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We are sitting here watching the video and my husband said he would love to walk around all day with Mr. Dan and listen to his historical accounts. Mr. Dan definitely needs to write some books!
I once found a long lost cemetery as a boy 1956 !! Way , way back in the hard wood forest , back east Virginia !! I went squirrel huntin , tripped over a stone , where there were no stones !! Cleared out the oak leaves !!!! Found writing on the sand stones , carved by hand !!! Then ,set my shotgun against a old oak tree !!!!! Looked around more , & found 10 more graves !!! Told my folks , but no one cared !!! Sand stone can barely be made out for names dates after 150 + years !!! Folks buried their own , sand stones were easy to carve !!! I'm now in my upper 70's !! I always wondered about this , long lost cemetery !!! When folks die in the old ,old times , their kin moved away , and family cemeteries taken back to mother nature to nourish the trees an plants !! The ,old ways were best !! Folks built the coffin , sat up with the dead 3 days , to make sure that the were really dead , not to awake !! THIS , was called "sitting up to watch "!!!! When the dead showed bad signs of decay !! The coffin taken away to be buried !! My grandma told me this , born 1881 !! History & kin are a treasure !!! But today no one cares at all !!! They only care about here& now in their own lives !!!! shame !!!!!! , Just notes and times i recall from , long ago , Jim !! , Ps . Restore these graves a establish , as historical spot !!! 🙂🙂 , so long , JIM !!!
Mr.Jim, Your story of finding the neglected and forgotten/ lost cemetery fascinating, and being a native Virginian myself(Fairfax County in N.Virginia), made it even more interesting to me. You are correct in your assessment of many people today. They are, as my Canadian neighbor says if Americans, rootless. They rarely stay in one place, move away from their families, and often know or care little about their ancestory. They hardly care for their living ng relatives, much less ones who came before them. That's why he nice thing about a You Tube channel like this: You are amongst people who do care, and understand the importance of history. Thankfully, people left me this still do exist. My friend described her mother's funeral in rural Georgia in which relatives took turns keeping a vigil in the church with the casket. I had never heard of the practice/tradition in Virginia until reading your comment. Thank you for sharing, and God be with you, Mr Jim!🙂
That's a great memory to share. Thank you! My folks would have reacted the same way. You write very well but don't need the !s. Your writing is exciting enough. Just my opinion. I just wrote a comment about the need to rehabilitate cemeteries and keep people's memories and history alive. Just take a few concerned volunteers to get a restoration carried out and maintained for the ages. Thanks again.
I went to see of some of my family in Texas and it was so sad to how bad it was. Texas graveyards are vandalized more than any place else I have seen. Maybe for graveyards to be forgotten unvisited will help protect them for the future.
Congratulations on finding the lost cemetery! The iron fence is still standing! Hopefully, people will take care of the cemetery now that you have discovered it.
That’s what we wonder about too. Some of my cousins and I have tried to keep cleaning an old cemetery with our great great great grandparents. One of them actually put some nice markers on them. Amazing.
Genealogy and finding long-lost families going back generations is a hard and rewarding effort - Dan's first cousin finding distant family graves. I was adopted; through DNA I discovered a direct link to my adoptive mother four generations back. I do have two sisters and a brother and have been to my birth mother's grave. Putting the puzzle together with a couple of pieces missing.
My mother in law God bless her died a year ago at 96, she said she was tired and outlived most everyone she knew, and if she didn't get to heaven soon they would all think she didn't make! I love her still with all my heart! Mr. Edward reminded me of that! I've watched your videos for years but never commented, always loved old cemeteries. You're amazing!
Well, she is now young and having a grand time!❤️ Both of my parents just passed at 92 & 93 and I pray they will be waiting for me and are enjoying the Lord's company, too... God Bless!❤️
When little old ladies say stuff like that it's cryptic yet sweet at the same time. She sounds like a woman I knew named Rose. You can tell a person had a fulfilling life when they go peacefully knowing it's time.
Our Grandmother was a God Fearing woman and my sister and her family were living in Florida and they came home for about a week or so and we all got together and Grandmother was talking about when the Lord was ready to take her Hy that she is ready because she knows where she will be going and about a week or so later she was killed in a car wreck, her neck was broken, she died on impact and felt no pain. My sister and her family had only been home a few days and hadn't even unpacked and had to turn around and come back. Grandmother was a very special Lady,, the kind of woman that I want to be. She was 73.
