The final video of the Holloman Cemetery! I gotta say I was pretty miserable filming this part, that stinging nettle and those deer flies are something serious! Part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lJSbJsdmCLw.html Part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HSLpvH5bpDc.html Part 3: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wyuShGh6WrE.html Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography 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/
We ride horses a lot. I have to keep something on me or the bugs eat me up. I use peppermint and tea tree oil in a spray bottle mixed with water. No chemicals!!! Might work for ya.
Thank You for your dedication and hard work. These people's names were spoken for the 1st time in many years. If they could, I'm sure they would THANK you.
Cool! Benjamin Cleveland is my 6th Great-Uncle & John Monroe Cleveland is my 1st cousin- 6x removed. They were father and son! Thank you for finding this Cemetery! Donation on the way...
Reeves, Ira E.--Private Mar. 4, 1862. Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. July 22, 1864. In hospital, wounded, close of war. (Born in Henry County, Ga. Jan. 22, 1832.)
I know, I’d like to cut all but the largest trees down and all that underbrush, and repair all the broken stones. I always wonder who are all those people whose graves were marked with only a field stone.
Despite being overgrown, its amazing how some of those grave stones are so well preserved. Some were over a hundred years old but look like they were carved recently. Yes some stones I see are barely 50 years and are unreadable.
Just Love the old script the stones and the old verses so beautiful and sad all the same . Someone's family or loved one ,we have a cemetery near us we plan on cleaning up this fall .the story they have to tell with a bit of research .
Somebody needs to take responsibility to clean that place up. I mean completely! Robert did an amazing job climbing thru that jumble. There are sure to be unmarked graves that can be identified as such. The broken headstones need to be raised and remounted. They are in really good shape but that won t last lying on the ground. Somebody has to own that land and should at least take the job on of finding someone to start this and to document their findings. It s history!
So many graves you have resurrected, repaired, or just read to us. You are the graveminder of so many of the forgotten. And yes, every time you (or we after you) speak their name, they know they are not forgotten. God Bless, Robert, you are definitely on a mission of love. ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for taking me along. Boy! Those flies were bad. Hope you can find out more about the place. Maybe even some history behind it. Would the court houses have any tax records, etc?
You get the sense of how important family relationship was to people back then. In their death, their identities are summarised as "wife of ..." or "husband of ...", "daughter of ... ", "son of ....", "sister of ...", "brother of ..." And the epitaphs are so lovely; families talking about how their dead ones will be missed. Modern tombstones often just identify the dead by his own name or his personal accomplishments, denoting a more individualistic society. I love hearing you reading the tombstones and often do a quick calculation of how old these people are when they died. Thank you for sharing your lovely videos.
I love how decorative the people used to get with these stones and some of the words on them are beautiful. It's a shame that a beautiful cemetery like this is left forgotten. The people who are buried here are somebody's ancestors and the fact that nature is claiming them really is a shame, wish it could be restored and possibly used today to continue it's legacy.
They say a person dies twice....Once when they die... And the last time when no one is left to say or remember their names. Thank you Robert and friends for remembering the lost and forgotten. When you guys get to heaven and I hope that is a long, long ways away I'm sure many will be there to give you and your friends big hugs and many thank yous for remembering them and documenting that they once were here. 👻🤘💖
Robert...I believe this is the 1st cemetery that I've seen that has so many beautiful words on them. So very, very interesting. They left tributes to their relatives, suggests they were a close-knit community. I really enjoyed this 4 part series you produced...your voice when reading the words on the stones really enhances how the people truly felt about their loved ones. Thank you for taking me along.... :)
This is incredible how big this goes on. I completely understand the heat the nettles and the deer flies ouches!! Thanks Robert for taking the time to care of those that are gone! Wish I was there to help 💞
Our family has a LONG HISTORY of Grave keepers. Twice a year we would visit them and keep them clean, weeds pulled, raked out & new flowers. Just a few months ago my mother passed and now I am in charge of all of them. My Great Great Grandfather fought with General Sherman right after he came here from Germany. He was one of the very first settlers in Indiana. I take care of his grave as well :)
Those inscriptions and poems on the stones always amaze me.That cemetery needs a brigade of people to clean it up. Horse flies hurt like the dickens. Im glad you are remembering them. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Do you know if this was a church cemetery, private cemetery or possibly a county owned cemetery and who owns the land today? While the grave markers "seem random" in the video because of the thick underbrush, have you noticed any kind of a pattern in the cemetery like the graves being placed in rows?
