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Well at least your ancestor was on the right side of the War Between the States. My direct ancestors fought for Texas in The War Between the States. I can't abide with revisionist historians or SJW's. I don't believe in slavery, and a person of our time can't judge anyone of our time or other eras. DEO VINDICE. I hope you don't let the location of your ancestor be known for modern day vandals would desecrate the gravestone. I would put a battery operated wildlife camera on the gravestone if I were you.
@@carywest9256 Well, aren't you just a ray of bright sunshine and sweet dreams? Your comments about the Civil War are confusing because they read like they conflict with themselves. At any rate, a man with Robert's extensive experience with old cemeteries and graves is well aware of the vulnerability these sites face without you causing worry for him or those that follow Sidestep Adventures. I'm sure, on your recommendation, he'll immediately go out and put security cameras in place ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY, so he can spend time monitoring it. And what would you expect he could do about it if he did see an act of vandalism? Unless the perpetrator shows an ID to the camera, he wouldn't know who it was. And unless he lived within a couple of miles, he wouldn't be able to intervene. So stop spreading your negativity and doomsday suppositions around in the name of concern. It bashes the point of his work.
@@imhere653 I knew when I read the Cary West comment that he was in sort of another reality. There will always be pinhead vandals here and there but after all the years...no bullet holes in the old car. I would love to have seen the trees growing through the old model A's and T's.
@@kenbritton6782 I probably shouldn't have jumped his case so hard. But something about people who give unsolicited advice-especially with a healthy (unnecessary) dose of fear mongering always annoys the hell out of me. Ever seen that character on Saturday Night Live named "Debbie Downer"? Well, there you go.
Great video, I was very fortunate that I knew my Great Grandfather who lived to be 106 years old. He was a child during the civil war, He used to tell me so many stories about the war and his memory was sharp as a tack till the day he died. One interesting detail, he told me 100's of stories about things that happened during the civil war , but he NEVER referred to it as the civil war, or even the war between the states. When he spoke of it, he ALWAYS called it the "War of Northern Aggression". Thought you might find that of interest. Keep up the Great work!
All the information you need on Shady and Emily and his first wife Susan as well as Amanda Norris are on Ancestry. There are some pictures of their descendants as well. There is a ton of info on his ancestors as well. So interesting! Thank you for sharing this part of your family.
Robert, I could tell you were overwhelmed as you sat next to Shady's tombstone. That says a lot about your character as a man. I hope you will do more digging, I think shady would want you to know him.
I think your grand pappy, would appreciate it if you and the friends that accompany you looking for other old cemetery's and finding them in disarray, would appreciate it if you could come on back and clean those dead tree's that have fallen over their graves. And cut back the weeds around them. And maybe put up a log fence if you can't afford to put up a fence around the circle of those trees. Am sure there is a 3rd grave but who can tell with all that debris all over the place. As for the houses, to bad the loggers knocked them down. The beginning of your video was beautiful with all the flowers, tall grass and abandon old homes.
Excellent episode. That was one of my favorites. What's cool is that you are establishing a visual record for your grandkids and great grandkids to reference when they go looking for these places.
Shade G Joiner - Private Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred from 11th Battalion Company B to Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. In Marion, Miss. hospital Oct. 31, 1863. No later record. Pension records show he was sick in hospital close of war. (Born in Ga. in 1841.)
It's saying on Wikipedia that the 47th Georgia was at chickamauga and defended Savannah Georgia. Looks to me they were combating Sherman's push around that area.
Being able to see your own history is priceless and i would love to see a video after you take time to protect what you have shown us Respect for sharing xx
Thanks for sharing your GGGGrandfathers grave with us. It is amazing and sad about how things change so quickly. My Grandparents old stone house is gone. Years back the new owners decided they wanted a new house and the old mid18th century house was destroyed. But I also know where and visit my GGGGrandparents graves about 10 miles from where I live. They were born in Ireland and in fact,I have bother their photos from the late 1850s. He was born in 1772, came here through Philadelphia in 1815. My own Grandfather, born in 1892, knew an old man who's father was a Revolutionary war vet. His Grandfather was in the Civil War. Have his picture too. It's all so very interesting and it makes us realize just how short our time is here and how one or two hundred years isn't that much at all! Thanks Kindly and Good Health and Great Adventures! Thanks to your Mom as well and you GGG Grandfather! DaveyJO in Pa.
Man, I love this. When I was a kid, my Dad would take us through old houses in Virginia owned by ancestors. One had 3 of them buried on the property next to the paved road. I am very sentimental and always have been. There was a house like this one ,same scenario. I went through it as a kid and they knocked it down and cleared the woods around it. I actually thought that's where you were in the beginning of the video. Thanks for the great video
My G-Grandfather X 6 was the founder of Lynchburg, VA. I look forward to visiting and meeting a cousin(a) that I found through a FB Group Memher shop. We've become rather close in terms of realized like traits. Genetics is so amazing. I've been through VA, but not to Lynchburg.
I thought the same thing. There were some strange names back then but then a hundred years from now our great great grands will probably think ours are strange weird or maybe cool.
It becomes personal when family is involved. Trying to bring back memories that we were too young to understand, and now trying to make sense of them. Of the billions or more lives lived over the ages, no one can recount them all, except God who created every spirit.
A truly special piece of history, Robert. What got to me was the way you put your hand on Shadey's headstone and kept it there, like an old friend. He would've been proud of his grandson. I should, he probably *is*. Please tell us more about this special place someday, brother.
It's so wonderful that you can still visit Shady's grave. When you talked about him being senile and damning the Yankees it reminded me of a great Uncle who got caught in Europe when WWII broke out. Because he was a Canadian citizen he was held in a concentration camp for the duration of the war. He, too, became senile in his old age and relived his time spent in the concentration camp. It's very sad that some of us as we age relive the worst times in our lives.
