OLDEST GRAVES FOUND IN 186 YEAR OLD CEMETERY IN THE WOODS OF GEORGIA (PART 3)

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Finding the oldest graves in the Old Sardis graveyard. PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831 Follow me on my old farm: kzbin.info/door/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures

[@PPPaRaDoXiCaL]

Hey Robert, Thank you for bringing up graves that time forgot.. Always fascinating to see your travels to these forgotten places.. Greetings from The Netherlands..

[@tacocin]

Best way to clean up is to put up a temp fence and let Aaron's goats loose in there. All natural, all organic ... goats would have it perfectly clean in short order.

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Snd mushrooms when it rains too! 🤭

[@johnblack7696]

That is a great idea!! I wish I thought of it!👍👍👍👍

[@karendworschack756]

That's an excellent idea!

[@janeeley1604]

Brilliant idea

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

As a genealogy researcher, want to again thank you and the other Robert for keeping these names alive so that researchers like myself can find them, in these almost unknown and forgotten cemeteries. God bless you both for all your hard work.

[@PNW_Life]

Thank you for all you do to help keep these names alive. I wish these old cemeteries could some how be preserved.

[@donnagiblin4912]

I am glad that you found and showed us this cemetery before it is completely taken over by nature. Always sad to see so many graves of infants and children.

[@marymcguffin9370]

It's amazing how you find these forgotten burial sites. Great job guys

[@jeanhansel5805]

@mary mcguffin IMO, it is not happenstance. Rather, I believe they are guided to these previousy lost graves.

[@marymcguffin9370]

@@jeanhansel5805 o k

[@Mari-B]

The old forgotten cemeteries are not forgotten anymore thanks to Robert and Robert...and Cody!!

[@Angelhorselady]

Thank you for remembering these forgotten souls, Robert, Robert, and Cody! Very interesting!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I love that you read out the names.❤️ and some of the old names are beautiful.🐝🤗❤️

[@frankscarborough1428]

I Just like the fact that you guys Robert, Robert, Cody are finding and recording these cemeteries. Horrible that these people lost so many children. Take care

[@andrewowens9382]

Robert and Robert and cody you brought there names back to life it was a hard life they had and worked really hard all the best Andrew south wales uk 🇬🇧

[@junebug585]

It wonderful that you are finding these old resting places. So much history that won't be completely lost due to you recording them.

[@naenae796]

I must say that the unusual carved decorations on the graves have me intrigued . They remind me of Celtic or Native American symbols . Could they have been carved by one person all those years ? Fascinating !! Thanks guys , and Merry Christmas to you all !

[@KS-ml5qz]

I was thinking the same in regard to Native America symbols.

[@6-kids-uk]

The elaborate flat stone could also show some Egyptian influence.... step pyramid with burner on top, sun symbols on the corner, then another showing hearts leading to where they'd be judged.

[@naenae796]

@@6-kids-uk Very good eye ! You are right. Could . be I hadn’t even thought Egyptian !

[@cdd4248]

Celtic! Worth some investigation.

[@beachbum7425]

The triangular images carved in the corners of Ms Walkers gravestone reminded me of Sextants. How mariners used to navigate by the stars. Interesting markings

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

I really believe you got to this place just in time. Thank you for the trip.

[@dianeburnejko2908]

You brought the memory of those folks right back to life. They must have had a tough life that long ago. So sad many children died so young.

[@lisaknell1809]

That one symbol on the one grave has been driving me crazy! I’ve been trying to find out what it means since I watched the video when it premiered! 😂 I wish someone would restore this cemetery. 😢

[@laurahurst1960]

Miss ole Robert🥰

[@cindys.9688]

This one. Wow! Every grave you've ever uncovered is treasured history. These graves touch my heart in that they seem so entirely abandoned, forgotten, and unwanted amongst the briers. Thank you Robert, Robert, and Cody for so perfectly bringing them back into remembrance. Very nice job.

[@johnwick4257]

Great video..as always. Have you guys ever thought of investing in a few pairs of leather chaps to deal with the brier situations that may arise? Just a thought from an old cowboy. Happy Holidays.

[@lillypad9960]

Again, your kindness and respect for these long lost souls is so touching. Thank you for loving our ancestors and keeping their memories alive. Hey to other Robert and Cody.

