A Forgotten Epidemic, A Forgotten People

Sidestep Adventures finds history in the form of a long forgotten cemetery hidden away in the woods.

[@DTRBrianMallard]

It's sad about these forgotten cemeteries. Graves that at one time had people bidding their loved ones goodbye, now in their own graves and the cemeteries forgotten by most. It's good for someone to visit them from time to time.

[@flamingpieherman9822]

God has not forgotten...

[@DTRBrianMallard]

You're very right, there is not one person here forgotten by God

[@markwarren7116]

Where is this cemetery located?....You should sat asking for volunteers to clean it up. Start with church groups. genealogical chapters etc etc. If I was close to there I would volunteer my time. This place needs cleaning up before its to late.

[@sagnbaby]

@@markwarren7116 its better to keep that information private so people dont vandalize it

[@markwarren7116]

@@sagnbaby ...No matter what, even if you don't tell where it is people "could" still vandalize it. But like I was mentioning that there are people that will help clean these places up. I have helped with many and was never vandalized after mentioning it. Mentally when thugs see that people are taking care of things they usually stay away. Its the cemetery's that nobody takes care of where the vandals go because they know there is nobody around and most like wont get caught in one that had all the weeds grown up. They hide down in the tall grass and weeds and do their damage.

[@dianewest775]

I contracted encephalitis at the age of 11, from an infected mosquito. I had gone to camp thru our local elementary school. Came home with a lot of bites. Days later I woke up to drooling, severe headache, stiffness and not being able to talk. It was frightening. Mom called the doctor and he said to take me to the hospital ASAP. Long story short, I was in for a week in icu. Doctors could only do so much and had told my parent that there was nothing else that could be done. Was in a coma for a week, lost a lot of weight, memory issues and very weak. When I went back to school, I had to learn how to read all over again. I was told I was as smart as a tack then but after all of this, it has affected me. So here I am today, 46 years later!!

[@davidplain3162]

I have a saying about survivors like you. YOUR TOUGHER THAN A 2 DOLLAR STEAK!!! You were blessed with a second chance, pay it forward and make a difference in someone's life!!! GOD BLESS You!!!

[@paulbuck7356]

My mom got it 20 years ago and almost died from it. She lost two weeks of memory

[@retiredguyadventures6211]

I'm 68 now and remember back in the 50's my parents would like to drive to very remote area in Pennsylvania, which is where they were from, to explore. One time we came upon an old cemetary and found a family plot that had a fence around it with an old sign that read that the family had died from Spanish Flu. This was probably around 1958, and about 40 years after the event. My parents, having been born in the early 1920's, grew up with their parents memories of the Spanish Flu Epidemic, and I can vividly remember their horror at reading that sign and how frantic they were at wanting to get out of that old cemetery. Looking back I can only imagine the daily horror those people must have endured during the Spanish Flu Epidemic for those emotions to still be alive 40 years after the event...

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Wow!

[@ebayerr]

RetiredGuy Adventures : Your folks were right to want exit the area.That flu virus may have been dormant in the ground and who knows,it may have found it's way out closer to the surface waiting to get picked up.

[@tutlady64]

My Grandmother lost 3 children during the flu epidemic, 2 in one day, very, very sad!!

[@anonz975]

The Spanish Flu was incredibly bad. I recently watched a documentary and they think quite a few deaths may have actually been caused by aspirin overdoses especially in the cities where it was widely available. Apparently aspirin was the new "miracle drug" and fever reducer and the dosage at the time was so high as to be toxic.

[@carolbeyner6600]

@@ebayerr My mother's aunt died in the 1918 epidemic

[@ciri1993]

I had a job putting in headstones when I was in college in the late 70s and early 80s in South Dakota. I saw numerous grave plots where entire families had been wiped out within a month. The largest was a family of 10 from smallpox. We have been fortunate in the modern era to not have had to endure mass deaths of loved ones. It was a very eye opening but sad job.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Wow

[@rubies200]

Don't think we're out of the epidemics woods yet. Penicillin is a thin and crumbling defense against a return to the bad old days.

[@emilinebelle7811]

Now the corona virus.

[@tessieoshea6904]

Yeah, and then you have the modern idiots who do not believe in vaccinations today.

[@Tuffydipstick]

But now we have the Corona Virus. Thousands of people are dying in Europe.

[@sylvettewalsh1877]

Bless y’all for acknowledging these forgotten souls.

[@ryanreesor1703]

It’s amazing to know that my lineage is in that cemetery, I have Porter blood in me. Thanks for being respectful of my ancestors!

[@eo6613]

I'm a porter. My great grandpa was Jessie Wheeler Porter

[@jjdogfather5604]

It breaks my heart that these folks are forgotten. I do understand why. As new generations of family come into this world they never knew the departed so the deceased are never on their minds. You folks have inspired me to travel to the resting place of my grandparents which is in a church cemetery in rural South Carolina. The church is still being used today and was founded in 1789 so there are very old grave markers there. I need to film and post it. Thank you for saying the names of the deceased as it means they were not forgotten. Again thank you for sharing.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you. Send me the link to the video if you film it, would love to see it.

[@waynejfoster9860]

I always try to make sure that when a member of the family gets to the age where they can understand they know all about our family members that have passed that I know about. It tells them where they come from and helps keep the family name going. People should never be forgotten. Especially family members. Wayne (From the U.K 🇬🇧)

[@smc130]

Four years ago I finally was able to visit my maternal grandparents grave in Byhalia, MS. I am in my 70’s now and lived my entire adult life in Texas.It was so nice to find that little cemetery was so well cared for. It’s in a small town and people care.

[@Trogers1212]

Infant and child mortality was so high then with lack of medicine and doctors in the South. People just didnt up and go to the doctor because it cost money, especially money that they didnt have. This was true even up until the 1950s. Both sets of my grandparents lost children. My mom lost two baby brothers and my dad lost one. In a way, we are all lucky to be here, and its only by God's grace.

[@daleslover2771]

Carolee Kelly Miss Kelly, this may be true in some aspects, I have two medical books the date back 1890 and 1894, both of these books were picked up at a yard sale, (original cost per book was $5 a piece) in the 1890s Sweetest investment that I spent in my entire life $10.00 The Last 5 Years I have verified over 72% of the information contained in these two books are identically what doctors will tell you today! (Hundreds if not Thousands of dollars for one visit) One of the darndest remedies that is mind-boggling until you understand how it works you'll never ever imagine that's Romans armies discovered the cure to (Alcoholism). And later re discovered by the Chinese. Approximately 1700 years later Western medicine got hold of it. Applied it with 100% certainty that it works !!! But the sad thing about it, is one of the major problems we have in our society today. Very similar to that fire station is San Francisco that had a 40 watt light bulb they had to change out the (receptacle twice) it was on Fox & Friends Network, 11years ago celebrating 100 years of continue illumination, fortunately the light bulb company went bankrupt because there's no money in making light bulbs that last over a hundred years😂

[@caseyjude5472]

And by modern medicine, understanding the germ theory of disease & vaccines. Every winter 100’s of people would drop dead in the streets, literally. Pneumonia still kills 50,000/year in the US alone- not considered an “epidemic” any longer. In 1900, the leading causes of death to kids under 5 was pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrhea, enteritis, & diphtheria, and they accounted for 1/3 of all deaths combined. Like you said, all families lost children except the very very wealthy & the very isolated. Kids under 5 were less than 1.5% as of 1997- major drop.

[@IrishAnnie]

Doctors generally came to the house.

[@smc130]

Kristie C So sad but very true.

[@nerolsalguod4649]

In caribou coloado ( mining town) many died from diptheria, some from cholera , disintery, and what is left of the markers tells an incredible story.

[@thisoldnurse1521]

Tuberculosis also known as Consumption took out many people those very early days too ..... no antibiotics for TB in those days

[@mauallen4234]

Sean Adams It’s not the borders, it’s the planes.

[@rosannadana2922]

You need to put these on Find A Grave...could be ancestors may be looking doing genealogy

[@twtsm]

i dont think you have a clear grasp on the meaning of the word ancestor

[@andrewjustice8567]

One of my kin folk.

[@melaniew4354]

You mean descendants?

[@andrewjustice8567]

@@melaniew4354 yes have trouble with that spell check

[@rockymountainrockhound4393]

Yes at least take Photo for uploading with gps, name, cemetery name, if known. You guys are doing good work but. Findagrave is the best resources to save this information. Good work.

[@helencheadle5285]

RIP Appleton Justice! A really,really cool name...must surely be some descendants still using that name?? 🙋😘

[@thejoycatcher8189]

Helen Cheadle my uncles middle name was Justice names after the doctor who deliver him. Uncle Mack peed on him so grandma said it was the least she could do after that! LOL Doctor Justice is an ancestor of James Taylor One day I’ll get up to the Blue Ridge in NC and see my own ancestors graves!

[@andrewjustice8567]

One of my kin folk.

[@Dcenteio]

Helen Cheadle I am assuming Appleton is probably the last name?

[@smc130]

Appleton Justice is an awesome name!! I hope it’s being carried on by his decedents.

[@lisasmith7854]

I am a decendant of Justices. I'm going to look into this

[@mississippimud7046]

Someday this could be our story ,someone out searching the woods might stumble upon our graves long forgotten and lost to the trees and weeds .

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes, it’s mind boggling to think about.

[@emilinebelle7811]

I’ve thought about such things. Hundred years from now I won’t be here and may not be remembered. It’s a strange thought. Like the name ‘Mississippi mud’

[@davidplain3162]

Probably not, if society continues in the direction it's heading, future citizens will be to busy with social media and tethered to their devices to care about anything else!!! You can't get kids off their asses to go outside to get exercise, let alone go on an adventure into the wilderness discovering forgotten cemeteries!!!

[@pinacoloda226]

I loved watching your explore! Reading the tombstones,sorta' like a lasting remembrance and tribute to those who died..thankyou for sharing this..

[@chrisackerley1842]

Thanks for sharing this old cemetery. Seems like there should be a county historical society or some group like that would organize a clean-up of this place. The descendants of these people must still live in the area, after all ...

[@deborahruthbarlow1695]

So very sad to think of how all these poor souls suffered before dying.

[@rosseganjr9402]

Thank you for finding this cemetery it is very sad so many died I hope it can be preserved in some way

[@tessieoshea6904]

My father's motherlost her life in the second wave. She was 29 and in good health. She was gone in one week. I recently found her grave in a Catholic cemetery in Baltimore. She was buried in what they used to call Pauper's Grave.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

You can take flour and throw or rub it on a headstone & it is easyer to read. The rain just washes it away & does no harm to the stones. :>)

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Good idea

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory Hi ! If the cematary started out because of mass deaths they probably back then put the bodies quickly in the ground away from the town. But like you said maybe latter on they may have put a church near by like what was spoken about in another comment. We've seen how some churches are disrespected, maybe that's why there doesn't appear to be a church there.

[@hankrogers8431]

DO NOT PUT FLOWER ON STONES!!! It promotes growth of organisms that destroy the stone! Photography is the safest manner of recording these old treasures. I clean my family cemetery dating back to 1854 and other than PURE water and soft brush, do not clean these stones.

[@smug8567]

I use Bon Ami, makes it really show out.

[@hankrogers8431]

@@smug8567 I hope you are proud of yourself for destroying peoples grave markers. You clearly have no concern for the damage you cause. You should be reported for vandalism and destruction of proprerty.

[@raymondbergeron2853]

In my state of Rhode Island in the town of Cumberland we have a Cairn, that is a mound of stones like you have there in that cemetery and the name of the grave is called "9 men's misery" where 9 men who fought against the Native Americans in the King Phillip War were buried. Some say you can hear voices, IDK about that but in our state as the earlier comment or from Vermont said we have many family cemeteries of founding members of our state and they are on private property as well. A couple of graves have been alleged to be the graves of Vampires where the whole family died of consumption. And the author of Dracula , Bram Stoker based some of his story on these particular vampires.

[@paulalexander2928]

I live in Ontario Canada and there are many pioneer cemeteries scattered in towns that longer exist or are on the outskirts of towns or cities. It is heart rendering to see the number of infants and children's graves who lived but for a short time because of as in your recent clip of an epidemic. This is the one thing that I have hammered home to recent immigrants that our ancestors rarely had an easy life with the threat of death from various causes staring them in the face. As in the United States people came to Canada with literally only the shirts on their backs and either prospered or died in poverty . "By the sweat of your brow" is a phrase largely forgotten as there was no welfare no body to give you a handout save perhaps your church regardless of your denomination and your neighbours . The church regardless of protestant or catholic was a driving and unifying force in early Canada and the US and helped our nations become what they are today.

[@GOWHID5173]

“Sunk down in the middle” means they are very old graves before the time of grave liners. When the ground sinks that means that everything is decomposed underneath: you’ve discovered an old country cemetery. County seats often have old records, where people’s dates are recorded they may mention a cemetery name which is recorded under a land deed.

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

The sunken part means the coffin has collapsed. Usually wooden coffins rot.

[@BeeWOWdbyAprilLee]

I love when you bring people with you that can provide some amazing history.

[@waynejfoster9860]

Hi Robert. Thank you for another great video. It's outstanding what you do and great that you're so passionate about these long departed soul's and their final resting place in this life. It makes me so sad that they have been forgotten. Especially the children. To have such a short life and then forgotten over the years is so sad and heart breaking. God bless them all. Wayne (From the U.K 🇬🇧)

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you Wayne!

[@MM0SDK]

Appleton Justice, Son of Millie & Dempsey Justice and brother of Stephen and Eliza Justice who both died in 1828 at just 22 and 17 years of age. Appleton's Father, Dempsey died in 1827, followed by his Mother, Millie a year later. They would never expect their graves to be viewed around the world almost 200 years later on a 'thing' called the internet. It's a funny old world.

[@humbleone6405]

Love her southern accent.. makes me miss my old home ..my mom is buried in a small place like that in the south, some of the Graves go back to before the Confederate days ...they have union and confederate soldiers buried there. I'm glad it's way back in the woods so it won't be vandalized.

[@debbiebrister3461]

We are very fortunate to live in the time we do.

[@elizabethjordan5755]

As of April 2020, very ironic....

[@85sevenheaven]

@@elizabethjordan5755 I was thinking the same thing!

[@misskiss75]

I love these videos and what you guys are doing. Sad these people are forgotten

[@computergrant1]

Nice video, I am fascinated by old graveyards!

[@michele2855]

How awesome. A group of friends with a common interest. Thanks for showing us this forgotten place

[@lynnebunning7273]

Another interesting video History is now repeating it's self. Sad times then & now 🇦🇺🐨🦘👍

[@elainetombari143]

My heart breaks for all those who lost children and could not do anything but wait for the next loss. Even in this time every child lost is a hope for the future lost. Thank you for this trip.

[@erikjones8086]

A really good video y'all. My Dad's family was hit with one of these epidemic's in the late 1920's. His oldest brother died as a result and my Dad almost died. In the old family cemetery, there are several graves with markers that are just old fat lightered boards and field stones of a whole family that didn't survive. He always said that his stepmother took care of him and as a result, he survived, but just barely. And because of that I am here commenting on this video. Amazing.

[@lori1740]

This one is really sad. Knowing my grandmother lived through these times shows how lucky she was.

[@theclanplus1]

I love watching these videos! Thank you! In this part of SC there's still some old indian graves if you know where to look.

[@swimbait1]

If you listen at 12:54 you will hear a spirit say “hey”. There are other replies in the video also. Neat cemetery, thanks for sharing.

[@hankrogers8431]

Shush and pass the joint.....lol

[@ghost-ez2zn]

I didn't hear it.☹

[@thistlemoon1]

I heard it.

[@leighmitcler3320]

@@thistlemoon1 I heard it too

[@mary-clarecavanagh675]

I heard it

[@BobNchannel]

great video thanks for taking us along. i will watch more of your videos

[@bigredmachine55]

Amazing is the right word! I stumbled upon that graveyard 22 years ago while overseeing the resurfacing of the Highway nearby. I have always wondered about why it was so different from any cemetery I've seen before or since. I honestly never thought I'd know the answer but now I do. Thanks for solving that mystery for me Robert. 👍👍

[@JOLEE462]

So sad the conditions of the places ...but thank you for speaking of them with respect. I see that Robert Bidell (SP) was a Mason, based on the symbol on top of his head stone....thank you again

[@pamelashiflett5281]

Impressed with the young ladies knowledge and willingness to tell what she knows. Would love to listen to her for a while.

[@henkid9664]

This place was sad to see to have forgotten people . Hope one day they can come in and fix it up and maybe people can find their loved ones . Thank you so much for sharing . Take care and God bless 😊

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Thank you so much really enjoyed that. Only just found you. Looking forward to more

[@chelsea789]

I really enjoy your videos! Your thoughtfulness and admiration of history, respect for fellow humans, makes me feel good. Keep up the great work!

[@mariamjehn7071]

Just loving all your videos

[@daleslover2771]

Really enjoy your videos, I live in a small town also, we go to the next town over to see the traffic light blink😄 my good friend Jean Boling is a Head setter, her Club goes out and resets the head stones, rearranges the Cemetery rocks back in order, and I believe she recordes what's legible on headstones, but she compiled notes, newspaper accounts then printed a book call Murder Mayhem and Mischief in Josephine County Oregon, unbelievable information that was extracted out of these little small towns 100 + years ago. Amazing amount of History that we should appreciate today, that we don't live back in that era.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

That book sounds really interesting, I’ll have to look it up.

[@MysticChatty]

I really liked this video!! Very fun and informative.

[@CC58]

There was another little known pellagra epidemic around 1905. Across the country folks died of niacin deficiency caused by new corn processing machine. My great grandmother died in pellagra epidemic.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Wow!

[@Trogers1212]

Wow I never knew that. Did it happen all over the country? I know that I had a few southern relatives that died during that time. Amazing that time forgets situations like epedemics. Thanks for the new knowledge.

[@dexterkoula3407]

damn, they probably didn't even have wed back then.....

[@MeMe-cz6pk]

Apparently they skipped a step in corn processing. Nixtamalization. This step was skipped and as a result a life threatening disease was developed called pellagra because of the lack of vitamin B. The nixtamalization process frees up Vitamin B3 and makes it a more wholesome food. Malnutrition particularily in poorer populations.

[@rhonda5711]

Interesting find! Thanks for sharing :)

[@cornerstone403]

Our Pastor once told me that when people go visit graves, it for them not the deceased person. It's not but a worn out body suit in a box. The loved ones are not there.

[@haleyhawk3102]

Time may of took the body but the person remains within the ground. They are bound there. They lived there. You die twice. Once when you die. Once when someone last speaks your name.

[@TubeRadiosRule]

There was a town called Pere Cheney, about an hour's drive from where I live, that was mostly wiped out by cholera over a hundred years ago. Nothing left but cellar holes and the cemetery.

[@garybathe4178]

Great video as always all the best from ettalong beach Australia take care

[@mariamjehn7071]

Hey Sweet Side Step!! Love you xxoo from Maine!!!

[@Impailer67]

i was strolling through the woods near scull shoals ga, and ran across a forgotten graveyard . 100 souls laying in sunk in graves . quite a few from the slave era..im gonna put up a sign in concrete so the pulpwood folks dont run over it .

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Wow, yeah definitely great of you to put up a sign.

[@JoeSmith-om9dv]

Those southern accents

[@neiljohnson6815]

The sounds of home.

[@martialharpistmatthew1837]

Thurtain

[@georginamannor4373]

So sad, but what a nice place to be buried.

[@smc130]

Music to my ears!

[@frankrice5364]

I respect the respect you show the dead most likely year with out eye contact

Will our graves, 200 years from now be just as forgotten. probably yes.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Probably so.

[@lisaw7633]

Indeed. That's why one reason I wanna be cremated

[@sharonstuebi8181]

This was fascinating. Modern folks have no idea what war is, what epidemics are.........pray God they never need to know the rapid senseless loss of life Thank you for your time used to share and the respect you show

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

That is so true!

[@SarahGreen523]

Generally speaking, in an epidemic mass grave, they shroud the bodies and lay them side by side in a line. Sometimes, if there are many dead and little space or time, bodies are put in layers with dirt laid down in between. As much respect as possible was shown/given to the bodies; remember these were people they knew and loved. Really good adventure, thanks. Graveyards are filled with so many stories and memories.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Interesting. That would make since at the long graves... side by side.

[@hankrogers8431]

In these southern graveyards of old they were family plots, not mass graves.

[@sharonvizcarrondo5847]

The more people you bring out the more exposure you will get. Thank you.

[@KTHKUHNKK]

I love this stuff. Keith Kuhn

[@kittydigs6469]

I enjoy these vids! 👍

[@grammap9853]

Enjoyed your video.

[@tangledshoelace4726]

Sad, yet quietly beautiful. 😔

[@andro209]

love that southern accent from that lady

[@chazs001]

Great show

[@sherimcdaniel3491]

I just found this video of yours and I must say I am touched by how respectful you all are when investigating. I’m sure those who might still be alive or know of the tragedy are thankful. I will be looking at more of your videos in future. 😊. Be well.

[@charlottehughes4221]

There are several, 3 or 4, graves on the land we own. There are no headstones, just a couple of wooden stobs. Supposedly a family who died from some similar type of illness. We do know the family name and the family does visit.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Wow, very interesting

[@jasminehunter3374]

I was reading on another post that some landowners of today will not allow descendants of those buried on their property to visit the graves of the ancestors. Thanks for allowing the family visit the grave sites on your land

[@bettyprussia9777]

Very interesting thanks 😊

[@ohmeowzer1]

Thank you 🙏

[@roberthill2681]

Wow that’s incredible how many epidemics there was and no way to get rid of it other than hurry and bury them or they burned a lot that’s incredible find and thanks for always reading the dates others don’t put the time in to them the way you do and always so respectful of the graves you guys are by far the greatest to follow on these adventures thanks again I’m from Idaho and it’s really awesome to see the real old ones and an is unbelievable how many children has died so early thanks again your great 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🙏🦊

[@beckyteninty1505]

Yellow Fever was also going around back then.

[@hankfacer7098]

This might be impossible or romantic on my part, it would be good that local Authorities place bronze plaques detailing the location. Not so much on the road edge (keep the dopes away). Just to give a brief history of the location. Anyway, another great sidestep adventure

[@baallillhunwatwolf3595]

It's great that you visit them and respectful. I hope you take sage and cleanse yourself with it though so you don't take anything home with you that you didn't come with.

[@joanhamilton2651]

Georgia had 3 yellow fever outbreaks. 1820, 1854 1876. The disease ran its course in 6-7 days.

[@emmabovary1228]

I recommend taking some small tools on your adventure. Perhaps a whisk broom, a camera and some research from the local library. Most libraries have maps going back to the mid 1750’s. This will really help you to determine who purchased the land, and the purpose of land use over time. There are other records for those graves easily found at the LDS church online records. It’s all free for you to search the names. They have an astonishing database for this purpose. Hope this helps.

[@tedotway3368]

Emma Bovary unfortunately those maps may no cover slave graveyards, the lack of respect and all.

[@jkjlherget]

They also should wear gloves when sweeping off the stones.

[@crystalfabulous]

Thanks for sharing

[@lesliemergenthal75]

2 years later and another pandemic. Funny how that keeps happening. Such interesting videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@paulstanding7267]

I don’t normally comment on this type of thing but after watching a lot of your vlogs it is a really big shame that so many graves are forever forgotten about families not knowing that there is or could be long lost families from way gone days at least with you visiting and recording them at least it will be on record for future generations nice work 😀😀😀😀😀

[@marilynmulkey6095]

Find A Grave calls this the Porter Family Cemetery.

[@Chas5971]

So very sad. This property should be surveyed and recorded in the town so a developer doesn't come along and start digging.

[@helencheadle5285]

Gosh! That is so,so sad....all those people buried in a hurry through illness,and no records left to say who they all were. Doesn’t the ground have to be consecrated by a priest?i thought then the church or chapel whatever would have started a records of sorts as a priest usually oversees a burial? And would take payment?? But perhaps not in this case...wish you were able to take some bulbs or silk flowers to put on their graves, just to show someone cares? Thankyou for sharing...very peaceful place, but haunting with sadness.

[@hankrogers8431]

The large carnes (piles of rocks) were not mass graves, but family plots.

[@joreeves9175]

Plant a butter cup at each one. Yes

[@susiepittman601]

I like your music choices.

[@gaylakellner720]

Its really sad that so many people died at one time and then to be forgotten 💔 😢

[@aman4peace]

I thank you people there from the bottom of my heart that you and others still look for things like that there. when back than when that happen they forget this and go on what happen to them sad to think. if you go search in your state in the early 1800's they were plaque that erupted when they stored grain in there sheds and rats c ould of been the reason. there was a issue on the little house on the parrie who stared on in walnut grove the rats had gotten into the grain and they not known why they were dying something of many died and Micheal Landon who played the father found out what was in the storage shed was rads getting into the burlit bags so he burn the storage shed that ended the rest of the town's people of dying. sometimes TB could are occur as well or cholera epidemic It be some in rest of finding out. I also feel bad of the forgotten military men that fought and people placed them there and notgo back to maintain I now think how humanity has lost sight of those who once was a live and served there country or forget people that no longer is from the present for gotten in of the past.

[@bobcosgrove3235]

Leave them forgotten. In my town there was a small family cemetery overgrown on the side of the road. Someone came along and found it and cleaned it up. Within two months vandals came along and destroyed all the stones and today there is nothing left. Being forgotten will keep it preserved.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

This is a prime example of why I am very careful not to give an exact location on my videos. A lot of people do not get that.

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

99.99% of us end up completely forgotten.

[@geraldsomeone7675]

True, however, History will honor a few of us.

[@emilinebelle7811]

Some of us live longer than others. Physical or spiritual. Some are encompassed as memories in movies and songs. Some do great and create memorable inventions, so on and so forth. Some are forgotten and mourned by no one.

[@2outta3aintbad96]

Yup that's why I'll opt for cremation. Just a celebration of life and ashes to the world.

[@lorrainequinn]

@@2outta3aintbad96 Me too, i don't want to take any space up 😄

[@NyanPoptartCat]

@@2outta3aintbad96 Scattered free to the wind. Let my ashes drift and settle; perhaps a part of me will fertilize a plant, and I will become the plant. One day a rabbit will eat the plant, and I will become the rabbit. One day a hawk will eat the rabbit...and so it goes, always becoming part of a new life. Don't bury me in a cold, creepy hole, only to rot inside of a vault. That gives life to nothing.

[@kayesdigginit1519]

It would be great if the state was made aware of this cemetery so there can be further research done on the actual records from this community. And I'm hoping the county will step up to clean up, restore and put a proper sign to identity this forgotten location. I feel so sad when I see totally neglected cemeteries knowing full well that there are descendents that have just forgotten their ancestors 😥

[@reikilynx653]

Trace back through the local churches, like overseas. You must trace any roots through them when looking for info on ancestries and events within communities.The state could care less to keep them historically, but the church kept records and/ or, family bibles as records. They kept track of baptisms with birth dates, matrimony, deaths. Current churches often have many past records of small, tiny congregation. Ministries made it their duty to absorb the records of the past congregations throughout the area, before the areas became the populaces we know today. They sometimes donate bibles, records, to the local historical societies of the area too, within the county. Fascinating, thank you.

