SENT TO THE INSANE ASYLUM! this old plantation cemetery holds many stories, connections, and people

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

A lot of research put into making this and all the connections so big shoutout to Joy! Also I was unable to insert the photos of the ship that brought Isaac Carter home into the video, so check the FB group and the community section here on KZbin for that. Tip Jar For Gas: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: kzbin.info/door/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg eBay Shop: www.ebay.com/usr/oldbyrdfarm Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link My flashlight link: www.olightstore.com/s/UPTJSG Save 10 percent: SAIH10 (not valid on sales items and X9R) Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Very interesting. Thank you, Joy i And robert.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Great job! I remember the Terryville video ❤

[@rikspector]

You are. doing very well because you are good of heart😊🌟

[@sharenp3839]

Amazing!

[@joyfisher2128]

Big THANK YOU again to Robert for agreeing to let me come on and talk about the info I was able to find on the folks buried in this cemetery. Robert is very giving of his time and willingness to adapt his content here to wherever it might lead. It really was an honor to get to shed some light on the lives of the people who were buried here and, hopefully, restore some of the respect that was taken from them in their final resting place. Robert is an inspiration in so many ways but the passion he puts into a project like this just filters out into the world and it's really cool to see how it affects change. I've been so lucky to meet him and other friends through him like Cecil, who helped to investigate the tree poaching and survey the graves, and Wesley Culpepper who helped me so much in understanding and figuring out connections of the people within the cemetery and the nearby community of Terryville. I feel so lucky to have been a part of it and am so very grateful. Thank you for all your time and hard work filming and the editing the video, Robert!

[@sharontolbert1112]

You truly did a fantastic job on this!! I hope y’all can do more videos together! I just love it when the forgotten are brought back to the present. And the respect, care and attention to detail shows the character and humanity of these projects. God bless!!

[@joyfisher2128]

@@sharontolbert1112 Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm so grateful I got to do it. It made me really happy to share what all I found. Thanks!

[@wesleyculpepper4571]

Joy, thank-you so much!!!!! You did a fantastic job!!!! Wes Terry Culpepper

[@joyfisher2128]

@@wesleyculpepper4571 🥰🥰🥰

[@tommyt1357]

@@joyfisher2128hi joy I have a question can I help do research on this family to kind of help u find records of them

[@Morbidk1tty]

I'm so happy that you're sharing these stories. Nobody should ever be forgotten.

[@Smoothbuttermilk]

When I was doing my family’s genealogy I discovered that on my father’s side there were several slave owners. None in Georgia. It hit me so hard that I had to walk away from our genealogy for a while. This was so devastating to me. I will never understand how someone could think it was alright to own another human being. Thank you for showing so much respect to these people.

[@sleepingrabbit4011]

I'm hispanic and my mother's great uncle fought for Confederacy for Texas in the Civil War in the Calvary His last name is rodriguez, And yes, it's very strange, but things were different back then

[@wagstag89]

It was just a different time. Everyone has ancestors that have been enslaved at some point. It only seems to matter if it happened in America in the last 300 years. But rest assured you had ancestors enslaved overseas at some point in history.

[@earlthepearl3922]

That’s history for you. Some people back in those days felt it was OK. There are documented cases of freed slaves owning slaves. So even they thought it was OK. You can’t judge people from the past through a filer of modern, more liberal attitudes.

[@Smoothbuttermilk]

As I went further back to one of my ancestors I found he was an indentured servant to pay for his immigration in the late 1600’s. And later in his life he was a slave owner. I’m okay with this now but it was hard when I first learned about this.

[@melissafarmer1468]

Are maids any different than slaves? They are paid and treated differently but still.

[@alvankarpas6245]

ALWAYS a pleasure to see Miss Joy who so graciously brings dignity and character to your episodes. The work she put in for this episode is nothing short of what one would expect from someone of her caliber. Thorough as the evidence will allow, suppositions clearly and plainly declared, and a sensitivity to the mores and customs of the era weaving a simple, straightforward story of who was where and why. Thank you Robert for giving Miss Joy the platform to do this work and thank you Miss Joy for your commitment and "just being you." Something I normally would not give two hoots about, yet there I sat watching you and Miss Joy give it all life and character. And only once did I ask "where's Dan?"

[@BartolaEnright]

Robert, Joy,and Cecil thank you all because to me you are honoring these enslaved souls who are buried and long forgotten.I thoroughly appreciate this segment and the history done with it.