And I'm pretty sure he enjoyed your visit as much as you did Robert. How wonderful to take the time to go see him, pay respect and share that with us. Thank you.
Hi. Michigan woman here, I really enjoy your touching videos.especially this one. I too went to graveyards as a child with my parents and can proudly show my grandkids where their GREAT GREAT GREAT grandparents are buried. They were my great grandparents but I remember her well. He passed before I was born and she passed when I was 14. The cemetery they are in is well kept and the grass always mowed. She was a short French lady who spoke no English although her husband did. She was warm loving and a very good cook She was a housewife and pippi worked at the shipyards in Bay City. Their house is still being lived in. Memories of that sweet lady will never fade. Keep up the good work you are a jewel. Much luv and respect sent your way.💖💕🐂🍓.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory go to Lowes, they sell iron fence panels and they aren't that badly priced. We have some that have lasted 20 years. Contact your local Sons of Confederate Veterans and ask them for a flag, Shady would love that I bet. Thanks for your channel!
Arizona Ranger you can’t just go on someone else’s property and erect a fence or do any clearing/improvements without verbal or written permission from the land’s current owner! Sidestep Adventures needs to do some research and find out who owns the property now and then ask for permission to do any improvements to the area.
No dragging. Would need to be carefully dug out, raised up, and very very delicately winched onto a flat trailer. They have solid frames from the factory, but you do not want to cause so much stress on the body that it tears in half.
Rob that was exceptional, I must thank you for sharing your family history here. The concept that you are there at your great great great grandfathers grave is really amazing to me. I could not help thinking how incredible it was for your mom to actually talk to someone who actually knew Shady. What are the chances of that!!! I'm so pleased that it all directed you in the end to set up Sidestep. Sir, I appreciate this channel considerably it really is first class.
Thank you for taking us to see your Great X3 Granddaddy's grave. I do wish you had a flag to place for him. My Daddy's side of the family were CSA too. The black people who had been freed before the war kept the yankees from burning my Great X 3 Greatuncle's house and fields on the march thru GA.
Crazy how so many civil war soldiers suffered from ptsd. This country has gone through so many changes and times when you step back and look at it is amazing how far we’ve come, we’ve learned and are still learning.
PTSD used to known as "shell shocked". I had an uncle that was a tank driver in WW2, back then there was no tour of duty, you were there until the end of the war or until you couldn't serve anymore. My uncle was the lone survivor of two tanks being destroyed, after he healed from the second they were going to put him in another to drive, long story short, he was discharged on a section 8 "shell shocked". All his family had strict orders from my aunt to never, ever ask him about his service.
I grew up close to NYC and there was an old farm house abandoned when I was a kid that I explored. There’s a nursing home there now. There was another abandoned house behind mine in woods. It was a two family believe it or not but it had a date at the peak 1692. Later, they moved it to a museum in NJ. The Demerest house. It’s with the VonSteuben house. It’s the location Washington and his revolutionary army spent two weeks after evacuating New York City. I love the historic stuff just like you, Robert!
I also grew up in that area, and remember the von steuben house, and the area around Old Tappan and Tappan. It's all different there now, I guess that's progress. I also remember the DeWolf cemeteries on DeWolf Rd., which were kept cleared up not only by the neighbors, but our girl scout troop also worked in it.
As I recently posted to you I have just found a lady who has been to our BRADLEY FAMILY GRAVEYARD in the woods. I still haven't been there yet as we are all staying home due to Covid 19. But I can't tell anyone how exciting it was to find her. And the information she has given so far. Thanks for sharing your family Graveyard with all of us. Very Interesting VERY...
Wow ! What a fantastic trip down memory lane for you Robert. And for Cody to see his great, great, great, great grandfather' grave ! You never hear of that now days. P.S.- you should have kept a piece of the cobalt glass for a momento !
When I was a kid we would go to an aunt's house in the country; each time we made the turn we passed a little cemetery on a hill. I felt a weird sensation like it was calling to me but I never got to stop. Fast forward to my early 20s...I'm on the "genealogy graveyard trail" so I decide to make a visit. Lo and behold I find the final resting place of my paternal great-great-grandparents. Laugh if you must, but I think Charles and Sarah wanted to meet me.
My mom took us all through Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi looking for old family homes, family cemeteries, and big cemeteries from the time we were small kids up through high school. Watching your channel brings back memories of walking through the graveyards and checking out all of the names and dates
I live 5 miles from there. My wife's mother is also Shady's great great granddaughter . There is another cemetary close to there you might be interested in.
Robert, this video popped up from two years ago. I somehow missed it. I know the emotions that you felt seeing this part of your past. I recently located my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th great grandparents cemeteries in Southern Alabama. Emotions ran high as we cleaned their headstones. ♥♥♥
It is a very interesting perspective on life. This video is very well done. I think it’s your best work. Great shots and tempo. Excellent narration. It speaks and whispers. It answers some questions but leaves a few floating out there on the wind. Congrats
This is really interesting, and being family makes it even more important. I've pulled up some of my old addresses on google earth, wow what changes in some of the old places. Kind of sad since I'm the last of my family. Thanks Robert....👍
in 2009 I went to western Pa. to find the grave of my G G G G G Grandfather. John Jamison, born in Cavan,Ire of Scot decent. He served in Leet's company, Crawford expedition 1782, during the revolution. Battle of Upper Sandusky,Ohio. We found the cemetery without even looking at the stones , I walked about 100 feet stopped and there it was. Pa. archives has an image of his pension with his signature. He died in 1811.
