What started as a rained out adventure turned into a really interesting find. The 3 headstones were pretty interesting. I found out afterwards that there used to be a church at this cemetery. But there are no remains to be found. It’s amazing to think what the cemetery grounds used to look like, before people forgot... teespring.com/stores/the-sidestep-adventures-shop www.patreon.com/SidestepAdventures
Very nice job!! Very respectful. I like it that you spend time READING what you can of the headstones, letting people know that they're gone but not for gotten about. It was very interesting. When I have more time and a new pad I'll try to list by male/female ...born/death dates, then try to see when pandemics/sicknesses my have happened in their time and neck of the woods. Maybe something was going around like TB, or deaths by childbirth. Someone would maybe have a record of the Southern Soldier or soldiers. Maybe that soldier could be moved to a National Cemetary with full honnors.
I like the way you stop and read the headstones. So many cemetery videos just skim right past them and you dont get to read the info. Very interesting. Great job! 👍👍
What do you mean about history being dismantled? I feel like we are finally hearing a fuller story of history particularly related to our country’s dark colonial past.
Even though time and nature have claimed the resting places of so many people it is a reassurance and a comfort to know that God knows where each and every body is laid to rest. The centuries have forgotten secrets and I think it is awesome that you and your Sidestep team can uncover a few of those secrets a little at a time and share them with us. Thanks Robert/Bryan and Cody!
Nathaniel and Louisa Williams were my great great grandparents. Their son Benjamin was indeed 11 years old when the civil war ended. He was known as Uncle Tobe. I would be happy to share information about him with you if you provide me a way to contact you. I am sad that you are not able to go farther down the road to the Holloman Creek Cemetary. Louisa Williams' parents are buried there.
Ok Robert. great vids. The backward headstones! Think about it when the living read or honor the deceased..They wont be standing on the body. Such a smart way of burial w a headstone. Should be this way now. The old generation had it RIGHT again. God bless yall
Amazingly good, simple videos. You are very well spoken and very respectful. What your doing is amazing, speaking the name of those forgotten... great job!
My guess for putting the person's information on the back of the tombstone is so you could stand and read it and not have to stand on top of the person to do it.
That seems logical. My wife and I often explore old cemeteries and have always wondered if there is a standard as to which way the graves lay in respect of their markers.
Regarding the young man who died at Camp Wheeler in 1917........ The National Park Service says of Camp Wheeler during that period "Life would not have been easy in camp, particularly during the deadly measles and influenza outbreak of 1917 and 1918". It is very likely that the fellow died during the outbreak.
Thank you for recording these lost graves and places before they are gone forever still wish we could talk to them just think what we could learn same with old buildings to know their stories.
Advice from an Archaeologist: take a small, straw, whisk broom with you to brush debris from the stones. As long as you are soft handed, you won't damage the stones. Avoid brushing decaying, or crumbling grave stone. Enjoy.
barkingmad50 thank you so much for this advice. I was desperate to be an archaeologist or a nurse when I was young. Nursing won as I was dissuaded on archaeology as it would be hard to get a job...or so I was told.
Carrie Rogers I think it’s something inside us that pulls us down that route Carrie. We must have been good at it. My background is haematology/transplant and I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. I was medically retired a few years ago now after 35 years and I count myself privileged for every minute I spent doing something I loved so much.
Use to read worn inscriptions. By placing the paper over the stone and using a charcoal or pencil to rub on the paper many times indecipherable inscriptions become readable
Here in South Louisiana many of the older head stones are dated with the months written in French. Awesome videos, im new to the channel so i have some catching up to do.
I love your cemetery videos! You are so kind and respectful! The way you touch the stones is so respectful. I also like how you read the whole stone and comment so thoughtfully. You've raised Cody right by taking him with you and teaching him to love and respect everything.
I went fishing one day and took along my dog. As I was more or less in the middle of no where I just let my dog run loose. My dog was very well trained and had always come when called. That day when I was done fishing I called her and she did not come. I went for a walk and looked for her. She didn't come. After awhile I came across an old cemetery and there was my dog. I called her she looked at me but would not come she was laying down. I thought she was hurt so I walked up to her and saw she was laying on a grave that had a tomb stone that said my name on it and the person who died there died the same day I was born . Very odd
Wow! YOur dog is amazing to have found that grave and laid beside it. It's like she knew there is some kind of connection for you and that grave. God's creatures are a wonder to this world. It's been a year since you posted this. Hope she is doing fine and you also.
