Appalachia Story of Mountain Man Joe 

Donnie that was a riveting story! I will never forget Mountain Joe and his Cherokee wife and their life in the Smoky Mountains.

Thank you Mr. Donnie Laws... Very good old mountain story on the life of Appalachian Mountain Man Joe ! ❤🙏

Thank you from Scotland, love listening to your stories

It's been awhile since I've commented on how much I love your shows. Great work! My father inlaw 98 years old, is living with us now. No old foke home for him. We take care of our own. We'll any who , He loves listening to the programs, ❤ blind can't see I❤what you do 😊

I’ve said it before on other videos by this guy, he needs to get in touch with the history channel and do the narration for their videos like this. He’s got a great voice for it. I’m a fan

I just love listening to your true stories, I love listening to your voice, it's one of those kind of voices that can relax and engage anyone I think. I'm a real fan of your's from Spain, I am an english born woman who emigrated here 35 years ago. But please keep your stories going, I love em' ..........

Been praying for you to heal up & get back on your feet. Im the security mgr in VA who mentioned my sister dying of lung cancer in Sparta in 2018. Best of luck. Love your podcast. Dwayne-Roanoke,VA

You bring tears to my eyes every time I read a story like this because it reminded me of growing up in mountain City and I miss my home so much and being on the farm thank you

Sounds like a pretty fair man. I wish we had more people like him. Thank you for this history 🙏🏾

I Love these old stories of what happened way back when. I can't get enough of them

Love this piece of History Mr. Laws. Thank you for keeping it alive.

Oh, Don. How I love old stories like this. It shows the true, rugged nature of the American spirit. My great great great grandfather had a good repore with the Piute Indians in the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. His wife would feed the Indians when they would come around. Wonderful story ❤️.

Thank you Donnie , for taking your viewers own a trip into the past. I enjoyed learning about mountain Joe. My daddy knew a lot about nature and plants, one day he took me with him to hunt for ginseng, after he showed me what to look for I found as many plants as he did that day. Watching this video reminded of a cherished memory I spent with my daddy. Until your next video, may God bless.

Thank you very much for sharing this story and keeping the history these mountains hold alive. My Grandpa that raised me, his Daddy was killed in the 1812 war. His Mom was a Cherokee. So many similarities to Mountain Joe. Thank you Donnie. God Bless my friend.🙏 💕

Great story. Living is hard. Dying is easy. Life sure was tough in those mountains.

Great accounting of a great person, can't help but think of the many with similar history who passed on into oblivion, but had such a positive impact in their time. Makes you wish for greater insight to our past...you have a great day.

Donnie, you and jared have the very best channel and content on RU-vid hands down. God bless you 🙏 Donnie please keep me in your prayers brother i have a swelling on my leg and trying to find why.

Really loving all these stories you are presenting here brother! The early Appalachian settlers are really interesting. They were especially tough and resilient people that had to go through some real hardships to get established. Within my own lineage, my 6th great grandpaw was born in Virginia about 1720. After his first wife died in the mid-1750's, he moved to North Carolina and served in the militia during the French and Indian War. He married a young woman from the Catawba tribe and settled in the upper piedmont county of Rowan in the mid-1760's at the end of the war. His son(my 5th great grandpaw) was in the Revolutionary War and was an early settler in Old Buncombe County, NC a few years after the war.

Mr. Laws. I can listen to your stories all day long

Good Morning Donnie Laws Hope all is well on your end friend Very interesting subject Appalachian stories are always very good Thank you for your hard work and dedication God bless you and yours

Great way to open the eyes. The trail of tears is (real) history, and needs to be brought told as well.

Another good one. You are very correct, trust and respect is earned, not given freely, and treat people well in general. Society has forgotten that nowadays. Thank you for sharing. God bless.

