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James had a son named James Jefferson Crawford. He was born in 1833 and is buried at Sardis Methodist Church cemetery in Talbot county. His obituary lists the age of his father at 100 and his grandmother at 115, WOW!! Edit: John Maston Crawford was another son of James. He's buried up the road from Waverly Hall near Shiloh at Fellowship Primitive Baptist.
I did a quick look and in 1870 5 people were living in that house one male (James he was 98) and 4 Females. Mary Crawford (78) , Martha Crawford (48), Elizabeth Crawford (36), Nancy East (19).
@@onie4024 Its easy.... If you have a first and last name and a date of birth and a location Ancestry will find any info that may be out there 9 times out of 10.
@@powderriver2424 IDK what to tell you. I have no issues with it at all. I have been able to trace my family all the way back to 1071 in England. I also have no issue finding anybody I look for doing research from vids like these and others.
I think you should start a graveyard cleaning business and it all be voluntary. I would love to clean up all the forgotten cemeteries. The people deserve respect no matter who they are.
A local Boy Scout did research and found a very old forgotten cemetery along a road in someone’s back yard! The graveyard was only steps from the house but so overgrown the people living there had no idea there were over 50 graves in their backyard. Two of the graves were the founders of a nearby town.
I'm so glad you guys found that old cemetery. I hope you can bring that 96 year old up there to see it! So many babies and children are buried there. I wonder how many lived.
In America in 1800 462.89 out of 1,000 children did not survive until their 5th birthday that's 46%. By the 1830's(when some of the children in this cemetery died) it had decreased to 447.87 per 1,000 kids under 5 ( 45%) Thank God for modern medicine and vaccines.
Can you imagine how long it took to dig that well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Born 1773! 100 years old!!! Amazing. A lot of young Crawford children...sad. Awesome video.
James Crawford lived through Washington and Lincoln's presidencies. From the horse and the written word to fast, transcontinental travel, The Victrola, and almost instant communication through the telegraph, and photography. He missed the telephone by just 2 years. That had to be bewildering for the old guy, if he experienced it all. That was a lot of change, even for a century of life.
Thank you for doing this. It's nice that the cemeteries you find give these people their names back to the public and maybe their families that didn't know where they were buried
@Beth Jackson Well said Beth. Until this visit their names have probably not been spoken in a very long time. I 'd like to think heard and know they're no longer forgotten. There are some very sad stories resting there.
Very sad to see the names and dates and,as a mother, think about the woman who brought all these children into the world,. She must have rocked those precious infants in her arms beside that very fireplace .. There were others who she kept to love a few years longer and others, not buried or grave not discovered yet here. I wonder how many children she and her husband had altogether? I have a friend who researches her family history and she says that when you think of the departed and speak their name, they know and they “take a breath”. .Well, now it is a very good thing that you have discovered the Crawford family cemetary and you will hopefully bring the living descendant to out to see it. and other family members will learn of it.
I was thinking the same thing! Times were hard back then just to live! Somebody took care of him with love to live that long! Hunting, having chickens and fishing was your meat source! Chopping wood for heat!
Robert it is sites like these that make you wonder more about the people who lived there. As your friend said they must have been dirt poor but they had fantastic ethics and morals. I would think those markers of the children were not cheap to obtain yet they were beautiful and honoured the children in the highest fashion. Good decent folks. May they forever Rest In Peace knowing that someone like yourself is taking the time to acknowledge and document their time there. Thank you Robert for finding them. God bless.
So sad. So many babies died so young. And young children. What heartbreak for their parents over and over. So pleased that you found the cemetery finally. What incredible hystory you have uncovered Robert and Dan. Dan is such a wealth of information that its a good thing that you are documenting him and all his knowledge so one day they won’t say “he knew so much it’s shame that no one documented it”. Thank you so much. Donna/Michigan
If you walk around old cemeteries you see lots of children’s graves from the early 1900’s back. Chances are the same was with your family members back then. The death rate of children was high. Recall graves in a western Kansas cemetery dating from the 1870’s with the graves of three young boys ranging from 6 - 10 years old from the same family that died within days of each other. To this day I can’t imagine the pain and anguish that their pioneer Mom & Dad went through. A truly hard life.
@@edwarddesoignie1194 Infant and child death is the main reason life expectancy was so low, back then. If you lived past childhood, odds are that you were going to live around as long as we live, now.
You'll notice on these graves as well as other cemeteries from that era, the babies that died young typically died the summer after they were born. A common reason for that was what was called "summer complaint". When a baby was weaned they were switched to a diet that contained milk straight from the cow - if the family had one. Or milk was purchased from someone who did. Milk spoils quickly in warm weather if not refrigerated. When fed to babies it would cause severe dysentery. Back then, no antibiotics, IV fluids, there was nothing that could be done to stop the vomiting and diarrhea and the baby died. My maternal grandfather lost a baby sister to summer complaint. She was born in November of 1899 and died in August of 1900. I had an old medical text book from the 1880s that said if a baby was born alive (many weren't) 10% would die in the first month, 25% would die before the age of 5 and an additional 25% would not make it to adulthood.