[@tashasmith6179]

It's so nice and very respectful of y'all to clean it up a little and document the finding. Great job 👍 guys

[@cliveashley9364]

Nice 👍 cemetery adventure 🦋☘️ watching fr jamaica 😎🌅🏖️

[@delphinabunter1469]

I find your channel very interesting. It also shines a light on just how many infant death’s there were back then. My parents had 7 babies and raised 6. My only brother was the 4 child born, he died Christmas Day 1960. He was 11 months and six day’s old. They had 3 more girls. Not one photo of him. Happy Holiday’s/ Merry Christmas from Western Australia

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for your labors of love. Merry Christmas to you all. ✝️😔👍🇺🇸

[@lydafrazier7764]

I'm sorry that these people are the forgotten. Y'all are bringing them back. Thank you. Bless y'all 🤗❤️

[@michellehessman3683]

It's nice of y'all cleaning up around those graves

[@CooperRust]

Great job guys. Merry Christmas and a happy new year😊

[@SondraD7676]

As all of those pine trees grow, that cemetery will really be lost - its fortunate (as with all of your videos) that you have documented it. Those marker symbols/designs are so unusual, interesting. Most born over 200 years ago. The facts land lottery, Native Americans, only 12 years settled, pausing in thought about all that. Robert, if you would, and if possible, can you increase your top tier of Patreon? It is sold out.

[@karenwright8556]

Owww,those briars! The designed stones,interesting. Good explore.

[@donaldtutor4054]

Great work.

[@cozy5217]

Thank you for everything. ❄☃️❄ Merry Christmas ❄☃️❄

[@lindamccaughey6669]

So sad to see so many childrens graves. Love the gentleness you too use. It’s so good there are people like you around to show these. Thanks so much. Please stay safe and take care

[@carolb29]

is there anyway this graveyard can be preserved and taken care of?

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

Great video Robert and other Robert and Cody Loved it thankyou and Merry Christmas to you all and family

[@bettytordoff8920]

Can't be said enough, the care and respect you have for these hidden snippets of what life was, is very well done and oh so interesting. Thank you.

[@joielaw-montgomery7250]

First, thank you all for what you do to honor those gone on before. Question. . .does the symbol on the corners of the headstone look like a half sundial ? Did you run across a T.K. or Tandy Key Daniel (1810-1881) ? He would be my 7th cousin and was married to Emoranda Miranda Burkhalter Daniel who was my 10th cousin, which begs the question. . .did cousin marry cousin ? I am really into genealogy as I am adopted. . .my birth Mom contacted me 5 years before she passed. She too was a genealogy researcher and left me quiet a bit of family history. . .it is interesting to see connections !! Being from Colorado, I didn't know there was family in Georgia. ..again, thank you for all you guys do (I'm glad to see the other Robert back. . .you all make quite a team !!) Be safe and Merry Christmas !!

[@yarnhappykim9294]

Thank you so much for sharing another cemetery and finding lost love one's ❤ Please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends

[@shelbychambers307]

Happy a happy Christmas both of you and your families the children are sad but not forgotten now that you found them

[@ricknelson576]

Awesome finds as always,Robert and crew. Donno about the thorns but you do have your share of pines there. Great job.

[@mikeellis7286]

Their was Pratts in Alabama at that time. Daniel Pratt started a cotton gin in the 1800s it's now Prattville AL. Amazing to see the drawings in the concrete from that age.

[@jen8491]

These videos are so interesting. Great job Robert, Robert and Cody.

[@lthom5158]

Excellent series on this graveyard! Thank you for showing care and respect as you film the videos!

[@susieqmartin2746]

I can not understand why the community doesn’t want to help maintain these cemeteries it so very sad!

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

So many people today seem to care very little about history. Also we do not value our elderly & our ancestors. As a history lover it makes me crazy. I recently moved far from home & cannot visit family graves. It brings me comfort to know my cousin goes & visits. She takes her granddaughter. We have much family in that cemetery.

[@susieqmartin2746]

@@kimberleyannedemong5621 where I live in northern IN the city and county along with churches take care of the cemeteries. I have never seen a cemetery in disrepair such as these. It is truly sad!!!

[@texas060]

That Video was wow. !! I see what you all I belive talked about the much Older Grave Stones just disengaging that's Something I guess I had either forgotten about. Or never really thought about. Which makes makes me think that I'm sure a little of both. Thank you for sharing Robert #1 and Robert #2 & let's not forget about Cody. Merry Christmas an a Wonderful New Year.

[@LCNWA]

Congrats on 100k!

[@rachelfrees1268]

This is in response to Wendy Burnett’s comment. You have spoken my heart. I watch and weep and rejoice at all the saints who have gone on before. I believe your souls are active today. Why have a soul if it doesn’t live on?

