Exploring another historic cemetery in the backwoods of Alabama. For those who have watched the previous videos - these Mitchell’s are related to our Major Mitchell - how, I’m not quite sure. The story of Henry Blake and his Mother sure is tragic....... PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Special thanks to gas fund contributors: Jonathan L Rosemarie L Colleen C Brian M David G Sandy H Jason W Syma Zachary L And huge shoutout to Robert for support! Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures My flashlights: olight.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=282
Some think that if it's said someone died from grief, it's just a saying ... but it's not, deep sorrow can kill you! grief can ruin your health in a big way. I'm a burn survivor ... JESUS is the only answer!
She did just that: "Elizabeth Blake (Mother), from Mississippi, allegedly dropped dead at the grave of her son when viewing his burial site for the first time." www.findagrave.com/memorial/30042039/elizabeth-blake
Had an uncle that I never met die in combat during WWII. He was a crew member of a main gun on a destroyer in US Navy. The ship was strafed by a Japanese aircraft and he, and 4 others, were killed. He was buried at sea. Had an aunt tell me that their mother died shortly after receiving the news about his death for she just could not accept the fact he was dead and buried at sea.
@@LIBICU812 My heart is full learning that. I heard my grandmother's wail when she was notified that her youngest daughter had suddenly passed away. It was her second child she would lose. My father was next. The grief can be unbearable.
Robert, I think you were meant to tell the story of Elizabeth Blake, who died from a broken heart after her son, Henry, was murdered. Her story was meant to be remembered. I did a little research and the following was said, " Elizabeth Blake (Mother), from Mississippi, allegedly dropped dead at the grave of her son when viewing his burial site for the first time." Someone should write a book about it. Thanks for telling this story. Very well done.
Robert it is hard to find the info, but this is what I found years ago. Again there is tons of history in this small community. George Lore was sent south be his family to escape legal problems in Connecticut. He was set up on a farm in the Old Spring Hill community by an uncle who was a judge in Eufaula. Most of the evidence that he murdered Henry Blake was circumstantial. He was found to possess items belonging to Blake such as money as well as Blake’s horse. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang in Clayton, Al (Barbour Co. capital). He was retried in Abbeville, Al after winning a retrial by the State Supreme Court with the same result. While being held in Clayton awaiting a 3rd trial, the citizens of Glenville took matters into their own hands. On Nov 2, 1842 a mob was formed and took George Lore from the jail in Clayton to Glenville and lynched him on a Chestnut tree. After which they took out an ad in the Barbour County News to give notice of what they had done. There is a lot more to this story, but to much to put in a short response.
forecon11 So George Lore’s family ushered him out of town to escape legal troubles. And sent him to an unsuspecting community to victimize them, murdered one of their sons.
@@pattimessenger6214 The strange thing is that he escaped (it is suspected that his uncle helped) after his second trail while awaiting for his appeal. It was believed that he run back up north until Oct of 1842 (apparently he wore his welcome out up north again) and returned to Barbour County. He was caught with a sawed off shot gun on the farm one of the witnesses who had testified against him. This is when the local citizens had had enough. It is an exciting, but tragic story.
This was the most touching tribute to the deceased I have seen. What a sad, beautiful story of a mother's love. Thank you for all you and your friends do.
I really like when they put the cause of death on their stones. The detail they used to put is amazing. I have never seen them name a murderer on one before. How unusual. That was a truly interesting cemetery documenting the Mitchell family. Very cool. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
I agree with you Debbie, with the cost of a 'basic' stone in today's times, something as elaborate as this would cost $25,000+ especially since everything now is done by a computerized laser, and this is all chiseled by hand!
Ms. Pete Sidewalk and some of those in the 1900s are not even legible already… So sad people go to all that expense and 50/75 years later you can’t read most of it
Ms. Pete Sidewalk We were wondering a family cemetery and there was a stone carver there carving dates in a tomb. It was interesting watching him. Hard work too. He had to get down on the ground with his tools and work.
I am now 59yrs old. Grew up in Florida. Growing up we had horses. When I was 15, my friend's and I discovered a cemetery. We had been on that trail for YEARS and never saw it. It was so old. 1700s. How we never saw it is still a mystery to all of us. We still talk about it. It was in the woods off Bearse Ave. in Lutz FL.
