GRAVE ROBBERS! Desecrated Grave Found In The Woods Of Georgia! John Wright Cemetery

In this gripping episode of Adventures into History, we delve into the enigmatic John Wright Family Cemetery nestled in the woods of Talbot County, Georgia. This exploration begins with a haunting discovery: amidst the serene setting of graves encircled by low rock walls, we stumble upon a disturbing sight. A gaping hole in one of the walls reveals a grave long ago disturbed, the earth beside it bearing silent testimony to an act of grave robbing from a forgotten time.
Armed with curiosity and respect for the past, I embarked on this journey without knowing the full story behind these sacred grounds. It was only after filming, through diligent research, that I confirmed the identity of this resting place as the John Wright Family Cemetery. The desecrated grave, a chilling reminder of the lengths to which some will go to uncover what was meant to remain hidden, leaves us with more questions than answers. Who were the grave robbers, and what were they searching for? The mystery deepens as we consider the historical significance of this site.
Join us as we navigate this chapter of history's shadows, paying homage to those who rest here and pondering the untold stories that lie beneath the surface. This video is not just an exploration of a cemetery; it's a raw discovery of history's vulnerabilities and the enduring impact of human actions on sacred sites. The John Wright Family Cemetery, with its silent stones and whispered past, invites us to reflect on the complexities of heritage and memory.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@mercedithcompala8148]

I would tend to go with your decision.

[@mistyadams-ok8cr]

who eva did that is 1 sick so called human.

[@clayriley5147]

Robert, just curious why you do not use dowsing rods when finding an area suspected to be a cemetery?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

@@clayriley5147 don’t need em

[@grazhopprr]

All that comes up for John Wright cemetery is the one near Wrightsville, which has nothing to do with this location. I can't find that name anywhere in Talbot Co. in the census.

[@Lorriann63]

Grave robbers and vandalizers are some of the lowest kind of people! I don't know why someone would feel like they had the right to do that. I'm glad you are trying to ferret out these places and let people know they are there and to memorialize the people who are there. Thank you, Robert.

[@joshriver75]

They know they don't "have the right". That's why we call it stealing! They don't care because all thieves plan on getting away with their crimes.

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Even without the intro, I would have thought it was a cemetery. I hope whomever dug up that grave had bad luck for the rest of their lives.

[@shellydehart8217]

Me too. Karma will come back n bite you in A##. ♥️😊👍

[@Pstanich]

This is what makes your work so important. To document and tell the lost stories

[@carolfriend6977]

Sad that someone felt they had a right to do such a horrible thing😢. You are so respectful of the places you go❤

[@idamcmullen6114]

Robert you are so very important to so many people. Your Safety is number 1 to all that watch your show. Please always have someone with you. You shouldnt be out there alone. Grave robbing is another animal. 😮

[@belakis1674]

He`s got the old pooch to alert and a 9mm on his side also I think.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

@@belakis1674I don’t own a 9. Just a 32 auto, 38 super, and 45 😅

[@zekesgirl100]

@@AdventuresIntoHistoryGod Bless the .45

[@suegoss8600]

I do believe that is a cemetery and that grave has been dug up!😢 It’s a shame that people are so rude & disrespectful ! So sad, 😢! GODS BLESSINGS TO YOU ROBERT! Thanks for sharing history and keeping history alive! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes, it is the John Wright Cemetery

[@curtwright4740]

1830, Meriwether County, with a group of people named Wright having settled in that county, John, James, Ebednego, and others.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Looks like we found John. Just across the border in Talbot County

[@Robert-hk3gf]

There's a old Civil War cemetery in Florida . And someone dug up a few of the Graves. And I think it's totally wrong too bother someone's resting spot.. Your a Blessed person by doing the thing's you are doing..

[@Robert-hk3gf]

Plus I've learned alot of History by watching your channel..

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

Are you in the Pan Handle of Fla?