[@glennyork6800]

Good work guys. My mother's family cemetery is still kept up in great condition w/yearly donations from ancestors. I used to help my grandfather keep the saw grass briars & grass/weeds mowed b4 I went to Nam. It has a few stacked stone rock graves dated back to 1840's. Slaves are buried in back. Other graves of ancestors are in Upson cty [served in War of 1812 hence land lottery there & in Lottery of 1832 for Cobb Cty Ga]. Others buried in Lincoln Cty, Wilkes Cty & Washinton Cty Ga. from land grants from Rev War. B4 that ancestors buried in Va at Christ Church in Middesex Va, King & Queen Cty Va. & New Kent Cty Va.1st ancestor came to St. Kitts [ Columbus's 1492 island St. Christophers] in 1635 [Sugar cane] then to Va ] in 1650, mainly Tobacco in Va & Cotton in Ga plantations.

[@lindamartinez2392]

Take a spray bottle of water and spray the head stones . Thank you for finding these old head stones it is really interesting

[@timbritton1313]

Great work! I just want to clean that place up. Mow, prune, leaf blow and clean those stones! I seem to have a lot of time on my hands these days after my wife's passing, as well as most of her family. So now I clean old headstones.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

The maybe Indian burial. Great job. ROBERT 'S and Cody. Merry Christmas to you all and Keepsafe.

[@meredithc2755]

Really amazing to see such old gravestones. It’s touching the care that was taken, even when they were homemade.

[@57Banjoman]

Very interesting-thanks!

[@shellydehart8217]

So good to see Robert (Rooster( remember his clippers. It is so sad to see this cemetery n all of em so forgotten. This one was definitely much older than others you’ve found. Am I wrong, did I see a Hutchinson? There were many Pratts n Daniel but Hutchinson head stone was there. Wonder why? As you’ve visited a other cemeteries that had a lot of Hutchinson’s. Also curious with those markings on the head stones. Thinking these might be Native Americans? You’ll definitely have to find that one out. Big thank you for caring n documenting these head stones n trying the best you can in cleaning it up some. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🎄🐶

[@lisamatts7178]

I also believe by looking at some of the symbols carved on the one headstone, that they are probably celtic.

[@carolb29]

so many children in one family, you have to wonder about their story and how the poor parents handled it.

[@RealityCheckGA]

My Family Cemetary in Cherokee County is at least that old . My family moved to Cherokee County in the 1820s from South Carolina

[@lynettehyde905]

Mihayla Walker i think she was a quilt maker ,, and the drawing are to represent her quilting skills, each heart represents her children

[@stephaniefoley5569]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 sad about these old cemeteries…thank you for what y’all do 👍 does the other Robert also have KZbin or FB page ?

[@sherimcdaniel3491]

I would love to know what the origin of those symbols is!! I've never seen anything like them. It looks to me like you've uncovered a family's cemetery. Do you know if there was a homestead there at some point? I just LOVE you guys! Going into these old, overgrown fields, uncovering old graves and putting them back together!! What caring folks you are - well done and thank you for all of the hard work! (and bloodshed!)

[@beverlysmith8231]

Merry Christmas to you both

[@badmom2goody29]

What a beautiful engraved stone.

[@junedimond1693]

Great video ! Shame to see graves like that. Someone owns that land , private owner , township, city , whoever / they need to step up and clean up !

[@kalicokathy1944]

What a treasure to find. Would be great if local Historic Society could get a volunteer group to bring in a brush hog and clear around grave stones out of respect for these pioneers of this area

[@margaretmenditto4282]

So many babies😢😢😢

[@indianagrandmary1298]

Rough being a kid back then. So many graves for babies and kids in that cemetery.

[@karrenwebb3341]

Good to see the other Robert!

[@annettemastenchickenlove]

What those people must have endured loosing so many children 😔🙏

[@suebrown3917]

Do you restore the ground? I think it would be nice to let the families know someone still care.

[@juliecramer7768]

Interesting! Thanks!

[@susanbrookman2133]

Hi Robert, I don't know if you believe in paranormal but at time stamp 2:00 while you where talking there was a whisper, I accidentally had my ear buds in and volume up because I was watching another video. The whisper was a full sentence but I couldn't make out what he was saying, it was not scary. Merry Christmas to you and your family.🎅🎄⛄

[@brendakayshelby8646]

I sure hope someone will clean up this old graveyard and record everything for history so many babies

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Nice to see the “ other” Robert!

[@barbaracole4314]

There's a place in the Blue Mtns of Eastern Oregon near oriental creek where there are several humps placed around and 1 lg hump with a wooden plack on top the letters are worn off , we were told that they were Chinese graves from when they built the RR.

[@idamcmullen6114]

Hello other Robert!😘

[@terrioestreich4007]

I love watching you guys read tombstones, is that weird?