The first two Linwood carvers who signed their stones were Patrick Adams and John Madden. Adams was settled in Columbus by 1832, and with the help of contacts within the city council had established himself as a tradesman. Not only was he skilled at carving grave markers, he also applied his trade toward laying bricks in sewers and the construction of the New City Market. Some years later, in the early 1840s, Madden arrived with a posse of stonecutters, seven strong. Not long after, Adams and Madden pooled their resources together and formed a team, several monuments bearing both men's signatures shows the extent of their collaboration.
Thanks so much for the tour of this old cemetary. As I watched I was struck by the overgrowth. I imagine that when the families buried thrir loved ones they never imagined that the graves would endure such neglect.
Wouldn't it be amazing if everyone got together and cleaned these old beautiful sacred places up just because their so wonderful to walk through and think about our family and friends thank you guys for finding these wonderful beautiful places to share with us
Very interesting. Sad that continuity between generations is being lost. Without strong roots, the young become prey to scams. Really really appreciate what both you and the gentleman with you are doing. Need this reawakening and appreciation of those who came before us - to know the reality of those lives and times , not what rewriters would like us to think.. God bless.
So so sad: the elaborate headstones, the beautiful monuments, the heartbreaking inscriptions, some with gated fences, & so on, and then the cemeteries are forgotten, granted over some time, by everyone except for Mother Nature ;(( I mean no disrespect, but it seems as though the deceased are buried 'willy nilly' about the state, with no official record or designation of these cemeteries . . . The loved ones are lost, then lost again to memory & neglect of cemetery maintenance.
@@renaissanceturner1477 I don't have a problem with it. The dead might like, if they could like, to be left alone. Do you think the spirits of the dead are trapped in their coffins pining for company?
@@updownstate No, of course not . . . Death is NOT about the dead, but IS about the living, those left behind in grief (& horror or anger) . . . It's also about the time, trouble, & expense of those elaborate headstones & monuments, only to be found, again, so much later, by surprise (Sidestep Adventures) . . . In the end, no one cares enough (or as you said, no one is left--no descendants) to preserve the original beauty & sentiment of such a graveyard. Yup, the world does move on :))
Thank You Kindly Robert and Robert! Thank You as well for honoring those who have gone before us with dignity and respect! It also shows us that little has changed. Of course travel has changed but really, little else has. People still get diseases, are still murdered and children still suffer early ends and parents still grieve. But then this is life. We grow little when little happens in our lives. We grow from failures, losses, and accidents. Those hardships can have a positive affect and help us grow into better humans. Sometime we long for those days long past but we are in those days at present. Walking through cemeteries and honoring our ancestors gives us a reason to carry on and maintain our traditions and love our dear one all the more. And truly, there is no death, just a change of worlds. Kind Thanks Again! Safe Journeys with Love, Light and Peace! DaveyJO in Pa.
Dissolution, The firm of Madden & Adams is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1850. John A. Madden, P. Adams. Marble Works. The business of the above firm will be continued by J.H. Madden who will keep a lot of Italian and American Marble, for gravestones, monuments, tombs tablet and table tops, and who is alone authorised to settle and collect all accounts of said firm. J.H. Madden. (Spirit of the South newspaper, Eufaula, Alabama, 21 May 1850.)
From someone who is in the business of family cemetery preservation, I really enjoyed your presentation. I found it pretty incredible that the overgrowth has protected the stones so well that you were able to read them so well. Thank you!!
Thank you for another sidestep adventure. It was very interesting. Sad about the murder and the mother. No parent should have to out live a child. I read the article that someone put on here. I'm surprised they were able to find the article after so many years. Great job.
Hey Robert, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy watching your adventures. It's fasinating how many old historic cemeteries there are in the world. Thank you for being so respectful and for reading their names out loud.
Thank you Robert, and Robert, I so enjoyed the cemetery, this was so interesting, and the Blake tombstone amazing. I have seen a couple of tombstone with the persons being murdered, and killer named, but it has been many years ago. Just very sad, and the poor Mom. Have a good one, and say safe.