@@edwarddesoignie1194 I grew up in a rural town in northern Wisconsin. We lived across the street from the local cemetery. When I was a teenager I walked over there one day and was just looking at some of the gravestones. One family group was located in the oldest part of the cemetery, right on the roadway. It was a mother, aged about 30, and to the right of her grave were the graves of her six children, ranging in age from a baby to a boy of 10. They all died within 3 days in July of 1874. At the end of the row was the father. He died five years after his family was wiped out. He wasn't even 40. In the local library I found a book titled "The History of Barron County", published in 1920. I looked through it and found a one sentence reference that there had been an outbreak of typhoid in the county in July of 1874 and many people died. So I assume that is what took this family.
Wow !....To make it to almost 100 years old in those days? And then there were so many Children that didn't see their 1st birthday. I really enjoyed this episode...Dan is easy to listen to... Take care guys.
Oh my goodness to walk back to a time, space and place that meant so much to that family. Dan you are so mesmerizing and a great historian. Thank you Robert well done!
Great video and great story telling. Really brought me back in time and I could envision what the lives of the Crawfords were like. I wonder if they have living descendants? Thanks.
Great cemetery find Robert. I recommend you boys go and get the old man and bring him to his family's cemetery as soon as possible. It will most likely be one of the high light's of his life.
Great explore Robert and Dan. That fireplace must have been huge. Scary, deep well to have unmarked out in the woods. Sad, so many children in the cemetery, life waS so hard in those days. Thanks for taking the time to read their names
The fireplaces had to be huge back then. It was their heat and cooking source. Most families always had a pot of beans or stew over the fireplace simmering all the time. My great grandpa told me so many stories of our family and how they lived when I was young. Wish I would have recorded everything. But he passed when I was 12. And many of the stories are gone with him, all but a few bits and pieces that I remember.
More great stories from Dan. All of the manual labor it took to survive, always amazing. Yes, WWII and after, so many people left their old home place for work, and never regained true happiness, no matter the money made or circumstances. The land and a home place anchors your soul and the ties can never be severed. More children's graves, always the most sad. Wow, how great would it be taking Mr. Ben to the Crawford cemetery?! Another Great episode of/from Rough Edge!!
Yes, gentlemen the stories of the families that settled this country are amazing. The stamina some of them had to travel so far,some of them on foot. In KY it is written in books the trees were so thick and huge, only one person at a time could pass through them, families lived in them...they lived in rock shelters,raised children there. But unfortunately a lot of children died along the way. But the people kept moving toward a promise of betterment. My ancestors were some of them,mostly farmers. They ate game,and fish,grew corn,ground it themselves. We have a site in our county of an old mill built not too long after people left Boonesboro in a settlement built by Capt. Billy Bush,there is a rock church there with gun ports in the walls,they were still fighting Indian attacks. There is a cemetery behind the church. Hard to believe sometimes that was just 5 generations ago. America is still fighting for a better way. Thanks for the walk on that mountain in GA. it has seen a lot,too. And you are remembering a family that tried.👍💞💞💞Love from KY.
Robert I love to adventure with you (and other Robert) when you happen to find a cemetery that you didn't know was there. I also love to listen to Dan tell the stories of the people who use to live there, he is such a great historian and story teller. Great find! Can't wait to see the follow up video when you bring Dan's friend to visit. Keep up the Great Work! Love from Canada
My grandparents lived the house that our ancestors built in 1803. They had a hand dug well with a bucket on a rope and their was a cup that the original family kept along side that well so that if you got thirsty will lugging water to the house you could help yourself.. This property reminds me of that property. Houses from that era almost always had a one room log cabin,with a dug well on 1 side & a outhouse on the opposite,& usually they had their own family cemetery where they buried the homesteaders. I don’t know exactly where you filmed this but this was a typical set up from around that time.
So much important family information contained in that cemetery. I noticed that Crawford family trees online are missing death dates and details for the children that passed. I hope someone connected to the family sees this video and visits the cemetery to record the information before it is lost. Thank you so much for sharing.
Loved this video. I live Crawford park Alstonville NSW Australia. This land was the farm of William Ambrose Crawford. There is so many surnames of the graves you find that are the same as early settlers of this area. Can’t help but wonder if they were related! Love your videos.
Robert & Dan, Thank you for all of the sights that you bring to us. There’s so much history in your part of the country that we here in the north no nothing about , which is shameful. At the ripe old age of 75 years I have learned so much about your state of Georgia. People like the two of you are just the best.
I really enjoy your videos. Please cover that open well! What if someone bring their kids exploring and has no idea that is there. Kids often run carelessly here and there. Besides, animals may fall in an be unable to escape.
LOVED this video!! I want to see more of this old settlement site, and hope that Mr. Crawford is not too elderly to make it to the now discovered cemetery. It would be fascinating to hear his stories! Sidenote: do you all ever place logs across open wells? We always did this, over the years, whenever we came across them, and just used with several logs. We know they would rot, still it helps to cover those huge dangerous holes. And do you ever use surveyors tape tied to trees to mark? No need to reply. God bless!
Yeah Robert, you should carry logs around in the back of your jeep to cover old wells up. I carry them around in the bed of my truck right next to the nuke bomb defusers. It's so practical. You wouldn't want the great population of Rough Edge wondering off into wells.
I live in an old coal town and during the big mine strikes, the miners were digging on their own. Many of the air shafts were just covered with logs when they were done with them. Now they are death traps. The logs are rotted, but are choked with leaves over the top. Better to be able to see the holes.
Robert, this series that you are doing with your friend Dan has been fascinating. That man has so much historical information in his mind it is amazing. Thank you for taking us along. It's always so sad to see so many children's graves. I wonder if any Crawfords lived to adults.