Old cemeteries are amazing. The history that is contained in them is unbeat. My family has a cemetery in missouri. Everyone buried their is either a direct decent or married to one. I was there 43 years ago. My mom and I were taking note of the names and dates. The oldest one had a birth date of the late 1700's. My father always wanted his ashes at the foot of his mothers grave and that is where he is today.
Dan reminds me of my dad. He knew more about my mom’s side of the family than she did. When I was in grade school he helped me with a family tree assignment. We traced his side of the family back to England. What was amazing is he only went to the 3rd grade. I sure do miss him.
If that gentleman's relatives watch this, it would be a nice gesture to return with the family and spend a day to do a cemetery clean up. What a nice way to honor those who came before you to clean up their resting place. It's so hard to believe that people are so uninterested in where they came from and the people who made their history. I wish my mind could retain a quarter of what Mr. Dan's does! Another great video, Mr. Robert! Cecil, you keep stomping through those woods and finding the hidden history!
Yes! He certainly does! I'm pretty amazed at the amount of information he has stored, and how he's able to recall any of it right off the top of his head in a matter of seconds.
Cousin Bill is the cutest! He definitely doesn't look 82. So glad he and Dan were able to get out there and see it. Such a special day. It's amazing how many wonderful moments you've been able to capture and share on this journey of yours Robert!
I met an elderly gent whose first name was Hollis in a nursing home in Douglas, MI back in the 1990's. He passed away there. Sometimes mothers named their sons by maiden surnames or other family surnames. Hollis was a special man, with the carriage of a southern gentleman.
Thank you for taking Mr, Edwards to see his ancestors resting place. Its is now found and documented and will be remembered.🙏 It would be wonderful to see this cemetery all cleaned up.Great work Cecil , Dan and Robert.👍
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That was a very cool old cemetery. Many years have gone by with no human visitors, until now. I could tell this meant a lot to Bill and to Dan. Thank you Cecil!! Robert, your filming and reading off of names was invaluable. One of these days, when Jesus calls us to all come home, those graves will open. Won't that be somethin'!! Thanks for taking us along on this amazing adventure!❤ I am looking forward to visiting the cemetery of the enslaved people who lived and worked in that area of Georgia.
These were some very early settlers. Georgia, even though founded in the early 1700's, was slow to develop compared to New England and VA. There were some VERY large Native nations there and of course, north and especially NE of this location in W. Central GA. was difficult terrain. The Creek nation was a confederation of disease survivors of some MIGHTY nations that were quite advanced. Disease hit the Apalache, Cusa, Alabamu, Chickasaw, Shawnee very hard. As much as 90% casualties. Year 1600. The Spanish and French were first and gave them the diseases that devastated their cultures. Even so, Creek populations as of 1800 were like 30,000. Cherokee didn't arrive in N GA till the early 1700s. I love the respect for history and those that rest in these cemataries / graveyards that these men show. These are good people!
This Cemetery reminds me of the old family cemetery where 4 of my 5th Great Grandparents and 2 of my 6th Great Grandparents are buried at. The old Nash-McAvoy Cemetery in Wilkes County, Georgia. I’m descended from both the Nash and McAvoy families, and the cemetery is WAY back in the woods on land still owned by Nash descendants, like this one is. It was truly a once in a lifetime trip to visit the old family cemetery last year.
More tragic deaths, the young, the children, the Civil War soldiers. Then the man who lived to be 89 back in the day, that was an old, old man for that time. Amazing that the blood relations can be found so many generations back, it is quite unusual. The many graves also show the changes of times and wealth. So as far as location, I assume you all walked past it and went way too far into the woods in the dark. Was in obvious to Cecil in the daylight? Enjoyed the stories and connections to Bill Edwards and then he to Dan. It is hard to believe there were homes and plantations there. Thank you all for being relentless in your search and bringing another great episode to us. ❣❣👍👍👍
I really appreciate 🙏 and enjoyed this trip back in time with all of you. It's so wonderful to see this and I like doing the same thing. God bless all of you and tank 🙏 you
Thanks Cecil for going back and finding the cemetery.With all the graves could a lot of them lived in this area together?Thank you Robert and Dan for reminding us of another time in history
As a woman in my 30s of Maori and Pacific Islander descent mainly this is highly intriguing to me but also very sad i am deeply aware and moved by these elders they have discovered a family treasure here that needs to be protected for future generations. Aroha nui to you all. Our family tree and geneologies are precious.