@@carywest9256 I am a northerner, but I am most certainly not a "YANKEE." A yankee is from new england. similar as calling a person from south carolina a cajun.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 LoL that's a good one. My moms from NY and "yankee" is definitely a term for anyone from above the Mason Dixon line that separated the north and south during the civil war. The politically correct definition doesn't align with it's real life usage. You are indeed a yankee and so is my mom.
An amazing piece of history of a life and time long gone. Amazing to me that someone your age got to experience something like this, something that probably people much older only got to experience. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I am a Georgia boy myself. Your channel is fantastic. My family is from Madison and Monticello. One day I will find the old family plantation that was lost after the war. I know it was 1000 acres but I have no good idea where it was at. Your channel is inspiring me to go on that hunt.
How awesome that was. To be able to visit the grave of your great great great granddaddy. And a Confederate civil war soldier to boot. And the memories from your childhood! That would be a good gravesite to clean up and preserve for you and your family. Thanks for sharing.👍👍
My family was forced out of the south just after the war of Northern Aggression! Makes me wonder what our family would be like if they hadn’t escaped to Canada. Thanks for sharing your GGG Grand dad’s story!
NorthWest Firefighter Very Interesting. We have family stories from the Civil War that made it all the way to me. I then found more in the Archives. One of our ancestors didn't Survive. 4th Alabama Infantry But I now know his story that had died with him. Isha Bedsole was hit in VA. But transported to NC. Civil War Hospital where he died. Isha Bedsole was 20 yrs old. Many other stories of this still exists if anyone would like to hear.
God bless you Robert and your family 🙏 for everyone to be safe from the coronavirus going around. I'd definitely check out who owns the old car they probably would give it to you.
If I were you I would clean up the Cemetery of my Great Great Great Grandfather. He fought in a War that was so painful to so many. HE did his DUTY for his Country, same as anyone else. GOD bless him! You should make a sign for that Cemetery. They are usually listed on the old deeds.
Super awesome adventure!! Thank you for sharing a part of your family history with us. Your GGG Grandfather would indeed be proud. God bless and stay safe!! ❤
My children go to cemeteries because i have done it for years. All my grandchildren have names that were found in cemeteries. Name you never hear any more. I love it.
What’s amazing is that all the windows an headlights are still intake. No kid has found it an busted them out. Kinda neat walking on ground that you 3xs Great Grandpa walked on all those years ago! What a neat gift! I’d love to just pick up a few pieces of the old broken glass just to have for memories.
Been waiting for this one Robert. One of my favorites due to your connection with the cemetery and your 3XG Grandfathers story. Sitting among your ancestors is very special feeling. I had 2 grandfathers in my line that were named Shadrack as well. Just think somewhere some fellow or lady is looking for a part for their old Chevy rebuild...chrome trim strips maybe and there one sits just waiting. You could check with the county records to see who owns that land, they may give that old Chevy to you just to get it out of their field. Also, nice pecan orchard in the beginning of the video. You might get the OK to pick up pecans next Fall as well.
I just love this. I love to go to cemeteries. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Some of my family thinks I'm weird. Our history is so interesting to me. History was my favorite subject in school.
My great great great grandfather also served in the Confederate Army. His name was Joseph Carter Green. He was a private in Company K of the 29th Alabama Infantry. Salute to Shady! AWESOME video!
What an honor it was for you to share this video with your viewers! The fact that you are so knowledgeable about the graves, your history and the fact that you can recall as much as you did, is awe inspiring! Thank you for sharing! I hope you might have grabbed a piece of the lumber or the glass, to keep in a place inside your own home. I hope you are able to locate the property owners about the old car. I look forward to an update on this! Be safe!
Great video as always. You do a fantastic job of these Grave and Old Home and lost and forgotten Towns. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.🇺🇸✌️👍
I am an old car nut and am always interested in an old car found just wasting away. I always remind myself at one time it was brand new and someones pride and joy. And as you said "if it could only talk"
Great adventure. My great grandfathers old home is still standing and still lived in. The old log cabin that he was raised in was always locked and no one was allowed to go in but him. Sadly after the property was bought by others they were the same. They did let my mom and me go thru the big house. Several years later the old log cabin burned. We never got to know what either man kept locked in there. My mom said Shine lol
Robert, this video, in its entirety, is awesome. Its also one of my favourites. To arrive there to find the trees had been felled yet this Timber Company had the decency to leave the Cemetery intact. Sadness to the fact that Shady's wife's gravestone cannot be found. One thing, you must find out the landowner's name and give that beautiful car a loving home. A project for you and Cody. 🌹🌹💚💛💚🌹🌹
That is so wonderful that you know and spent time with your great, great, great grandfather. The stone looks in good shape. Take care and stay well. I do believe he knew you were sitting down next to his grave. I know where my great, great grandparents on my father's side are buried as it goes back to 1901 and 1917 RIP dates for them and their stone is or was still readable as of 2011 in NJ. It's a well kept, active Catholic cemetery and lots of my parents' families and thus my ancestors are buried there and some day I shall be also.
What I find amazing is that old Chevrolet wasn’t even built when he was alive but someone that was alive that your mother spoke to remember your great, great, great grandad. Imagine the things Clyde Smith had seen in his lifetime, from Civil War veterans to an actor that was President. Wow.