WOW! Wonder what the dog was thinking. You were named after this relative and this dog seem to have known him as he’d knowing you! Puzzled for his way of thinking! That’s a, great story! Ever asked your parents of this man which lived and died on the same dates outside you’re still with us!
It’s been fascinating to watch you go through old cemeteries. My family has been here since Jamestown and Plymouth, traveling south every few generations. I’ve seen some pretty familiar names, including Lassiter(my cousins paternal family). Keep it up!
Great find...you need a little broom, the respect you give the residence of the cemeteries is greatly appreciated . .. you have to wonder where the next generations have gone to.
New subscriber. This is the first video that I've watched. I've used the Find a Grave website for family research before. I was curious about this cemetery, so I looked it up and found it on their site. Someone had recorded the graves and posted pictures in 2012. Great video. It was nice walking and exploring with you.
Thanks for your post. I was going to check Find A Grave, too! I am so glad that the cemetery has been recorded. I wonder if they checked and posted the surrounding graves in the woods as well?
Thank you for sharing your video, how you and your friends are showing some people where there missing family members graveyard is please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
Ms. Pete Sidewalk Im glad I'm not the only one. I love hearing about the history & imagine how their life would have been like I live in Australia 🇦🇺🐨🦘👍
You do a beautiful job here. God bless you. Thank you for reading them. You never know there just might be family out here. Get people interested in their family history.
Very interesting love doing this as well my mother's family has private cemetery around the lake of Ozark in Missouri it goes way back in time. Back then people had there own family cemetery it's really cool .
Hi Cindy! I'm a budding taphophile too...about eight years ago I was able to get pictures of stones in my paternal family's cemetery. If I could own that little piece of ground I would be a happy camper.
What I do when going to old cemeteries is take a broom, a large container of water and an old towel, and some gardening hand tools and try and clean up some of the overgrown and dirty graves and headstones. Next time I will get some before and after pics.
I really appreciate the work that y p u guys do it really means alot to me growimg up im Lake city Florida on the Florida Georgia line those could be sme of my relatives out there you dont just know how much it means to me thats a part of America history that nobody knew about i really wish you guys would go to the local media and let the people know what you guys found out there i lpve you guys you do a great service for all of us afro americans .
Mark Fletcher's headstone was taller, the bottom half is lying next to his headstone. They didn't repair it and just uprighted the top portion. They placed his military headstone near his feet.
Love your videos. My favorite because you take the time to read each marker. My suggestion would be to take along one of those little whisk brooms to brush off the stones and save your fingers/hands!
Old cemetery's are interesting the names and dates, it is sad that the cemetery's are often the only thing left of old towns or community's. Very interesting video. Thank you.
I love your videos, just recently found you on utube, l am a fan, l love country, am a hillbilly myself who came from coal mining ancestors in Appalachia
I love your videos. I also like going through old cemeteries, but am not able to walk much now. So I do so much like viewing them in your videos. You do such a good and thorough job of it. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
My grandparents on dad's side are in Sparta Greece cemetery and they deal with death and decay a bit differently. The rest are buried in Queens Brooklyn New Jersey and I never visited any of them. I did visit my grandmother's grave in 78 we have the same name so it was odd to see not so now that I am older.
Just found ur channel, and subscribed. Loved the video. History is my passion. We always try to visit cemetery’s when we travel. I look forward to exploring with you in the future! Well done sir!!
No doubt it was a thriving community back in it's day. Catering to all those that lived there & those passing through. Kind of sad all the folk are gone, then again there maybe descendants living close by.
I’ve been binge watching for a while now and am known to stop at out of the way cemeteries when traveling. I know that where I used to live that the cemetery my younger brother was buried at he was actually placed in the “county” cemetery which is behind a huge well know cemetery. So if they are divided, sometimes it’s just different ownership of the land. I went out years ago and put up decorative brick around his plot and have upgraded the area on my own. I also took a piece of printer paper and charcoal and did a surface transfer that I framed and keep with me since I’ve become an adult and no longer live in the state. But every time I go back I’m the only one who visits, I add a bit more. He was stillborn but the nurse in the hospital took the time to baptize him as she was cleaning him before he was taken away. My mother was in ICU for two weeks and didn’t even know he didn’t make it. She was still in hospital while he was buried. I’m overly sentimental and will forever do what I can to keep is space clean and unharmed. RIP: Pierre Renee Lebo norm and died June 20, 1979.
