ABANDONED TENANT FARMER HOUSE ON OLD WHITEHEAD PLANTATION

exploring an abandoned share cropper / tenant farmer house located on the old Whitehead Plantation

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@michellehessman3683]

L I see after I sad that lol lol

[@michellehessman3683]

Cool place

[@michellehessman3683]

U know I like the places u show it's cool wish I could go too

[@alexeatonexploresamerica5511]

COME DOWN TO FLORIDA PANHANDLE I CAN SHOW YOU A COOL PLACE

[@michellehessman3683]

Keep finding cool places for me to see hope u are good raining here

[@butterflylady8875]

Imagine back in the day people lived in that type of environment and were happy! Not nowadays everyone has to have more and more and the latest and greatest… Life has become so sad… There’s never enough time to even enjoy life😔

[@kimleone5496]

Yeah it took a while to realize stuff doesn't make you happy and then you have to spend time getting rid of stuff or getting out of debt from buying stuff

[@RobRobertson]

Well, I think it's your own responsibility to make the best out of your life. Times are changing and yes it is sad, that so many people don't care about great things. But you can't change that. What you can do is to go outside, do as many things you love as you can and just enjoy. Maybe you can attract some people because of it. 😇

[@ytcomments6934]

How could you possibly assume how happy or sad they were? I'd have to guess they were as happy and sad as most people today, lacking evidence to the contrary. To those people that pine for the "good ol days"...there were problems back then as well...wars, drafts, racial unrest, nuclear war fears, depressions...etc.

[@christopherbabcock7928]

@@ytcomments6934 everything you listed is still happening, maybe that’s not what they are taking about.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Living in poor conditions can have a terrible effect on your health though. Not likely to be happy being ill, wheezing away etc. Though I get the point about not needing 101 clutterings.

[@jq5609]

Dan really is a treasure trove of information, hope he realises how much we all respect him ❤️🤍💙

[@kathleenarcher1233]

Amen I love listening to Dan talk abt the history there. He's so easy to listen too. We love you too Dan!

[@Cj-bw3hn]

I love how he can just start giving the history of who lived where, who was related to who, and what happened when people passed.

[@sherrilee230]

But they were thankful they had a place to lay their head and be warm when it rained. That is so cool I enjoyed this. Shows us how the poorest people lived and put everything to good use. Thank you

[@rikspector]

Looking at that wall with it's layers of history really brings home how poor they were in relation to today. I remember buying a few things as a youngster in the early fifties and paying only a few cents for items. Where I grew up there where many old farms with outhouses and three room schoolhouses. WE had an old Victorian Farmhouse with hand dug wells. We didn't think anything of it, it was the way of life. It's too bad places like that can't be restored as "living" history. Mr. Akin has the knowledge to make those places and people live again in our memories. Thank you, Frederick :"Rik" Spector

[@the_eternal_student]

People today are more poor. The same bad actions over a longer period of time.

[@NanaMom104A]

My parents married in the 1940’s and I remember my Mom telling me stories of using cardboard to insulate the walls of old houses they lived in. I was born in 1960 number 7 of 8 kids. I remember the old fashioned wallpaper and it being in layers on our walls. Also my mom painting the linoleum rugs when all the color got worn off them. Carting our water in buckets and breaking ice off them in the morning so we could get a drink wit a metal dipper.

[@JosephBenRobert]

I agree Dan is a fascinating man Robert you ought to have a separate program detailing his youth how he got interested in the local history ad memories of that part of Georgia! It would be fascinating!

[@maryellenshock]

I've heard that newspaper as insulation.

[@cynthiahappel3697]

I enjoy when Dan is with you on some of you adventures. He has a ton of information about your area. Love listening him.

[@larrysmith6499]

The people who lived in that house had a tough life. Makes me more greatful for a more sturdy house

[@reneestaples4963]

Brings back memories of the 1960's bottles of Dr Pepper and RC Cola---we never threw out the bottles tho--we took the bottles back to the store for change !!