Hi Robert & Cody, that must have been a very strange but heartwarming experience to visit an ancestor from a time so very different than our own. A beautiful video, thank you. xx🙏🏼💙
I took flowers to my 3x great grandparents graves not too long ago when I started tracing my lineage. I sat there and wondered when the last flowers had been there. That moment meant so much to me...my 4th is in Richmond Virginia (David Hendrix CSA) died 1861 there from disease 😭..he's my next to see God willing 🙏
Nice story. Here in New England, there are hundreds of abandoned graveyards in the woods. In Sandwich MA (settled 1630), there are several that are neglected. I stopped at one once, trying to find the grave of a neighbor-it turned out that only a small part of the graveyard was maintained-most was over grown with large trees and vines-some of the stones had dates from the 1700s. Once there are no more living relatives, they are forgotten.
I live in Wheeling, WV. We have a cemetery called Peninsula Cemetery. It's very old. But up on the top is an older part of it. It's all grown over with weeds and trees. I'm 71 years old and it was like this when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There is one grave stone up there that says " Stop stranger,stop as you pass by,for as you are now so once was I. As I am now so once shall you be so prepare for death and follow me." I'll never forget that head stone and for some reason all us kids loved it.
What an awesome name and such a great find for you and your family. I hope one day someone will be able to go out and clean up the site and maybe put up a barrier to protect it. Even if it is an outline useing fallen trees. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Thank you for sharing. You are so fortunate to know wbere you g×3 grandfather is buried. Most of us don't. Stay well & have a truly happy blessed easter
surely if you look on the county land taxes website you can find the owner of that land from what can be seen that old chevy looks saveable i would if i was you !
THAT was amazing and it even looked like all the windows were still intact! I hope you can find out who owns it and maybe save it that would be awesome!
Looks like it's been locked up since the owner walked off. The original motor probably still in there. Be worth to see who own the land and see if you can restore it.
Hello Robert, I really enjoyed this video, must have been a fantastic place to live, I love the wide open fields reminds me of where I used to live. I expect you really enjoyed making this video about where your ggg grandfather lived. Loved it thank you for sharing.stay safe.
You are very fortunate to be able to visit a 3xsback grandparent . My daughter spent weeks just finding my great grandmother's grave.The people down south didnt do well on recording family. It took a long time just to get her full name. And come to find out she was shot and killed along with her husband/partner .not sure they were legally married. She, along with her husband/partner ,were shot in her Fathers back yard over a moonshine deal by her 1st cousin. But that did give up more names to search with. So people always be prepared, prepared to find out that you might just have crazy crazy family histories.
I understand your interest in your family. I am fortunate to have a complete documented family history. All on DVD and narrated. We are 8 generations in America and thriving. Very large family. We even have our own family newspaper .
If you sand down the sharp corners of the colored glass you found, you could use it to make a mobile for your mom. Glass from an old family homesite made into something lasting that makes beautiful music in the breeze. And cast multi colored shadows on the ground. I bet she would cherish it!
I am a new subscriber. I have a great deal of respect for what you do. I wish I could find my ancestors graves here in Massachusetts. So glad you get to visit with your great-great-great grandfather...that is pretty awesome!👍🏻
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Well at least your ancestor was on the right side of the War Between the States.
My direct ancestors fought for Texas in The War Between the States.
I can't abide with revisionist historians or SJW's.
I don't believe in slavery, and a person of our time can't judge anyone of our time or other eras.
DEO VINDICE.
I hope you don't let the location of your ancestor be known for modern day vandals would desecrate the gravestone.
I would put a battery operated wildlife camera on the gravestone if I were you.
@@carywest9256
Well, aren't you just a ray of bright sunshine and sweet dreams?
Your comments about the Civil War are confusing because they read like they conflict with themselves.
At any rate, a man with Robert's extensive experience with old cemeteries and graves is well aware of the vulnerability these sites face without you causing worry for him or those that follow Sidestep Adventures. I'm sure, on your recommendation, he'll immediately go out and put security cameras in place ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY, so he can spend time monitoring it. And what would you expect he could do about it if he did see an act of vandalism? Unless the perpetrator shows an ID to the camera, he wouldn't know who it was. And unless he lived within a couple of miles, he wouldn't be able to intervene. So stop spreading your negativity and doomsday suppositions around in the name of concern. It bashes the point of his work.
@@imhere653 I knew when I read the Cary West comment that he was in sort of another reality. There will always be pinhead vandals here and there but after all the years...no bullet holes in the old car. I would love to have seen the trees growing through the old model A's and T's.
@@kenbritton6782
I probably shouldn't have jumped his case so hard. But something about people who give unsolicited advice-especially with a healthy (unnecessary) dose of fear mongering always annoys the hell out of me. Ever seen that character on Saturday Night Live named "Debbie Downer"? Well, there you go.
@@imhere653 Where the hell are you from?
Let me guess!
I reckon just another yankee.
Am I right?
Great video, I was very fortunate that I knew my Great Grandfather who lived to be 106 years old. He was a child during the civil war, He used to tell me so many stories about the war and his memory was sharp as a tack till the day he died. One interesting detail, he told me 100's of stories about things that happened during the civil war , but he NEVER referred to it as the civil war, or even the war between the states. When he spoke of it, he ALWAYS called it the "War of Northern Aggression". Thought you might find that of interest. Keep up the Great work!
All the information you need on Shady and Emily and his first wife Susan as well as Amanda Norris are on Ancestry. There are some pictures of their descendants as well. There is a ton of info on his ancestors as well. So interesting! Thank you for sharing this part of your family.
Robert, I could tell you were overwhelmed as you sat next to Shady's tombstone. That says a lot about your character as a man. I hope you will do more digging, I think shady would want you to know him.
I think your grand pappy, would appreciate it if you and the friends that accompany you looking for other old cemetery's and finding them in disarray, would appreciate it if you could come on back and clean those dead tree's that have fallen over their graves. And cut back the weeds around them. And maybe put up a log fence if you can't afford to put up a fence around the circle of those trees. Am sure there is a 3rd grave but who can tell with all that debris all over the place.