Awe,I'm so sorry for your loss of your baby brother....my Son was born June 20,1971...God bless you dear for being so faithful to him and his grave....I know he's looking down at you and loving how his big sis loves him...❤❤
Always enjoy your adventures Robert.You'e right Brian there is no census bureau on Bottsford.. Is St Mark's Lutheran Church, Botsford Georgia. Established 1870 still standing? I saw a picture on Flicker next to the cemetery. The mane of the cemetery is Old Rural Methodist Church Cemetery. The large stone grave for Jonas Lott the church can be seen behind. The church is long gone.I guess.
Researching James Lassiter shows he died in Plains. In time it seems that Bottsford was absorbed by other communities. Many residents were farmers who in time became residents of Plains RFD. That is what one sister has on her DC as her address
2:16 Those are daylilies, and they're edible. The buds taste a little like corn, they're great sauteed with a little butter, but can also be eaten raw. So if you're ever lost in the woods and starving and you find them, there you go. The entire plant is edible, but the unopened buds taste the best, even raw.
The reason I was given as to why the names are on the backside of the stone is that it is considered at least in the South or as far as I was told from a young age that it was disrespectful and bad luck to stand on someone's grave. Superstition I would surmise is the reason. I remember being scolded for standing on a grave when I was a kid, I did this to lay a flower down and my mother and aunt both lectured me on the behavior. I recently asked after watching several of your videos and my mother confirmed that it was something that she was taught by her mother and father and her grandparents. I think I prefer the old way the stones are.
I tried reading old gravestones, where you hardly can see what it say. We used to use a piece of paper and a pencil and simply run the pencil over :) very easy to see it then
You would love an OLD grave yard in Lydia SC behind the Red Fez club. Not many people know about the graveyard. It has been severely vandalized long ago and no upkeep has been given. My grandfather is buried there 80+ years ago.
Them pretty flowers are what we call sun burst ..they are a form of lillies but we call them sunburst because when the sun shines on them they burst open !!!
These old headstones can be repaired and preserved. It seems the county would do it if there is nobody left in the family. Thanks for the video. Regards from Ody Slim
@@unrulyjulie4382 I only wish I had the money but like most, I live on just enough to eat & pay my bills. Next time maybe I will drive down from Maryland & help with a clean-up. I do have time to give :-))
@@OdySlim ... That's a very wonderful thought! Texas is a little too far away for me. However, our family keeps the records for the local community's cemetery and last year got a Texas State historical marker put up in front of it.
It was truly fascinating to find this TH-cam channel. Can you start sharing your location. Also it would be great if you could find a family member that might possibly shed some light on who these living breathing people were.
Thank you for the wonderful treks through time. I'd rather walk through a cemetery than anywhere. Ours down the road is full of German stones as it's full of Germans. Do you ever get to Twiggs Co., GA, Jeffersonville? A lot of my mother's family are buried in old cemeteries there. Keep finding those wonderful old stones where people who once lived and laughed and cried are buried.
Yesterday I learned of a Grave yard very close to here where I grew up. It was 17-& 1800'S Graves in guys yard. He & his brother pushed the Headstones over & then Coverd them over with he says 1-1/2 ft of dirt. ? I drove over & looked & they have a Garden Growing over it ? another older lady I know was present said yes it's there. ? Wow... I could not believe anyone could do something like this.
I know of something similar in my current town. I want to report them, file on them..idk something and make them move the graves. They bulldozed them over, so the community couldn't use it anymore. Beyond disrespectful. Hateful.
sherryp7456 I learned that they took the headstones up and stacked them on the property but did not take off property if they took any one of them off property that would be against the law. Learned a lot more about what took place since then. Like the person who did that was killed on the Graveyard in a building over graves filling a Nitrous Bottle for a Race Car. It Exploded. ? Make You Think. ?
I wish in the US they put photos on the stones. I live in Italy now and their stones are personalized with photos which is so nice. Of course before they invented the camera that was impossible.
If you talk to the local VFW and American Legion they may be interested in reclaiming some of the cemeteries that contain military graves. You might try the Sons of the Confederacy as well.
The CSA tombstones are still being issued. If you want to order one for your ancestor, you can. Your local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will come and do a ceremony and dedicate the new tombstone.
Was this town on the same railroad line as Pineville? When I was a young fellow my brother and I would clear cemeteries like these. Payed by family members of the cemetery. We would start with the family plots and would work out. Not always finishing the cemetery. This would take place around mothers day,or decarection day. Looks this could be the case with this. Cemetery. Sometimes going after school let out for summer. To finish the whole cemetery. This was before weed eaters only hand tool were used. Sure was great time back in the past.
The names on the back of the head stone keeps you from walking over the body to read the names.Reading the name from the back, you’re looking at the top of the graves head, towards the feet.
