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I found you guys about two weeks ago and I really enjoy your videos. I love the History that you share about the grave sites and the history of the community. Great job I will continue to watch and keep up the amazing work.
My great Grandmother was a Winfrey who's father came from Madison County, Georgia and also fought in Cobb's Legion during the Civil War. He moved his family to Northern Alabama post war. This Winfrey family in Harris County could possibly be related. Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing this cemetery with us. My husband's gggrandfather is buried in a NC family cemetery. One of the descendants told us that the cemetery used to have a number of full-length flat stones. These were stolen. The man told us that people would turn over the stones and use them for doorsteps. Frankly, I hope anyone who did this suffers from the guilt of the disrespectful and has trouble sleeping. Well ...
Yes thats true about headstones. Many years ago I looked at a house 4 sale that the front step was a headstone. The realtor told me the story.. Needless to say I didn't buy the house! And this is in Ohio...
It's not just granite headstones they take ! At my family's Cemetary in CFL they took the corner of the plots initial marker ! Not once but twice ! My uncle said it was something upwardly mobile did when they built stone entryways to their private drive . If they took enough letters from old country gravesites they could spell their last name . It just blows my mind how selfish some people are . Sad .
What a sad and devastating story about Mr. Winfrey. What a horrid act for someone to steal rocks from two gravesites. However, a great video with such historical information. Thank you!
I think I would have shot that mule. A horse might be spooked, but mules don’t tend that way. The critter would usually have stopped at home. Of course the man might still have been dragged to death, but that mule could never be trusted again.
When all you here every day is how bad our elected leaders are and how corrupted the Nation is and the world. The people become brainwashed and have no morals at all we start weithering away like a tree from the top down !!!! ???? ):
RIP Mr Winfrey!! I hope whoever stole those gravestones will one day face the consequences of their crimes!! I would NOT want my home built from stone that used to be someone's grave!! GREAT video, gentlemen!! XXXX 💗👍
Very interesting. That was some pretty land. What a totally different time and day. When men were men and worked to the bone. Families stuck together and land was respected and treasured. What a warped and sick World only 150 years has produced. God bring us back to simpler times please.
Do the children in American schools study their local history? Dan's stories would be such a valuable asset to any teacher of local history. I live in Australia and I find his stories fascinating so I can imagine how children who live in the local area would be, too.
Sadly some of our teachers and schools curriculums doesn't want anything to do with this type of important history. The history that they are teaching today incites violence and animosity between American of different races . Sad but True!
Not so much local history, but state history called civics. In Okla. It's 9th grade. In Texas, it's 7th grade. Local history is passed on by elders: grandparents, aunts uncles, cousins. Bad snowstorm christmas 1966. I wasn't quite 5. Older sister 7. Sh remembers details I don't. She and my aunt say my little sister was there, but I don't remember.
Now THIS is history. I never cared much for the Big Events we were forced to memorize in school. It's the lives of everyday folks that fascinate me. It always amazes me that anyone could claw a living from some piece of wilderness and raise generations of family on it. Those are the histories I want to know.
Yes I agree. This man has great stories that should be written down for future generations of school children that actually want knowledge about our American past.
Great video. So sad about Mr. Winfreys manner of death and the stolen grave stones. Such a shame some people are low enough to steal markers from a grave. Thank you, Gentlemen
Another great episode with Dan and Scott along - it is a real adventure when there are so many discoveries and stories to be shared. This one is exceptional in that all the stories that Dan shares about the people that lived and died here. It always paints such a picture in time. My imagination always conjures up images of the places and the people as Dan shares the stories. Horrible story about Mr. Winfrey though, what a tragedy. The stones are very interesting, as you said, Robert, in that the carvings are so exact in such rough stone. More theft, hauntings followed, I'd say. I noticed a lot of holly trees. Are hollies purposely planted in cemeteries or naturally occurring? Great job of filming too, clear as can be and great sound. I really enjoyed this episode, Thank you, Robert. 👍👍❣
my wife's great great uncle was killed by a mule in a plowing accident on our family farm in North Carolina. he was just back from WW2, got himself caught up in the plow rigging somehow and was severely injured and eventually died. it happened right in the front pasture in front of where our house sits today. the original farmhouse was burned years ago because if it's condition. he is buried about a quarter mile away in the family plot
Going through newspapers in s.e Dakota Territory 1870-1900s, I noticed a lot of deaths by horsekick. I'd say horsekicks were the #3 cause of death behind disease and accidents of all types. I never expected to make such a discovery.
Another great video. Thank you. There is something terribly wrong with anyone who would vandalize a grave. Nothing good can come of it. Apparently, these people never heard of Tutankhamun's curse. Thank you for including the history of your Native Indians. They are fascinating but overlooked.
I would love to talk to Mr Dan about his family to see if by any chance he is related.My Mom was a Akin. And I see quite a few facial features to my family.
Imagine someone stealing a wrought iron gate, rocks from rock graves! Sure sounds like low down people to me! Sad about mr Winfrey. Thanks you guys very good history lesson
Couldn't you get a controlled burn done in this cemetery I hope whoever stole the gate and rocks from there got and still gets visits from the ghost that live there.