[@teresaprice8213]

I remember that I used to take my pop bottles back to

[@cclyon]

My house had tarpaper siding when we bought it. I pulled it all off and found the original wood siding underneath. Old houses are always an adventure.

[@srevero1]

Dan is quite a historian. Enjoyed listening to his memories. I was fascinated with the inside of the house, imagining the lives of the past inhabitants.

[@dixietreks3974]

A real testament to the way people lived and how every single scrap was utilized. We are so blessed.

[@SondraD7676]

Truly a time capsule exploration episode. The old walls hold so much detail. I find it incredible that Dan can identify the people who lived there and owned the property, then identify several of the names found with the real person, either by his own acquaintance or from his in depth knowledge of all the history that is in and surrounds Waverly Hall. Including the Byrd connection. Whiitehead must have been a huge plantation orginally. Just amazing to listen to you two. Many, many houses had that siding - My old family places had the same. The crepe myrtle looks like a standing of bamboo, indeed unusual. Another fantastic guided episode. Loved it. ❣️👍👍

[@Mari-B]

I agree. Dan is a wealth of information!!

[@Enng1156]

People are so resilient especially living back then. Hard times, hard lives I admire them. Thanks for the video guys.

[@juliaferraro2599]

Your exploration into the past makes one appreciate all the comforts we have today, namely walls that don't let in the outside! 💙 Thank you Robert and Dan.

[@eringemini7091]

So much history in these old places! (here in Hawaii you never, ever find a single abandoned dwelling).

[@tammydownes2413]

In the 80s I had a boyfriend who's family owned a house with tar paper siding. I remember him and his dad on ladders taking it down for siding. It was a big two story in town. They had already lived in it 20 years. Just a couple weeks ago it burned down. It was so sad to see the antique go down like that.

[@janetjohnston8243]

As mentioned, it looks like the sleeping area was upstairs yet I didn’t see any indications of access to it. Did you see anything? Perhaps something that may have gone straight up on a wall. Curious.🧐🧐🧐

[@gwenb4531]

I really enjoy listening to Mr. Akin tell the stories of long ago Georgia, and especially like the tie-in with the Old Byrd farm.

[@tx-sweet-pjg3547]

Very interesting that you found a child’s shoe inside the walls of the house,,, I watched a video many months ago on a castle that had been renovated and they found a shoe inside the walls and said that it was tradition to place shoes of that era inside the walls of the structure to date the structure ,,, I find that extremely interesting that you found a shoe inside the walls of this little cabin when the tradition of placing the shoe inside of the walls comes from Europe very interesting 🤠

[@tx-sweet-pjg3547]

Matthew 19-24 ,,, better to live a lowly repentant life in a small cabin than a life of comfort,,, riches,,, power and accolades ,,, such as the Freemasons with their vulgar penile obelisks who will be eternally shamed on the day of judgment !!!

[@reesedaniel5835]

@@tx-sweet-pjg3547 🙏Amen!

[@englishcountrylife3805]

@@tx-sweet-pjg3547 I agree. They are known to sell their souls to the Devil.

[@RobRobertson]

Wow. 👍

[@sarahstrong7174]

Shoes were placed in old walls as a protection against witchcraft.

[@tootsie2]

A friend of mine had her grandpa's house moved to the back of her property. She fixed it up but left the original look inside and out. Her grandpa wrote phone numbers and notes on the wall of the sitting room. Now people come to have professional photos taken in and around the place. This house you're looking at reminds me of it, but the porch is wood and not concrete. Our local museum has an old log cabin they moved to their site. The inside walls were papered with multi-layers of newspaper for insulation.

[@barbaraaunan6556]

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[@barbaraaunan6556]

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[@debbiecox4618]

My great grandmas house in Greenbrier Tn. was a " tar paper shack". The walls were covered with newspaper from the 1800's. She spent her olden days sitting on the porch with her shotgun while dipping snuff. My brothers and I got in trouble one time for dropping M80 firecrackers in the outhouse and blowing crap everywhere! We got a good ass whopping for that. She made us get a bucket of water from the creek to wash with before we could go in the house!