[@Laurie03]

Incredibly heartbreaking,

[@RobinaDunstan]

I very much appreciate how you approach each cemetery with care and reverence.

[@pamelatillery2841]

Nothing sadder than a forgotten grave 😞

[@thisoldnurse1521]

There was a Flu Pandemic in North America in 1918 that caused many deaths young and old alike.

[@joannapederson7795]

Allison Holwell This happened during WW1, and statics show more people died of that flu pandemic than the soldiers in the war.

[@randallmunson2098]

The 1918 Influenza Epidemic was worldwide. One of the greatest pandemics in human history. The virus was especially deadly for those in the prime of their life, which was unusual. The type of virus worked be turning ones immune system against the host, so the strongest, healthiest humans succumbed to it the most. Not unusual for a Healthy young adult to have symptoms in the morning and be dead by evening. Millions died worldwide. The virus came in several waves before disappearing. History will repeat as viruses are the greatest threat to the survival of the human species.

[@daleslover2771]

Randall Munson Mr Munson I research that as you stated you could get up in the morning and be dead by the afternoon, I searched through the South Saint Paul Minneapolis archives newspaper clips, Elementary children literally died at their desk, before lunch. Some Shoppers would be shopping coming out of the store and would be dead before they cross the Street. Opening season for the football team practices on Friday after school, by Monday morning 90% of a team players were deceased.

[@bengill6764]

Spanish flu

[@bengill6764]

Spanish flu is thought to have started in a rural kansas town and spread by deploying soldiers in ww1

[@freedpeeb]

My great-great grandmother is buried in a mass grave in England. The marker is back against a fence, in an old, overgrown part of the cemetery. She is not forgotten, although her grave is inaccessible to me. I hope this is the case for many of these dear people buried here.

[@katc.7770]

Sad to see the graves abandoned like this but at the same time the bodies in them are in peace.

[@MsAmazon2u]

Have you had a chance to see any of the "Garden Cemeteries" in the South? I go to Elmwood every time I go through Memphis. Would love to see some more if any in your area. Awesome, Wish I could be there with you ya all!

[@michelenelson3513]

You find the coolest places!! How or where do you decide what to explore?

[@JamesAllmond]

Wow, that is a family cemetery. All those folks were probably close relatives.

[@hankrogers8431]

Photos on findagrave indicate that it's been cleaned several times over the years. It only takes one winter and bad spring to make it look like this again. I have a time with my family cemetery in Chambers Co., AL, just over the line from Troup Co., GA.

[@hankrogers8431]

The field stones came from cleared farm land. Back in those days farmers had piles of them around so they were a ready material. All are local stones. The rock piles are called "carnes." The people were buried below ground (not in the piles) and the rocks piled up over the graves to keep animals from digging them. Usually elders (pioneers) had the largest carnes.

[@GodsBarnChurch]

This show has inspired me so much when I see a sunken spot I want to know if someone is there. So I’m going to buy a 3D device that will tell you if someone is there. Caskets easy, no casket it will show a void. You don’t dig, you won’t see any body actually but the depth, shape of the void make it pretty evident. Theme I’m going to go to the surrounding towns and cemetery get permission to scan any graves that are in question. Robert just one of those cemeteries and I would be busy for years. Then put a cross. Notify the county, so that they don’t log it like they do here. Be very helpful for identifying native places of burial and report it. People will rob a native grave in a minute. And by what I have seen they know what they are doing. Great show invite me over sometime

[@KountryStateOfMind]

Depends on how you look at death, ashes to ashes dust to dust. Those who are cremated and ashes tossed over cliffs or in water. Same difference ready. The body is a shell. They built a Walmart over our family cemetery years ago nobody knew it until it was to late. The family wasn't contacted at all they claimed to have moved the remains with the headstones but we doubt that. People remain in the heart of the living not in the ground.

[@jasminehunter3374]

How disrespectful that a building was built over top of your ancestors gravesites. The building will be cursed