Enjoying the videos. thanks for the time and effort. hint: my wife helped a group record the graves in black cemeteries in central TX. They used shaving cream and a stiff (not wire) brush to make the inscriptions more visible.
Great video and series in Rough Edge. This is the third video in this area that it looks like you passed an Indian Trail Tree (marker tree). In this one, you can see a trail tree at the beginning, at around 15 seconds, to the right of Dan. The tree is bent with sharp angle pointing towards the ground and you can see a small knob at the tip. I believe it’s a ceremonial marker tree, pointing to a grave site. Very interesting area!
Cemeteries from that time bring to front all the blessing we have to day. Seeing one family that lost so many young children in such a short period should remind us how gracious God has been to us as a people. Thanks for sharing
It is so wonderful you were able to find the cemetery! The gentleman who is in his 90s and a descendant of the Crawfords, would you be able to film an interview of him? It would be wonderful to hear what he knows. I hope he will be able to the cemetery soon.
Good job gentlemen, for finding the cemetery & the names of some who lived & died there.For reading aloud their names. My father was from a similar hillside in eastern KY.,born in 1911.He told me of a Christmas in his childhood when he received an orange.
Thank you, gentlemen for taking us on this adventure! A wealth of history in those mountains! I'm like y'all, I'd rather traipse around old homesteads than go on a cruise. When I found some fascinating family history of my own, I told my dad we owe it to those before us to tell their story!
I love doing this kind of work. There's so much history out in the woods across the country. So many stories that accompany that history as well. I like finding people that people thought they would never find. It's joyous to me.
I love seeing all these old abandoned homes lot of history. I wish I could find some here in Boston. The families holidays fun times in these old homes. Wish we could take a glimpse of what it was like back then. Simple easy times
That's amazing, I love old homes, things, and history. When I was younger my cousin and I were hiking way down off of Mt Mitchell and found the remains of an old log cabin. The only thing about this graveyard was so many children who died so young, it's sad and life must have been so hard.
Family is from east Tennessee, I was amazed at how many cemeterys were hid in the woods. Some long forgotten, stones so old that they were wore down couldn't make out much, others kept up and cared for, but so far off the path you really had to know where to look.
I enjoy listening to Mr. Dan’s stories and commentary. It reminds me of sitting and listening to my late daddy tell me his tales of West Virginia. Thank you.
I haven’t scrolled through the comments- so excuse me if I’m repeating something that someone has said. Did you realize that James Crawford’s birthday (Dec. 24, 1773?) was Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve (in the 1970’s) was when your father took you up to the old home place for the first time. I think that is just too cool. You visited on James Crawford’s birthday and it took over 50 years to discover it.
I love that you do this, just wish you lived in Pennsylvania where my family was from. I've done Genealogy for 40 years, and as the searcher of my family's history this would make my day. Your giving back lost family to someone that might be searching themselves. To you it might a walk in the woods, to me it's priceless.
What an awesome video. The craftsmanship in that long-standing chimney. And the wonderful cemetery! So glad you guys found it and, in your always respectful way, a few of those names were spoken again. It’s just amazing how many children were lost at such early ages, heartbreaking. I’m 73 years old, and the dignity you grant to these folks and the respect you show to them and their resting places speaks to the kind of person you are, Robert. So you, in turn, have my utmost respect. You’re a good man, Charlie Brown.
What people? Nobody lives there. Nobody. You can not believe it. This is in the middle of nowhere and you need 4 wheel drive to get there! It's like if a tree falls and no one is around does it make a noise? It's that remote.
@@forecon11 They are there.,so anybody could wind up messing around in that area. Not to mention the likelihood that animals have died because of falling in. Needs to be filled in or covered over with something. It's stupid to leave it like that
This is wonderful! To explore this cemetery, with so many young children buried here, then to return with the 95 year old descendant later. Those stones are lovely.
You earned a new subscriber with this one! How very interesting . This was the true meaning of “the homestead “ when families had roots, and stories passed from generation to generation! Nowadays you are lucky if they know their grandparents or if they stay in 1 place more than a year or 2 . This was a difficult life, but it was a Home to many♥️
I got kinda nervous traipsing around with y'all looking for that well 😉 Dan kinda knew where it was .. thank goodness. Then wow y'all found the cemetery .. awesome!! Man they sure had a lot of children die at early ages, many if I heard you correctly Robbie in 1857. Maybe cholera .. that era is when a third wave took place. Hopefully y'all can figure how to get the elder up there thru the woods to the cemetery. Ohh a side by side would definitely work. Can't wait to see that vid. Would b very cool to see him visiting his fam there. Bet he has some stories to tell☺️
Wow...If anyone can find an old cemetery, it's you. I hope you are able to get the elderly gentleman up there to see it. Ill take those crunching leaves any day! Thank you for the trip!
I'm glad that y'all found the gravesite but it's so sad that so many babies and children are laid there. Great job on this one Robbie. Thanks so much. PS I seen the well on your TikTok lol please see if you or Dan can get it covered up 🥺😕
This is amazing Robert. So happy you found this old cemetery. It is sad to see all the children that died so young. I also love hearing Dan's stories about all the history of this area. Dan has a very calming voice. Great job Robert and Dan 👍
Thank you for doing this - the world needs to be reminded of this history. We are living in a world I don't really understand anymore, and I was only born in 1980, but have seen things change SO much. Thank you again and I will try to promote your videos as much as I can!