[@BIGJIM947]

My Mom and Dad's house in Chicago had that siding when they bought it in 69'. The house was built in 1884.

[@connierifenburg9758]

Thank you for this really interesting historical video. Your friend is a wealth of local knowledge. He is a true historian by combining his knowledge of local families with knowledge of history in general. Wow!

[@amandabillings2517]

It is amazing how fast nature reclaimed the land.

[@Meowskiii]

No one is managing the woodland. Thise vines are choking out the flora

[@thomaslucas6079]

My mom stayed in a house like that when she was first married. My dad was only 17 at the time and she said he said he tried to move her into a chicken coop at first but couldn't get the furniture to fit through the door. lol she always told me her life's story.

[@undinehaugen9488]

I'd almost bet that old oak tree looks like a water oak. We had one by the house about 40 yrs. ago, some of the sweetest water you could drink!!

[@jen8491]

What a great video Robert 👍. I love seeing these old homes. Seeing how people lived back then is amazing. Simpler times but not always easy. Great job Robert and Dan.

[@andrewowens9382]

Hi Robert and Dan very interesting it's surprising how the house 🏠 survived weather and the years well done Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 🇬🇧

[@maryannanaya7126]

This house is so amazing with the old newspapers, box advertising the grocery receipt. Thank you.

[@jtsmith4800]

Simply fascinating. When we were young, mom would take us investigating old places. I loved it Thanks for sharing.

[@deborahmarion9038]

I love your adventures with Dan Akin and hearing him talk about the history of these old places. Thanks for sharing Robert.

[@buttons3232]

An excellent old house. That door lock you were looking at, we had one on our back door like that when I was younger. Glad the place didn’t burn down with all that old,dry paper used. The ads made the place even better. And those receipts were cool.. I wouldn’t mind having some of the wood and what about that old rocker? The trees!!! What a great day in the woods. 🙏🏼☮️🌎. 💖🇺🇸. 😁😎

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

Love the stories that go with the house.My Dad put up cardboard in our house when I was little.It sure kept the cold wind out.Thank you Mr Akin and Robert, 👍❤️

[@patricklawrence9258]

I believe if you were to take off that thumb bolt on the old door and open it up there will be a patent date on the inside. It could help give an age to the building. You guys put out fascinating content. Thank you.

[@melaniedangerfield408]

People lived so simply back in the day. Obviously these places were built well enough to stand the test of time. It amazes me that some of these places are still standing. Thank you enjoy watching your videos

[@susanbrookman2133]

Hi Robert, can imagine all the history of the old tenet house. Thanks for sharing it. Every place has a story. God Bless. ✌&❤

[@AM-qp2wx]

Tenant house.

[@MrMilwaukee]

Robert. Thank you for another great historic video. So nice to have historian Dan along. Consider giving Brian’s channel a shout out. He was such a big part of the early days of “sidestep”. He could use a boost to his subscribers numbers

[@elakay4397]

We had tar paper siding on our house in central Florida, my mom (single mom of 10 kids) bought it for $26.000 back in the 60's, was built 1926...it had a fireplace and well water and blackberry plants all around it. was the only house on the dirt street until late 70's.

[@the_eternal_student]

At least they lived in a house and not a homeless shelter.

[@sharonbartlett2651]

I really enjoyed hearing and seeing the history of this house 🏠. There wasn't a bathroom inside, so where was the outhouse and where was the well? I love your adventures and appreciate Dan's knowledge of the history of your county. Thanks for sharing. God bless.

[@oklahomafreedom5536]

The old timers would always say that we pooped to close to the house. LoL 😂

[@sharonbartlett2651]

@@oklahomafreedom5536 are you in Oklahoma? I grew up in OKC.

[@lilbit2700]

I know you like to leave things as you found them and take nothing away when you leave but has anyone considered the lost history that will result? The wallpaper for instance documenting the pattern by taking a piece and preserving it? Just little things like that. Some of these places it’s obvious they aren’t cared for and left to just disappear from this world and I always think if future generations that would love to see examples of how things were.

[@cdd4248]

- Even if for a town museum/historical society...I don't know, but I did think the same!