Love this historical stuff, can't wait to have the time tto do some of what you're doing Robert. I miss the other Robert where is he what is he doing these days? Hope all is well with him.
Human history from the cradle to the grave,fraught with struggle,conflict and tragedy. Wish we knew more of their happy times. 😔😟 But still we learn. This not our home,we are merely travelers seeking our way back.😇 Ya'll be safe,love from KY.💞
Thank you Robert , Dan and Scott for the history of Georgia. I enjoy watching and listening. These are the history stories that should be in history books. Thank y'all again. Look forward to the next adventure.
A POX on all those that desecrate any grave!!!!! Very cool about the engraving on the stones. Took a lot of time and a steady hand for sure. Thank you for taking us with you. I'll stay tuned for another episode of "Who Brought The Brush?".
This thick growth brings to mind: there's a guy that's here on RU-vid whom randomly takes it upon himself to *"mow and weed eat" yards for folks whom are elderly and/or don't have the means to afford lawn maintenance.* He occasionally uncovers concrete, stepping stones, etc, they didn't know were there. Top Notch Lawns is the Channel in case folks want to support his Channel, thus his Work. "Good People Matter" ❤
No respect for the dead. These people had lives and families. Yet no one seems to take care of the dead. This makes me feel ill when people steal the rocks or tombstones to build something else. About as bad as Temple University in PA during the 50s wanted the land an old cemetery sat on. So they had the county took the land away from the people who were keeping it up and sold it to Temple University. There were 28,000 people or more buried there and it took them 4 years to move the bodies to another place. Then they took all the tombstones and used them as riprap down by the Delaware River. Disgraceful.
I like how the chalk helps to make the inscriptions stand out. I'll remember this trick the next time I get to stroll through an old cemetery. Thanks guys. Also Dan, You remind me of my youngest son. He loves history and is like a walking library.
Treat, I've become quite attached to these delicious explorations of History and for this Sidestep Team's respect for the Individuals in Memorial. Have a fabulous week gentlemen.
I grew up on an old farm here in Piney Flats Tennessee on Boone lake and try to pass stories down but sometimes I think I’m talking to myself when I tell them
Run your stories down and start your own YT channel- you will have hundreds of TN residents, plus hundreds from around the world listening to your stories!
I've been telling them in my family for years and I thought the same, but my youngest daughter for some reason changed her major to be a history teacher. It will rub off on some of them eventually. Oh, and when they come back and ask you for the info charge them a quarter, because only the first time was a freebee.
Even to this day nothing is sacred. To think people would go into a graveyard n steal those headstones. I hope rather their dead or still alive that doing what they did will haunt them forever. I always enjoy listening to Mr. Dan tell stories of so much history of Harris county or Waverly Hall. So much to be proud of. ♥️😊👍👍👍👍
What about scrappers who steals anything that can be sold as scrap? My house was built in 1924, and all the plpes and gas lines were torn out. They didn't take the cast iron claw foot tub! Lol!
I’m so glad that you gentlemen visit these graveyards and appreciate the craftsmanship that went in to the more ornate but especially the plainer fieldstones. All were created and placed with love. They’ve endured longer than those who made them, giving them a form of immortality. What a beautiful gesture.
I have pictures I've taken of fieldstones with initials carved in them, up here in NJ, but I don't think I've seen any with dates. I would have to look through all my cemetery folders to be sure. This was very interesting though. What a sad story, though about the man being dragged by his mule. Wow.
Mr. Dan has amazing stories. He builds a picture as if you were there, and sincerely felt. Keep up your endeavor for uncovering what time and people have kept covered, and yet discovered. Love your channel
Shhh Robert your making to much noise now, your liable to wake the Dead now. I'm telling you to be Quieter. Lol. ! I always enjoy going to these Old Cemetery's as the information I get durning the Cemetery's that we explore. Thanks Robert, Dan and the other Gentlemen. I really enjoyed today.
Lowest of low those who would steal from a cemetery. Old or new. Sadly there are plenty of them out there. Sad story about Mr Winfrey. Those poor children would’ve carried that incident for life. Plus the poor mule. Probably just thought it was time to go home after a long workday. Bo doubt got terrified by what he was dragging behind him. Could smell the blood.
Grave robbers will have no luck . My father taught us early on never ever take anything even if you see a coin, never remove from a grave or graveyard. I hope the people who took the stone see this and do the right thing,bring it back to it's resting place.
I will never be able to understand why anyone would steal or destroy headstones! What value are they to someone besides the family of the person named on the stone. Good grief...there are some real lowlife's among us!!
Interesting stories. Robert, you try so hard to find and put the pieces together. Never Give Up. It's sad the headstones are missing. Maybe the person who took them and the gate, put them in a different place of remembrance. Nice thought at least.
How I wish you could locate the Smith cemetary, which was plowed over many years ago in Lawrence County in Arkansas. My relatives were the Smiths, and Holobaughs.
Very interesting hearing stories about the past, they all had hard lives back then. I don't think they knew how to quit they just persevered. That is why the USA was the reason why WW2 was won. The youth of today would never make it. SAD 😔