[@MASSEY50]

Joys a great addition to the content. She’s very knowledgeable and personable.

[@davegoodridge8352]

Joy is a great historian.

[@robertdonaldson6584]

It is nice that your grandma is still living and near you....

[@trudychartrand3585]

Oh wow Joy you did a wonderful job. So very interesting. Thank you Joy and Robert for this.

[@Lorriann63]

This was a great video. How cool that these people have been linked together. Thank you for all your work, Robert, Joy and Cecil.

[@timeversman9804]

I think these people are smiling just because you're speaking about them...😊

[@susangray1609]

It is amazing that she can find out so much about African American lives so long ago.

[@robertrockwell7581]

Love Joy. and also love the fact that she cares about the history.

[@briansessler1573]

Thank you for preserving our history. And those forgotten. Amen

[@CrowCaw22]

You have an incredible team! It’s clear to see the research is driven by compassion. Revealed history feels good💕

[@SondraD7676]

Excellent uncovering of the past of these people, Joy and Robert, and Cecil too. I do know how difficult it can be to connect family trees and the lives of people. Across time is difficult enough but roots from those enslaved where identifying records are scarce even more so. It is heartwarming to know that there are people who care about these souls lost to time. Yes, most definitely cemetery care and maintenance is a lifetime commitment. ❣❣👍👍

[@imanutnur7]

Joy is a nice addition to your team.

[@NiecyB]

I love history and old cemeteries .There are so many in Floyd County Ga that sadly have unmarked graves of slaves. It has ts me and breaks my heart for these families

[@carolparrott1994]

Amazing history, Joy! You gave Dan a run for his money on this one! 😉 And Private Carter’s stone is beautiful-as always, I am impressed with the respect you all show everyone you visit, but the veteran graves especially get my heart every time. Great video!

[@Corgis175]

Amazing research and gravestones. RIP to all talked about in this vlog.

[@FreeSpirit47]

It would be so nice to do something similar for all the thousands of Native American children who died at the boarding schools they were forced into after being taken from their tribes.

[@ggbythesea9231]

🕊🤲🏼

[@tonyaharmon1383]

It Just Takes Someone With The Urge To Know, $ & Lots of Time! It Would Be Wonderful If This Could Be Done! Maybe Bring Closure To Their Descendents! RIP For All Those Natives Lost!

[@yusufmujahid4021]

My father was born in Macon Ga 1910, and tol many stories about deep south. That life was beyond hard, when we ask way some of our relative were white he told us whites could come into a blacl man house and take his wife to do whatever. My dad left the south at 12 year old due in part to so many hanging and horrible stories and seeing this video did make me cry.

[@michaelcaldwell4890]

And then imagine how they felt toward the child created from this rape?

[@sheilam4964]

Thx guys for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.

[@thisoldnurse1521]

@SidestepAdventuresIntoHistory. . I am Canadian and have done my genealogy and of course over the years spent hours in old cemeteries. I have and glad I did cleared off headstones and photographed some cemeteries. Have you photographed and recorded your headstones and cemeteries with Billions of Graves? I believe now you can even record exactly where the stone is. So many gravestones cemeteries long forgotten and information lost.

[@ggbythesea9231]

Thank YOU both for Your RESPECT & DILIGENCE in this Work.. this *IMPORTANT* Work. 🕯 Take Care!✌🏼💙✊🏼💙🙏🏼

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Robert, I love you , for all you do to preserve history, but especially graves on the enslaved, which I very deeply , and deeply to my heart ,and Joy too for all she does too ,wish more people cared too, it upseting times , but I love you all for finding ❤❤

[@bethbartlett5692]

