I think this definitely a burial site. Even more so confirmed when a young man told us that there used to be numerous indentions but they were graded down when development came. More history and names lost to time.... PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831 Subscribe to the new Vlog: ru-vid.com/show-UC56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures My flashlights: olight.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=282
Suggestion might be to trace the land owners thru the property deeds. Then look to the local historical society for records of owners. Might find something that way if someone is interested in researching the possible deceased on the property.
In Georgia when my dad was alive there was a law that the state was supposed to keep grace yards cleaned up. You might look into that and some of them grave yards could be covered in that law and be cleaned up. That would be great. They deserve being cleaned up.
Thankfully, this grave has survived the test of time. It looks noble and honorable. Like it belongs to someone who got a lot of respect in life. What a magnificent find!
We recently purchased land that was part of a 6 generation family farm, documented that Sherman camped there etc... Buckhead, Morgan County line... clearing woods of underbrush, I’m finding field stones and sunken spots. I’m so curious if that area was a graveyard.
This is so sad, most likely a small family cemetery lost in time. These were common back then, and with property being sold off, in parcels the land has changed. It is possible the cemetery is much larger. In several different lines in my family there were private cemeteries on their land, but luckily did not get lost in time. One cemetery my 4th Great Grandparents, let others friends, and poorer people be buried there, it is now a historical site. Maybe you could get in contact with people you know, who has historical knowledge, I know there were at least two people you have had on your videos in the past who had great historical knowledge. We your fans can't help due to your policy, of not disclosing these sites. Mind you it is a great idea, not to disclose, not knocking it at all. I know you have a hundred things going on, but just a mention to your historians may help. Thanks Robert.
That makes me sad. To think someone’s buried there maybe more and now their gone. Is there anything a person could do about it? Thank y’all again. Take care Roberts!
Glad you could document it before it is gone. A very strange place indeed. We can tell by the footage you shot that these folks don’t care about an old grave. So sad. I’m glad y’all care ❤️. Keep doing what you’re doing👍🏻
So sad that no one knows who is buried there now. I hope that this grave will not also be destroyed by development. Just curious, are there any laws preventing the destruction of graves? Thanks for including us in your adventures❣️
When I saw the title of this video I thought you meant it was at the Byrd House at first. It is sad to see so much history being lost to development and progress like that. On a side note whenever l drive past a collapsed barn or somethin' I always think it's such a disgrace. It's nice to see there's more people like me in the world who take an interest in history.
....Well you don't find something like that in the back yard everyday!😳 and some people know EXACTLY what they're looking at & don't want to have to go around it, so they clear it off!
Seatbelts were not required in new vehicles until 1968. The same year side marker lights became a requirement. We all know that seatbelts save lives, but the owner of a classic or antique vehicle is under no obligation to retrofit belts into the vehicle.
Taking in the area between the older trees, that space could have held a small structure and the rocks could have been the piers that have been pushed together after the structure was gone. That 'cemetery plant' is a common plant here in East Texas that I associate with old home sites as well. Your vids are awesome. Peace and hippy beads
You and Robert always seem to find all the old grave sites and it cool you can show us before some of them are no longer there. We love watching your videos some times they are just too short we get invested in what the two of you are doing and then it's over, we always can't wait for the next one. By the way Robert did you ever give the other Robert your shirt, the one that looks like his, his favorite neon.
I found 2 graves once, side by side deep in the woods of Massachusetts while horseback riding with a friend. looked like they hadn't been touched for a long long time.
A word to the Newbies (not Roberts): Census records are also a great source of information. You can follow occupancy year by year, with names and ages of those who lived in those households, both owners and tenants. If Newbies do a little research ahead of time, and literally bring some information to the table, they gain some respect when approaching a worn-out historian or genealogist.
Easier to look at a census, and get the entire household names and ages. Maybe Aunt Milly was there for forty years, then is missing from the census after the flu epidemic. Not everyone had money for marble stones or cemeteries after The War. The census records often tell stories, and confirm family gossip 🙄 if you read between the lines.
Also a lot of yucca plants in that area (that’s that plant the other Robert talked about) you find them in cemeteries all over the south, especially Georgia.
I will make the other Robert a sammich, if he will talk some history with me, as from that area....By the way, curious here, as I am Cherokee, whose family doubled back to GA during the Trail of Tears😥
love this :) My one side , I have various tribes in my ancestry, going back to Barbados, in the 1600s, when various tribes from North America were brought there to be enslaved.. then came to Virginia- North Carolina and Kentucky. I wish I knew the tribes, I think I have identified two and I do have East Cherokee on one of my one side married into, Appalachian people are known as "Melungeons" or mixed race. Appalachian word. So that is what i am, I have been writing down the family stories passed down since the early 1700s, and now I know about my Barbados connection, makes my family even more interesting :) I am a bit of a history geek ;)
That could be the site where my great-great-great-uncle Ezra is buried. Story goes he was hunting with his son and suffered a fatal heart attack. On foot and 10 miles from home the son decided to bury Ezra. Placed rocks on the grave to mark it, but never could find the exact location again. Some think Ezra didn't actually die but actually escaped a bad marriage with help of his son. About the same time Ezra was said to have died a widow down the road left and never came back. She wrote kin from San Francisco mentioning marriage to an Ezra. The end.