A spray bottle of water is a good thing to have with you. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to read the engraving when it's wet. And a whisk broom to clear off debris. You can press aluminum foil over the words and they pop right up.
I cannot add much to what is already on comments. Interesting. Great job and done with respect. And lovely music which is strangely appropriate .... Can you add name and artist some time?
I think having the names/epitaphs on backside made it less likely you'd stand on the actual graves, which I'd assume was a big no no in those days, its still somewhat frowned on today even despite our over populated cemeteries (at least here in London/UK) , so maybe there's some reason to it.
Mark fletchers youngest son was accidentally shot and killed feb 17th 1899 at the age of 35. I love researching people and Graves as you read out names i was researching and reading about the people who's Graves your found.
Please tell me about the music! It drew me into the beautiful video, which I really enjoyed. It would be helpful if you assume your videos are being seen by people all over the world who have no idea where you are recording. Posting at least the state and perhaps a nearby town would be great, too! Thanks!
The state is usually Ga.that he's in...only 1 other I saw so far was Alabama...haven't heard city or town...in the last 20 or so years they usually don't give out name of cemeteries because of vandalism when they used to give it out...
4:20 what was that? Are these names in the Find a Grave website? I wonder? I thought that churches were requested to type their graves in. I wonder if people are looking for family members on there?
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What started as a rained out adventure turned into a really interesting find. The 3 headstones were pretty interesting. I found out afterwards that there used to be a church at this cemetery. But there are no remains to be found. It’s amazing to think what the cemetery grounds used to look like, before people forgot...
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Very nice job!! Very respectful. I like it that you spend time READING what you can of the headstones, letting people know that they're gone but not for gotten about.
It was very interesting. When I have more time and a new pad I'll try to list by male/female ...born/death dates, then try to see when pandemics/sicknesses my have happened in their time and neck of the woods.
Maybe something was going around like TB, or deaths by childbirth. Someone would maybe have a record of the Southern Soldier or soldiers. Maybe that soldier could be moved to a National Cemetary with full honnors.
I was going to recommend Teespring but see you already use them!!! Just start a store with them! Great video ! Would love to ride along one day!!!
Hey Yvonne! Thanks! Yeah I got an invite to join them a while back. We’ll definitely get together on a ride along!
jasonkp57 awesome! Thanks for the info!
I like the way you stop and read the headstones. So many cemetery videos just skim right past them and you dont get to read the info. Very interesting. Great job! 👍👍
Thank you for reading their names and dates. In a time where our history is being dismantled, we need people like you to keep it alive.
WeWuzzz o yes ! When Robert reads their names , it’s so pleasing to me too !
Our history and heritage dismantled by the idiot,ignorant crazies...
What do you mean about history being dismantled? I feel like we are finally hearing a fuller story of history particularly related to our country’s dark colonial past.
Exactly Lindsay. We are adding history that has previously been swept under the rug.
Even though time and nature have claimed the resting places of so many people it is a reassurance and a comfort to know that God knows where each and every body is laid to rest. The centuries have forgotten secrets and I think it is awesome that you and your Sidestep team can uncover a few of those secrets a little at a time and share them with us. Thanks Robert/Bryan and Cody!
Thank you!
Richard Herbst.....very well put, indeed!! And another great video Sidestep Adventures!!☺️🌵☺️
It is sad when you think about it. Most of us will lay in forgotten graves one day.
It really is
It is not sad to me. I have been doing family genealogy lately and it has made me more accepting of my death.
That's why I want to be cremated...someone can throw my ashes to the sea and wind
@@ralphmacfadden2054 There's a McFadden cemetery near London, Ky. Could possibly be some of your family?
@@redlinemando From what I have researched, I don’t think so, but that is interesting.
Nathaniel and Louisa Williams were my great great grandparents. Their son Benjamin was indeed 11 years old when the civil war ended. He was known as Uncle Tobe. I would be happy to share information about him with you if you provide me a way to contact you. I am sad that you are not able to go farther down the road to the Holloman Creek Cemetary. Louisa Williams' parents are buried there.
Wow, thanks for the info! Here is my email, I would love to hear more! sidestepadventures@gmail.com
again may I thank you for your respectful ways of bringing the history of the area to us. Please keep the videos coming.
Thank you so much!
Ok Robert. great vids. The backward headstones! Think about it when the living read or honor the deceased..They wont be standing on the body. Such a smart way of burial w a headstone. Should be this way now. The old generation had it RIGHT again. God bless yall
Amazingly good, simple videos. You are very well spoken and very respectful. What your doing is amazing, speaking the name of those forgotten... great job!
Thanks!