As long as there those who still hold appreciation, love, and respect for themselves and others, we are moving in the Up Direction. If I may, I will share a story with you.! 🌎 🧲 There's a Science group in Italy that keep a running measure of the Earth's magnetic Field and that is directly affected by our Human Energy Vibrational Frequency. As defined by Quantum Physics Science, and the Universal Laws, our Thought and Feelings are Energies that Vibrate on a Frequency. It we are in our Higher Mind, where all our Positive Thought Energies and Wisdom reside, the Value is "High Vibe". If we are in our "Lower Mind, aka Ego Mind, aka Adolescent Mind" ("that's where all our negative thought energies reside: fear, prejudices, judging, accusing, jealousy, envy, hate, anxieties, stress, that which causes illness/disease, and all matters of unhappy, etc.") The are the low Vibe Energies . But what many don't know, and News Media doesn't for us on, rather they are largely just fostering the Lower Mind for profits However, in recent time, the Magnetic Resonance Numbers have been Record Highs, that is directly influenced by Our Thought's Frequencies influence and like frequently matched by the Universe, as described in the "Universal Law of Attraction" too. Countless have established a habit of being: "Conscious Thought" + "Applying Higher Mind" and practicing daily 15 min Meditation ... and this practice raises their Vibe, promotes the Highest Health and Wellbeing, ... and influences the Collective and our Planet with Positive Vibrations. Plus what Infinite Intelligence does for our US and our Universe 24/7. ✨🌎✨ Quantum Physics is the Science that measures and is proving the Nonphysical aka other side of the veil aka Our Creator ... I enjoy sharing this information and I hope it inspires and comforts you greatly ... We all are Unconditionally Loved, Supported, and Protected. The truths, facts and findings are Far more Positive that the "News Media streams and programs in everyone's minds". The Good is way Bigger than the other ... Know good things are very real and this Journey is temporary, but our Souls, our me that we know, are Eternal. The Stories of Religions just have fear influences from rulers of old. Best Thoughts and Wellbeing ... Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian .

[@richardgrumpywelsh2485]

What a great story, thanks for showing

[@kathyhalley2547]

Thank you Joy and Robert!! What an interesting video.

[@davidtrishhope9841]

Watching this from New Zealand

[@ShannonStanley31]

Very well done Joy and Robert! This was a great video you gave us. 😊👍👍👍👍👍

[@juliakonrad3665]

Joy - well done on such a mammoth research project !! 10/10 though my head is spinning with all the names and connections and ur recall is amazing u seem to know the details like those sleeping in death in the featured cemetery are your own kin 🙋‍♀️You have an obvious talent for genealogy!

[@howardwest1347]

Loved this video. She is amazing. I don’t know how she remembers so much . She is like Dan

[@HalfPint5811]

It's a dark part of Our American history, but thank Yall for keeping the memories alive and doing all this hard work to figure out who these people were. Great job Yall.

[@1969floridagirl]

AMAZING EPISODE ! TY so much .

[@scottbatzler412]

Thanks!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank YOU

[@sandysue202]

Those asylums were not pleasant places from all that I have read and seen videos on. If you werent a lunatic going in, you would be before long. It would be interesting to know just what this man did. Apparently his 2 sons and wife believed that he was at the very least, a danger to himself. Very sad place to live out your last days and especially with a young son that he probably seldom, if ever, got to see again. This was a great video, Robert and Joy!

[@jeansalutz8422]

Joy, your research is impressive. Keep going!

[@lisadodd4572]

Love these stories ❤️ love Joy she really researches her material like you do Robert! Love this show❤❤

[@waynemcquarrie5077]

That research must be tough. Great job

[@tothewoods743]

Great job, Joy!

[@Linney321]

This is absolutely fascinating. Thanks to both of you for the hard work put into these people's stories.

[@tacocin]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Deep respect for Joy doing all that research and telling the stories of these families! Super interesting to hear about all the connections. The pictures put faces to the names and gives more meaning to the story. I am fascinated by this video! THANK YOU!!!

[@shannonwelsh5830]

Thanks so much!❤

[@chriswilford3576]

Always fascinating to watch and learn about your history in Georgia from Australia. Thank you Joy, Cecil, Dan and the two Robert’s for keep searching and recording for everyone. I love both of your channels Robert, you have a great voice to listen to. Cheers from Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺

[@venturesoutside-ht8sm]

Joy is hard-working and very detailed

[@jmcdaid620]

Thank you for sharing the histories of the people in this family.

[@robertbates6057]

Milledgeville is a very deep and often sad story to tell. At one time, it was the worlds' largest sanitorium. Today it's only two bldgs. dealing with the criminally insane. My oldest daughter was an intake social worker there for a few years, dealing with THE most violent in GA. It would be a very interesting topic if you were to tackle it. Estimated 30K graves there. In the 80s, most of it was closed. As a society, we tend to overshoot on solutions. There was horrible abuse there but also incredible devotion to helping others. As a result of the closing of the system, many potentially violent schizophrenics are walking the streets of GA. that should be detained and treated. The history is amazing. Growing up in the 60s and 70s in GA., we would hear people say...they'll send you to Milledgeville.