What a meaningful adventure! Thank you so much for sharing that! I can hardly imagine how it was and anybody could’ve dug a Deep well like that by hand in a mountain. Blows my mind. I sure hope you guys thought to put up something over around that hole to keep somebody from falling into that unawares and might be just up there getting away the same as you were, but maybe by themselves.
Hi Robert and gang they were hard working families to survive back then early settlement it's amazing there names are still around today it's great to hear the history of the area nice to listen to the old stories of the early settlers thanks again folks 😀 👍 😊 Andrew south wales uk 🇬🇧
It must have taken faith and hope to dig such a deep well up on a mountain. It is surprising they found water in such a place. It must have been such heartache to have so many children die at such early ages with the childhood disease that ran rampant in those days. Thank you for showing us these wonderful and near forgotten places.
Thanks for sharing. Old wells are scary. I’ve run into them on old abandoned farmstead in wooded-over public hunting areas. One I recall has covered by rotted-over boards and leaves that had fallen over the years and could’ve been stepped on. Could have resulted in a life-ending event.
Awesome video…keep up the fantastic work! Great job by you and Dan. It is great that you are taping Dan or anyone that knows back stories. I can’t count how I regret not taping my parents and others back in my younger days when they would talk about their younger lives and tell us stories especially about our ancestors. My dad lived to be 102 and his mind was vivid to the last. Talk to the gentleman and document. Can’t wait for an update.
Robert and Dan, Well said by both of you! We rarely think of how short life was in those days, we take modern medicine for granted. Dan, You are lucky to have had a Dad who told you stories of the past, oral history is so important and you are passing it on to us! Cheers, Rik Spector
Mom has told me that she and her 3 sisters were elated to get a small paper bag for Christmas growing up. In it would be one or two pieces of fruit, a few pieces of hard candy, and a few nuts. Some years they even got a doll.
By the looks of it the Crawford's had some riches up till the depression maybe. Some of those stones are very elaborate. Your so lucky to have found it thank you for sharing
We believe that a Crawford grave child came back and put those stones there, probably around the turn of the century. It’s an assumption but a good one. The people who are buried there had very little means, but a later son found some wealth in Columbus, Ga.
Where in the world has the other Robert been? Sure hope he's alright and really miss the two Roberts together- Btw, the Christmas tree in the old Byrd house was absolutely beautiful-
What a beautiful respectful video with two interesting respectful men. Loved it. When I was a boy in the 1970s there was still one old couple in the street who had the Ice Man call once a week with a block of ice. They had electricity but had never bought an electric fridge. The people who went through the Great Depression 1929-1939 were like that.
Excellent. The history there is amazing. If people would stop and think how far we've come since then, and compare our lives today to back then... wow.
More from Rough Edge! Amazing old homesite and we finally found that old cemetery…… there is a lot of history in these hills. And boy those leaves sure are loud….
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Who owns the land up there now..
You should tweak the volume levels in editing, the leaves are painfully loud, but I want to hear what y’all say…
Please do a follow up with the 96 year old gentleman here at the cemetery.
James had a son named James Jefferson Crawford. He was born in 1833 and is buried at Sardis Methodist Church cemetery in Talbot county. His obituary lists the age of his father at 100 and his grandmother at 115, WOW!!
Edit: John Maston Crawford was another son of James. He's buried up the road from Waverly Hall near Shiloh at Fellowship Primitive Baptist.
I did a quick look and in 1870 5 people were living in that house one male (James he was 98) and 4 Females. Mary Crawford (78) , Martha Crawford (48), Elizabeth Crawford (36), Nancy East (19).
How do you even know where to look?
@@onie4024 Its easy.... If you have a first and last name and a date of birth and a location Ancestry will find any info that may be out there 9 times out of 10.
Old boy was a pimp
I have ancestry and I can’t find nothing, even for my own family, As far as I’m concerned it’s a scam.
@@powderriver2424 IDK what to tell you. I have no issues with it at all. I have been able to trace my family all the way back to 1071 in England. I also have no issue finding anybody I look for doing research from vids like these and others.
I think you should start a graveyard cleaning business and it all be voluntary. I would love to clean up all the forgotten cemeteries. The people deserve respect no matter who they are.
You hit my statment sandi...!!!!
Very in the poin
Would be nice if a civic group would adopt these cemeteries and keep them up.
Amen!
A local Boy Scout did research and found a very old forgotten cemetery along a road in someone’s back yard! The graveyard was only steps from the house but so overgrown the people living there had no idea there were over 50 graves in their backyard. Two of the graves were the founders of a nearby town.
This made me very sad ,but at least you have found all the Graves. Their not forgotten. ❤
I'm so glad you guys found that old cemetery. I hope you can bring that 96 year old up there to see it! So many babies and children are buried there. I wonder how many lived.
In America in 1800 462.89 out of 1,000 children did not survive until their 5th birthday that's 46%. By the 1830's(when some of the children in this cemetery died) it had decreased to 447.87 per 1,000 kids under 5 ( 45%) Thank God for modern medicine and vaccines.
@@jendyson6729 , REAL vaccines that actually prevent diseases.
@@sarisigmund2115 Vaccines are not 100% they provide protection against serious disease and complications.
@@sarisigmund2115 vaccines like we have now.