I've spent a fair amount of time in southern Al, Ga, and Ms love exploring abandoned buildings and vacant small downtowns but never thought to explore abandoned cemeteries! Thank you for this.
I love the way how you read those headstones you have a very lovely voice for this sort of thing...very respectful and meaningful you can hear it when you read 🤗🤗
I love walking the cemetery in Virginia City Nevada. I've only seen a small portion tho' because family members don't have much tolerance for the kind of wandering I hanker after. So many children's names, in the same family, all in a row...sad. But the one that always sticks in my mind, is the headstone that boldly proclaims "MURDERED", of a young man, the stone was provided by his Sister.
It blows the mind and saddens the heart to see Mother Nature reclaim this sacred ground. Lost to time, only memories left to tell a story by them few who here her voice call out. Us curious few find joy in deciphering the clues that history leaves behind to share with the world this wonderful yet haunting and beautiful place. Thank you so much for sharing this place of rest.🙂
Sidestep Adventures So so sad about Henry and his mama. Do you know what happened to George Lore? Did he face justice or is that lost to time? It looked like the kind of place you could be in for a week and still keep finding more treasures
Thanks for this Robert & Robert. I love your respectful reading of the inscriptions to the departed and that Alabama accent. Greetings from Ballantrae, Scotland! 😁
The name of Henry Blake's killer appearing on his headstone was merely his family's declaring before God the condition of their son's passing. At least this is what my parents told me decades ago when we visited an old settlers graveyard and I asked why "died of the cholera (or something else)" appeared on headstones there.
"Merely????" I think it was more like the family's rage at the senseless death of their beloved son. But I lean more to the Old Testament than the forgiving mercies of the New. I can only imagine their frustration, knowing that the murderer had been sent down here because he was causing so much trouble up north. At least those good ol' southern men knew how to handle a problem.
@@lucygray6162 I suspect that the identity of the killer was known due to his capture, trial and execution. It would take some sleuthing of old records and newspapers to ascertain his fate.
The killer's name may have been added out of frustration that the killer had not yet been convicted. Lore had THREE trials, including 2 mistrials. Third time he was found guilty but a fourth trial was ordered and then he escaped jail. He returned to the town where the murder occurred and the townspeople caught him and lynched him from an old Chestnut tree.
Great video!! Whenever I explore some long forgotten and overgrown cemetery, always try to read as many headstones as possible. Have discovered individuals that had accompanied historical figures on various adventures. Also, am amazed how nature takes over the cemetery by trees growing out of graves, critters (usually coyotes or badgers) digging down into the graves for food source and/or shelter, etc. Also, the craftsmanship on lots of older headstones are just amazing as well.
Your channel is great my grandma loves cemetarys we used to have to always go to cemataries but now we can watch your videos we love your videos thanks so much for making these videos!
Watching your videos you see so many neglected cemeteries that you would get use to it. But each one sadeness me. Wipper snipper & a bit of hard work would do wonders to this cemetery. Cheers Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨👍🏻💙🦋💙🦋💙🦋💙. Some beautiful epitares sorry spelling, brought tears to my eyes & heart. 😭😭❤️
The community where Robert is was once a bustling pioneer town, with an all male college, a military academy, and a woman's college. It was once considers the Athens of the south with cobble stone streets. After the railroads bypassed the town it began to die out. Today there are only a handful on people on the area (I mean only a handful). There is no one there to service the graves.
I love watching the old cemetary videos. I live in Gwinnett county Georgia. Watching your videos makes me want to go and revisit some of the old places.
Robert this is an amazing find that you can document for the future....but probably would have never been other wise......great job......you are quite the humanitarian
Your videos keep getting better and better. I live in British Columbia and I have learned more about your neck of the woods than I ever did in school. Quite frankly I'm blown away. Keep doing what you're doing!!
This is my first video I’ve seen of yours. I love cemeteries, and this was a very good job you’ve done with sharing the info here. I subscribed. Keep up the great work. Thank you!
I just wanted to say thank you for what you’re doing. It saddens me to see so many souls buried and forgotten. These were people of our nation’s past history who should be remembered. So, thank you for helping us all to remember them. Whether slave or free they were all Americans who helped forge what we are today in this 21st century. They should never be forgotten…
Great thank you for allowing us to understand what their lives were like during their life time. We travel all time now & many don't understand what an undertaking it was just to travel county to county or state to state.
