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I found this quote in a document (1995) about the history of Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama. “Cemeteries give us information about land valued and held sacred by early town founders, the funerary art, family and cultural burial traditions, available materials, craftsmanship, ornamental plantings, birth and death records, and much more. Unlike historic buildings that generally undergo alterations over the years, cemeteries are the most unchanged physical land scapes from our past." - Dr. Gregory Jeane of Samford University.
This needs to be explored more.IF Dan has no idea about this cemetery then it must be extremely old one..You guys I believe will surely find out if this cemetery is in the records .Plz find out and tell us
So many of our past generations burial spots are lost. Many during the wars, were buried in unmarked tombs. Other's were too poor for a tomb stone, and are lost forever in time. I would love to know the names and location of this cemetery. As a genealogy and history buff, this fascinates me! Thank you for hunting this one down!
I do so enjoy your u tube shows. My favorite is Dan. I could listen to his stories about the people and places all day.my grandma was born in or near Peachtree.in the 1800s. ( I'm 75) please have Dan on more often.! I do enjoy all of you men. Thanks!
Yes please do a part 2!!!!! Its so sad to find a small cemetery like this..a time long ago and people forgotten. I have always told my kids you can never be forgotten as long as there is someone to remember you..This was a really sweet and sad video.
It sounds worse on video than it actually is, we didn't hardly notice it as we are walking along. This really was a beautiful forest as we moved along. The whole area seemed like a special place. Unlike Rough Edge, except for us walking through it this was a very peaceful place.
Great video Robert 👍. I absolutely love these videos. Hopefully you can find out who owned the home site and who's buried there. I would love a part 2.
I LOVE and so enjoy when Mr. Dan and Scott are with you when looking for forgotten cemeteries and old homesteads. The Foundation for the house that used to be there, way back when, was a pretty good sized home. A Lot of times, depending on the size of property, families had a personal family cemetery on their property, as well usually up on a hill .Finding that cute small turtle was nice and that you left it alone 🙂Good to remember, as Dan stated at finding the last one, as with this one, find the homestead first and then go west, and there the cemetery should be as well. Wondering, would that be the same in most homestead areas, with family cemeteries to attached to them. Wondering IF records for the ones that lived there, would also have recorded the people buried there,?? Those were some mighty large rocks! Will be interesting to find out whose property that was, and whom might be buried out there just west of the house. Question, would land maps ONLY have the names of OWNERS of property?? just thinking to any farm land that my great grandfather and his father might of had in Tennessee.. Will have to see if I can find anything online...thank you for yet another interesting video.
As always Robert we love it when you do your Sidestep Adventures, you find some of the most wonderful things when you explore these old grave sites. We know it much be hard to do both the Old Byrd Farm and Sidestep but we look forward to both of them. We hope that the other Robert is doing ok, we miss him on your adventures. Thank you to you and your friends for sharing these old gravesites with the rest of us.
Another great video. Love seeing how you all find these old home sites and cemeteries. Thank you for sharing your adventures and knowledge with us. Stay safe. God bless 🐾 🌺
Robert, really enjoyed this video and hope you will be able to do a second part to this . Would love to learn more about this area if you are able to find out more on this piece of land. Thank you for giving me a great history lesson about your state. I have learned so much from you and Dan.😍
Robert I appreciate all your dedication in respect to history where I come from they don't care about history it makes me sad I love history you give me a sense of hope thanks
Loved this video and hearing the birds. Just so amazing to see people given back to the earth and how she takes it back and the beauty of those who once lived there a treasure in time. How wonderful to sit for a bit in the quite and listen to the nature around. Thank you Robert for sharing!!
It always amazes me how you find these wonderful old grave sites. I often wonder what the house looked like and try to imagine it from your descriptions. Great video. Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤
I often wonder how you even find these cemeteries. Wow! I hope you'll be able to find out a little more and tell us about it. Thank you for sharing. I love exploring with you.
I hope you can find out who lived and was buried there, so their names can be recorded and hopefully that cemetery will never be desicrated by construction.
Would love to see a followup on this one about history of this family. Was there conflict with Native American? Did the family die in a fire? Will you try to restore any of the rock walls/capstones?
Hey guys, I came across your channel and I see you are on the same mission - revealing forgotten history. I recently discovered a forgotten mining / war cemetery. completely overgrown and forgotten!! All I know is that there were over 700 people buried and I was able to find about 9 headstones..... very sad! New Subscriber Here!!
In New England the stone walls were built by natives and slaves. They find oxen shoes all over the place so I would think they used the oxen to move the stones. Time-frame wise there were alot of farmers that still used oxen, when those stones would have been placed. Whether for a cemetery fence or a home foundation.