Can you imagine how long it took to dig that well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Born 1773! 100 years old!!! Amazing. A lot of young Crawford children...sad. Awesome video.
who's to say the children didnt die digging the well
1773 wasn't even officially the United States Of America, about kids dying in the well we will never know.
That mama and daddy lost so many children 😢 peaceful little cemetery. I love the medallions on those graves....very unique ❤️
From a man who was nearly one hundred years old to infants less than a year.....very stark contrast.
Thank you Robert & Dan for finding this one.
Look at Marlon Brandon fathered a child at 80 something!
@@maryellenshock What?????
@@maryellenshock alrighty then......
James Crawford lived through Washington and Lincoln's presidencies. From the horse and the written word to fast, transcontinental travel, The Victrola, and almost instant communication through the telegraph, and photography. He missed the telephone by just 2 years. That had to be bewildering for the old guy, if he experienced it all. That was a lot of change, even for a century of life.
Thank you for doing this. It's nice that the cemeteries you find give these people their names back to the public and maybe their families that didn't know where they were buried
@Beth Jackson Well said Beth. Until this visit their names have probably not been spoken in a very long time. I 'd like to think heard and know they're no longer forgotten. There are some very sad stories resting there.
Very sad to see the names and dates and,as a mother, think about the woman who brought all these children into the world,. She must have rocked those precious infants in her arms beside that very fireplace .. There were others who she kept to love a few years longer and others, not buried or grave not discovered yet here. I wonder how many children she and her husband had altogether? I have a friend who researches her family history and she says that when you think of the departed and speak their name, they know and they “take a breath”. .Well, now it is a very good thing that you have discovered the Crawford family cemetary and you will hopefully bring the living descendant to out to see it. and other family members will learn of it.
I am so happy to see Dan has finally found this cemetery. Amazing the James Crawford lived to almost 100 years of age. Loving these videos with Dan..
I was thinking the same thing! Times were hard back then just to live! Somebody took care of him with love to live that long! Hunting, having chickens and fishing was your meat source! Chopping wood for heat!
Robert it is sites like these that make you wonder more about the people who lived there. As your friend said they must have been dirt poor but they had fantastic ethics and morals. I would think those markers of the children were not cheap to obtain yet they were beautiful and honoured the children in the highest fashion. Good decent folks. May they forever Rest In Peace knowing that someone like yourself is taking the time to acknowledge and document their time there. Thank you Robert for finding them. God bless.
God bless you for the respect and kindful way you treated each grave.
So sad. So many babies died so young. And young children. What heartbreak for their parents over and over. So pleased that you found the cemetery finally. What incredible hystory you have uncovered Robert and Dan. Dan is such a wealth of information that its a good thing that you are documenting him and all his knowledge so one day they won’t say “he knew so much it’s shame that no one documented it”. Thank you so much. Donna/Michigan
If you walk around old cemeteries you see lots of children’s graves from the early 1900’s back. Chances are the same was with your family members back then. The death rate of children was high. Recall graves in a western Kansas cemetery dating from the 1870’s with the graves of three young boys ranging from 6 - 10 years old from the same family that died within days of each other. To this day I can’t imagine the pain and anguish that their pioneer Mom & Dad went through. A truly hard life.
@@edwarddesoignie1194 Infant and child death is the main reason life expectancy was so low, back then. If you lived past childhood, odds are that you were going to live around as long as we live, now.
Now a days women just get a abortion and the Man goes to jail for marrying a 14 Year old bride
You'll notice on these graves as well as other cemeteries from that era, the babies that died young typically died the summer after they were born. A common reason for that was what was called "summer complaint". When a baby was weaned they were switched to a diet that contained milk straight from the cow - if the family had one. Or milk was purchased from someone who did. Milk spoils quickly in warm weather if not refrigerated. When fed to babies it would cause severe dysentery. Back then, no antibiotics, IV fluids, there was nothing that could be done to stop the vomiting and diarrhea and the baby died. My maternal grandfather lost a baby sister to summer complaint. She was born in November of 1899 and died in August of 1900. I had an old medical text book from the 1880s that said if a baby was born alive (many weren't) 10% would die in the first month, 25% would die before the age of 5 and an additional 25% would not make it to adulthood.
@@edwarddesoignie1194 I grew up in a rural town in northern Wisconsin. We lived across the street from the local cemetery. When I was a teenager I walked over there one day and was just looking at some of the gravestones. One family group was located in the oldest part of the cemetery, right on the roadway. It was a mother, aged about 30, and to the right of her grave were the graves of her six children, ranging in age from a baby to a boy of 10. They all died within 3 days in July of 1874. At the end of the row was the father. He died five years after his family was wiped out. He wasn't even 40. In the local library I found a book titled "The History of Barron County", published in 1920. I looked through it and found a one sentence reference that there had been an outbreak of typhoid in the county in July of 1874 and many people died. So I assume that is what took this family.
Wow !....To make it to almost 100 years old in those days? And then there were so many Children that didn't see their 1st birthday. I really enjoyed this episode...Dan is easy to listen to... Take care guys.
Oh my goodness to walk back to a time, space and place that meant so much to that family. Dan you are so mesmerizing and a great historian. Thank you Robert well done!
Great video and great story telling. Really brought me back in time and I could envision what the lives of the Crawfords were like. I wonder if they have living descendants? Thanks.
Great cemetery find Robert. I recommend you boys go and get the old man and bring him to his family's cemetery as soon as possible. It will most likely be one of the high light's of his life.
