Forgotten and Sad: The Old Church Cemetery | A Dirt Road Adventure

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Made it across the creek that time. Of course I did it the easy way. Also returned to this cemetery. It is in pretty sad condition. Not much else to say about it, but it was a neat find. I wonder where the original church stood and what happened to it.... Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures My flashlights: bit.ly/2ZkatOt Wukong Magnets who provided me with a few magnets for my channels sent me a discount code to pass along to my subscribers.... The code: Sidestep16 You get 16% off using that code. www.magnetfishingwukong.com/

[@kalierenee23]

Sidestep Adventures I would love for you to see the old cemetery on our hunting property in south ga. You can see on the tomb stone of one it says the wife of C.H rice. It’s down by fort Benning.

[@j.whiteoak6408]

Thank you for standing up the stones you could and tidying up those you couldn't. The people who are buried there can't thank you, but we do! Merry Christmas 2019, from Australia : )

[@unknowntexan4570]

Do you guys contribute to Find a Grave online? I bet it would help families genealogy.

[@lydafrazier7764]

This has been another great place THANKS

[@CaliCloud9]

Thank you for your efforts! Is there is a reason why you don’t put the name of the graveyards or churches in your title? I think it would be great for people to find your videos when they search specifically for them by name.

[@yvellebradley2502]

You can feel the heartache with those inscriptions. They were loved. 💔

[@IrishAnnie]

Thank you for your gentle kindness for standing the stones up. Very respectful! That’s one reason I follow you.

[@dewey4533]

Admire you and the work you do for our ancestors. Thanks so much. Be blessed.

[@dhurley8522]

God bless you for doing this and for speaking their names once again 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@davidarnold5454]

Love your videos. If I owned land with a cemetery on it I would make sure it would look beautiful all the time. Such a shame they get lost to time.

[@belleange590]

It is a good day when there is a new Sidestep Adventure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So many young ones buried there.

[@karenawagner2691]

You need to use a copper hand brush to clean these grave stones💐

[@karenlouks3636]

It sure is

[@cindylou6084]

So much incredible history in this small cemetery. It always saddens me to see when so many small children had died. These old cemeteries are a part of my heart and soul. People just like us who lived, loved, fed their families, worked the land, raised their children, and even fought in wars. I often wonder what they'd think of our era...or what we'd think of living in theirs. Personally, I think I'd be lost without indoor plumbing! LOL! They can keep their outhouses, too! Thank you, Robert, for recording every place you come across because all of them have historical significance, and who knows...I might have some ancestors from there, that I'll find out from you.☺

[@melaniew4354]

I'm a little late to the party but I'm bingeing on some of your videos, these are really interesting. So many people commenting on the infant graves, and yes, we don't know how lucky we are. This wasn't even really that long ago in our human history, but we can't imagine death being so common for us today as it was 150-200 years ago. A person would be seemingly healthy one day and at Death's Door the next. For babies, cholera, dyptheria, typhoid, pertussis, and any kind of random "fever" could take them very quickly. No wonder the Victorians romanticized death the way they did and such elaborate funeral and grieving protocols that included dress codes and strict social rules. Death was practically part of everyday life, much more so than now.

[@marygarner5249]

So sad how little ones died so young small pox and other diseases ran rampant whith out antibiotics thank you for taking us along and speaking there names showing respect love you guys

[@janetprice85]

Measles, malaria,tb,flu, and typhus carried off a lot of little ones.

[@robydaniels2318]

Thank you Robert and taking us with who on many of your southern adventures. this morning this Saturday in March it is only 12 degrees in Northeast Wisconsin! It's amazing the mortality rate how people and particularly children in the early part of the 1800s! Thank you for your preservation! I am disabled in don't get out much I enjoy your work! Thank you 😊 ❤️ Roby~~

[@user-randi1987]

Good video. So sad all those small children died so young. Can't imagine burying baby after baby. Hard days for people then.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes it was

[@lorraine9242]

I can't understand how the Mothers endured so much pain back then, without losing their minds.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

You should see a very sad head stone of a mother of many children & so few made it to adulthood. She's burried in the back of the church in Baltimore where Egar ALLEN Poe was buried across the street from the VA. Hospital is.

[@pmoore4710]

As usual I loved this video and your kind and respectful way of moving the stones to their rightful spot. Thanks so much for reading them.

[@irishgrammy]

Thank you for taking us along! Such beautiful scenery, sad to see a cemetery forgotten. I can imagine the parents 💔 broken hearts at the loss of their children.

[@Mosely2007]

I cycle thousands of miles yearly. Much on old gravel roads , paths etc. I've run across abandoned farms houses, barns etc. But the cemetaries are interesting. Many died so young . Whole families of generations . Some from the 1700s early 1800s. Civil war plots. I stop at every one. Most are still in very peaceful natural areas. I watch for old worn down fences left to time. I'm in Ann Arbor, Mi.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

They sure did die young. Their graves haven't been taken care of sadly but I'm sure that God is taking care of them. Thank you for the tour. Good luck with your car.

[@stephanieb.2861]

I have always held a fascination with cemeteries. We had to do a project in high school on the history of my hometown of Hornell, NY. I went to the cemetery to do my project. The teacher was a little shocked but said it was a good idea! I got an A by the way.

[@chrisiiams4303]

What a sad but beautiful resting home. Thank you for sharing your great video

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Your videos never disappoint. I love old cemeteries but the children's graves make me so sad. How difficult life was then and how very fragile children were. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of you

[@arianneverhagen9836]

R.I.P precious little ones so heartbreaking again to see all those forgotten souls again. ty.robert for calling out their names again and cleaning up some of them. keep.up the good work happy hollidays and an awesome 2020 for the whole familly and Friends!!!🇳🇱😉👍❤🎅🤶🌲

[@bubblesangel555]

Now my Sunday is complete! The respect that you, and your explorers show is so refreshing, I subbed to you about 6 months ago, you are by far the best at showing, and reading the stones! These people have been forgotten for so long, nobody likes being forgotten, so many children...

[@kathleendickerson9602]

Another wonderful adventure! THANKS. You make us feel we are right there beside you!

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Thank you for reading them I enjoyed that. God bless you all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Merry Christmas!

[@colleencrane4843]

Always so fascinating, these old Cemeteries...Thank you for your hard work to bring these videos to us.

[@anniestroupe808]

So sad all those children gone . They are now cradled in gods arms . Glad you made another video was just thinking about the channel wondering if you stopped adventuring. I wish you made some videos here in south carolina. Lots of off the grid cemeteries here .

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Nope, just been too busy to edit and upload. I would love to make it up there.

[@2Feet2Worlds]

I have always wondered about graves without a death date. I have always figured they remarried and were buried elsewhere with their new spouse. Never thought that they maybe never came back to carve it in. Thanks for the visit to this neat GY!

[@MSTrishRN]

Thank you for the walk around of the Jeep. It looks super beefy with the lift on it. I noticed you changed from Wrangler Sahara Wheels to Rubicon wheels. They look super good on there. Those were some very old graves you found. Would love to get my Jeep out and go along exploring with Side Step some time.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Come on out! Yeah, I love the way it looks with the lift. And it drives down these dirt roads so much better with new struts up front. I like the Rubicon wheels so much better than the Sahara wheels.

[@yarnhappykim9294]

Awesome keep , thank you for sharing, please be safe out there on the road, God bless you and your family and friends

[@meghananderson279]

It was nice of you to fix some of the stones. Sad all the children that are buried there.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes it is

[@norsehall309]

To all the crew of Sidestep from an Aussie fan, Have a merry Christmas and God bless, Cheers your Mate, Neil.

[@IrishAnnie]

norse hall Merry Christmas to you from sunny Florida!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Merry Christmas y’all!

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory 🎁🎄🎁Merry Christmas and a safe wonderful new year🎍 🖐👻

[@frankmedrano2007]

What’s really bad about these abandoned grave sites , is these pioneers are being forgotten for their tremendous values and their hard work at building the country we now enjoy , it’s a dam shame no one is keeping up with these cemetery’s ,,,

[@mamiebobb4173]

Thank you Robert and all for this terrific visit. Oh - so many young folk and babies are there? How hard those times were for the young. Still it was a beautiful and peaceful place. I'm so glad you are taking the time to turn the stones over. I get so frustrated when I see other people take walks through cemeteries and never bother to check the names and fix the stones. Anyway - I was happy to see you do it and hope you have the time to continue that in future videos. Merry Christmas to all of you and to your families and best wishes for a happy and healthy new year!

[@ebmayes]

The Renfroe graves are on Find-a-Grave - says this cemetery is the Green Hill Methodist Church cemetery. James Madison Renfroe, Jr., married Georgia Elizabeth Burt 17 Feb 1871 in Marion Co., GA (from Ancestry). In 1880, they lived Cobblers Hill in Chattahoochee Co., GA, & had children Mattie (age 8), John L (4) & Sallie B. (1) on the 1880 census. James's father, J.M. was born 1810 in NC, & lived with his son & family in 1880.

[@Nanassugars]

I ALWAYS enjoy your videos and your sentimental kindness to all! ❤️

[@greghall1307]

Y'all sure put out some great footage. So much fun to be able to travel with ya.

[@sueostergaard8691]

Oh my heavenly stars, that driving sequence in the beginning!!!

[@Library_of_the_Lost]

I just found a grave yard wedged btwn a Buca di Beppo & a KinderCare, on an 8-lane main road, next to I-96. The original church in front is now some kind of small theater. I photo cemeteries all over MI frequently, don't usually see graves this old. Some folks were born in the 1700's. 1 grave, all by himself, was killed in the War of 1812. They have sayings like "Died Dec. 10, 1838 In expectation of a better life. 50 Years" & "Faith Lost in Sight The Victory Won".

[@adelerodriguez2432]

There is a family cemetery in the middle of the parking lot of a Home Depot in Commack, Long Island, NY.

[@marypozzi5297]

Great job guys it’s so sad but beautiful

[@glenncheatham1320]

I really like how sentimental you are about things, family, memories! Great videos!

[@sandraplonka5225]

Enjoyed your travels and the old cemetery

[@rs91268]

Awesome video

[@lindamccaughey8800]

That was so incredibly beautiful. You were so sensitive with that broke me out in goosepimples. Thank you so much for taking me along

[@Adele411]

OK, you've got me! I didn't see the condition of that "road" on the other side of the creek in your earlier video as I was watching on my phone's little screen. Having seen it close up from the other side, I would have chickened out long before getting to the creek with my truck just going slowly as you did. I take back what I said about your driving!!

[@naenae796]

Robert and crew, another superb video ! Thank you for taking the time to read and set the stones. I do wonder why the parishioners of the current church do not maintain this cemetery along with theirs since they are so close together.

[@jeanette8943]

Yes, I wondered about that too!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yeah, I dunno. The current church doesn’t seem to be very active.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

And there are actually a few “forgotten” graves in the current church’s graveyard also.

[@jamesross184]

Another great video can't wait for more

[@TS-bn7zt]

Fascinating video guys. As always , great work!! Many thanks.

[@sadiedayz2405]

It was a hard time for children, so sad!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes it was

[@HarleyCat54]

Thank you for your kindness in standing up that headstone! Heaven knows how long it's been like that. Not to tell you what to do, but I used to go graveyard hunting up North here. We bring small whisk brooms, gloves, even rakes. Just sayin' Love your videos! I'm glad I subscribed!!

[@hankfacer7098]

That was a fantastic video, those little kids, so many diseases that are now curable, fatal back then. So many of my family were buried as infants.

[@foxb319]

love these videos very sad how people are forgotten

[@kimberlyg5887]

Besides winning, that red clay is probably good for your skin. Speaking of winning, we could never have enough gratitude for each and every hero that sacrificed for this great nation. 🇺🇸 TFS ✌🏻#NeverForget

[@gayeyount7948]

To the crew of sidestep adventures have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and BLESSED NEW YEAR. Keep up the adventures this old lady loves them. Better than t.v.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you so much! Merry Christmas

[@LIBICU812]

That BROACH headstone probably tipped over when that tree pushed up the base so if you can determine how old that tree is then that's possibly how long ago it was tipped over.

[@LIBICU812]

At 22:00: the epitaph is the first line of a prayer originally written in Latin from before 1300 a.d. "In the midst of life we are in death of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death."

[@sadie4538]

Great video although sad to see how neglected/forgotten these graves are. 😢

[@flournoymason8961]

This is how everybody ends up. Standing beore my Greatgrandparents grave whom I never met as they were deceased before I was born are going to be completely forgotten when I'm gone. I'm 73 and it won't be long. Even people who died in the 50's are often forgotten especially when their die as children which is always sad.

[@janecarolhogue3140]

The m k you for the videos Thank you for your compassion for these head stones Keep the videos coming

[@InLawsAttic]

Wow, that road!! Glad you made it! Thank you for this video!

[@lillyothevalley7315]

Love your videos! Been a fan for a while now. Cemeteries are my favorite. Would LOVE to have you come explore the mountains of North Georgia! Take care and God bless you and your team. 👍🙏❤️

[@part_time_fishing]

Next dirt road day I need to go. I miss slowly easing down a old Ga back road. Me and big girl ( my f250 ) need a good easy dirt road day. Thanks for the videos Robert.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Let’s do it!

[@sid-hq9ib]

I am originally from GA. I love your vidios. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

[@CC58]

Co. G, 31st Regiment, Ga Hines, Thomas J.--Private Nov. 22, 1861. Roll dated Dec. 31, 1861, shows him present, remarks:Ómeasles, no duty. In C.S.A. General Hospital at Danville, Va. on account of debility, Aug. 6, 1862. Discharged Sept 5, 1862.

[@sirm45]

I enjoyed that, but now I want to cry to see such disrepair and vandalism.

[@MrsKman1967]

I love these videos, Thank you Sir, for bringing them to all of us. Can't wait to see what you bring to us on the next Sidestep Adventure! Merry Christmas to you and family and Happy New Years 🎄🎁😇 Oh, You should name your Jeep *Georgia* Perfect Name, My opinion! LoL

[@ericd2791]

well that jeep of yours will take to a lot of trails. take care of it, it take care of you. you will have so much fun in it. my 01 jeep wrangler takes me to a lot of back roads. have a good Christmas & happy new years. enjoy that jeep.

[@lindabuffalolr]

I have a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, love it, had no major issues with it, love being high up! They are strong SUVs!

[@tauriyannasworld438]

This opened my eyes to why when I was doing a paper trail on my family history there no names to or listings to my grandma great grandmother mother and no name for my great grandfather same for my granddad his dad was born 1912 and his mother 1907 and the history stopped no more paper trails 😭😭😭 now I see why

[@rubenrubinos982]

So sad to see how many young people are buried there in addition to all the infants and children. I don't understand why so many cemeteries have been abandoned and vandalized. Some people really must have boring lives.

[@luanncunningham2318]

You will be blessed leaving the cemetery in better shape than the way you found it.

[@jeniw8586]

Thanks. Very nice view of the little old cemetery.

[@pigoff123]

It is a shame it is not taken care of. I understand that the church doesn't have the funds but they could still get a group together twice a year for upkeep.

[@charlestrubl]

It's litteraly free to clean a grave

[@wandastevens3183]

It seems that they don't want to clean it ,and they don't seem to have a specific church fund to hire someone else that would do it .......if someone would supply gas money for a blower and mower,get the rest with rake and limbs throw them in a far away pile....they may be generous enough to give free labor....but if people has relatives out there...GET YOUR BEHIND OUT THERE AND CLEAN YOUR PRECIOUS RELATIVES GRAVES...MAKE THEM PROUD OF YOU...!!!

[@adelerodriguez2432]

It would be the Christian thing to clean up the cemetery and fix the headstones. The deceased were probably put in Christian burial to begin with.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Robert & team, I wonder why the new church didn't tend to the graves in the woods that are so obviously on their property. It really makes me sad to see so ,many children's graves. Around the era they died there was so much disease that wasn't treatable before antibiotics came along. Thank you for sharing. x

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

The baby bottles with the rubber hoses which harbored deadly build up of bacteria killed alot of baby's & young kids as well.

[@SueGirling68]

@@ghostcityshelton9378 Yes very true. x

[@pumpupjam9648]

Thank you, this was a beautiful adventure, but so sad that this cemetery and many other's you found are in disarray. Sad all those kids of families, died. Maybe back then they caught some sort of fever or virus.

[@adelerodriguez2432]

A lot of people died from illnesses that can be prevented by vaccines or treated with antibiotics. One of my ancestors buried two children that had died on the same day from scarlet fever.

[@cclyon]

I have a 99 Cherokee I use for work (delivering mail in the Rockies), it's beat to hell but works. My real vehicle is an 02 wrangler that's in the shop right now having the back end replaced-I can't wait to get it back. :( I would love to go out with you guys.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I hate when my Jeep is down. I thought I was going to have to replace the front differential, but that may not be the case. It seems the CV joint in the front drive shaft is going out. Which means no more exploring this weekend. Sadly.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Those older Cherokee’s were tough for sure

[@jamielieberg7053]

that stone you did W J Broach that Cross on there is for the order of the knight templar a masonic order of the York Rite the cross is the Cross of Malta

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thanks, I was wondering what it meant

[@debbieblaylock9997]

I really love your videos. It's sad to see that Cemtery has been forgetting . A. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[@CC58]

Hines, W.D. - 31st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company: G Soldier's Rank In: Brevet Second Lieutenant Soldier's Rank Out: First Lieutenant Alternate name: William D./Haynes Film Number: M226 ROLL 29 Plaque Number: Notes: General Note - Original filed under William D./Haynes

[@MrJeep75]

Very sad to see these places in sad state, enjoy your videos keep them coming, Marry Christmas

[@conniechamberlain1259]

Thank you for saying where you are at.