How sad that the state doesn’t keep these great old historic places they are as important or more to me as I love the history thanks so much for spending your valuable time showing us this is incredible 👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🦊
I just wonder how many graves like these that are forgotten, that eventually just get paved over and built on. It makes me sad to think about it. BUT I have seen it happen. In the name of progress,ugh. Thank you for what you do in finding and documenting these graves and all the others.
It's sad as you will most likely be the last person to acknowledge the existence, say their name & even visit their graves. In another 20-50 years they will have disappeared. I hope they did meet their love ones if there is truly a heaven. Then it won't matter what happens to their graves. What sadness me most is that there are so many in this cementery. A reason my ashes are being spread in the ocean. As I feel bad that I can no longer visit my father's grave.im too old & he is buried to far away. A wonderful thought provoking series. 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️🧡❤️🧡 Australia
Thank you for doing this series. I wish there was someone in my area doing what you do to remember our predecessors. I am in the northwest mountains of North Carolina. I do thank you and enjoy your remembrance.
You sir are doing a great service to all the Christians and families of America who have a heritage here and are being wiped out, told we were never here, and our heritage of love, family, God, being obliterated- it does one so much good to see the past toil and respect these families had, and their traditions. I hope some church sees the importance of preserving this Cemetary for future generations to re-learn respect, reverence, pain & grief and love and hope- that we are here for God’s glory and this is the way to show it. Thank you.
Thank you again for all your time and energy in bringing us this great history. Our country is so young and we need to remember our history, good and bad, so we do not repeat our mislead ideas and actions
I've not looked in for a while,but I'm glad to see you followed my suggestion of using a wisk broom to clear the inscriptions on the tombstones.Thank you for all your research.
I'm glad you went back. I did really enjoy. It's amazing to be how big it is and yet completely forgotten. Glad you were able to help that family. It's strange but, it's amazing how rewarding for you this must turn out to be for you. Especially when it ends up helping families to find part of their heritage. You probably never even thought about it until you have had theses kinds of requests. Good job. Thank you.
Robert I want to thank you for your perseverance during the making of this video and everyone with you😊‼️ Must be very gratifying when people contact you in regards to family or friends that are revealed in one of your videos of cemeteries or old homesteads, even the old towns or what once was a town!!!!!! I just want let all of you know
This may not have been a pleasant cemetery to inspect, but it's been one of the most interesting. I like the way headstones AND footstones were put on graves. It's much more beautiful that way. Thank you Robert for sharing these adventures with us.🇺🇸
I’m so sorry you went thru that pain I really am. I must admit tho these 4 have been my absolute favourites. I loved each one. Thank you so much for taking me along. Please stay safe
Robert I give you so much credit for going out to the woods in the summer and dealing with all the little pest you deal with spiders ticks flies snakes and what ever else is crawling around nettles. God bless you for all of these wonderful videos. I live in Michigan and almost had a nervous break down when i found a tick in my hair and i was wearing a bb cap. Thanks for the adventures. Keep up the great work and safe travels 😊
Love the video and love the way you do small repairs when you can So sad they all forgotten hope you can pass it on so others can fix it as i know you have done it to some yourself Great video Thankyou xx
Another great video. Documenting history once again. It appears that once again nature is taking over a forgotten cemetery. Another huge undertaking if it was cleaned up. Thanks Robert and Cody.
Thank you!! I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed exploring this cemetery with you. I'm just wondering why so many graves are in the middle of nowhere. Do you know if there was once large community in the area? Thank you again for this awesome adventure!!!!
Enjoy your videos and your respectfulness as you walk through their resting place. Thank you for reminding us of their time on earth. Stay safe and healthy!! :)
I would have so much fun going with you. I love going to old cemeteries. I love to take pictures of unusual ones. You have such a calming voice. It relaxes me as soon as I hear it.
God bless you for documenting this and all cemeteries. You really take risks each time you are out there. Thank you for doing this and for the time you give to this cause.
1861 must have been brutal for the McJunkins. Not only was war raging but I assume sisters, Catherine, 23, and Harriet, 19, died Sept 17 and Sept 27, of that year.