Great explore Robert and Dan. That fireplace must have been huge. Scary, deep well to have unmarked out in the woods. Sad, so many children in the cemetery, life waS so hard in those days. Thanks for taking the time to read their names
Were is the other Robert
That well should probably be covered up with some type of barrier.
The fireplaces had to be huge back then. It was their heat and cooking source. Most families always had a pot of beans or stew over the fireplace simmering all the time. My great grandpa told me so many stories of our family and how they lived when I was young. Wish I would have recorded everything. But he passed when I was 12. And many of the stories are gone with him, all but a few bits and pieces that I remember.
"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."
More great stories from Dan. All of the manual labor it took to survive, always amazing. Yes, WWII and after, so many people left their old home place for work, and never regained true happiness, no matter the money made or circumstances. The land and a home place anchors your soul and the ties can never be severed. More children's graves, always the most sad. Wow, how great would it be taking Mr. Ben to the Crawford cemetery?! Another Great episode of/from Rough Edge!!
Good time to break out the magnet and go fishing in the well!
For sure
Yes, gentlemen the stories of the families that settled this country are amazing. The stamina some of them had to travel so far,some of them on foot. In KY it is written in books the trees were so thick and huge, only one person at a time could pass through them, families lived in them...they lived in rock shelters,raised children there. But unfortunately a lot of children died along the way. But the people kept moving toward a promise of betterment. My ancestors were some of them,mostly farmers. They ate game,and fish,grew corn,ground it themselves. We have a site in our county of an old mill built not too long after people left Boonesboro in a settlement built by Capt. Billy Bush,there is a rock church there with gun ports in the walls,they were still fighting Indian attacks. There is a cemetery behind the church. Hard to believe sometimes that was just 5 generations ago. America is still fighting for a better way. Thanks for the walk on that mountain in GA. it has seen a lot,too. And you are remembering a family that tried.👍💞💞💞Love from KY.
Robert I love to adventure with you (and other Robert) when you happen to find a cemetery that you didn't know was there. I also love to listen to Dan tell the stories of the people who use to live there, he is such a great historian and story teller. Great find! Can't wait to see the follow up video when you bring Dan's friend to visit. Keep up the Great Work! Love from Canada
My grandparents lived the house that our ancestors built in 1803. They had a hand dug well with a bucket on a rope and their was a cup that the original family kept along side that well so that if you got thirsty will lugging water to the house you could help yourself.. This property reminds me of that property. Houses from that era almost always had a one room log cabin,with a dug well on 1 side & a outhouse on the opposite,& usually they had their own family cemetery where they buried the homesteaders. I don’t know exactly where you filmed this but this was a typical set up from around that time.
So much important family information contained in that cemetery. I noticed that Crawford family trees online are missing death dates and details for the children that passed. I hope someone connected to the family sees this video and visits the cemetery to record the information before it is lost. Thank you so much for sharing.
So glad you found it. Please let us tag along when you bring the 98 year old gentleman to see his family.🐝🤗❤️
Loved this video. I live Crawford park Alstonville NSW Australia. This land was the farm of William Ambrose Crawford. There is so many surnames of the graves you find that are the same as early settlers of this area. Can’t help but wonder if they were related! Love your videos.
I love your videos of these old places. They are about 1 generation from being lost completely. Thank you to you and your friends for time and effort.
Robert & Dan, Thank you for all of the sights that you bring to us. There’s so much history in your part of the country that we here in the north no nothing about , which is shameful. At the ripe old age of 75 years I have learned so much about your state of Georgia. People like the two of you are just the best.
The irony, a man who lived to be a hundred years old & the rest mainly very young children. So sad😔🙏🏼🧸❤️
I really enjoy your videos. Please cover that open well! What if someone bring their kids exploring and has no idea that is there. Kids often run carelessly here and there. Besides, animals may fall in an be unable to escape.
Yes for sure they should cover it up even animals would fall in there.
It’s a tragedy waiting to happen.
LOVED this video!! I want to see more of this old settlement site, and hope that Mr. Crawford is not too elderly to make it to the now discovered cemetery. It would be fascinating to hear his stories! Sidenote: do you all ever place logs across open wells? We always did this, over the years, whenever we came across them, and just used with several logs. We know they would rot, still it helps to cover those huge dangerous holes. And do you ever use surveyors tape tied to trees to mark? No need to reply. God bless!
So many children.☹I hope you can somehow get that man back there.
Yeah Robert, you should carry logs around in the back of your jeep to cover old wells up. I carry them around in the bed of my truck right next to the nuke bomb defusers. It's so practical. You wouldn't want the great population of Rough Edge wondering off into wells.
I live in an old coal town and during the big mine strikes, the miners were digging on their own. Many of the air shafts were just covered with logs when they were done with them. Now they are death traps. The logs are rotted, but are choked with leaves over the top. Better to be able to see the holes.
@@forecon11 🤔🤔🤔
I wonder how many deer & critters have fallen down that hole.😢
Robert, this series that you are doing with your friend Dan has been fascinating. That man has so much historical information in his mind it is amazing. Thank you for taking us along. It's always so sad to see so many children's graves. I wonder if any Crawfords lived to adults.
I NEEDED A SIDESTEP ADVENTURE TODAY ! I have been sick ALL week, and nothing interests me. THANK YOU for the breath of life !
Enjoying the videos. thanks for the time and effort. hint: my wife helped a group record the graves in black cemeteries in central TX. They used shaving cream and a stiff (not wire) brush to make the inscriptions more visible.