@@chesterswortham5197 they shod oxen similarly to putting shoes on horses and mules, except they were two pieces of iron, because of the cloven hooves. Draft horses arrived in America in the early 1800s and pretty much replace the oxen by the 1860s. But not all were replaced.
I want to thank all three of you for the time you put into documenting these places. I know there is so much that goes into getting the adventure we view online. Is there really someone complaining about the crunching leaves??? Those crunching leaves were the only thing I had to look forward to after my shift at the grocery store when everyone was panic buying. Love you guys and all your hard work!
Thank you Robert, I missed going hunting for plantations houses and old homesteads, and the cemeteries! I Looking forward to finding out who lived up that hill and their dead on next video.
Bravo guys for sharing this video and I feel very strongly that all historians will agree needs to be shared for future generations (( Find A Grave should be contacted also when We come across forgotten cemeteries must be documented))
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Bringing the history of the past. May the Lord bless and protect you and your friends exploring the past
Interesting site I'm a bottle digger so I can appreciate the way you guys look at the site try to imagine the way things were where did dwellings were and of course me I'm always looking for where the dump was and where the Outhouse was
We are going to see my folks in Tennessee next year and I’ve told the hubby we are driving down to Waverly Hall after.. he says ok as long as he can get some real Southern BBQ…he use to live in Missouri (ugh) Wisteria Gal
Another great video Robert, it’s sad to see cemetery’s like this, I hope you make a part 2. I also have a RU-vid channel that I am working on and I was wondering what kind of vlogging equipment that you are holding in your hand when you make your videos, I am looking for a good one that I can put my cell phone in when I make my videos something that has a microphone on the top.
Wow, Georgia is so full of history waiting to be discovered, amazing. Thanks Robert for these awesome videos. I clicked like on every one of them! "Snake stick" - that brings up some memories for me!
You guys are awesome it's amazing how you just find them Graves and all these people that would have been lost forever that when you can find even a couple of names somewhere you bring them back they're not lost forever you guys are amazing God bless you all for what you do ♾️🛐✝️♥️ LOL
Robert Thank you for Sharing. Dan and Scott Thank you too. I Really enjoy looking for the Old Cemetery's and running across Old home sites too. I'm glad that you guys are Preserving parts of History. I there was always Old Cemetery's out there but most of the time City's have plowed them under for that all mighty buck such a shame. LOVE ❤️ the work that you guys do.
I really enjoy your videos. You can get an amazing amount of family and settlement history from cemeteries and I am glad you share with arm-chair historians like myself. My people were from Greensboro GA and I hope to visit the town one day. Their home was burned by Sherman's Army and I know they had a family cemetery. Exactly where in/near Greensboro I do not know. Thanks to your videos I am learning how to go about the process. Would love to see follow-up on this video! Thank you for all you do!
Someone else discussed the endless stone walls everywhere here in New England; our property was part of a massive farm property originally owned by our town's oldest family (1680) and has the original walls along it. Many of the stones are truly massive (mostly moved by oxen to clear fields as was mentioned) but around here that's not at all a unique sight, it was constantly done here starting over 300 years ago. If people want to or need to move big rocks they'll find a way!
Would be interesting to research the family history. Possibly all died in an epidemic? Family was buried and home abandoned. Outside graves maybe slaves? It sounds like the county records there are intact. Some of the courthouses burned back before 1900 and all records were lost. My sister got stuck on researching some of our family. They left Henry County in early 1860's to come to Texas, along with several other families. My great-grandfather was born in Georgia in 1848, but by 1863, they were in Texas, as his youngest siblings were born here. At the 150 year anniversary of the Cornett church (est 1865), each of the founding families gave their family histories. Betts, Hampton, McCord, Cornett families all came from Georgia around the same time.
You all know your stuff. There is no way I would see you you see. Well done. Please follow up with another video on what you found out. Cheers Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺👍🏻
That's so cool. I'm glad you actually found it. I was beginning to wonder if you would. Down in Salem County, NJ, several years ago the state took an early to mid 1700s farmstead and made a state park out of it. The house was a brick house from 1781. They put a chain link fence around it and no-trespassing signs. But the vandals broke in and destroyed the inside of the house, and also broke a hole in one wall. Anyway on one visit my friends and I found the family burial ground in the woods. It was a grave from 1759 which was enclosed in a brick wall with no gate, in 1908 by a direct descendant of the deceased. Also it was restored in 1972 by a direct descendant. The gravestone is actually embedded in the brick wall. The whole thing is in excellent condition. There are two large non-native trees growing inside the wall too, which is how we found the cemetery.
I have to agree with one’s comment at how all of you can recognize land so we’ll. Amazing to find the old home site then come upon a grave site just fascinating. I guess growing up where you live n being taught by your elders n stories that were told teaches you the land n how to read it. My only guess. Must share some time. Definitely hope they’ll be a part 2 in hopes you’ll find the answers. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍🐶
