Leo you found one of my many Great Uncle’s! Samuel f. Francisco! After seeing this I looked him up find a grave and someone had added a bunch of pictures of his family! So I am so grateful I saw this!! ❤ Thank you Leo and Heather!!! 💕
This is my hometown and my family! William Ramey is my 5th great grandfather. There is another Ramey cemetery up Beaver Creek. Thank you for posting this! I will point our family to your work❤
I love old Cemmetaries !! I have no idea why Cemmetaries aren't treated as Historcal Places.. Protected by the United States Historical Society. It just Breaks my Heart. Thank You for Sharing this 《☆》 AMERICA 1ST
I’ve always loved walking around cemeteries, started with my grandmother when I was old enough to walk with her. I always feel like I’m stepping back into the past when I browse my way through, they definitely have their own feel
We go to The Breaks every winter to unplug and escape the South Florida heat . I ❤ Elkhorn City. The geography is really quite stunning . This cemetery is awesome and has so much history. Thanks for sharing .
Leo and Heather another amazing video we just lost my dad in June and he was born and raised in Kentucky so watching your videos makes me feel like I’m there with you!!
i went to school there in elkhorn you showed it, now it's apartments and played football on the field at the bottom of the cemetery back in the 70's and early 80's just went by there today
Leo and Heather We want to thank you for this video even more than usual. we just found out a young man we know was killed in a car accident and it helps us to have this to give us something else to think of. You two are a blessing even on the good days. Jim is the Mountain Man from Washington State that has me write you now and again
OMG: I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT OUR HISTORY & WHAT A BETTER WAY THEN GOING TO THESE OLD CEMETERY'S. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CHANNEL. THANKS HEATHER & LEO❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hello from Harts creek. Since finding y’all channel. Me and my wife w enjoy watching your videos after we get home in the evenings after work. Also we’ve got into going out and exploring old cemeteries as a pastime.
Beautiful cemetery, beautiful country. Very interesting headstones 🪦 especially the confederate headstones. I agree with you Leo, I cannot imagine, try to get a casket up that hill! Great video, thank you very much Leo and Heather, for sharing. Have a great week ahead. 😀
My Friend I am making a trip down Berea Kentucky (August 17th 2024) from North Western Massachusetts to drop my eldest off for her first year in college. With my curiosity of the past, I would find it nothing more but by God's grace alone that are paths would cross. I thank you for your endeavors in bringing the past to light, and the rich history our great country has to share with everyone from all over the country. Those who have past are not forgotten. God Bless. Cheers! I will buy the whiskey!!
I hope you have a safe trip there!!! Hope your daughter enjoys her college experience!!! You gotta keep an eye out for his red mustang when you get down there!!! ❤😊
Hey you two it been a long time since I drop you a line. In this trip to Elkhorn cemetery you show a head stone with the Name Matney . Have scent looked up this cemetery it has four from what mite be family members. Thanks for all your hard work I watch most of your posting I. Love the way you point out the Vets graves
Heather made two comments that kinda stuck in my mind here. One was that the best plots were the flat at the top, which is true, and the other was that it was unusual for slaves and servants to be buried among everyone else, which is true. The thought that keeps ringing in my head is the slaves and servants were with the family and on the flat ground! Another good video. Thanks for what you do
It is really unusual for a family to bury their slaves/indentured slaves in a family plot. This says so much for this family. In a way, the family respected and honored their slaves. I am glad to know that Elkhart Cemetery is taken care of Leo. Beautiful cemetery. Thank you for this awesome adventure.
Thank you for your comment. I can speak to such a cemetery in Bowling Green,, KY where slaves were buried on land which at the time was not a cemetery. At another historic site in BG, a doctor buried his slaves in part of the family plot. As you travel further south, slaves were buried in a separate plot. I can provide several examples of this.
Just wanted to add that our Ramey Family reunion is held in Elkhorn City, up Elkhorn Creek at a place called the fish ponds. We have tons of great food and a silent auction that raises funds to purchase new headstones like the ones there in the cemetery for William Ramey and his decendants. We would certainly welcome you!!! I'll post the date when I know for sure when it is!
Most of the civil war markers was made possible by a lady named nina Aragon from elkhorn city. Nina has since passed but was very instrumental in helping locate the graves.
Thanks for the video.I used to come to Pike County every summer for a week. To visit with mothers husband family. Is that old brick building in the distance the old high school?
I watch all your videos I live in McDowell county close to the Gary cemetery you went to I myself am a folklore history person one day you need to get up with me I was raised in bramwell WV a small town where at one time there was more millionaire s than anywhere in the United States I could take and show you some history and take you to the oldest cemetery around here and take you to show you bossivain va right out of Pocahontas where one of the biggest mine explosion s happened in the two Virginias I like the work you guys are doing
My grandfather was from the mountains of Tennessee. He was half Cherokee and Irish American. When he moved the family to southwest Ohio he changed the family's last name from Fitzpatrick to Millburn. Mom said he did that to throw people off from his native side, because Fitzpatrick being so Irish, but looking native they would have known he was mixed.
How would you mow this? I went to NC spring break by Asheville. The mountains were horrible on my older Toyota Sienna 6 cylinder. I seriously was there a week and now my breaks are squealing like crazy
Play Richard Potter and Christine Ramey is my grandparents my grandfather was so so Richard McCoy and Betsy Adkins my grandfather was JJ Stiltner and Laura Potter
Thank you Leo and Heather. I went to school here with a Peter Deel in Missouri. Heard of Ramey’s here but no Potters.
Leo you found one of my many Great Uncle’s! Samuel f. Francisco! After seeing this I looked him up find a grave and someone had added a bunch of pictures of his family! So I am so grateful I saw this!! ❤ Thank you Leo and Heather!!! 💕
This is my hometown and my family! William Ramey is my 5th great grandfather. There is another Ramey cemetery up Beaver Creek. Thank you for posting this! I will point our family to your work❤
You've helped me restore my love for finding and seeing historic figures and locations. Thank you for what you do.
Thanks for all your hard work guys! I loved the fact that this family treated thier Indentured Servant's and Slaves respectfully.
Definitely one of my favorites of all the cemeteries you've visited. Beautiful setting and super interesting gravestones.
I love old Cemmetaries !! I have no idea why Cemmetaries aren't treated as Historcal Places.. Protected by the United States Historical Society. It just Breaks my Heart. Thank You for Sharing this 《☆》 AMERICA 1ST
I’ve always loved walking around cemeteries, started with my grandmother when I was old enough to walk with her.
I always feel like I’m stepping back into the past when I browse my way through, they definitely have their own feel
We go to The Breaks every winter to unplug and escape the South Florida heat . I ❤ Elkhorn City. The geography is really quite stunning . This cemetery is awesome and has so much history. Thanks for sharing .
Leo and Heather another amazing video we just lost my dad in June and he was born and raised in Kentucky so watching your videos makes me feel like I’m there with you!!
i went to school there in elkhorn you showed it, now it's apartments and played football on the field at the bottom of the cemetery back in the 70's and early 80's just went by there today
Leo and Heather We want to thank you for this video even more than usual. we just found out a young man we know was killed in a car accident and it helps us to have this to give us something else to think of. You two are a blessing even on the good days. Jim is the Mountain Man from Washington State that has me write you now and again
OMG: I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT OUR HISTORY & WHAT A BETTER WAY THEN GOING TO THESE OLD CEMETERY'S. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CHANNEL. THANKS HEATHER & LEO❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
EXCELLENT video guys!!! There is so much history in that cemetery. Thank you as always, for keeping people’s memories alive
Hello from Harts creek.
Since finding y’all channel. Me and my wife w enjoy watching your videos after we get home in the evenings after work.
Also we’ve got into going out and exploring old cemeteries as a pastime.
That is awesome!
❤😊❤ Leo and Heather thank you so much for sharing. I just love your video's. God bless!
Beautiful place. Love you Heather and Leo! ❤❤❤
Another really cool cemetery. Thanks for the tour 🇺🇸
Beautiful cemetery, beautiful country. Very interesting headstones 🪦 especially the confederate headstones. I agree with you Leo, I cannot imagine, try to get a casket up that hill! Great video, thank you very much Leo and Heather, for sharing. Have a great week ahead. 😀
My Friend I am making a trip down Berea Kentucky (August 17th 2024) from North Western Massachusetts to drop my eldest off for her first year in college.
With my curiosity of the past, I would find it nothing more but by God's grace alone that are paths would cross. I thank you for your endeavors in bringing the past to light, and the rich history our great country has to share with everyone from all over the country.
Those who have past are not forgotten. God Bless. Cheers! I will buy the whiskey!!
I hope you have a safe trip there!!! Hope your daughter enjoys her college experience!!! You gotta keep an eye out for his red mustang when you get down there!!! ❤😊
Thanks
Another awesome video. Well done
Thanks for sharing that history!
Hey you two it been a long time since I drop you a line. In this trip to Elkhorn cemetery you show a head stone with the Name Matney . Have scent looked up this cemetery it has four from what mite be family members. Thanks for all your hard work I watch most of your posting I. Love the way you point out the Vets graves
Thank you for this vid. Amazing history.x
I can't watch the entire thing now .. But it looks Absolutely Fascinating. Can't wait to watch til the end ♡
Heather made two comments that kinda stuck in my mind here. One was that the best plots were the flat at the top, which is true, and the other was that it was unusual for slaves and servants to be buried among everyone else, which is true. The thought that keeps ringing in my head is the slaves and servants were with the family and on the flat ground! Another good video. Thanks for what you do
It is really unusual for a family to bury their slaves/indentured slaves in a family plot. This says so much for this family. In a way, the family respected and honored their slaves. I am glad to know that Elkhart Cemetery is taken care of Leo. Beautiful cemetery. Thank you for this awesome adventure.
Burying slaves near the master’s family is common in Appalachia. I can provide several examples in my own community.
Thank you for your comment. I can speak to such a cemetery in Bowling Green,, KY where slaves were buried on land which at the time was not a cemetery. At another historic site in BG, a doctor buried his slaves in part of the family plot. As you travel further south, slaves were buried in a separate plot. I can provide several examples of this.
I just can't get over almost every cemetery you visit down there is on a hill side.
Leo, I was named after my grandma, so it was weird for me when I saw "Laura Maynard" on her grave when I was Laura Maynard, too.
Just wanted to add that our Ramey Family reunion is held in Elkhorn City, up Elkhorn Creek at a place called the fish ponds. We have tons of great food and a silent auction that raises funds to purchase new headstones like the ones there in the cemetery for William Ramey and his decendants. We would certainly welcome you!!! I'll post the date when I know for sure when it is!
Ok. Let me know and I may swing by if i'm available.
Most of the civil war markers was made possible by a lady named nina Aragon from elkhorn city. Nina has since passed but was very instrumental in helping locate the graves.
Thanks for the video.I used to come to Pike County every summer for a week. To visit with mothers husband family. Is that old brick building in the distance the old high school?
Love Civil War history so I really appreciated this. Just curious if you guys have always done this together or if one of you is a convert??
Yes. We've been doing this sort of thing for a while now.
I watch all your videos I live in McDowell county close to the Gary cemetery you went to I myself am a folklore history person one day you need to get up with me I was raised in bramwell WV a small town where at one time there was more millionaire s than anywhere in the United States I could take and show you some history and take you to the oldest cemetery around here and take you to show you bossivain va right out of Pocahontas where one of the biggest mine explosion s happened in the two Virginias I like the work you guys are doing
I have to do some research I've got quite a few ancestor names on here. Ratliff for sure
My grandfather was from the mountains of Tennessee. He was half Cherokee and Irish American. When he moved the family to southwest Ohio he changed the family's last name from Fitzpatrick to Millburn. Mom said he did that to throw people off from his native side, because Fitzpatrick being so Irish, but looking native they would have known he was mixed.
You should do a story and footage on the Pauley slaves of Red Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. It’s very interesting
My grandmother’s family is kin to the Wallace family from that area.
Leo, There is a ghostly orb on this video at marker 4:49 you may have missed.
Yes. We see it now. :-)
Leo you had something come across your screen at 4:46 not sure if it's a small bug or a orb.
I believe the country singer Patty Loveless is from there and her birth name is Ramey. Possibly some of her ancestors
Have you seen our email about the Underground railroad idea yet?
Yes. It's very interesting.
How would you mow this? I went to NC spring break by Asheville. The mountains were horrible on my older Toyota Sienna 6 cylinder. I seriously was there a week and now my breaks are squealing like crazy
You just said what I always think, how did they carry a cofin up that hill.
I could spend the days there fur sure
It's called a Southern Cross.🇺🇸
I'm still shocked that people were held as slaves, the mind boggles
my granddadwas from there
I'm a descendant of Ramey.
4:46 Were you smoking? I saw something go across the screen from right to left!
No. Not me.
What is the best way to contact you about a story 😮❤❤
Those old timers sure didn't waste any ground space, some of those hillside graves would take a mountain goat to get to! Or a hillbilly named Leo!😁
lol
Play Richard Potter and Christine Ramey is my grandparents my grandfather was so so Richard McCoy and Betsy Adkins my grandfather was JJ Stiltner and Laura Potter
Did any of the confederate soldiers go on to fight in any Indian wars that followed?
2:46 … wondering if Putin could trace his ancestry back to Kentucky.
Sure does look like him lol
Do you ever have dreams of your wanderings among these cemeterys