@@kathyflorcruz552 Story is that once learning of the letter Ezra's wife investigated but was unable to confirm. She even hired a retired Pinkerton Detective to try and find the widow in San Francisco. Supposedly he located the wife and Ezra, but disappeared on his way back to Ezra's wife. Some say he was captured by Indians. And we all know how that can turn out. The end2.
It's a shame that cemeteries are left to ruin the way that they are. That is a family's history even if almost all of the family is gone. You need to give some kind of reverence to the fact that that person was alive that person accomplished goals that person had family. I think it's shameful that we abandon our cemeteries.
There's an old family plot up the road from me and it has pretty much disappeared because the descendants have moved far away. I'm in Arkansas and the nearest descendant I have found is in Utah.
My great grandparents are buried in the Macedonia cemetery up by Lookout mountain in Ga. the chimney from the old homestead located on old Gilreath mill road use to still be standing but I don’t think it is anymore.
So were yuccas & cedar trees associated with NA burials to? Wonder if there is any information about grave sites & Cedars written anywhere? Thanks for sharing
According to natives cedar is very protective and keeps negative energy away… Many people planted cedar shrubs on either side of their door going into the house so you left any negative energy outside the home🤍🤍🦋🦋🦋
It is common folklore among many people, not just Natives. Egyptians, Ozarks, you name it. The resin was used for embalming mummies. Some say if you plant a cedar, you'll die when it's old enough to shade you. They are common in American cemeteries as a symbol of everlasting life. When you run into one like this, it can often mean there's a grave near by.
It is sad those buried in that small graveyard are unknown and had been lost in time. It makes me feel better when I go to old graveyards to just say out loud, "I am here to visit you." I think that at least they somehow know.
Wow right in someone’s backyard if someone didn’t know what that Rick pile was all about like my self just think it was just a rock pile cool to know 👍 just love that Chevy pannel truck of yours
Why is the others Robert's shirt sleeves all faded in relation to the rest of his shirt? Looks like he got carried away with laundry stain remover. He needs a new shirt.
One other way to do further discovery would be Geo Radar. I heard of burials 50 years ago and a wood cross that rots and lost burial deeds whereas new residents of a church get a parking lot widened and pave over the graves without knowing it.
That’s how they are finding native children buried at residential schools through Geo thermal imaging, they found 215 and now up to 294 at a residential school in Kelona British Columbia🇨🇦
@@butterflylady8875 I think when burial sites are found they should not build anything on them because it ends up being sacred ground. I have recently heard true cases of cemetaries being desecrated and filled over whereas homes are built on them, then the occupants of a new home have paranormal experiences then all types of problems losing and going bankrupt. My mom told me any form of desecration or grave robbery could lead to superstitious activity maybe like a curse or so.
I know a tombstone is a dead give away but how do you tell the difference between stacked neat stones and a wall? Also is the stacking rocks a indication of native american,slaves or the poor. I have been traveling to different cemeteries for the past 15 years and never knew about the stacking
When people had little or no money, or a widow had no one to help her, the dead were interred according to an individual's limits. The indentation is the best clue that it was a grave. Rocks were markers, AND to keep out panthers, bears, and other creatures. As for Native Americans or slave claims, they throw up a red flag for me. I grew up in the 60s and70s, when it was trendy to claim to descend from Cherokees (and always from a princess, which didn't exist in Cherokee culture). Now it is trendy to be descended from slaves. Unless there is some historic or DNA evidence, I simply don't believe it. I love a good story as much as anyone, but prefer the truth. Truth can be interesting, too.
@@lucygray6162 very cool, I understand your claim about bein "trendy" sad story, friend of a friend claimed to be part of a certain tribe, think Algonquin, he had an entire tattoo sleeve themed around the tribe, learned the ritual dances and even got copies of the Bible translated into Algonquin dated back to when the English came over. Long story short did a DNA test turned out french. Guess it was just his great grandfather and the gene pool window was too small.
I doubt if there's much DNA left, or the money for a disinterment. These days, it can still take years to solve a cold case through DNA, and $$$ for comparisons with a genetic data bank. If this is as old as it looks, I think he or she will remain "Known Only to God."
That was interesting. I’m curious though, why would someone grade it down if you can see the indentation. I always thought graveyards were sacred n you can’t build on them especially native Americans. ♥️😊👍
Yeah for sure. It was tough to film there for sure. It was a weird situation, we were invited but the home owner wasn’t there and the people who were there were distrusting so.... odd situation lol
@@foxywolf1777 I dont know about Beth, but I'm a huge fan of Faces of the Forgotten..been watching Ron since the very beginning.And also a big fan of Sidestep Adventures..love the 2 Robert's..and watching the progress of the old Byrd Farm.
@@susanblauss1530 I for sure watch Sidestep Adventures, as I am from the area, and LOVE the Old Byrd Farm😍 I want that chicken coop....and love the antics of Bahloo🐕 Ron is so different, and love his stories, and never miss an adventure there either😎