[@barbaragravely920]

The stone 1s could meen dad or son? Pets are also there . I love history i have been finding out more of where i came from and how they lived in that time frame. Happy Holidays ,Merry Christmas, Happy new years 2021 to 2022. Im so happy you read all those names maybe someone would know there names and find them so they could know where there family is?

[@ot6662]

Very respectful....

[@lauraostman5120]

Will you be cleaning up this cemetery ? I would definitely help with it, to honor these brave settlers.

[@BulletsandButtons]

All the strange markings on the gravestone have me scratching my head. Could it have been a very religious community that isolated itself and the strange markings were part of their belief system? The carving at the top of the ‘stairs’ gravestone looks almost like a deer like creature. Wedigo perhaps? Another great video! Keep them coming! No doubt these people have not been thought about in a long time, and rightly so we are all thinking about them now. Thanks again.

[@kerriirvin5206]

Do you ever document this for ancestry sites

[@anngallegos5515]

The Mahala Walker stone, could the area with the hearts be represented as a stick figure person and the hearts represent her children? Could the stones of children next to her be her infant children even though they were Pratt's?

[@rubymcclain5078]

Those symbols do mean something. I wish we knew what they meant. Very interesting.

[@lisasmith7854]

When you said that there's no meaning to it there of course was a meaning to it it's just probably not one that made it into the books it looks like it was done very special and to somebody that was very very loved and they loved the Sun I think that's what that is in the corner so I think it's more personal than having somebody that makes headstones and carves them out if somebody that's doing it for a job I thought this was so much more special and I'm going to look into my ancestry because I have pratts from that area and at that time so thank you very much again for another wonderful episode I love your show so much but just wanted to let you know that it does mean something we just don't know I think I do. I need to go through it a few times and get down names and dates so thank you so much if I am by chance related I will have to let you know that's why I do watch a lot of these type of shows in this area because of my ancestors coming from that area. Thank you

[@meemoleem9123]

I am so curious.... so, now what? Do you notify someone or at least go back with more help and tools and clean up the area? Hopefully. Please let us know what you do with the find. 🙏

[@jtsmith4800]

So interesting!

[@ot1402]

I’m not sure if you guys have found any other graves with those markings before. Some of those markings reminded me of Native American markings. Maybe these two peoples got along with each other and they borrowed their markings. Extremely, extremely interesting. Maybe you can find out more about those markings and if they had rhyme or reason to them. This was an excellent video guys, excellent.

[@marypettitt9150]

Beautiful tombstones for young children - so sad. The markings are so indicative of perhaps a family crest or religious beliefs. I researched Moravian cemeteries. Their tombstones are identical in size and information, as all Moravians were considered equal. The few I found had designs on the top corners. Perhaps these stones are from a Moravian settlement.

[@amyeteel5379]

So many babies, so much sorrow.

[@decembergem4598]

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, health, happiness love and prosperity for the New Year. ✌❤🇨🇦

[@annetteturner5954]

I can't help to wonder how many of my long ago family from Ga are in those lost graves.

[@kaykepop4084]

So many children's graves 💔.

[@andreamills5852]

I was wondering about the symbolism on the stones.

[@mcwatersd]

Always sad to see such neglect. The symbols remind me of something I have seen before . They certainly are unusual and I have never seen that on a gravestone. They do resemble Celtic markings I have come across in books but am really not certain that is what they are. It must have been important to the families whose loved ones rest there. Thanks to you they are now recorded for history. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤

[@arymm2]

Aqui no Brasil não é comum acharmos cemitério no meio do mato. Mas imagino que deva ser bom p p espírito ser enterrado na natureza!

[@tylerjones2695]

Do you put these people's names and dates on the Find A Grave site....your efforts would be online permanent and help people look for their relatives graves...give them a good place to start collecting info they would never be able to and give them info where they can come themselves...if you don't want to give cemetery names or exact locations... just give the county

[@annetteturner5954]

Wow I see Walmart on your sponsor our good nebors are Walmart, small world

[@shirleybalinski4535]

I am impressed with the high quality,size & impressive nature of most of these stones. The cost to have them made must have been rather large. Not familiar with this area of the country. Was it prosperous, well settled, very populated? Here in the midwest,these types of markers would have been rather rare, unless in a large city. Some group( church,community,social,etc.) should take clean up/ maintenance on as a project if local governing authorities are unable.

[@cdd4248]

All good questions and points

[@elizabethm6657]

Those 5 hearts might represent her children

[@rebekahmorgan6350]

It’s so sad to see cemetery’s grown up like that with no one to look after them. It’s like when there loved ones die people forget. It’s sad.

[@sandyrector3853]

I'm betting those hearts on Mahala Walker's stone represent all the young children she lost in her lifetime...so sad...