Great video and series in Rough Edge. This is the third video in this area that it looks like you passed an Indian Trail Tree (marker tree). In this one, you can see a trail tree at the beginning, at around 15 seconds, to the right of Dan. The tree is bent with sharp angle pointing towards the ground and you can see a small knob at the tip. I believe it’s a ceremonial marker tree, pointing to a grave site. Very interesting area!
Cemeteries from that time bring to front all the blessing we have to day. Seeing one family that lost so many young children in such a short period should remind us how gracious God has been to us as a people. Thanks for sharing
It is so wonderful you were able to find the cemetery! The gentleman who is in his 90s and a descendant of the Crawfords, would you be able to film an interview of him? It would be wonderful to hear what he knows. I hope he will be able to the cemetery soon.
They did do it, did you see the video?
@@bethbartlett5692 can you link it ? I can’t find it
Good job gentlemen, for finding the cemetery & the names of some who lived & died there.For reading aloud their names. My father was from a similar hillside in eastern KY.,born in 1911.He told me of a Christmas in his childhood when he received an orange.
I’m not crying about the leafs, I just want to say the microphones I noticed in an other video were well worth it. Thanks for keeping history alive!
Wow! I hope your documenting all this as to preserve it, and is there any records of the people buried there? Awesome find. Good job.
Glad you found this place. So many babies that only lived 1 to 10 yrs of age those were very hard times.
One of the best videos you've done! Remembering that family, and the others, just wonderful. Thank you so much!
Amazing how Mother Nature does everything in her power to reclaim the land!! Thanku Robert & Dan!!
Thank you, gentlemen for taking us on this adventure! A wealth of history in those mountains! I'm like y'all, I'd rather traipse around old homesteads than go on a cruise. When I found some fascinating family history of my own, I told my dad we owe it to those before us to tell their story!
What a great video. Locating the old family graveyard was such a great find.
I love doing this kind of work. There's so much history out in the woods across the country. So many stories that accompany that history as well. I like finding people that people thought they would never find. It's joyous to me.
Just WOW guys one of the best segments to date Well Done God Bless
Thank you
I love seeing all these old abandoned homes lot of history. I wish I could find some here in Boston. The families holidays fun times in these old homes. Wish we could take a glimpse of what it was like back then. Simple easy times
That's amazing, I love old homes, things, and history. When I was younger my cousin and I were hiking way down off of Mt Mitchell and found the remains of an old log cabin. The only thing about this graveyard was so many children who died so young, it's sad and life must have been so hard.
Family is from east Tennessee, I was amazed at how many cemeterys were hid in the woods. Some long forgotten, stones so old that they were wore down couldn't make out much, others kept up and cared for, but so far off the path you really had to know where to look.
What a great video! I do hope you're able to get Mr. Gilson there to see that Cemetery. I think that would be awesome. Nice work!!
I enjoy listening to Mr. Dan’s stories and commentary. It reminds me of sitting and listening to my late daddy tell me his tales of West Virginia. Thank you.
I am absolutely blown away that is an amazing find after all those years. I hope you guys clean off all the headstones so they won’t be forgotten
Absolutely amazing. I find history so interesting, that well was cool. Thank you for sharing.
I haven’t scrolled through the comments- so excuse me if I’m repeating something that someone has said.
Did you realize that James Crawford’s birthday (Dec. 24, 1773?) was Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve (in the 1970’s) was when your father took you up to the old home place for the first time. I think that is just too cool. You visited on James Crawford’s birthday and it took over 50 years to discover it.
I love that you do this, just wish you lived in Pennsylvania where my family was from. I've done Genealogy for 40 years, and as the searcher of my family's history this would make my day. Your giving back lost family to someone that might be searching themselves. To you it might a walk in the woods, to me it's priceless.
What an awesome video. The craftsmanship in that long-standing chimney. And the wonderful cemetery! So glad you guys found it and, in your always respectful way, a few of those names were spoken again. It’s just amazing how many children were lost at such early ages, heartbreaking. I’m 73 years old, and the dignity you grant to these folks and the respect you show to them and their resting places speaks to the kind of person you are, Robert. So you, in turn, have my utmost respect. You’re a good man, Charlie Brown.
I so love hearing about long lost families and homesteads❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you for what you do
I have no idea....why these tours are so relaxing and interesting
It is so dangerous for a well to be open like that. People could fall in and be killed. However it is amazing to see the old home site and cemetery!
What people? Nobody lives there. Nobody. You can not believe it. This is in the middle of nowhere and you need 4 wheel drive to get there! It's like if a tree falls and no one is around does it make a noise? It's that remote.
I was just wondering how many animals have fallen in it over the years.
@@forecon11 They are there.,so anybody could wind up messing around in that area.
Not to mention the likelihood that animals have died because of falling in.
Needs to be filled in or covered over with something.
It's stupid to leave it like that
Thank you Robert and Dan for sharing your passion for history.Say hello to the other Robert and Cody and the rest of the crew.
This is wonderful! To explore this cemetery, with so many young children buried here, then to return with the 95 year old descendant later. Those stones are lovely.
I do so enjoy you & your friends exploring old cemeterys & old homesteads wish I could do it with you & friends its so exciting 😁
You earned a new subscriber with this one! How very interesting . This was the true meaning of “the homestead “ when families had roots, and stories passed from generation to generation! Nowadays you are lucky if they know their grandparents or if they stay in 1 place more than a year or 2 . This was a difficult life, but it was a Home to many♥️
This whole series has me enthralled. Wow
Wow, what a fascinating find. Thanks to you both for filming and sharing some of the history.