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

Great video Robert! My son just located a long ago vacated road between 2 towns in northeast Washington yesterday. He used old maps and sleuthing like you do. He found a long ago collapsed cabin and remnants of an old farm. Fascinating! Guess the apple didn't fall too far from this tree, being me and my love for history. Does my heart good!

[@pamelawooten3251]

I agree with you Robert. Someone did dig up that grave and that is so horrible. I believe that was a homesite too. Thank you for sharing. I bet Dan and Cecil could help mark it out.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

When I first started listening to the video before it got to the part where you said you found proof that it was a cemetery my thought was if Robert thinks it is a cemetery then more than likely that's what it is. You are so knowledgeable and I have learned so much from your videos. I agree that the large dug out area is probably a grave. just despicable how it was desecrated. Excellent video. You never disappoint me.

[@andrewowens9382]

Hi Robert 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 it seems strange when you said that place is called talbot hear in south wales we have a place called port Talbot 😀 a big mysterious burial site, sounds like had been disturbed and vandalised another intresting video robert 😀 all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

[@anncrow3340]

Most English name places in the US are from England, Scotland and Ireland, where the earliest settlers came from. They also brought over some of their burial practices, namely the false crypts built with brick/stones.

[@andrewowens9382]

@@anncrow3340 yes the false crypts are a Scottish way always intresting to know

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

I'm waiting for some Williams to be found, my great great grand ma was one.They settled South Ms.

[@ElizabethLucey-zs1ew]

Uncle Robert your really smart and bright intlgent and kind and caring and loving and understanding and a great listner and your a great role model and mentor and teacher and tutor and father and husband and friend and your creative and talented and hard working and out going and down to earth and fun to be with and.your charming and witty and senstive and fashionable and stylish and honest and loyal and truthful and trusting and faithful and you have a great sense of humor and great personality and a great head on your shoulders and your on time and never late and generouse you would do anything for anyone and you have goals and dreams and aspirations and stars in your eyes and your smile lights up any room and your a great person

[@jacquelinecassidy8682]

❤

[@imhere653]

This gets the prize for the longest, most complimentary sentence of all time. This admirer would be a good fit for your fan club president. Just look at that mastery of PR! I was expecting to see them ask for a favor at the end of their comment for all the schmoozing going on. But, NOOOO! How nice for you. Take this kid to Six Flags Over Georgia this summer. I can tell they'd behave and be grateful.

[@alanmoberly64]

Another fine adventure. I am so disappointed by clear cutting. Happy that they cleared around the cemetery.

[@lornahardin4563]

So sad that some disrespectful loser dug up the grave, and then to have the homesite bulldozed is doubly sad. May those folks Rest In Peace.

[@paulhoffman6371]

I want to believe that the open "pit," if it was a grave, was dug up for relocation of the body to a site with other family members.

[@NoNoNadiaMoore]

That is what I was thinking! Hopefully when the family left the site they decided to reinter the family member into a cemetery close to where they moved. If someone had just vandalized it I believe remnants would remain. I don't think the original settlers were buried with "treasure"...

[@cindys.9688]

I had the same thought, too. It'd be so sad if it was dug up for unethical reasons. I'd like to think that the family wanted to relocate their loved one to be closer to them. I wonder if there are anything in the county records that would show it.🤔

[@NoNoNadiaMoore]

Maybe Dan as a funeral director would be able to find the information!

[@artcflowers]

Cistern maybe? the wall supporting a spring house structure? Question: how are they doing clear cutting? I thought federal laws were passed to stop that harmful practice. Thanks for the walk around

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

No if’s. This is the John Wright Family Cemetery. And that digging is not indicative of relocation of a grave.

[@celleduffel1533]

very interesting, hope there will be more.

[@user-gz2qh1ie8d]

My son and I found an old cemetery put in the middle of wheat fields in eastern Washington one day, going the back way to a friend's house. It was a nice old cemetery from the 1800s and early 1900s. But there were too many that had been dig in and destroyed and desecrated. It was the saddest thing to see.😢 I hate that people do that!!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Me too

[@shannonlibby5261]

I've never understood why anyone would want to desecrate a grave like this, or in any way.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Treasure - or so they want. Often searching for old buttons etc too

[@shannonlibby5261]

@AdventuresIntoHistory how pathetic..and disrespectful. It really makes me mad.