[@nancymason8752]

I remember when people in Georgia used to sweep their front yards. No grass.

[@cindyhenning7832]

I just love listening and learning about the history Dan has to offer! How nice it would be to go back to the old times just for a bit

[@daviddavis4444]

My Grandparents and one of My Aunts had that tar paper siding with a tin roof, Grandma and Grandpa had propane stoves throughout the house. Aunt Doris had a 2 Warm Morning wood stoves and one propane Warm Morning stove and cooked on a propane cookstove and one of the wood stoves

[@melissadyche8325]

I can remember houses done with the tar paper that looked like bricks on it out in the hills in Mississippi around Webster County and Leflore County in Mississippi

[@dankreoger611]

My Uncles house had that siding on it. He was a farmer here in central Illinois. The house was built in early 1900's. Lot of houses around here had that siding.

[@tresannrn8454]

Thank you for taking us along on this interesting explore. This house was amazing. Those doors were just awesome. I love old doors...I'm whacky like that..lol. I learned a lot as I usually do on your channel. I grew up mostly in Jacksonville FL, a Navy Brat, but since live in Virginia. Thank you and God Bless!❤🇺🇸🙏

[@sandib9152]

Wow thats awesome. You should see bout buying it and tear it down and repurpose the wood just to preserve the history. I have been thinking bout finding old homes like this one to buy just for the wood. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate all you do in sharing history with all of us. God bless you

[@janetdoten9908]

Wow so much history! I'm glad and amazed at the house is still sort of standing keep filming because the way things are going and the removal of (so called) controversial statuses etc being taken down. History needs to be preserved or it's lost. Thanks for sharing.

[@marypettitt9150]

Dan, your history is amazing. That house is trying to hold its own in spite of all the neglect. The tar paper siding has helped prevent a lot of the rain damage. I wonder if the original part was once an overseer's house. There is so much history in the Waverly Hall community. Thank you for sharing.

[@peggyscott125]

Such a good video! That house is huge or just looks huge from the angles. Those doors..I love those doors. Always fun hearing what Mr. Dan has to say

[@bettyreeves3011]

Love watching your videos of old houses and cemetery’s.

[@Mari-B]

My daddy was born in Moultry, GA. In 1909. His family was farmers and during the time period of 1930's his family and connected families left Georgia, moving to North Florida. I can't remember why, but daddy hated the sandy soil saying you couldn't grow a crop like in Georgia. I wish that I knew more about their Georgia history. Someone mentioned boll weevel infestation. I absolutely love these visits that you all make to old homes and cemeteries. Thank you Robert and Dan.

[@swearenginlawanda]

Have to chuckle, my husband also wrote phone numbers on the wall before cell phones. Hahahaha

[@WayIntoAdventures]

This is an incredible exploration! Abandoned places are so interesting. We have some abandoned places videos on our channel and they are the videos with the most views. It's great that you know so much about the people that lived there. It's so interesting to learn so much about an abandoned place.

[@spacecowgurl57]

My paternal great-grandparents lived in a home similar to that. Inside, the walls were covered in newspaper. This was in Kentucky. My Grandfather coaxed them later to move. They raised nine children in that home.

[@karenshepler7128]

Great seeing you both and great video on the old house. History is just amazing from then to now....

[@RobRobertson]

Hey guys ✌️ Watchin from Berlin, Germany and it's so interesting to see that great history. It's amazing that you have still so much of it. Love your videos. They always chill me down 😇 Keep doin' what you're doin' 🙌

[@teresapaskell5459]

That house is fascinating but must be one of the most flammable

[@cynthiacarter514]

My daddy grew up in a share cropper’s home. He said he had 7 siblings because of the wide slits between boards of house. The wind would blow through and his parents cuddled to stay warm. Thus children would be born.

[@HLJlovejoy]

You guys are amazing and know so much! Artifacts, land, history, etc. Thank you for doing what you do.

[@bigsmile542]

That clay pipe is known as a stove thimble. Dan is correct used.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Enjoyed thanks Dan and Robert

[@shirleysaventures2188]

Love the old history and the way they lived.

