciate this great man.
Thank you for respecting those sites and for a short time bringing them to life. Seeing that Masonic marker was very interesting as I am a Mason as well.
I have never heard it put so well. That everyone there was a story and history. Excellent 👍 thanks for the video amazing place
I am always saddened of neglected and unkempt cemetarys. A lot of good people are there and we should show respect.
President Washington was alive almost til the year 1800.))))) died 1799....the white house did not have any indoor plumbing Til 1910.......President Lincoln born 1809 his first Son lived until 1926..his name Robert Todd Lincoln... lincolns first son was at his dads opening of his memorial the lincoln memorial opened 1922,,,and there is a video of it on you tube,,,you can see abraham lincolns first son in the video...
Yes! It's seems like such a long time ago but at the same time not so long ago.
"All paths of glory lead but to the grave."
Thomas Gray
Nice vid.
All these dates just seem like a time in history, a long time ago. But when i can see the graves and the names it doesnt seem like it was to long ago
This is the finest cemetery exploration/visitation I’ve seen on UA-cam-y’all understand that the faded markers represent all that remains of the individual histories of all these people, the histories that were interwoven to form a community that has faded as well, almost completely out of existence. It is an overwhelming feeling-I live near Arlington National Cemetery and have family members and friends buried there, and when I look out over the sea of headstones, the knowledge that so many lives and stories rest there is mind boggling.
Thank you for bringing these people back to life, if only briefly and in bits and pieces.
Great job fellas keep it Rollin!!😎
Awesome explore! Thanks for taking us along!
Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to read some of the headstones.
Yes - everyone had a separate, distinct history and story. Amazing and interesting. Thank you. Another awesome cemetery is Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia.
I love to stroll through old grave yards, reading the headstones, I get a deep appreciation for these people who were before us (family), believing in their country and most importantly our Heavenly Father, but I have a great sadness thinking about the state our once great nations were and what these people would think now if they could see. We've let them down because we have lost sight of who we are and why we're here sadly :(
I am so pleased to see your appreciation of people who lived so long ago. I've been doing genealogical research for the last eleven years. One of my main goals was to record all the old family stories for future generations of the family (like, as an example, my great grandmother seeing/hearing Abraham Lincoln give a campaign speech when she was a young girl). I wrote about my family's personalities, good points, talents, occupations, and even their life disappointments in some cases for a well-rounded picture of what they were really like. I didn't want to eventually pass out of this world with future generations of the family thinking our ancestors were nothing more than headstones in a cemetery. I also got all the old family photos identified and posted on my tree so they could never be lost to "File 13". I hope I did a good job -- Diane.
Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing, and allowing others to help remember their souls.
Nice story 👌 nice people thinking of the lives lived long ago✝️🙏✝️ memorizing the people that passed away.
Thank you gentlemen for a trip into my past.
I really truly admire your respect and reverence towards the departed of the forgotten town of Pineville. I want to add if you come by there again especially during Memorial Day or Veterans Day place something at the graves of the men who served their country.
I could hear the reverence and awe in your voice as you were walking through this cemetery....I thoroughly enjoyed walking with you. Thanks so much for sharing ! :)
Great video those graves with all it’s history beautiful
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting video.. Cemetery seems so peaceful. Thank you for being so respectful to the cemetery as well!
Great video, it’s sad how a town can just disappear over time.
Yes it is...
Just subscribed, love what your doing. It’s crazey, in the village I live in South Yorkshire England the church is nearly a thousand years old. There is an abandoned graveyard in village I grew up and they got loads of graves in 1800’s. We are spoilt though because they seem new compared to the ancient graves we got. At st Mary the virgin in beighton in Sheffield there is the grave of the queen of the gypsys. I forget how old it is but I will post it.
Walter Ansley is in New Prospect Primitive Baptist Church cemetery.
Polly Bivins is in the Pineville Cemetery.
The three Halls in forest are not documented on findagrave dot com. Y'all should enter them on findagrave. If you have the time, you can look them up on findagrave on your phone while there. Many times findagrave will have history of individuals.
Charles Copeland How much does it cost - ‘Find a grave’ ?
@@maryisabell8760 It is free. Just go to the website: www.findagrave.com
What cemetery name would you assign to the three in the forest?
It's a crying shame people have to end up like this.
Amazing grave & old tombs. Great to see all those Soldier graves most interesting. Thank You
Thank you for remembering the dead. New subscriber. 👍
This was very interesting, and so many untold stories. Thanks for the sharing the video.
What a beautiful peaceful place , as you said a whole community laying together not knowing that their town and homesteads have long gone. Thank you so much for bringing these people to our attention may they rest in peace for eternity.
When I was a kid, my dad and I liked to explore old cemeteries. We even found where my great great grandparents are buried! Since I'm not physically able to do this anymore, thank you for doing it for me!💜💜
Thank you for your tenacity and care in documenting these graves and head markers! I especially appreciate you finding slave cemeteries. I'm trying so hard to pick up threads of my ancestry since new records - census, death records, etc. - are being published. What I take from your documentation is towns and villages that no longer exist. Places I can look into and maybe find a thread! Thank You...please don't stop. You are doing something invaluable for so many people.
Wow....
Beautiful Video...
Not lost now...
Thanks to you ....
You have evolved them into our word now and ever...
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I love this thank you..I love it when you tell about their stories and they knew each other ,,,and I love pictures on tombstone ,,,I love your channel and watch it often....they are all apart of history now ,,,
Just stumbled across your channel and couldn't have hit subscribe faster! Now looking forward to binging and catching up :)
Thanks so much!