Lord what a mighty good'n as always my awesome mountain brother!!! EXTRY GOOD!! God bless you Donnie

Tha Cherokee helped Ireland during our great famine thank you Donnie for a great story I love your channels God bless you from Ireland ☘☘☘🙏🙏🙏☘☘☘

This is a great story! Thank you for sharing it. I wish I was born 200 yrs earlier.

I love your stories Mr.Laws I could literally sit and listen to your stories all day. You have a true gift. 😊have a great day.

Hey Mr Donnie. As always another great story only you could tell us. God Bless you and your family.

After a week out of the country it is lovely to be back and listen to your voice. What an amazing story of such tenacity and resilience these people displayed. You can't begin to imagine what it was like, what hardships they must have endured. The boat trip to America would have been appalling to start with then having to live in the most primitive conditions doesn't bare thinking about. I have heard of the trail of tears and keep promising myself I will read up about it. As you say it was a disgrace to treat these indigenous people to this. White man has a lot to be ashamed of. I am English and we don't cover ourselves in glory either. I am now going to catch up on your trail cams and see if Dirty Dan is about.

That was an awesome video, Donnie. Thank you for sharing my brother, God bless🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Wonderful story Donnie, thanks. I'm sure there were a lot more "Joe's " out there, spread out in the mountains. Take care!!

You’re storytelling is amazing and a thing most people can’t do. I love your videos, the histories and how people lived and survived. I really appreciate you taking the time to put all these on video so they will be around forever. I remember some of the things from my Mother telling me stories. I was born in 1965 and I remember an old neighborhood store we used to walk to when I was in kindergarten. I can’t remember but can imagine it being an old general store from years ago. Mom used to buy bologna where they sliced it for you. I miss really thick sliced bologna sandwiches! My how things have changed. Thank you Donnie Laws for all the wonderful stories and memories you’ve brought back❤

I love your stories Donnie. You are like a walking history book of the untold stories. ❤

Thanks so much for sharing I really enjoyed listening and watching and learning, a portion of true American History! Thank you! 🇺🇸

I love these true stories. God bless you and your whole family..🙏❤🙏❤🙏

A wonderful, sad story. Certainly one of innumerable sad histories. ❤✌Thank you Donnie, for reminding us of the struggle these brave men and women endured.

This story makes me cry. Happiness seems to be short.

Thank you, Donnie, a good story, my friend. I am catching up on the stories. I sure appreciate you recording them. You talk about the Cherokee. That's my people, too. My oldest son name is Joseph also.

There's a little Mountain Joe in all of us Southern folk. A yearning to be left alone in the woods from whence we came

I’m so happy to have this great story video after a really long day! God bless Mr. Donnie

Another lovely story. I don't comment much, but I love your stories of East Tennessee.

Thank you Donnie for this wonderful story.

I love these accounts of true American history that you take your time to tell us Mr. Donnie. This one illustrates real immigration. The way this country was created is so special. These are the real Americans. Their stories should inspire anybody with a heart. Gone....but we can't forget them. Our country depends on us remembering where we came from and why here is worth fighting for. Have a nice weekend Mr. Donnie. God Bless you and yours. ❤🇺🇸💙

Love these story's about history and very interesting !!

Morning Donnie sat 5am and I finally can see,read, and feel one of your stories. Love this one as I ran gamut of emotions. Thanks see u later

My mother told me that her parents brought them to southeastern Okla by covered wagon! From Tennessee. When she was 8 years old ❤wish mama was still here to tell more of their experiences😢

Well, another great story or our history. Love mountain stories. Thank you.

Oh my gosh! I LOVE that home under the rock! Thanks again for sharing! TOO bad we don't know his last name.

Glad to see the video Donnie. I hope you're not exerting yourself. I hope you take time to heal my friend. Look forward to the new ones. When you get yourself better, God bless.

Well Donnie I want to thank you for making this video!! What a great story you always make my work week good! You sure put a lot of time into these videos and I greatly appreciate it!