Thank y’all for this! It looked like 2 forms of mist returning to their graves. The lives of so many✌️
My guess for putting the person's information on the back of the tombstone is so you could stand and read it and not have to stand on top of the person to do it.
Jackie Pierce that's how my 3x great-grandfathers grave is. He died in 1884
This is what I've heard also.
yes im laaate with it but i aagree
That seems logical. My wife and I often explore old cemeteries and have always wondered if there is a standard as to which way the graves lay in respect of their markers.
Very respectful, thank you for caring. Really enjoy your travels.
Regarding the young man who died at Camp Wheeler in 1917........ The National Park Service says of Camp Wheeler during that period "Life would not have been easy in camp, particularly during the deadly measles and influenza outbreak of 1917 and 1918". It is very likely that the fellow died during the outbreak.
Yeah definitely
History repeats.
My great uncle died in camp during this time. He had measles which was serious. At that time.
Thank you for recording these lost graves and places before they are gone forever still wish we could talk to them just think what we could learn same with old buildings to know their stories.
Thanks for sharing this sad venue of the forgotten graves. God bless 😇 all their souls and may all their souls rest in PEACE IN GOD'S HANDS. AMEN.
Advice from an Archaeologist: take a small, straw, whisk broom with you to brush debris from the stones. As long as you are soft handed, you won't damage the stones. Avoid brushing decaying, or crumbling grave stone.
Enjoy.
barkingmad50 thank you so much for this advice. I was desperate to be an archaeologist or a nurse when I was young. Nursing won as I was dissuaded on archaeology as it would be hard to get a job...or so I was told.
@@bobbibuttons8730 I was of the same mindset, archaeology or nursing. Nursing won. ER RN of 28 years now.
Carrie Rogers I think it’s something inside us that pulls us down that route Carrie. We must have been good at it. My background is haematology/transplant and I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. I was medically retired a few years ago now after 35 years and I count myself privileged for every minute I spent doing something I loved so much.
I originally come from New England. We had many cemeteries dating back to the 1700s. The local genealogists would frequently bring drawing pads to
Use to read worn inscriptions. By placing the paper over the stone and using a charcoal or pencil to rub on the paper many times indecipherable inscriptions become readable
I am respectful to the people that died there. Thank you for sharing.
Life has no guarantee,nor does death. Thank You for your efforts!
so good to see how respectfull, carefull and loveable you treat those graves and call out all the names 🇳🇱👍❤😉
Here in South Louisiana many of the older head stones are dated with the months written in French. Awesome videos, im new to the channel so i have some catching up to do.
I love your cemetery videos! You are so kind and respectful! The way you touch the stones is so respectful. I also like how you read the whole stone and comment so thoughtfully. You've raised Cody right by taking him with you and teaching him to love and respect everything.
I went fishing one day and took along my dog. As I was more or less in the middle of no where I just let my dog run loose. My dog was very well trained and had always come when called. That day when I was done fishing I called her and she did not come. I went for a walk and looked for her. She didn't come. After awhile I came across an old cemetery and there was my dog. I called her she looked at me but would not come she was laying down. I thought she was hurt so I walked up to her and saw she was laying on a grave that had a tomb stone that said my name on it and the person who died there died the same day I was born . Very odd
Bob Bates amazing. 🇦🇺🐨🦘👍
Might've been a relative that you were named for...
Reincarnation!
Wow! YOur dog is amazing to have found that grave and laid beside it. It's like she knew there is some kind of connection for you and that grave. God's creatures are a wonder to this world. It's been a year since you posted this. Hope she is doing fine and you also.
WOW! Wonder what the dog was thinking. You were named after this relative and this dog seem to have known him as he’d knowing you! Puzzled for his way of thinking! That’s a, great story! Ever asked your parents of this man which lived and died on the same dates outside you’re still with us!
Welcome back Sidestep Adventure . Becareful at all times and keep safe. God bless 😇 you.
It’s been fascinating to watch you go through old cemeteries. My family has been here since Jamestown and Plymouth, traveling south every few generations. I’ve seen some pretty familiar names, including Lassiter(my cousins paternal family). Keep it up!
Great find...you need a little broom, the respect you give the residence of the cemeteries is greatly appreciated . .. you have to wonder where the next generations have gone to.
You guys do what I'd love to do and you're always very respectful to the past.
New subscriber. This is the first video that I've watched. I've used the Find a Grave website for family research before. I was curious about this cemetery, so I looked it up and found it on their site. Someone had recorded the graves and posted pictures in 2012. Great video. It was nice walking and exploring with you.