I got kinda nervous traipsing around with y'all looking for that well 😉 Dan kinda knew where it was .. thank goodness. Then wow y'all found the cemetery .. awesome!! Man they sure had a lot of children die at early ages, many if I heard you correctly Robbie in 1857. Maybe cholera .. that era is when a third wave took place. Hopefully y'all can figure how to get the elder up there thru the woods to the cemetery. Ohh a side by side would definitely work. Can't wait to see that vid. Would b very cool to see him visiting his fam there. Bet he has some stories to tell☺️
Glad you found it I'd like to see the old man be able to see it
I love the stories, and the videos. Thanks to you both.
Wow...If anyone can find an old cemetery, it's you. I hope you are able to get the elderly gentleman up there to see it. Ill take those crunching leaves any day! Thank you for the trip!
That is so cool!
beautiful old fireplace. really good stonework. another great video. thanks!!!!!
I like when we hear the stories behind the properties, citizens, or the cemeteries of the past. It adds a something special to your videos.
I'm glad that y'all found the gravesite but it's so sad that so many babies and children are laid there. Great job on this one Robbie. Thanks so much.
PS I seen the well on your TikTok lol please see if you or Dan can get it covered up 🥺😕
This is amazing Robert. So happy you found this old cemetery. It is sad to see all the children that died so young. I also love hearing Dan's stories about all the history of this area. Dan has a very calming voice. Great job Robert and Dan 👍
Very interesting video. Thank you for it!
Thank you for doing this - the world needs to be reminded of this history. We are living in a world I don't really understand anymore, and I was only born in 1980, but have seen things change SO much. Thank you again and I will try to promote your videos as much as I can!
What a meaningful adventure! Thank you so much for sharing that!
I can hardly imagine how it was and anybody could’ve dug a Deep well like that by hand in a mountain. Blows my mind.
I sure hope you guys thought to put up something over around that hole to keep somebody from falling into that unawares and might be just up there getting away the same as you were, but maybe by themselves.
Wonder how many animals might have fallen in that well. What a great video, I love these and the history with them.
Hi Robert and gang they were hard working families to survive back then early settlement it's amazing there names are still around today it's great to hear the history of the area nice to listen to the old stories of the early settlers thanks again folks 😀 👍 😊 Andrew south wales uk 🇬🇧
What an interesting find. Always love your ventures!
It must have taken faith and hope to dig such a deep well up on a mountain. It is surprising they found water in such a place. It must have been such heartache to have so many children die at such early ages with the childhood disease that ran rampant in those days. Thank you for showing us these wonderful and near forgotten places.
One of the best videos ever Robert! Love it!
True
Thanks for sharing. Old wells are scary. I’ve run into them on old abandoned farmstead in wooded-over public hunting areas. One I recall has covered by rotted-over boards and leaves that had fallen over the years and could’ve been stepped on. Could have resulted in a life-ending event.
Awesome video…keep up the fantastic work! Great job by you and Dan. It is great that you are taping Dan or anyone that knows back stories. I can’t count how I regret not taping my parents and others back in my younger days when they would talk about their younger lives and tell us stories especially about our ancestors. My dad lived to be 102 and his mind was vivid to the last. Talk to the gentleman and document. Can’t wait for an update.
That's a big deal discovering that cemetery! I'll create a new findagrave entry if no one else does by tomorrow.
Robert and Dan,
Well said by both of you!
We rarely think of how short life was in those days, we take modern medicine for granted.
Dan,
You are lucky to have had a Dad who told you stories of the past, oral history is so
important and you are passing it on to us!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Fascinating. So many children. Must have been so heartbreaking for the parents. Thank you for paying such respect.
Mom has told me that she and her 3 sisters were elated to get a small paper bag for Christmas growing up. In it would be one or two pieces of fruit, a few pieces of hard candy, and a few nuts. Some years they even got a doll.
Awesome video Robert and Dan! Count on you to find a cemetery! Love hearing Dan tell his stories. What a great find this was!
By the looks of it the Crawford's had some riches up till the depression maybe. Some of those stones are very elaborate. Your so lucky to have found it thank you for sharing
We believe that a Crawford grave child came back and put those stones there, probably around the turn of the century. It’s an assumption but a good one. The people who are buried there had very little means, but a later son found some wealth in Columbus, Ga.
Where in the world has the other Robert been? Sure hope he's alright and really miss the two Roberts together- Btw, the Christmas tree in the old Byrd house was absolutely beautiful-
What a beautiful respectful video with two interesting respectful men. Loved it.
When I was a boy in the 1970s there was still one old couple in the street who had the Ice Man call once a week with a block of ice. They had electricity but had never bought an electric fridge. The people who went through the Great Depression 1929-1939 were like that.
Such a lovely man. Really enjoyed listening to his stories and I enjoyed the video and the history . The scenery wad also beautiful .
Love what you guys are sharing with us. Impressive. God bless these folks and you guys. Thank you.
I enjoyed this so much
what amazing archives you two are creating! wonderful. a haunting place and story. thank you Robert and Mr. Dan.
Excellent. The history there is amazing. If people would stop and think how far we've come since then, and compare our lives today to back then... wow.