You guys are just precious. I've done a lot of exploring of cemeteries myself. It reminds me of how connected we are to those who have lived and gone. I wish I were there with you all. This is just awesome. Very moving. Its almost hard to express all the thoughts and feelings that run through me. People are my main interest. I'm in awe of life here on earth and curious about my eventual passing over to where many fine people are already waiting, in glory. Thank you for this.
Susie Arviso I thought I was strange for doing this. I found it so interesting. I’m happy to see this video to validate my interest in people and honoring their lives.
I am in awe of your respect and dignity that you demonstrate to these loved ones and lost community. I just watched both of these videos and had to comment and subscribe to your channel. Have never seen any before but am a fan now. Thank you again for the humble, kind and dignified respect you showed.
New subscriber because I am in Ga too.This is awesome since my Mom,sister and I were exploring old abandoned places as early as the 60's.
This whole piece of property including the church has a out of this world presence about it! Touching! Makes me want to visit and clean up the cemetery! Thank you so much for remembering them I am watching this, today, Good Friday. Some how this seems appropriate.
Another great job! You summed up the history of the area, and did something no one has done is quite a while - mention their names!!
I've heard if someone speaks your name, In some small way you live again.
Heartbreaking to think how many people are actually buried in older cemeteries, but their markers have long been destroyed or missing.
Yes it is.
Consider prepping a back pack with butcher paper, charcoal, a strong light, and a spade for your adventures. Then you'd be ready for anything.
You did a great job, love the history!
Thank you
Love your channel. Presentation excellent. I love it. Please keep them coming.
What a beautiful old cemetery. The peace, the wonder, the stories they can tell. Keep on making them videos.
Fascinating information. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Amazing....thank you!
Found your channel today and subscribed. Very interesting and informative videos you do. Ty for sharing your adventures and videos with us ALL. HUGS and Blessings from NY State 🌌🌠🏞🦋🎶👣
Love your video.
Cemeteries are time capsules that should be loved and respected.
Thanks and absolutely
God Bless you Son!!!! Thank you for honoring the dead....God is gonna give you a reward in Heaven one day for this! I’d love to see more videos like this.
Thanks Robert Brian and Cody good job again love your videos 😇🙏🇺🇸♥️😊❣️
Hauling stone to that area wasn't easy. It was important to whoever did it.
John Mayo lived to be very old for that period of time.
I like to look up the clothing fashion, in the years told in these vids. Interesting.
That is so sad! All those lives, friends, parents, children, aunts, uncles, sisters, and brothers.. I believe that the civil war was a senseless war. Slavery should've never happened, and they fought to keep it going. But, God in his infinite power and grace, stopped it. So many lives taken in the process. Now they lay there lost to time, left to decay as the rest of humanity changed and grew. But you, Robert, go to these places, all covered up, and left behind, and you speak their names one more time. Letting us see, and hear their names, and we imagine what their lives were like. It's truly heartbreaking, and awe inspiring at the same time. On the behalf of everyone else who watches these videos, I thank you for what you do! I'm not able to go to these places, but I feel like I'm there with you. God bless you, and everyone who does this.. and thank you!
Awesome video, I love old Cemeteries!
Very interesting to see so much history , and imagine the whole community. Thank you .
Beautiful peaceful place. RIP the dead ones and enjoy this mysterious place the one that are alive,
I think youre utube here is OUTSTANDING and thank you. So many of our older towns etc are literally disappearing. And young man myself a Veteran of 27yrs service thank you for pointing out those Mayo soldiers .They were incredible to see such history side by side. Again Sir thank you
You guys are amazing... your care and reverence for history and the people were refreshing to see. Thank you
So hauntingly sad = I love old cemetaries.
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Another awesome video. I would like to say in defense of those who fought in the civil war. They fought for what they believed in right wrong or indifferent. They fought brother father cousin friend.it was a very sad and tragic time in the history of the United States as I went back and researched my family history I found that my family killed my family. Their friends killed them and they killed their friends. To remember them no matter what side they fought for we must always remember and respect the passion that they had for what they believed in. That was what helped the United States become the country that we are. Was a passion of belief. Thank you once again.
Thank you for being so respectful and sharing many names. I noticed the little ones often died in summer. I wonder if they succumbed to the “summer complaint,” as my grandfather called it. From spoiled food. There are many children in our cemetery who passed in summer. (My heart always goes out to Mommy and Daddy)
Love the video. You were all quite respectful.
Top class guys. Really interesting to watch.
Great example of how time changes everything .
Many thanks for all your great efforts.
In Arbela, Mo., there's a cemetery that has grave stones dating back as far as mid 1700s and still has occasional burials of local elderly. Its not real big but has very interesting grave stones.
I have just found your channel and I am interested in the history of old towns I would like to say that I like the way you show the upmost respect for those who have been laid to rest .Thank you for a good video. from England
Thank you!
Very interesting , year's ago my cousin and I went around Massachusetts visiting old cemetery's like at Plymouth MA , and other's , alway's wondered about their lives . Much respect . Although they were ordinary people they are still an important part of history that few will ever know . I love history and alway's wished I knew their story . Thank. You . New sub . 👍🏼
Some of these people probably weren't all that ordinary. History books only tell the stories of the truly exceptional people. Many very extraordinary people will be forever forgotten. In a way it is very sad. So I guess I am agreeing with Sirius Lee. I would love to know their stories.
What a beautiful place. I appreciate the sensitivity you showed to the departed ones and appreciation for the lives they lived, and the place they came for their final rests. Very refreshing to see someone who can present a cemetery with such sensitivity.
I love these videos. So fascinating
Thanks
I NEVER knew so many cemeteries had been forgotten, I don't know how that could happen, not the way I was raised by my grandparents who adopted me. I Thank God I was brought up that way!!! You young men are doing incredible things, please keep it up!!!