[@donaldjohnson9401]

Robert as a young man We lived in an old 1800's Farm House In the early 1970's it was a high ceiling 4 fireplace Tin roof house Winters were cold Heated by Oil heat,and Chopped Plenty of firewood. TOUGH living Plenty of hunting and fishing Had a big Garden Hung clothes on the line No electronic videos computers, had ice cold Well and pump house even the honey bees were happy as they build a home in the backwall of the House. Loved to hear the Rain on that Tin Roof, It was home Me and my Blue Tic Hounds had a good ol time.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

I bought a dresser from the 1860's from a Victorian home. Behind the mirror are news papers from way back that were put there to steady the mirror. The prices for clothes and things were back when our money was worth alot more. I wrapped those old papers with some of our 'modern day papers'. Hopefully after I'm gone the dresser will go to a very good home and will continue to be loved. And it would be neat to see the faces of those folks when they see the papers and what would they think of our once modern-day news papers. "Look at those OLD CARS that actually drove on roads !" Maybe by then folks would be in flying cars, who knows. What a nice old home. Sad to see it forgotten and falling apart. Folks did the best they could with what they had then as we still do today. I wonder how many were born there, died there, how many Christmas/& other holidays and birthdays they had there. Guitar or banjo playing going on while you see the clothes are on a line drying. I'd love to go metal detecting there, who knows what might be around the house, & under the floor boards, where was the outhouse & so on. May whomever lived there be resting in peace. Thank you for taking us along.

[@MurderMostSouthern]

I love when ya’ll explore those abandoned buildings. I think you have given me an idea of what to do with all of the paper clutter/mail my husband won’t let me burn but won’t file away either. While our bathroom walls are open and waiting for drywall, I can sound proof them. They certainly need it! And I didn’t throw the bills away. 😜. Also, those hinges on that door; my Grandpaw’s house had a solid wood door with those kind of hinges between the kitchen and the den/bedroom/stove room. You had to go through the stove room (which once was the living room to get to the modern living room). As a kid I treated it like an old west swinging door which got me fussed at more than once. But Daddy has always referred to it as a FlimFlam door, and those things as FlimFlam hinges. As to wether that is just his term, a term of the time or the correct terminology for them; I don’t know. I do know that I’d love to have some in my house to create my own version of the FlimFlam door, so that the kitchen is not visible from the front door. I just can’t keep that room tidy enough for a purely open concept 😂. Sometimes I long for Aunt Bea’s kitchen.

[@jjhyde5179]

amazing old property! i learn so much from your channel, thanks for continually taking us fun places

[@user-randi1987]

Interesting house. Thanks Robrt and Dan

[@jfd53]

I really enjoy you and Mr. Dan taking us to these places. Both of you know so much.

[@dloglesby57]

Was very interesting to see what is left of the old house. The Byrd's that Dan mentioned, were they in any way relation to the two Byrd Brothers, whom built the one house, that you now have and are preserving on the Old Byrd Farm??

[@servicedogkyzanna1761]

Thank you for pointing out that there is still some good reusable wood in this cabin and places like this. It makes me crazy to see these abandoned videos with all of this wood just sitting there, either just going to waste, or going to be bulldozed.

[@dianasoper7598]

Thank you for sharing it is awesome to see things that were from long ago I enjoy seeing it🌷

[@Bobby8451]

I love watching stuff like this. It helps me relax.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Your friend, that begins around 2:04 has a strong speaking voice which makes for what we in Journalism like to call "natural Narrators". I've noticed in your videos that he also has vast History knowledge, together with your other friend, and you, your Passion and Patience, you guys make a great trio-team for these sort of works. Your works are always so interesting and could only be improved with the addition of a "like energy, Production Professional", course they would cost you more time and a desire to be really focused on this venue as your focus of work. But few can attest this potential and you guys are definitely a golden potential. I really enjoy your works! Best Travels and Wellbeing.

[@oldladywithcats206]

Great video. Dan is such a wealth of knowledge. What a Blessing to have some of his knowledge documented for generations to come.