Outstanding work,Mr Donnie

I am headed back down in East Tennessee in October. My Two Cousins was just up here for a week. It was a cool spell here so they loved it. I told them oh you won’t like it pretty soon when the Cold comes. We have a long Five Months of Cold Weather.

Donnie, this is one of your best. Keep them coming.

Thank You So Much Mr Donnie, I Enjoyed this So Very Much, God Bless

I’m sitting here in the north Georgia mountains and want to say thanks for the story

I always enjoy your story telling!

Awesome story Mr Donnie thank you for sharing.

Scot-Irish Appalachian...ancestors since 1740s , Virginia & Kentucky....Duffield, VA, is our Homestead.....Mark Duff here...Both of my grandmothers were born on the Cherokee Nation...early 1900s...

Another great history lesson. Thank you Donnie

Beautiful story and narration!

Another great video handsome man.......Thank you for sharing this beautiful story ❤ 💜 ❤

Thank you Mr. Laws and God bless you.

Great show Mr Donnie...as always! ✌️

Always enjoy the Stories, have a great upcoming weekend.

I really enjoy this thankyou hope you have more like. Times were much simpler than. So much history. Thankyou have good weekend.

Really good video thank you for all you do brother

Good Story Of Old Mountain Joe ! I Subscribed And Gave Ya A Thumbs Up Sir !

Wow, what a heartwarming story 💖 . I truly enjoyed this

One of your most interesting stories Donnie!!

I really enjoyed this, and all the stories. Good 🌄 everyone.

Hello from Virginia my friend. Voice of the Smokey Mountains Have a Great Week

Thank You For That Wonderful Video. GOD BLESS YOU

👍🏼❤️ Thank you Mr Donnie.

Great story donnie, we want more of these!

Great story hard days but it's a lovely place to be this lad in the UK loves your story's one day I hope to visit hi from co Durham ❤

Another great one Mr. Laws..😊

Mr. Laws, Thank you for the history !

Great Video & Story Brother! God Bless

Appreciate it enjoyed have you a goodin Donnie

Great story! You have a new subscriber.

Thanks for sharing.

Loved It and I Subscribed!!

Love your channel

Mr. Donnie, this was a sad but very good story. It just has always made so sick and mad how they done all the Native Americans. The people that does evil will have to face the Good Lord Above one day. God Bless all The Native Americans. ❤

Great, Donnie!

Thank you, my friend!

Another great video my friend

Thanks Donny.

My Ancestors are all from The Smoky Mountains from Wears Valley to Cades Cove via the Ships from England but were Scottish/Irish but the Ships all debarked out of England to the East Coast. My Grandfather Godfrey was a Mountain Man as was all of His Brothers.

TY Donnie This reminds me of my relative 'Tiger Whitehead' from Tiger Creek in Hampton TN. He was also a renowned bear hunter. Look him up. You will appreciate what you find

great story sir. txs

Awwww what a tale that was. I'm imagining his heavy Scottish accent while teaching his wife English. Hearing his accent come from her even I would've been puzzled. lol

Thank you for the history of what I call my ancestors ,my history goes back to 1730 North Carolina with the Cherokee people proud of my heritage still looking for the "gaps" in my genealogy chart and will be to my dying day "A 'ho"

Thank you for sharing

I finally got to watch the end of this video. Donnie sir you need to write a book. I’d buy the first one.

good video enjoyed it. take care, be safe and well.

Very Interesting Mr Laws 👩 from: Scranton, Pennsylvania

What an awesome story

Another great one Donnie!.....be nice if someone like you would do a story on Tiger Whitehead local legend here in carter county Tn.......killed 99 bears..part section going to roan mtn. is named after him Tiger Valley. c ya buddy and God bless.

Original song. DON'T GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP WITHOUT ME (c)

What a story. Never heard of mountain Joe before. Maybe he got eat by a bear? Or maybe he just decided that life wasn’t worth living. Maybe God just lifted him to heaven! 😮Thank you for sharing!