I’m so glad that you and Robert are into history. The history of the murdered young man we would have never known if you two didn’t do what you do. I appreciate the time and trouble you go to so we viewers can enjoy and learn. Thank God for you both!
Thank you for bringing this video to us. Such amazing stories, as told by merely reading these tombstones. These stone cutters, engravers were true artisans, and due to 'mechanical progress' is a lost art. These cemeteries and the history they hold are amazing assets to all who delve into the past. Thank you again for bringing these wonderful videos to we who are armchair explorers.
Wow I really enjoyed this Cemetery Adventure. I do hope that somewhere along that you all do take the time to give the information you have found an provided for us Viewers to like someone that can help contact the Lost an Abandoned Cemetery Association. Thank you again for another wonderful adventure ❤.
This was fascinating to hear all the history in this video, wow thank you. In them days they certainly made headstones to last and still be read hundreds of years later, it's thanks to you guys for sharing all this with us or else I for certain wouldn't have know about any of this, didn't even know what a headstone/footstone was or field stone until I saw your video's. Coming from the UK we don't have these, well not that I know of. Addicted to your voice as well as your videos, working my way through your video's. Thank you for doing what your doing Robert & Robert.
Every gravestone tells a story...the last story was very tragic. The stone was repaired with the intent to last. Well done. Thank you for sharing these stories with us.
I definitely enjoyed this video. It breaks my heart to see a old cemetery not being maintained. This history n I love it n to me it’s sacred ground. My mother was born n raised in Alabama. Shelby county. I have or had a lot of relatives still living in Alabama. Also my brothers have homes in Blairsville Ga. Want u to know I appreciate these videos. Thanks again Roberts. ♥️♥️😊👍🎄😥
linwoodcemetery.org/stonecarvers.php Article about the history of stone carvers and it talks about Madden and Adams. "...The first two Linwood carvers who signed their stones were Patrick Adams and John Madden. Adams was settled in Columbus by 1832, and with the help of contacts within the city council had established himself as a tradesman. Not only was he skilled at carving grave markers, he also applied his trade toward laying bricks in sewers and the construction of the New City Market. Some years later, in the early 1840s, Madden arrived with a posse of stonecutters, seven strong. Not long after, Adams and Madden pooled their resources together and formed a team, several monuments bearing both men's signatures shows the extent of their collaboration...."
Yet another brilliant video, you two Roberts are the new dynamic duo. Thank you for filling us in on the meaning of the word consort on these old graves 😊 Thank you as well for sharing these folks stories as well. So sad 😔
This is one of the best videos. So much sad history. That poor mother. I can truly understand her dying of a broken heart. When you bury your child you become so broken that nothing heals the pain and you look forward to being with them again it consumes you. God bless you and be safe
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO ROBERT, YOU READ THE GRAVE STONE AND EPITAPHS OUT SO RESPECTFULLY, LOOKING FOWARD TO THE NEXT ONE . FROM THE STATE OF QLD IN AUSTRALIA
Thank you for sharing this cemetery and story with me ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your next adventure takes yo ! Doing well here in Kansas .
Interesting small cemetery, ended with a tragic marker of Henry Blake.Cemetery has been looked after ( restored & cleaned markers).Browder - Mitchell cemetery a.k.a. Mitchell / Browder cemetery with 11 memorials.Sad to see several died at a young age. Great find for the Mitchell family.Thanks for sharing. Keep up the great work.New subsciber.
Oohh such a lovely place, tragic that its been neglected and forgotten about. Some beautiful words on the headstones. One thing I thought very strange, putting the name of the murderer on that poor man's headstone. Goodness I wouldn't want that. Fascinating adventure Robert. Thank you. 🌳🌱🌳
So very interesting to watch, I was pleased to see that someone had fixed the stone of Henry Blake , such a sad story but fascinating to hear it. Great work guys and very much appreciated.
Hi Robert & Robert, such a tragic thing that her Son had his life cruelly taken from him and also that his Mother felt so sad that she also died. Thank you both for sharing their sad story and for sharing the other gravestones too. xx😭💖🌹🌹🌹🌹