[@suzannetisdall7609]

I really thankyou for finding and rediscovering history and documenting these old cemeteries in the far reaches of Georgia and Alabama I think in order to finance your trips to a much further places, you should creaTe merchandise like t-shirts with the sidestep adventures logo with the Georgia logo and a road leading off onto the sunset. I would buy your t-shirt myself to help support your rediscoveries. I can't wait for your next video to come out and I hope you can make more cash to get that jeep of yours repaired fully. I hope you can get the attention of the state to get off their butts and restore these cemeteries and headstones. I hope you will do the same with the crew you have along with you at times. Having the proper tools will help. I think national geographic should get in on this or the history channel to help bring to light in how important these abandoned and forgotten cemeteries are and restore them. I hope you can do this soon. there is online, a website showing the willow tree you have seen on stones and it means sorrow and long life.

[@brendashelby5593]

I love when u go exploring thank you

[@historylover2432]

nice to see you getting across the creek in that spot it was slick of you to go the other direction I like that

[@jimmyhappysmith204]

Thank you so much for a tour of this cemetery. Yes I do suppose vandalism caused a major part of the damage. I realize without immunizations and antibiotics people did die young during this area. All the names you read off will assist Find-A-Grave . It was kind of you to stand that one gravestone up.

[@wandastevens3183]

Back then vaccines were more trusted...but,nout now

[@alisongriffin337]

So beautiful in the Autumn 🍂, great video as always. Xx

[@vilmalima1824]

Muito interessante esse vídeo, muito impressionante. Adorei. Sucesso a todos.

[@chrisackerley1842]

I agree with you, rural Georgia is beautiful. I do have one question, though. My review of the satellite photos of Georgia on GooMaps leads me to believe the entire State has been logged over, at one time or another. Do you know of any old-growth forest in Georgia? If so, where in the State would I find such original, pre-colonial forest?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I don’t really know of any old growth areas of Georgia.... it does appear that the whole state has been logged

[@lucygray6162]

Chris, There are very few old growth forests left anywhere in the South. In Georgia, you have the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, which is huge and extends into neighboring states, and Fernbank Forest (in Atlanta and only about 60 acres). Fernbank is a nature center said to be "one of the few remnants of original forest vegetation in the Georgia Piedmont".

[@linuxel33t]

There is a great old cemetery in the Talladega National Forrest. Lots of graves from the Spanish Flu epidemic a hundred years ago. I'm in England now, so, if there's any graveyard you want to see over here, let me know!

[@shannahuffman4655]

I like your jeep and the story behind it

[@gaynorhorsefield8986]

So many children.. the poor Bond family had more than their fair share. You know it amazes me that some people would want to do that to graves, it’s so disrespectful, there are some that do it here in the U.K. I’ve had crystal angels and other crystals stolen from my husband’s grave. It’s terrible. 🙏🏻x

[@CC58]

Broach, W. J. - 46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company: G Soldier's Rank In: Private

[@sherrilee230]

Charles what is thw name of the cem. And the name of the town.

[@CC58]

@@sherrilee230 I'm using PBS Civil War site and GA records to look them up using video. You can probably find out using findagrave dot com.

[@sherrilee230]

@@CC58 thank you very much.

[@sherrilee230]

@@CC58 i went to find a grave and the last name of bond but i found photos from 2014 of the cemetery that showed a lot more graves. Thank you charles

[@thewestpointrouteguy8611]

I have seen headstones/bronze plaques for a husband and wife where one or the other did not have a date of death indicated......I tend to agree with another poster that the person without a death date shown later remarried and is probably buried elsewhere with his/her new spouse.

[@peanutbutter35]

I have a olight I love it!!! It’s soooo bright

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

They are great lights

[@angelforanimals7809]

Please contact the American Legion Hall in that area. I have been told, though I’ve never confirmed it, that they will take care of military graves. If not, I’m sure they could find those who do. You need a small broom for leaves to be brushed off and a small fire extinguisher filled with water to wash off dirt. A small, soft scrub brush and water would clean them nicely.

[@lydafrazier7764]

Wow that is too cool 💙 that's great. Oj let's go

[@colekken]

Love your videos. You guys should make a Rumble channel.

[@SpringRiverHollar]

I've never been to Georgia , the land is beautiful . I just purchased land in Arkansas but it just isn't south enough .

[@lla1010]

Great video as always👍👍👍

[@janecarolhogue3140]

Thank you

[@franceslambert8070]

I am sure glad you folks like old cemeteries as much as I do. And people said I was crazy!!!

[@shadowwalker117]

"Paddle faster, I hear banjos", lmao, I have a t-shirt that says that :)