[@I4kkk]

Valuables

[@rebeccafrank739]

Excellent again. I find it so interesting what you discover at old homesites, here in MN we find lilac bushes. I really appreciate learning parts of GA history.

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

In eastern Washington state lilacs are a good indicator of an old homesite too. That and old orchard trees, mostly apple.

[@user-dc8sg5xu1n]

Here in the Northeast you can tell where the outhouses were because when they moved the outhouse structure to a new hole, they planted a Lilac bush where the old hole was.

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

@user-dc8sg5xu1n wow! That's interesting! The downside side of that if you wanted to dig up an old outhouse pit, you'd have to dig up the lilac too.

[@davidcarroll1883]

I saw a picture of a 7 year old Robert in one of Walter's videos. You look almost the same today just without a beard.

[@sunnydayo6847]

what is Walters channel?

[@chriswilford3576]

@@sunnydayo6847 look up Walter Mallard

[@johnnyboyvan]

Tragic but fascinating. 😮 Many people were buried with their rings and things...all worth money 💰.

[@kenj.8897]

No , most jewelry might have been on at the funeral but was removed to be passed down .

[@cindys.9688]

How exciting that you're exploring and documenting a new county. Can't wait for more! You've found something remarkable. You're the best historical sleuth out there.🙂 You're honestly the best history teacher. You have knowledge that makes every video so interesting. Thank you for doing these videos. You have a passion for learning the history of each place you visit and that passion moves on to us. I love your respect for the people, their graves, and places you encounter.❤

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Talbot Co but the edge!

[@Nancy-kw8xz]

Hello Robert wow very interesting video that is so sad and sick at the same time digging up someone grave like that😢 thank you Robert for this video take care and love from upstate New York❤

[@randysinger2673]

Great Detective Work

[@willhan3195]

You have affected change once again. Thank You!

[@nancymason8752]

Would the logging companies ever let you see their maps? Would they show cemeteries that they have to avoid?

[@marshallfrazier915]

There looks to be some small trees growing in the middle of the grave,even though that would have discouraged digging it all up. I believe that it was known that someone was buried there with a bunch of gold teeth, or gold jewelry, thus causing someone to dig up the upper part of the grave.

[@HarperFan01]

Robert please be careful when investigating this cemeteries with criminal action such as poaching trees and grave robbing. They could be watching your videos and think you are a danger to them. Again, please be careful.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

That’s exactly what they should think. But this grave was vandalized probably 70 years ago.

[@angelan2764]

​@AdventuresIntoHistory Could it been someone pet that was buried there?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

@@angelan2764 no as I stated in the video it is the John Wright Cemetery… John Wright is buried there

[@trudychartrand3585]

You make your video so interesting. You know your cemeteries. Thank you for the video. Very interesting.

[@kendrasmith6637]

So sad 😢 I sure don’t understand people 20:41 doing this. How terrible. No respect for others… awful! May they all rest in peace.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Keep us up to date on this place very interesting site

[@user-gz2qh1ie8d]

Here in n. Idaho and eadtern Wash. we see a big bunch of trees and or lilac bushes as well as daffodils and such.

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you Robert and bringing out past history

[@karenshepler7128]

What a great part of history but to distory a part of it is such a shame. I hope with this recording of all this history it may bring attention to it so it may be protected from now on .thanks for sharing and take care

[@lindawoody8501]

Shame on those who desecrated the grave and cemetery! Should be left be or maintained but never vandalized for kicks, dug for jewelry, or worse...