As for the houses, to bad the loggers knocked them down. The beginning of your video was beautiful with all the flowers, tall grass and abandon old homes.
Pumpup Jam amen I loved it
Excellent episode. That was one of my favorites. What's cool is that you are establishing a visual record for your grandkids and great grandkids to reference when they go looking for these places.
Shade G Joiner - Private Mar. 4, 1862. Transferred from 11th Battalion Company B to
Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. In Marion, Miss. hospital Oct. 31, 1863. No later record. Pension records show he was sick in hospital close of war. (Born in Ga.
in 1841.)
Was he at the battle of Gettysburg ?
It's saying on Wikipedia that the 47th Georgia was at chickamauga and defended Savannah Georgia. Looks to me they were combating Sherman's push around that area.
@@joshuabaker1904 Yeah,those Confederate troops had to put out the flames of Firebug billy sherman's arsonists and kill the heathens to boot!
@@carywest9256 ain't that the truth.
The rebs started the fire. (If you’re referring to Richmond) Love Grant & Sherman.🇺🇸
I imagined how you might feel..have felt that often as i stood over ancestors' graves..a little overwhelmed and sad that i missed out on them
Being able to see your own history is priceless and i would love to see a video after you take time to protect what you have shown us Respect for sharing xx
Thanks for sharing your GGGGrandfathers grave with us. It is amazing and sad about how things change so quickly. My Grandparents old stone house is gone. Years back the new owners decided they wanted a new house and the old mid18th century house was destroyed. But I also know where and visit my GGGGrandparents graves about 10 miles from where I live. They were born in Ireland and in fact,I have bother their photos from the late 1850s. He was born in 1772, came here through Philadelphia in 1815. My own Grandfather, born in 1892, knew an old man who's father was a Revolutionary war vet. His Grandfather was in the Civil War. Have his picture too. It's all so very interesting and it makes us realize just how short our time is here and how one or two hundred years isn't that much at all! Thanks Kindly and Good Health and Great Adventures! Thanks to your Mom as well and you GGG Grandfather! DaveyJO in Pa.
Man, I love this. When I was a kid, my Dad would take us through old houses in Virginia owned by ancestors. One had 3 of them buried on the property next to the paved road. I am very sentimental and always have been. There was a house like this one ,same scenario. I went through it as a kid and they knocked it down and cleared the woods around it. I actually thought that's where you were in the beginning of the video. Thanks for the great video
My G-Grandfather X 6 was the founder of Lynchburg, VA. I look forward to visiting and meeting a cousin(a) that I found through a FB Group Memher shop. We've become rather close in terms of realized like traits.
Genetics is so amazing.
I've been through VA, but not to Lynchburg.
No disrespect, but *Shady Joiner* is a pretty cool name.
For sure
Cool name
I thought the same thing. There were some strange names back then but then a hundred years from now our great great grands will probably think ours are strange weird or maybe cool.
Yet1moreUtuber Sho ‘nuf
Laurie H can you say that in English please. 🤔
It becomes personal when family is involved. Trying to bring back memories that we were too young to understand, and now trying to make sense of them. Of the billions or more lives lived over the ages, no one can recount them all, except God who created every spirit.
A truly special piece of history, Robert. What got to me was the way you put your hand on Shadey's headstone and kept it there, like an old friend. He would've been proud of his grandson. I should, he probably *is*. Please tell us more about this special place someday, brother.
It's so wonderful that you can still visit Shady's grave. When you talked about him being senile and damning the Yankees it reminded me of a great Uncle who got caught in Europe when WWII broke out. Because he was a Canadian citizen he was held in a concentration camp for the duration of the war. He, too, became senile in his old age and relived his time spent in the concentration camp. It's very sad that some of us as we age relive the worst times in our lives.
And I'm pretty sure he enjoyed your visit as much as you did Robert. How wonderful to take the time to go see him, pay respect and share that with us. Thank you.
Hi. Michigan woman here, I really enjoy your touching videos.especially this one.
I too went to graveyards as a child with my parents and can proudly show my grandkids where their GREAT GREAT GREAT grandparents are buried. They were my great grandparents but I remember her well. He passed before I was born and she passed when I was 14.
The cemetery they are in is well kept and the grass always mowed. She was a short French lady who spoke no English although her husband did. She was warm loving and a very good cook
She was a housewife and pippi worked at the shipyards in Bay City. Their house is still being lived in. Memories of that sweet lady will never fade. Keep up the good work you are a jewel. Much luv and respect sent your way.💖💕🐂🍓.
Awesome. Please thank you mom, for getting you interested in family history thus the start of Sidestep Adventures.
Maybe someone could clean up the area and fence it in.
“stone cold cowboy” is an idiot.
I’m going to be making a return trip as soon as I am able. I doubt I’ll be able to fence it in though.
Robert you have a K9 sheriff door on your truck. Are you a K9 cop or auxllery cop?
@@AdventuresIntoHistory go to Lowes, they sell iron fence panels and they aren't that badly priced. We have some that have lasted 20 years. Contact your local Sons of Confederate Veterans and ask them for a flag, Shady would love that I bet. Thanks for your channel!
Arizona Ranger you can’t just go on someone else’s property and erect a fence or do any clearing/improvements without verbal or written permission from the land’s current owner!
Sidestep Adventures needs to do some research and find out who owns the property now and then ask for permission to do any improvements to the area.
Wow, the exterior of that car is in great shape for restoration, I’m not surprised you would want to drag it home!!
No dragging. Would need to be carefully dug out, raised up, and very very delicately winched onto a flat trailer. They have solid frames from the factory, but you do not want to cause so much stress on the body that it tears in half.