Thanks for your post. I was going to check Find A Grave, too! I am so glad that the cemetery has been recorded. I wonder if they checked and posted the surrounding graves in the woods as well?
Many old, many older, but that cemetery looks to be taken care of. Thanks Guys. Again, saying their names means not forgotten!
Yeah, it does, all except for back.
Thank you for sharing your video, how you and your friends are showing some people where there missing family members graveyard is please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends
Wish someone in MO would do the same - always interesting to learn who was here before us. Thank you for sharing your adventures!
I'm a new subscriber, and now I'm going to binge watch!!
Thanks!
Ms. Pete Sidewalk Im glad I'm not the only one. I love hearing about the history & imagine how their life would have been like I live in Australia 🇦🇺🐨🦘👍
I love the country. Beautiful land scape. Another great video thank you.
Thank you so much!
I don't know if you will see this but I will like to say thank you so much I have enjoyed watching this God bless you 🙏❤️
It’s really nice that y’all care so much about your community .
This is a beautiful cemetery, Cody actually speaks. Great ❤️
You do a beautiful job here. God bless you. Thank you for reading them. You never know there just might be family out here. Get people interested in their family history.
It's wonderful that you bring these videos, for I shall never get a chance to travel to it thanks
Very interesting love doing this as well my mother's family has private cemetery around the lake of Ozark in Missouri it goes way back in time. Back then people had there own family cemetery it's really cool .
Hi Cindy! I'm a budding taphophile too...about eight years ago I was able to get pictures of stones in my paternal family's cemetery. If I could own that little piece of ground I would be a happy camper.
What I do when going to old cemeteries is take a broom, a large container of water and an old towel, and some gardening hand tools and try and clean up some of the overgrown and dirty graves and headstones. Next time I will get some before and after pics.
I really appreciate the work that y p u guys do it really means alot to me growimg up im Lake city Florida on the Florida Georgia line those could be sme of my relatives out there you dont just know how much it means to me thats a part of America history that nobody knew about i really wish you guys would go to the local media and let the people know what you guys found out there i lpve you guys you do a great service for all of us afro americans .
I notice youve got a new HD camera.
So much better. Love high definition. 👍👍👍
Thanks, it’s a GoPro 7. I’ve used it on the past 10 or so videos. Before that it was a GoPro 5.
For the ones you can't read try some tracing paper and charcoal. It makes beautiful rubbing that you can read and see more detail. Thanks for sharing
Mark Fletcher's headstone was taller, the bottom half is lying next to his headstone. They didn't repair it and just uprighted the top portion. They placed his military headstone near his feet.
Love your videos. My favorite because you take the time to read each marker. My suggestion would be to take along one of those little whisk brooms to brush off the stones and save your fingers/hands!
Old cemetery's are interesting the names and dates, it is sad that the cemetery's are often the only thing left of old towns or community's. Very interesting video. Thank you.
I love your videos, just recently found you on utube, l am a fan, l love country, am a hillbilly myself who came from coal mining ancestors in Appalachia
Thank you so much!
Deborah Isaacs So is my husband n his family. Ravenswood n Richwood. ☺
I really like your videos! Greetings from Brazil! 👍
Thank you!
I love your videos. I also like going through old cemeteries, but am not able to walk much now. So I do so much like viewing them in your videos. You do such a good and thorough job of it. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
My grandparents on dad's side are in Sparta Greece cemetery and they deal with death and decay a bit differently. The rest are buried in Queens Brooklyn New Jersey and I never visited any of them. I did visit my grandmother's grave in 78 we have the same name so it was odd to see not so now that I am older.
Hi, new sub here, love your videos 😊🙏
Thank you!
Just found ur channel, and subscribed. Loved the video. History is my passion. We always try to visit cemetery’s when we travel. I look forward to exploring with you in the future! Well done sir!!
Awesome, and thank you!
No doubt it was a thriving community back in it's day. Catering to all those that lived there & those passing through. Kind of sad all the folk are gone, then again there maybe descendants living close by.
Its melancholy for me to past places like that, just thinking of those lives long over.....
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yea..me too. Sad feeling w respect at same time.
Discovery North Carolina Yea same here.