[@SondraD7676]

Unfortunate, and extremely sad, shocking to believe what greed can drive people to do. Grave robbery and cemetery destruction is the most disrespectful of crimes, a total disregard for life and death. This is a lesson, a map for others to follow when looking to identify what is not easily recognized -- see all that you expertly pointed out. (I have indeed watched you since the first video.) You were/are absolutely correct, a cemetery and nearby home site. You have an uncanny talent for reading the land, it is experience, but also ability. Very interesting and captivating video. Your additional dubbed introduction excellent, writing, spot on - I find your writing in the video descriptions a part of the overall experience. This particular video is a great illustration to the historical content you consistently produce. In my opinion, excellent, Robert. 👀👍👍❣️❣️

[@richardsterba2965]

I thought the hole might have been for an outhouse for a house nearby

[@sherrilee230]

I can't donate my PayPal has been terminated and I don't know why my only 2 channels I subscribed to and I can't join in sorry. I was happy to give to help locate these places and preserve them from the like of something like this.

[@SondraD7676]

@@sherrilee230 I have never been able to use paypal anywhere. My "Thanks" support here, is directly through KZbin via credit card.

[@artcflowers]

Yes, the way land developers come in and bulldoze native american mounds and burial sites is horrific and bad karma but, hey, another big box store...

[@joyfisher2128]

You are very smart, Sir. Always learning whenever hanging out with you. It is very sad to think that someone would disrespect a grave that way. Hard to understand. So glad it's been documented and you've helped add to it. Thanks for taking us along!

[@chars1184]

Robert, I saw someone already asked what I was wondering - if this John Wright was an ancestor of yours. I’m betting that you already do this, but thought that I would mention it ‘just in case’. Libraries, especially those located in county seats, often have a lot of county histories stashed away. Some are published books; others are just handwritten. My hubby’s father came from Clarke County, AL, and we’ve done some genealogy research there. Surprised at what all we found.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yup! But ancestor? No idea. Probably not.

[@carolynnalvord6082]

Thank you for another interesting video. What is a flower pit? I can't find it anywhere...

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Kind of like a cellar but not under a building

[@shellydehart8217]

As I’ve watched this channel for sometime now I’m beginning to learn more n more about cemeteries. For what you’ve shared I believe you’re perfectly correct. Robbing graves is as low as you can get as a human being. I’m enjoying n fascinated with this part of history in the hills of Georgia. ♥️😊👍👍👍🌟

[@katenickels617]

fascinating

[@VictoriaN72]

Maybe the family moved the bodies to a different cemetery ? Looks like a foundation to me. Upsetting to see the desecration the logging companies cause to the landscape.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Only if they moved the waist up. It’s a cemetery, not a foundation as stated in the video.

[@SondraD7676]

Thanks!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you

[@SondraD7676]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory you are welcome!

[@shellydehart8217]

@@SondraD7676 Sondra, that was kind of you to help in donations to Robert’s channel. I wish I could do more but as a widow trying to make it on 1 income is hard. All I can do is support Robert with both of his channels in liking n commenting. One day I may get ahead financially n can help in doing my part. But it’s on my bucket list to someday I’ll go to Waverly Hall n hopefully meet him. ♥️😊👍

[@jeffbryan6077]

Just another possibility, as a long time Funeral Director, I have been involved in several exhumations where a family has had a decedents remains moved to a new cemetery, several cases, were from old Homesite burials to a municipal or Church cemetery, and even old abandoned church cemeteries to the "newer" church cemetery. Hope that was the case in this situation.

[@thomasmint1761]

Very interesting. Two questions: 1. Could this have been an exhumation? Usually that would have a full grave-length opening. But perhaps they only partially opened because of the tree overgrowing the site, and “slid” the coffin out through the partial opening? 2. Why not inquire with the project/engineering company doing the work why they left that section intact? Or, does that defeat the intrigue of your exploration?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

1. No. There would have been no coffin to slid out with this old a grave. 2. A little bit of research confirmed this was the John Wright Cemetery about 5 minutes after I left and got back into good cellphone service, so no need to.