Kudos to whom cleared around the graves.
I would feel very proud to have a great, great, great grandad that was a CSA veteran and to be able to go to his gravesite would be such an honor.
Rob that was exceptional, I must thank you for sharing your family history here.
The concept that you are there at your great great great grandfathers grave is really amazing to me.
I could not help thinking how incredible it was for your mom to actually talk to someone who actually
knew Shady. What are the chances of that!!!
I'm so pleased that it all directed you in the end to set up Sidestep.
Sir, I appreciate this channel considerably it really is first class.
Thank you for taking us to see your Great X3 Granddaddy's grave. I do wish you had a flag to place for him. My Daddy's side of the family were CSA too. The black people who had been freed before the war kept the yankees from burning my Great X 3 Greatuncle's house and fields on the march thru GA.
Crazy how so many civil war soldiers suffered from ptsd. This country has gone through so many changes and times when you step back and look at it is amazing how far we’ve come, we’ve learned and are still learning.
Absolutely
PTSD used to known as "shell shocked". I had an uncle that was a tank driver in WW2, back then there was no tour of duty, you were there until the end of the war or until you couldn't serve anymore.
My uncle was the lone survivor of two tanks being destroyed, after he healed from the second they were going to put him in another to drive, long story short, he was discharged on a section 8 "shell shocked". All his family had strict orders from my aunt to never, ever ask him about his service.
Some great history
So Nice to meet your triple Great Grandpa!
Well now you know what your next project is. Thanks for sharing your family with us.
I grew up close to NYC and there was an old farm house abandoned when I was a kid that I explored. There’s a nursing home there now. There was another abandoned house behind mine in woods. It was a two family believe it or not but it had a date at the peak 1692. Later, they moved it to a museum in NJ. The Demerest house. It’s with the VonSteuben house. It’s the location Washington and his revolutionary army spent two weeks after evacuating New York City. I love the historic stuff just like you, Robert!
We have homes from the 1700s here on Long Island, but they have been kept up very well over the years
I also grew up in that area, and remember the von steuben house, and the area around Old Tappan and Tappan. It's all different there now, I guess that's progress. I also remember the DeWolf cemeteries on DeWolf Rd., which were kept cleared up not only by the neighbors, but our girl scout troop also worked in it.
As I recently posted to you
I have just found a lady who has been to our BRADLEY FAMILY GRAVEYARD in the woods. I still haven't been there yet as we are all staying home due to Covid 19.
But I can't tell anyone how exciting it was to find her.
And the information she has given so far.
Thanks for sharing your family Graveyard with all of us.
Very Interesting VERY...
Wow ! What a fantastic trip down memory lane for you Robert. And for Cody to see his great, great, great, great grandfather' grave ! You never hear of that now days. P.S.- you should have kept a piece of the cobalt glass for a momento !
When I was a kid we would go to an aunt's house in the country; each time we made the turn we passed a little cemetery on a hill. I felt a weird sensation like it was calling to me but I never got to stop. Fast forward to my early 20s...I'm on the "genealogy graveyard trail" so I decide to make a visit. Lo and behold I find the final resting place of my paternal great-great-grandparents. Laugh if you must, but I think Charles and Sarah wanted to meet me.
My mom took us all through Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi looking for old family homes, family cemeteries, and big cemeteries from the time we were small kids up through high school. Watching your channel brings back memories of walking through the graveyards and checking out all of the names and dates
I live 5 miles from there. My wife's mother is also Shady's great great granddaughter . There is another cemetary close to there you might be interested in.
danielgrizzle6@gmail.com
Emailed you sir.
Just an amazing video, all the old houses ,automobile ,countryside and Cemetery. Just astonishing. RIP Shaddey Joiner.
Robert, this video popped up from two years ago. I somehow missed it. I know the emotions that you felt seeing this part of your past. I recently located my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th great grandparents cemeteries in Southern Alabama. Emotions ran high as we cleaned their headstones. ♥♥♥
Wow very cool!! I bet he had some interesting stories to tell back in the day.
It is a very interesting perspective on life. This video is very well done. I think it’s your best work. Great shots and tempo. Excellent narration. It speaks and whispers. It answers some questions but leaves a few floating out there on the wind. Congrats
This is really interesting, and being family makes it even more important. I've pulled up some of my old addresses on google earth, wow what changes in some of the old places. Kind of sad since I'm the last of my family.
Thanks Robert....👍
History at its best mate
Amazing, your Great Great Great Grandfather fought for CSA. Interesting history.
in 2009 I went to western Pa. to find the grave of my G G G G G Grandfather. John Jamison, born in Cavan,Ire of Scot decent.
He served in Leet's company, Crawford expedition 1782, during the revolution. Battle of Upper Sandusky,Ohio.
We found the cemetery without even looking at the stones , I walked about 100 feet stopped and there it was.
Pa. archives has an image of his pension with his signature. He died in 1811.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 that was so very amazing how you happened to find his grave so easily.
@@donaldmilhoan6379Be careful,that is a yankee trick! DEO VINDICE!!!
@@carywest9256 I am a northerner, but I am most certainly not a "YANKEE."
A yankee is from new england.
similar as calling a person from south carolina a cajun.
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 LoL that's a good one. My moms from NY and "yankee" is definitely a term for anyone from above the Mason Dixon line that separated the north and south during the civil war. The politically correct definition doesn't align with it's real life usage. You are indeed a yankee and so is my mom.
I love when you read the epitaphs from back then...People wrote in detail with so much sorrow and love..You knew they really missed their loved ones..
An amazing piece of history of a life and time long gone. Amazing to me that someone your age got to experience something like this, something that probably people much older only got to experience. Thanks for sharing this with us!
that people are not forgotten by GOD he will remenber people dead in ressurrection. john5.28,29 luke18.27
@@kaliana33 the bible said something different in romans6.7 and versicle23, please see
JOSE MENDES Excellent point!
@@josemendes2530 I don't remember versicle as a book of the bible. is that one of those extra catholic books or was that a misspelling?
@@dguy0386 see that versicle, please
I am a Georgia boy myself. Your channel is fantastic. My family is from Madison and Monticello. One day I will find the old family plantation that was lost after the war. I know it was 1000 acres but I have no good idea where it was at. Your channel is inspiring me to go on that hunt.
How awesome that was. To be able to visit the grave of your great great great granddaddy. And a Confederate civil war soldier to boot. And the memories from your childhood! That would be a good gravesite to clean up and preserve for you and your family. Thanks for sharing.👍👍
My family was forced out of the south just after the war of Northern Aggression! Makes me wonder what our family would be like if they hadn’t escaped to Canada.
Thanks for sharing your GGG Grand dad’s story!
NorthWest Firefighter
Very Interesting.
We have family stories from the Civil War that made it all the way to me. I then found more in the Archives.
One of our ancestors didn't Survive. 4th Alabama Infantry
But I now know his story that had died with him.
Isha Bedsole was hit in VA. But transported to NC. Civil War Hospital where he died.
Isha Bedsole was 20 yrs old.
Many other stories of this still exists if anyone would like to hear.
@@lbbradley55 do you know where here in NC or which hospital?
@@kaliana33 well it was , its not our fault the federal government who wrote the history books lied about the war.
T.A. Brown
I do not I would LOVE TO do you have any info. ? Please share
T.A. Brown a Historian from The U helped fill in some info for me. But if you enjoy stories from this History I will share. Some of ours
As somebody who is studying the Civil War and Southern history in general your videos are amazing to watch.
Thanks for sharing a bit of your family with us.
That Chevy is amazingly complete. Looks like it was just driven there and left. Pickers haven't gotten to it yet.
Exactly Right!
Yes! Saving this cemetery would be a great project for your series. A geomodel, inc would be great for finding lost graves.
That sound nice, hi Linda how are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
God bless you Robert and your family 🙏 for everyone to be safe from the coronavirus going around. I'd definitely check out who owns the old car they probably would give it to you.
if the car has been abandoned he can claim it and get a recovery title at the court house
So cool that you can visit the grave.Thats alot of cute old houses .Love screen porch s.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and family, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends 🙏🙏🙏 and Happy Easter to all
If I were you I would clean up the Cemetery of my Great Great Great Grandfather. He fought in a War that was so painful to so many. HE did his DUTY for his Country, same as anyone else. GOD bless him! You should make a sign for that Cemetery. They are usually listed on the old deeds.
Super awesome adventure!! Thank you for sharing a part of your family history with us. Your GGG Grandfather would indeed be proud. God bless and stay safe!! ❤
My children go to cemeteries because i have done it for years. All my grandchildren have names that were found in cemeteries. Name you never hear any more. I love it.
Thank you it's Maisie every cemetery haven't started to tell you have a blessed day and happy Easter 🙏
What’s amazing is that all the windows an headlights are still intake. No kid has found it an busted them out. Kinda neat walking on ground that you 3xs Great Grandpa walked on all those years ago! What a neat gift! I’d love to just pick up a few pieces of the old broken glass just to have for memories.
Been waiting for this one Robert. One of my favorites due to your connection with the cemetery and your 3XG Grandfathers story. Sitting among your ancestors is very special feeling. I had 2 grandfathers in my line that were named Shadrack as well.
Just think somewhere some fellow or lady is looking for a part for their old Chevy rebuild...chrome trim strips maybe and there one sits just waiting. You could check with the county records to see who owns that land, they may give that old Chevy to you just to get it out of their field. Also, nice pecan orchard in the beginning of the video. You might get the OK to pick up pecans next Fall as well.
I just love this. I love to go to cemeteries. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Some of my family thinks I'm weird. Our history is so interesting to me. History was my favorite subject in school.
My great great great grandfather also served in the Confederate Army. His name was Joseph Carter Green. He was a private in Company K of the 29th Alabama Infantry. Salute to Shady! AWESOME video!
What an honor it was for you to share this video with your viewers! The fact that you are so knowledgeable about the graves, your history and the fact that you can recall as much as you did, is awe inspiring! Thank you for sharing! I hope you might have grabbed a piece of the lumber or the glass, to keep in a place inside your own home. I hope you are able to locate the property owners about the old car. I look forward to an update on this! Be safe!
So full of information, yet still so mysterious... I love it!
Great video as always. You do a fantastic job of these Grave and Old Home and lost and forgotten Towns.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.🇺🇸✌️👍
I am an old car nut and am always interested in an old car found just wasting away. I always remind myself at one time it was brand new and someones pride and joy. And as you said "if it could only talk"
Great adventure. My great grandfathers old home is still standing and still lived in. The old log cabin that he was raised in was always locked and no one was allowed to go in but him. Sadly after the property was bought by others they were the same. They did let my mom and me go thru the big house. Several years later the old log cabin burned. We never got to know what either man kept locked in there. My mom said Shine lol
U Georgia archaeology program could help you relocate those graves using mobile ground penetrating radar (GPR).
Robert, this video, in its entirety, is awesome. Its also one of my favourites. To arrive there to find the trees had been felled yet this Timber Company had the decency to leave the Cemetery intact. Sadness to the fact that Shady's wife's gravestone cannot be found. One thing, you must find out the landowner's name and give that beautiful car a loving home. A project for you and Cody. 🌹🌹💚💛💚🌹🌹
If you ever get to Macon Georgia. I'll show you around Rose Hill Cemetery. Some really cool people buried there.
Sounds like a plan, shoot me an email to sidestepadventures@gmail.com I get out that way every now and then.
It’s a beautiful Cemetery
That is so wonderful that you know and spent time with your great, great, great grandfather. The stone looks in good shape. Take care and stay well. I do believe he knew you were sitting down next to his grave. I know where my great, great grandparents on my father's side are buried as it goes back to 1901 and 1917 RIP dates for them and their stone is or was still readable as of 2011 in NJ. It's a well kept, active Catholic cemetery and lots of my parents' families and thus my ancestors are buried there and some day I shall be also.
What I find amazing is that old Chevrolet wasn’t even built when he was alive but someone that was alive that your mother spoke to remember your great, great, great grandad. Imagine the things Clyde Smith had seen in his lifetime, from Civil War veterans to an actor that was President. Wow.
Hi Robert & Cody, that must have been a very strange but heartwarming experience to visit an ancestor from a time so very different than our own. A beautiful video, thank you. xx🙏🏼💙
Very good job excellent videos you always do good videos If you ever go to West Virginia I have a mission for you for my great-grandfather grave
I took flowers to my 3x great grandparents graves not too long ago when I started tracing my lineage. I sat there and wondered when the last flowers had been there. That moment meant so much to me...my 4th is in Richmond Virginia (David Hendrix CSA) died 1861 there from disease 😭..he's my next to see God willing 🙏
I love the circle of trees surrounding your ancestor grave, when everything else has gone.
My grandma drove a Chevy like that and it's still in the family. I enjoy your vids!
That’s awesome! Thanks
Nice story. Here in New England, there are hundreds of abandoned graveyards in the woods. In Sandwich MA (settled 1630), there are several that are neglected. I stopped at one once, trying to find the grave of a neighbor-it turned out that only a small part of the graveyard was maintained-most was over grown with large trees and vines-some of the stones had dates from the 1700s. Once there are no more living relatives, they are forgotten.
I live in Wheeling, WV. We have a cemetery called Peninsula Cemetery. It's very old. But up on the top is an older part of it. It's all grown over with weeds and trees. I'm 71 years old and it was like this when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There is one grave stone up there that says " Stop stranger,stop as you pass by,for as you are now so once was I. As I am now so once shall you be so prepare for death and follow me."
I'll never forget that head stone and for some reason all us kids loved it.
Such a great story. So glad you found his grave. Thank you for sharing
What an awesome name and such a great find for you and your family. I hope one day someone will be able to go out and clean up the site and maybe put up a barrier to protect it. Even if it is an outline useing fallen trees. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
How wonderful to be able to find your g g g grandfather's grave and to sit and visit with him for a while.
Nice car by the way.
Thank you for sharing this with us Robert, makes me feel closer to you and your family even though we have never met.
Thank you for sharing. You are so fortunate to know wbere you g×3 grandfather is buried. Most of us don't. Stay well & have a truly happy blessed easter
surely if you look on the county land taxes website you can find the owner of that land from what can be seen that old chevy looks saveable i would if i was you !
THAT was amazing and it even looked like all the windows were still intact! I hope you can find out who owns it and maybe save it that would be awesome!
Not just the glass windows intact, but the headlights, rear lights, and bumpers. Two door as well.
Looks like it's been locked up since the owner walked off. The original motor probably still in there. Be worth to see who own the land and see if you can restore it.
1949 chevy fastback. My dad had one. Rode to school in that beauty a lot.
Great video i hope you and your family have a happy Easter even though things are bad now
Hello Robert, I really enjoyed this video, must have been a fantastic place to live, I love the wide open fields reminds me of where I used to live. I expect you really enjoyed making this video about where your ggg grandfather lived. Loved it thank you for sharing.stay safe.
He is alone. Maybe you could find Emily with a machine and move them to be with your family.
Happy for you Robert that you were able to find your family grave.So important ❤
I think great great great Grandad Shadey knows you visited. I am a genealogy buff too, so I really loved this video. ~ Betty
So Cool Thank You For Sharing This With Us..
You are very fortunate to be able to visit a 3xsback grandparent . My daughter spent weeks just finding my great grandmother's grave.The people down south didnt do well on recording family. It took a long time just to get her full name. And come to find out she was shot and killed along with her husband/partner .not sure they were legally married.
She, along with her husband/partner ,were shot in her Fathers back yard over a moonshine deal by her 1st cousin.
But that did give up more names to search with.
So people always be prepared, prepared to find out that you might just have crazy crazy family histories.
What a touching moment....life brings memories to cherish.
I understand your interest in your family. I am fortunate to have a complete documented family history. All on DVD and narrated. We are 8 generations in America and thriving. Very large family. We even have our own family newspaper .
Thanks for sharing this place and the memories. Makes me long to see my ancestors graves as well. Stay safe.
My favorite video of yours so far! I even enjoyed the background music.
Thank you, this was a personal favorite of mine as well
If you sand down the sharp corners of the colored glass you found, you could use it to make a mobile for your mom. Glass from an old family homesite made into something lasting that makes beautiful music in the breeze. And cast multi colored shadows on the ground. I bet she would cherish it!
I am a new subscriber. I have a great deal of respect for what you do. I wish I could find my ancestors graves here in Massachusetts. So glad you get to visit with your great-great-great grandfather...that is pretty awesome!👍🏻
Must be difficult to re step back in time. Appreciate your doing this.RIP Shady. ✝️
Wonderful haunting 🎶 Reminds me of BOUNTY. Which had me blubbering. I come from old ohio farms and felt the heart land love and remembrance.