[@christopherball7937]

Talking about insulation. There was a old house. The owner worked for years at a movie theater. He used old movie posters to insolate the house. The new owner found posters while fixing up the house. 1 Frankenstein poster sold for $20,000

[@scott1395]

People back then were much tougher than they are today! Times were hard and it made people hard! Easy times make people soft! My 97 year old day grew up poor, slept o a cot til he joined the army in 1943! Talks about times when all they had to eat was a tiny sack of corn meal! His Christmas gift was an orange! Strange thing is, when your grow up poor much of the time you don't realize you're poor because it's all you ever knew! Many of pics I've seen of Tennant farming houses in my ga County were whitewashed! As a child in the 60s I used to ride the insurance route with my dad to many old houses like this to collect the few dollars of life insurance money from old folks! I can remember being amazed at how they lived with such meager means!

[@debj4829]

So Little House on the Prairie! ❤️

[@johnwilcox4078]

Wow, paper was so scarce they wrote names, phone #'s, did math, ect on the walls! Now we know how and why that practice originated! Nothing was wasted, even an old envelope was used for wallpaper. And the free cardboard from work at the cabinet shop in town helped keep the place warm. But they were fond of their soda pop, a rare refreshment from their hardscrabble life!

[@gloriaamaya9031]

Wow amazing house so sad but with beautiful history I remenber my grandparents I grow up with them I born 1961 with to my sisters and brothers total we 9 children's is beautiful to have all those memories now our children and grandchildren them raise different in I don't like it but that new technology I really love your videos God bless everyone 🙏

[@yvonnesquadrilli8997]

Thank you so much truly enjoyed.this an thhank you Dan love hearing about times gone by

[@terryanderson5947]

WOW. I absolutely enjoyed this video Rob and the history. To know what some families had to go through and or live in and I was one of those people. Thank God I've been blessed through the years and I no longer have to live in those conditions.

[@williamyorkolepossum]

Good exploration there. Dan adds a lot of history to the area. Thanks so much for taking us along. So many memories were brought back in that old house...

[@amywright2243]

My parents were married by a Brother Luttrell in Warren County Kentucky in the 1970s. Great video!

[@jodihepler6202]

Thank you for talking about the siding and when they used it. My grandparents house had that red brick look siding up until my mom's family sold it in 98.The buyer put vinyl siding on it. They had moved into it around 1940 or 41 when my momma was a baby.

[@bramlintrent1145]

That old asphalt siding that looks like fake bricks was extremely popular from the 1940s to about 1965. It did a world of good for keeping wind out of poorly-built houses in the wintertime, but often caused the boards beneath it to rot.

[@williamhanley2566]

Interesting to see how people loved. Then like today it is a reflection of poverty. Most worked out of it so they didn't have to live like that. The card board worked pretty well as long as the roof didn't leak. Dan's observation about metal roofing is very accurate.

[@anitameza3960]

Your friend who metal detected the old Byrd home Should try to detect that place. That would be a cool video.

[@lindaflowers1384]

Fascinating! A journey through times past---

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Interesting 💕👵

[@susanbrown7898]

Thank you! I love it when you talk History!😊

[@joharmon2148]

Nice find while it is still standing.

[@MickiClick1]

This was very interesting. I love to visit old homesteads.

[@carrieashley6465]

It cool the paper on walls like hear of from family at us be done in those days i am sure to try keep houses warmer in cold months it good it had 2 fire places the wife wound cook in them made bread and other stuff ty for sharing nthis with us all tc and gb

[@patrickcummins976]

My Dad and his 7 siblings grew up in a house, not much different than this in Eastern Kentucky, beginning in the the 1920's. Hundreds of thousands of people lived this way throughout Appalachia.

[@melissadyche8325]

This was a really cool find Robert and Dan I thoroughly enjoy the video thanks

[@dianeburnejko2908]

Love when Dan is along! He is a wealth of information & I love listening to his stories. That home had happiness & life in it at I ne time. Thanks for exploring it & sharing with us.