[@MargieT6223]

Robert you are increditable thank you for what you do! God Bless

[@sandysue202]

You mentioned the possibility of a flower (flour?) pit a couple of times and that is a term that I have not heard before? I am glad that we now know that it was a family cemetery. Have you been able to find out if that grave was dug up by unscrupulous people or could it be that the body was moved for some purpose? Only the creepiest of the creepy humans would be digging up a grave for personal gain. Although, I know it was once done a lot to provide cadavers for medical students to learn from.

[@susangray1609]

Robert you know what to look for better than anyone including Dan and the other Robert. I’ve learned so much from you that I explore my area with new eyes.

[@MeMe-cz6pk]

What you've come upon may very well be a cemetery. Considering timber harvesting can only be done after several decades, are Timber Companies going off historical topographical maps as to what areas can be harvested and which can not? Where I'm from timber is harvested from an area every 80 or 90 years. Obviously the Timber Company knows of the cemetery or it would have been cleared. I dislike what logging/ tree harvesting does to the landscape, but I guess its necessary. Great find. Wow

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yup. John Wright Cemetery

[@marybratton1766]

​@AdventuresIntoHistory any distant relationship to you Robert Wright, right?❤

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

@@marybratton1766 yup

[@giniwalters8401]

Hey Robert! I enjoyed this video!!! I learned a lot of things!!! Thank you for the lessons!!! So sad that people will do anything to possibly get a lil money or trinket 😢 I had been missing this channel and found out that the all settings had been changed 😢 I fixed it 💙 Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication!!! I greatly appreciate you Robert!!! God bless you, keep you healthy and safe 🙏🙏🙏

[@matooleyobrien2918]

What. Happened with the Old Bird Farm channel?

[@kimferguson5002]

My question is what are they looking for to rob this old of a gravesite…people didn’t have much.. I have followed you for years watching your videos and it’s always surprising what you find and how you educate us. Why do people do this kind of disruptive behavior with no respect for the dead. I guess somebody with the land permit is trying to save the integrity of the area by keeping what they found sacred, however, many do not. Keep up the good job. I find your videos very interesting, entertaining and enlightening. God bless you.

[@janinecollins938]

Hobart Tasmania Australia 🦘 watching

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Hey

[@inquis1t1ve5]

Wow!

[@lillypad9960]

I didn't see indentations in the ground. Probably not a slave cemetery. Also, no markers. This is a quandary. Thank you. Blessings from Michigan

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

It’s the John Wright Cemetery as stated in the intro…

[@lillypad9960]

@AdventuresIntoHistory Yeah, read it afterwards. Thanks! Great video.

[@jamesbass9797]

Robert, I agree with some of your points and disagree with others. It is blatantly obvious that is a grave and not a flower box or well. I do agree that someone has dug up that grave for unknown reasons although you may be correct with robbery. The home site you showed is probably related to that cemetery, but I don't think it was a family cemetery. It is simply too far away from the home site for that. I would bet there were other home sites in that general area. Probably can't see where other homes were due to all the logging that has been done in the past 100 years. The cemetery itself is probably much bigger than can now be determined due to all the logging in the past. I'd bet money on it.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

It is 100 percent a small family cemetery as I said in the intro I confirmed after filming, and that is well within the usual distance we find family cemeteries from homesites. Sometimes right by the house, sometimes miles away. This one less than others I’ve seen…. But I’ll take your money 😅

[@jamesbass9797]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory -- lol

[@angelan2764]

​@@AdventuresIntoHistory Why where they clearing that in the first place?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

@@angelan2764 timber property

[@patmadix172]

Looks dug to me! Sad many cemeteries are being desiccated and are disappearing. Thanks

[@clintonsmith9931]

What happened to your drone? Would be neet to have a flyover! 😊

[@lorrainelevi7872]