After watching one of your videos, I always say “that was the best one yet”… and I’m saying that again today! Wow! So amazing that Dan and Mr. Edwards are actual descendants of all the dearly departed buried there. And so sad to see a family stricken by death all within a few days span. Kudos to Cecil for finding the cemetery, and to Dan for his encyclopedic knowledge. I do enjoy his giving us the history of the places you visit. It makes the experience feel so personal even through a video. Starting as a very young child(pushing 70 now so I like Mr Edwards renegotiation idea!) I went with my mother to place flowers on loved ones graves, several of whom are buried in historic cemeteries in Savannah(where I lived until 2000), and am still to this day one who visits old cemeteries and tries to imagine the lives, loves and sorrows of the ones buried there. My sister and I take our Sunday afternoon drives looking for small cemeteries and graveyards which are often the ones that “tell” the best stories. Excitedly awaiting the follow up video!!!!!!
In our local cemetery there are whole family’s of children who died in the same month .. way back when.. the grief must have been immense to lose all your children over a short time.
@Linda98671. Hello. I kept thinking that too. One child would get sick and die, then another child and so on. I can’t begin to imagine how horrific it must have been. You knew the illness would go through the whole family and there was nothing you could do. I live in Ontario Canada and have always found old cemeteries interesting. A very senior friend of mine told me about a family by the name of Cain. They had a log house surrounded by woods. My friend told me that this couple lost all four of their children to diphtheria. She also told me the general location where the little ones were buried. In the woods, not far from my house, is a spot with four stones to mark their graves. Years ago my friend and her husband made white wooden crosses to mark the graves. The parents were so distraught that they left their house for the States. Someone many years later moved the Cain’s log home onto their property. It’s used for storage but you can tell it was a house. The was a place for a transom over the front door. The timbers are bigger than anyone I’ve ever seen. The are quite a number of old cemeteries in this rural area. So interesting.
When you guys found the three graves from early May 1845, it gave me chills. Imagine losing half your family in a week, one after another days in a row. What horrible things people dealt with back in the day.... amazing work on this video lots of history in Eastern USA
Mr. Edwards is a delightful gentleman and we should all be so lucky to be that spry, witty, and younger looking than the years would suggest when we’re 82.
Cholera, pneumonia, common cold: resistance non-exiatent due to malnutrition, especially after the end of winter when food supplies were dwindled.Essential Vitamin and other supplements unknown. Smart people gathered “spring greens’ so different from our bagged washed salads… and were thankful!
Awesome that after NOT being able to find it, and walking a long way in the dark, that Mr. Cecil, got up so early, and was that determined to find it and BINGO! I am SO happy for all of you! I have some historical knowledge but not close to all the living and walking history that Mr. Dan carries around with him. Really should think about writting a book of all of his memories of Where he grew up and all the places he remembers along with all those people now long gone as well, to keep them alive..Until then, great to get it all documented on video! Great job to all of you, and so happy that Dan's 1st Cousin, Mr. Bill Edwards found some of his ancestors there.. For a man of 82 yrs old, he sure didn;t look it. God Grant you all many years.
So glad y’all found it. I’ve sent this to a friend from Georgia whose last name is Hollis. I love walking old cemeteries always have. Thanks so much!!!
I’m from Durham NC, I’ve always love looking at old graves. I’ve never been to any like the ones that you guys go visit. A lot of my people are from Gulf NC. They go back to late 1700 to early 1800’s. It’s just amazing to see how far back they go. Love ❤️ your channel.
It really comes alive (genealogy) when you search out and visit the graves of your ancestors. My husband and I took a cross country road trip in Sept/Oct this past year and did that. It touches your heart.
A solemn walk back in time for that gentleman. I’m sure he is happy, but sad after the tour. He will be satisfied that this happened today. God bless him. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Hi Robert and Dan Bill and Cecil what a fantastic and interesting and informative story 👏 👍 a big thanks to Cecil for finding the cemetery ,I really enjoyed watching and listening to your channel Robert 😀 👍 Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧
It warms my heart to see your concern for Cemeteries. This one, like so many have been forgotten and neglected. I would love to see you and a few men go back out and cut down all those trees growing between stones. Those trees will continue to grow and destroy stones and graves if left to nature. It makes me sad thinking about loved ones place of rest going unkept.😢
Thank you for sharing this experience and information. I visit cemeteries whenever I come across them just to show my respect for the ones who have gone before❣️🇨🇦
A sweet video..ty Cecil for finding it and glad Mr Bill got to see it and ty Mr Dan for telling us what you know and last but not least ty Robert for letting us be a part of this.