[@joyful_tanya]

Everywhere. Where I am from in northern Illinois, Elgin State hospital was a fully contained asylum with farm, dairy, and nurses training. My mother would say that I would end up at Elgin State, if I didn't 'shape up'. Closing of the asylums has not only allowed severely ill folks on the street, they are also vulnerable adults who need care. It's cruel to expect mentally unwell people to worry about food, housing and paying bills. Most people who have mental health disturbances are victims of abuse before 5 years old. CSA especially. It's not a moral failure.

[@cindys.9688]

Thank you for this interesting background information. I agree; walking through the institution's cemetery would be informative and probably pretty interesting. Sad, but at the same time, eye-opening. That is, if the graves are marked.

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

So very interesting to hear you mention Elgin State. While doing genealogy on my mom's side I discovered that my great great grandfather was a ward there. I don't think any of my older living relatives even knew that. I by chance named my daughter after her 3x great aunt because she was a spinster school teacher. It turns out from what I can gather is that she chose that life to take care of her mother in the absence of her father, who was at Elgin State. They lived in the Sycamore/Mayfield area. Reading my great grandmother's diaries she would every so often say father showed up tonight. Apparently he would escape and come home. Very sad situation to find out about, but was never talked about by the family, so much so that the younger generations didn't even know about it!

[@teresabrougham3834]

Good job Joy!! It’s all amazing!!

[@sherronbell4961]

Incredible and amazing graveyard and history

[@tearletillman2616]

Mr. Robert I have been enjoying your videos since I discovered you about two years ago. I enjoy your guests, especially Mr. Dan. I must say though this young Lady and her research are Outstanding,I thouroughly enjoyed this video!

[@jeannettetyler9038]

This video was amazing and really enjoyed it

[@davidwelling3264]

Awesome thanks

[@monikameza4107]

Thank you Robert and Joy for your dedication and the wonderful job your doing, thanks for sharing ❤

[@howardwest1347]

Robert I don’t know how you can find anything in that heavy maze of trees and bushes much less remember where you saw them in the first place! You are amazing at this as well in many other ways. Donna northern Michigan

[@RobertaFierro-mc1ub]

Personal Historians are the Coolest People around!

[@audragednalske3385]

Wow! Next time I’m in Georgia I would love to go see this place! Fantastic video!

[@glennjudd2467]

Very interesting & so much hard work & there stories ! Just amazing all you both have found !

[@celleduffel1533]

Ty Robert and ty Joy for this very educational video...I enjoyed very much.

[@diannareed5499]

Awesome job on all your research Joy! It is sad but interesting as well.

[@kayannahufford340]

Thank you. I really enjoyed looking at this cemetery. Joy, you have such a good heart to find out all this information. You also look so cute with your glasses on. Love you both.

[@brendahogue5487]

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

[@mdeysenroth]

Thank you Joy for all the research! Robert, any time you and your friends and fellow historians put your heads together, it makes for a fascinating video. This was one of the best.

[@carolwilliams9143]

Thank you for this enlightening research you have done and efforts to preserve it.

[@robertburns3014]

Fascinating stories! While we will never know the whole story of these people's lives, it is great to hear something about them and to remember that they were once living, breathing people who went about the "business" of living their lives. Thank you for bringing these stories to us through your research and on the ground searches.

[@JulieMelberg]

And to think, these days it has become so common to be cremated and either kept in an urn in a home, or quietly sprinkled. So in the future you'll not know where they were laid to rest. Interesting thoughts.

[@MarciaShackelford-st5bt]

Yes, that will make tracing people's history a whole lot harder.

[@dorenedaniels7493]

I will love to say thank you for this so sad but beautiful at the same time. I do hope you know what I mean. God bless you both 🙏❤️🌹

[@KathyHajek]

It’s so interesting to learn the stories of the deceased…it’s a lot of work doing research a lot of times hitting a brick wall and no further information…but for the enslaved people has to be hard to find any information on them…sad but true…

[@MacyGardea-ly8mp]

Wow, really love this deep dive! Thank you Robert, Joy, and all of you for what you do.

[@patriciabolton5600]

What a wonderful job to everyone who is involved! I'm hoping to find some of my family one day who knows! Thank you😊🙏🦋💚

[@avrillloyd4120]

This has been so interesting,Thank you both for all yourhard work

[@rustya.3858]

Thanks to you and Joy, for all you do.

[@jimplummer4879]

Thank you for doing this, these people came here enslaved and unknown.