Sad, when people become grave robbers just to obtain artifacts that they can sell to collectors . Being a Native American, way back in the day , we did bury our deceased with what little that person considered precious to them. Mostly though, we would burned these precious items, so they can take them with them in the spirit realm, this included special or favorite clothing, blankets, their eagle fans we would undo them and gift the feathers to the elders, the feathers would live on. If it was a male, who had passed, his medicine bags would be buried with the deceased. Just like the kings in Egypt special prayers, and songs were said to protect these items from being used from individuals who had no right to have them. What ever special prayers and strong medicines the deceased once had, left with him, back to the earth. Disturbing a grave is a violation to the deceased and is against, the laws of humanity and The Creator aka God. All they did was obtained a new job description “ Grave Robbers” May the Lord have mercy on your soul. The Spirit Karma is now after the Grave Robbers, sleep well

[@curtwright4740]

It’s absolutely not right. Very likely a Pioneer couple. Wicked people can’t even leave the sleeping alone.

[@KonTikiBea]

How terrible that someone did that! I hope someday those who did this will be held accountable!

[@Sirshackleton]

If there was a body there where the heck is it? They could have at least put the body back and covered it. I’m sure there wasn’t much left but surely there was something. This is heartbreaking.

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

If you don't have enough respect to not dig up a grave in the first place, you will most likely not have the respect to rebury the grave.

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

The grave is empty. What would they have sone with the casket?!?! What in the world are you going to get? A wedding band? Goodness! Id like to know more about the family that lived there. Thank you Robert. Amazing work.

[@markymark903]

Is it possible that someone had a relatives remains moved to another cemetery ?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

No, because not enough dug up for that.

[@mygrammieis]

Tooo sad folks are disturbing cemetery s for greed

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

For sure

[@marcbrunson6986]

It is really odd looking. There are good factors as to how it could be a well or foundation for some small structure. Considering how buried the stone is and how deliberate it looks, a vault grave is highly probable. It's sad that it was dug out. I'm glad you were able to figure out who was buried there.

[@minerran]

What would be the motivation to dig up an old grave? How likely is it that someone would be buried with valuables?

[@blakebufford6239]

Great channel! Robert, why are Cedar trees indicative of a Cemetery? Was it because they are evergreens? Thanks!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes, because they are evergreens

[@greyferguson9319]

Our local township cemetery is removing all the cedar trees. Fortunately, the cemetery is at a crossroads with church & township hall adjacent. Still used & we have many family members interred there. Beautiful place.

[@curtwright4740]

Mr.Robert, are these your ancestor group?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I don’t know for sure, but probably somewhere down the line

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha 🌺 Time gets away from us. Before you know it unbelievable change has taken place. 🌺🥰

[@Pstanich]

I can't believe there would be much worth stealing

[@jefflawrentz1624]

It’s sickening to think someone would desecrate a grave. Beyond disgusting. I would like to think that descendants may have had the grave exhumed and relocated to be amongst those of other loved ones but with it being left open instead of refilled I believe you’re right. What a tragedy.

[@myirisheyesaresmiling5037]

This location is so remote and easy to dig without being noticed. This person’s grave must’ve been someone who the robbers had interest in, sick as that sounds. Patriarch of the family with wealth? I will be glad to find out the rest of the story. Stay safe, Robert! That hole looked like snake heaven.

[@erichelmer8098]

It would be interesting if you talked to a person in charge of setting up a logging area. Ask questions about what resources they have for avoiding logging of cemeteries, etc. Their perspective would be interesting to learn.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

State law protects cemeteries, so the short of it is they avoid them if they’re reputable and aware they are there

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

In the case of this it was cut out from the surrounding property

[@collinkitchens6700]

I really hate that people desecrate graves like this. I would be so upset if someone did that to one of my ancestors/relatives grave. I would love to have more information about the house that was once there, what it looked like. Who once lived there, and how it ended up being torn down.

[@ginnymiller2448]

I think most people don't realize how quickly a coffin buried directly in the earth without a vault would deteriorate, especially one from so long ago. I have seen other cemetery videos filmed in foreign countries, where it is customary to disinter/move old burials to make room for new ones. After only a handful of decades, there was nothing left of the burial other than metal casket parts, a few pieces of larger bones, and some scraps of clothes and leather shoes. I would like to think that whoever dug up this grave didn't find anything of value, seeing as how the person was buried without a headstone, that makes me think that the family wasn't wealthy and likely didn't bury valuables with the dead.