I’m still amazed. As you walked into the cemetery all I kept saying was Wow! n Wow! again. Such wonderful history. And Dan he’s amazing in himself at how much history n knowledge he knows. All of you are so blessed to have this type of history in your life n in Waverly Hall. I have to admit I have some envy for what you all have. Great video Robert. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟
Oh good, this is the continuation of the search for the hidden cemetery, thank you Cecil for finding it, I love these old time cemetery’s, which have ancestors and families. Thank you!!
I love finding old Cemetery's/Graveyards. This one is really way back in there. My Brother about 3 years ago found where another of our Family's Cemetery is. Hopefully wl he will take me to go see it this year. Last Yearafter the passing of my Husband in Dec of 2022 he said that if I was doing better this years when I come to see him we would go or at least try. Robert and Gentlemen I would like to say Thank you for sharing this Video of your family's Cemetery.
We got a few old cemeteries in my area that are miles off the beaten path. Mr Dan’s knowledge is mind blowing. Thanks to Cecil for persevering with the search. Be nice to see it cleaned up and maintained
I can't imagine what it must have been like for Mr. Edwards to be able to take that trek out there to see the graves of his ancestors. How great that he got the opportunity to do that. Thank you to Cecil for finding it, so that this forgotten place, and these forgotten people are remembered, and now documented. Dan is full of so much knowledge - and he's great at relaying it to all of us in a way that is interesting. Great teamwork to you all! Thank you.
This was awesome..my mother in law maiden name is Hollis..she came from Pennsylvania but her Grandfather was in Georgia..i will have to look into it.. Her Father was Gilbert Hollis
I truly enjoyed watching this video. Having numerous family connections in Talbot County, I also got a little emotional thinking of what it must have felt like to find so many ancestors. Thank you for sharing!
A super video,kudos to all of you to help the gentlemen find his long ago descendents,that could get very emotional for him,always enjoy your adventures Robert and Dan
I grew up in the Mississippi Delta and played in many cotton fields. There are several old cemeteries all over that we would discover as children,many belonging to the current farm family or ones that have gone away years ago. Most plantations and larger farms had their own equipment to make headstones and the majority of workers that lived and died there markers were made right on the place. Many times if you see a small clump of woods in the middle of a cotton field it holds a small cemetery, but sometimes it’s just a source of water. Later as an adult we would ride 4wheelers all through back fields and still we could find small,forgotten cemeteries.
Same. I'm living in Greenwood now. Born here, but I grew up on the reservoir in Rankin County. Some of the old cemeteries in Rankin County were out in the woods when I was a kid. Several are in the middle of neighborhoods now. A lot of my ancestors are buried in those old plantation plots. Several are in the Delta, but also in other parts of the state. I have visited family cemeteries in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham AL, as well.
Y'all should carry a small backpack with some basic tools such as a brush, machete, ect. for going into the backwoods and removing all the leaf litter off headstones. Why use your hands if you don't have to, Robert? Great video, so interesting to see the countryside of GA.
I love you guys and everything that you do! I’ve always been fond of old cemeteries and wondering about the stories they had to tell, and you all really bring those old stories to life, while also educating us on things we may never have known, like the broken glassware in old age cemeteries. Thank you for keeping history alive and being such entertaining gentlemen along the way! God bless!
Hello Robert thank you Cecil for finding this Cemetery so happy that it's been found thank you Dan for the history of it take care love from upstate New York❤😊
Just want to say thank you Robert for such interesting, amazing videos. I greatly enjoy every one of them. Mr Dans' knowledge n memory is remarkable. Much respect for you n for all you do. 💖 From Australia
I love you guys. My hobby is searching for history in the woods, my favorite finds are forgotten cemeteries and still standing fireplaces and foundations. Mostly in Chatham County NC. You all help me with your knowledge, thank you so much.
I absolutely love the fact you are able to find the cemetery and family members. I love all of the cemeteries and the treasures they hold. It's so sad that this cemetery hasn't been taken care of. I love the unique stones. The information in these cemeteries amazing. God Bless you all.
My ancestors are buried all over the country. From New York, Mass., Rhode Island, to Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and California and probably everywhere in between. Those people got around more than I ever have!
Thank you for your work. Our family is not gone until we forget them. I am Terry Hudson from Taylor Co. I have traced my family back to my 5th grandfather.