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@@tnt75142 COOL OPEN DOOR PLAY
I’ve been binge watching for a while now and am known to stop at out of the way cemeteries when traveling. I know that where I used to live that the cemetery my younger brother was buried at he was actually placed in the “county” cemetery which is behind a huge well know cemetery. So if they are divided, sometimes it’s just different ownership of the land. I went out years ago and put up decorative brick around his plot and have upgraded the area on my own. I also took a piece of printer paper and charcoal and did a surface transfer that I framed and keep with me since I’ve become an adult and no longer live in the state. But every time I go back I’m the only one who visits, I add a bit more. He was stillborn but the nurse in the hospital took the time to baptize him as she was cleaning him before he was taken away. My mother was in ICU for two weeks and didn’t even know he didn’t make it. She was still in hospital while he was buried. I’m overly sentimental and will forever do what I can to keep is space clean and unharmed. RIP: Pierre Renee Lebo norm and died June 20, 1979.
Awe,I'm so sorry for your loss of your baby brother....my Son was born June 20,1971...God bless you dear for being so faithful to him and his grave....I know he's looking down at you and loving how his big sis loves him...❤❤
Love your videos... its to bad that there isnt a group of people to take care of these old cemeteries.
Always enjoy your adventures Robert.You'e right Brian there is no census bureau on Bottsford.. Is St Mark's Lutheran Church, Botsford Georgia. Established 1870 still standing? I saw a picture on Flicker next to the cemetery. The mane of the cemetery is Old Rural Methodist Church Cemetery. The large stone grave for Jonas Lott the church can be seen behind. The church is long gone.I guess.
‘Love the music
Great video. Thank you
Thank you!
Beautiful little graveyard..it is kept up.
Researching James Lassiter shows he died in Plains. In time it seems that Bottsford was absorbed by other communities. Many residents were farmers who in time became residents of Plains RFD. That is what one sister has on her DC as her address
2:16 Those are daylilies, and they're edible. The buds taste a little like corn, they're great sauteed with a little butter, but can also be eaten raw. So if you're ever lost in the woods and starving and you find them, there you go. The entire plant is edible, but the unopened buds taste the best, even raw.
The reason I was given as to why the names are on the backside of the stone is that it is considered at least in the South or as far as I was told from a young age that it was disrespectful and bad luck to stand on someone's grave. Superstition I would surmise is the reason. I remember being scolded for standing on a grave when I was a kid, I did this to lay a flower down and my mother and aunt both lectured me on the behavior. I recently asked after watching several of your videos and my mother confirmed that it was something that she was taught by her mother and father and her grandparents. I think I prefer the old way the stones are.
I tried reading old gravestones, where you hardly can see what it say. We used to use a piece of paper and a pencil and simply run the pencil over :) very easy to see it then
You would love an OLD grave yard in Lydia SC behind the Red Fez club. Not many people know about the graveyard. It has been severely vandalized long ago and no upkeep has been given. My grandfather is buried there 80+ years ago.
Them pretty flowers are what we call sun burst ..they are a form of lillies but we call them sunburst because when the sun shines on them they burst open !!!
Thanks for your update
These old headstones can be repaired and preserved. It seems the county would do it if there is nobody
left in the family. Thanks for the video. Regards from Ody Slim
Maintenance costs money and unfortunately most counties don't even have enough money to do the things that they are required to do
@@unrulyjulie4382 I understand. Its just sad. It seems there would be more respect for the dead & for historical sites.
@@OdySlim I totally agree that it's very sad.
@@unrulyjulie4382 I only wish I had the money but like most, I live on just enough to eat & pay my bills. Next time maybe I will drive down
from Maryland & help with a clean-up. I do have time to give :-))
@@OdySlim ... That's a very wonderful thought! Texas is a little too far away for me. However, our family keeps the records for the local community's cemetery and last year got a Texas State historical marker put up in front of it.
This is the Old Rural Methodist Church Cemetery in Bottsford, Sumter County, Georgia, USA
It was truly fascinating to find this TH-cam channel. Can you start sharing your location. Also it would be great if you could find a family member that might possibly shed some light on who these living breathing people were.
Thank you for the wonderful treks through time. I'd rather walk through a cemetery than anywhere. Ours down the road is full of German stones as it's full of Germans. Do you ever get to Twiggs Co., GA, Jeffersonville? A lot of my mother's family are buried in old cemeteries there. Keep finding those wonderful old stones where people who once lived and laughed and cried are buried.
Nice video my brother!
Yesterday I learned of a Grave yard very close to here where I grew up. It was 17-& 1800'S Graves in guys yard. He & his brother pushed the Headstones over & then Coverd them over with he says
1-1/2 ft of dirt. ?
I drove over & looked & they have a Garden Growing over it ?
another older lady I know was present said yes it's there. ?
Wow... I could not believe anyone could do something like this.
I know it's their property but there's a special circle in Hell for people who do that.