[@daveb1870]

I was in a hunting club west of buena vista. There were graves from the late 1700's. Couple adults and couple children. All died within months of each other, back then consumption got a lot of them. I often wondered but it was a small site maybe 12'x12'

[@lylealexson8680]

It's unfortunate people can be so rotten and low as to dig up graves. It's a reminder that people will do anything. Especially when money could be involved.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes

[@donnajames9240]

Any moonshine in that part of the county? Looks like a good hiding spot.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Moonshine all over

[@jakesarms8996]

In England - its common for cemeteries to be vandalized these days ...

[@codysm]

There is a very old cemetery on N. Whatley Rd. in Lagrange. I can recall one person being born in 1776, unfortunately in has gone down hill over the last 10 years, sad to see.

[@cathyjackson5959]

I just looked up what the blue paint on the r trees mean- it’s a property boundary line. Pro be south going to a local library or courthouse?

[@amygreene259]

What sicko would take from the dead??

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Treasure hunters. I understand why people find it shocking and hard to believe, but after having seen or heard so many stories of dug up graves….. it doesn’t surprise me at all. Still terrible

[@SerenitySueGraveyards]

How awful, unfortunately it happens a lot

[@donnashomin357]

Grave Robbing is an unforgivable act. I hope they don’t go to heaven. God knows all.

[@bethhutto9800]

I've got tears running down my face. I don't understand the mind of someone that would do something like this. This is the resting place of someone that has lived their life and no telling what they went through. To have some greedy lowlife come and disrespect their resting place is unforgivable. God bless their soul because I couldn't.

[@williambarr2698]

Have you considered taking a 6" steel rod along. It would be interesting to know if there had been steps down into what you thought was a grave that had been opened or was it a root cellar? Families spent a lot of effort to have a place to store potatoes & other root crops and apples even salt pork. A rod to prob with would have found steps. It seem to big for a grave and a lack of head stones. If they put up a cut stone wall grave markers should also have been present. Just a couple of thoughts I thought I add.

[@bettyboop4263]

If that's the hard Georgia clay the grave robber must have thought they were going to find something valuable. Are their any descendents of the family still in the area?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yeah, there are still Wright descendants around

[@Autigers2013]

My dads best friend was a Wright, and he was from Rome. Is that close to this cemetery? Truman my dads best friend is buried in Attalla, AL.

[@leekorten1791]

💞

[@karentrimmer]

I don't see anyone asking the obvious question, maybe I'm missing something. Have you looked into any possibility of you being related to John Wright? You said you found him in Talbot Country. It would be interesting to have an info update, even if just a message in another video.

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Interesting, guess you need to excavate , if an emptied grave , maybe deceased was moved to another cemetery , to a family plot 🤔

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

It is a cemetery, as stated in the intro. Excavation would be not only illegal but also immoral.

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Positive it's empty, could remain, not be lower still 🤔

[@nancysantamarialatica1141]

Funny Robert .

[@Josh31287]

Scooby Doo and the gang has entered the chat

[@barbarabell1171]

Hiw did you find this place?

[@Kat-d2u2]

How did the timber company know that it was and to have it marked off limits?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Because it is cut out on property maps as the John Wright Cemetery, it is not owned by the timber co.

[@user-vh6rj4nk8d]

So sad and disrespectful to these graves that were desecrated.

[@haroldhorton2603]

outhouse hole Cemetery had had them

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Must’ve missed the part where I confirmed it was a grave lol

[@freyastom3886]

Maybe they are the foundations of a small house chapel with a small crypt under the floor. I could imagine that a wooden roof sat on stone walls that have long been destroyed.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

It’s a family cemetery.

[@freyastom3886]

Ah yes, I see!