[@curtisyeomans1333]

Absolutely Wonderful job and research!!! Kudos to Joy and her diligence! Robert you did quite a bit of amazing research! Thank you, and Joy for this work!

[@bethbartlett5692]

You guys are like clock work! That's great, gonna have to start having a Sunday Dinner (Lunch). I might have to come by a cook the gang some Fried Chicken when I go down to Florida later this year. If it's still Hot, we can use the Iron Kettle and cook outside at the Ole Byrd Farm. 😁 I want a Fried Peach Pie!!! Y'all have Fun, be safe! Beth Tennessee, USA PS: Great work Joy, I appreciate the History details, the work has great value for the Community's History!!!

[@debrafricano1486]

Kudos to Joy for all her hard work! Fascinating history. It was sad to hear of the lunacy case.

[@ASpiro-c4l]

thanks for all the work y'all do to bring us these videos!

[@RichardTClark396]

Thanks for posting Joy sure did her homework great asset to your awesome channel love all these videos!

[@jimstokes7111]

Great job Robert and Joy, enjoyed watching in from Glasgow, Scotland.

[@donnamartin2580]

Thumbs up to Joy! 👍 Great video!

[@terryl7874]

Excellent research which can be difficult if the paper trail is nonexistent. I think Joy had access to very good historical records!

[@artcflowers]

Beautiful ring, Joy! 🌺 Thanks for all the info all y'all.

[@sherrie545]

Very interesting, well presented and thorough!

[@DeeDee-dl7sl]

Amazing video, thank you both!

[@karenshepler7128]

Wow what a very amazing part of history and very great work on the history on the cemetery thank you for sharing this with us and take care

[@pezozpezoz]

Once again, outstanding stories and history.

[@greywebs1944]

Watch it Dan, Joy is on your trail for being very informative. Just great team work on a whole. Greetings from England 🌹 as always 👍

[@Melissa-pt2ik]

Thank you Joy for doing all the research on all these people and it was very interesting to watch

[@Republic4ever714]

Very interesting story on the grave where man was sent to asylum I just found several documentary videos on that place so,going to check those out!thanks so much for posting!

[@johngallagher2313]

Most interesting history. Well done

[@necessarytrouble]

Wow - very impressive Joy! So much time and research put into this. Loved hearing these family stories. Thank you!

[@sheilamoore3220]

Joy I so enjoyed all your research and explaining it to us. 😊

[@catherineloftus1376]

Fantastic video so much time given to research. May the people burried in the Cemetery umarked- marked rest in peace 🎉. Watching from west yorkshire England

[@peggyharris3301]

Omagosh I forgot about the other Robert, it’s been a long time since he’s been on. Love when Joy is on with you!! She’s a wonderful history buff!!

[@almaberthelson6139]

I oh so enjoyed this video! Joy,you must be a detective! Thank you both for all you do an for sharing! Looking forward to the next one. ❤

[@sherrilee230]

It's a lot of hard work to trace people back they really didn't spend a lot of time or knowledge to talk about themselves. It seems like one window will open then the door opens as I have found this in my family. You've worked hard and did good.

[@melissalane-q7m]

Oh my goodness! This was amazing, fascinating, and so very interesting! Thank you Robert and Joy for all the planning and time you spent researching! In my opinion, it was time very well spent. For many of us, a name, birth and death dates, and characteristics of the gravestone and grave are about all we can know of the person buried. For me, it’s due to Robert’s teaching that I’ve learned to discern anything from the grave itself. While those clues are important, they don’t reveal much. Any additional tidbit that can be gleaned may permit us a momentary awareness of the once fully alive individual and to connect with their humanness. Thank you Robert and Joy!! It was extra special to learn a little about Baker Cook’s “lunacy hearing,” to see the photo of the handsome gentleman, and soooo unsettling (as it should be) to hear of the slave valued at $800 who was bequeathed to a new owner. I’m so excited to learn of your further plans for researching!! Robert and Joy, you make a terrific research team! I can’t wait for the next video!

[@wesleyculpepper4571]

Robert and Joy, as always you guys did a great job!!!!!! I really enjoyed this video❤ Wes Terry Culpepper

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Hey! Thanks

[@joyfisher2128]

You were a "silent" partner, Wes. I couldn't have done it without you!!

[@peggyharris3301]

Funny how only certain ones like us love love this kind of history!! Thanku to you both!

[@jenniferponcia8387]

Amazing.