I know of something similar in my current town. I want to report them, file on them..idk something and make them move the graves. They bulldozed them over, so the community couldn't use it anymore. Beyond disrespectful. Hateful.
lbbradley55 That is illegal where I live (SC) and they would have had big problems!
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I learned that they took the headstones up and stacked them on the property but did not take off property if they took any one of them off property that would be against the law.
Learned a lot more about what took place since then.
Like the person who did that was killed on the Graveyard in a building over graves filling a Nitrous Bottle for a Race Car. It Exploded. ? Make You Think. ?
They should be charged with desecrating these graves and forced to move away from the area or go to jail for this...
Very interesting . Always enjoy the videos you record . Gives us a real glimpse back into the past .
I just can’t get over the vegetation growth…the humidity must be atrocious.
I wish in the US they put photos on the stones. I live in Italy now and their stones are personalized with photos which is so nice. Of course before they invented the camera that was impossible.
In believe they used to put names on the back of headstones so that you could find the person without walking on the plot the buried person.
Great video
Thanks
This cemetery is listed on Findagrave as Cemetery ID# 2437913 with 56 graves recorded.
If you talk to the local VFW and American Legion they may be interested in reclaiming some of the cemeteries that contain military graves. You might try the Sons of the Confederacy as well.
This is Awsome and just very interesting.... please do more
The CSA tombstones are still being issued. If you want to order one for your ancestor, you can. Your local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans will come and do a ceremony and dedicate the new tombstone.
You have to get their military records online and verify their service and rank before you do that and have those records in hand when you do this...
Remember the forgotten 👌
It's a nice family cemetery, it looks like someone is taking care of it or it would be totally overgrown by now.
Was this town on the same railroad line as Pineville? When I was a young fellow my brother and I would clear cemeteries like these. Payed by family members of the cemetery. We would start with the family plots and would work out. Not always finishing the cemetery. This would take place around mothers day,or decarection day. Looks this could be the case with this. Cemetery. Sometimes going after school let out for summer. To finish the whole cemetery. This was before weed eaters only hand tool were used. Sure was great time back in the past.
Not that I am aware of. It’s a couple counties over from Pineville. I did not see a rail line that would have served it.
Where is this? Pineville?
The names on the back of the head stone keeps you from walking over the body to read the names.Reading the name from the back, you’re looking at the top of the graves head, towards the feet.
You might consider bringing along a small fairly stiff brush when investigating tombstones. Enjoy your channel very much!
RIP all of them
What was the smoke at 4:22? I love the history and the respect you guys have for these souls 💜
Thank you
A spray bottle of water is a good thing to have with you. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to read the engraving when it's wet. And a whisk broom to clear off debris. You can press aluminum foil over the words and they pop right up.
What do you do with the information?
I cannot add much to what is already on comments. Interesting. Great job and done with respect. And lovely music which is strangely appropriate .... Can you add name and artist some time?
I think having the names/epitaphs on backside made it less likely you'd stand on the actual graves, which I'd assume was a big no no in those days, its still somewhat frowned on today even despite our over populated cemeteries (at least here in London/UK) , so maybe there's some reason to it.
Mark fletchers youngest son was accidentally shot and killed feb 17th 1899 at the age of 35. I love researching people and Graves as you read out names i was researching and reading about the people who's Graves your found.
Please tell me about the music! It drew me into the beautiful video, which I really enjoyed. It would be helpful if you assume your videos are being seen by people all over the world who have no idea where you are recording. Posting at least the state and perhaps a nearby town would be great, too! Thanks!
The state is usually Ga.that he's in...only 1 other I saw so far was Alabama...haven't heard city or town...in the last 20 or so years they usually don't give out name of cemeteries because of vandalism when they used to give it out...
4:20 what was that?
Are these names in the Find a Grave website? I wonder? I thought that churches were requested to type their graves in. I wonder if people are looking for family members on there?
I bet they're not on there and family members are trying to find them to clean their graves and put flowers on them...
What was the fog that showed in the cemetary?
You can bring up the engraving just by using flour which can be washed off without harming the stones.
Ancestors
By: Anonymous
If you could see your ancestors
All standing in a row,
Would you be proud of them or not?
Or don’t you really know?
Some strange discoveries are made
In climbing family trees.
And some of them you, do not
Particularly please.
If you could see your ancestors
All standing in a row,
There might be some of them perhaps,
You wouldn’t care to know.
But here’s another question which
Requires a different view -
If you could meet your ancestors,
Would they be proud of you?
Forgot to tell you keep up the good work
What is that floating thru the air at around 423? Looks like smoke but yet no one is smoking!
The spirit effect,sometimes orbs...