NEARLY 200 YEAR OLD GRAVEYARD FOUND DEEP IN THE WOODS OF GEORGIA | MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

While it is marked on maps, this is a cemetery I have wanted to find for a long time. The co-ordinates online are in correct and it usually down a locked, gated road. But I was finally able to find it and drive up to it. Amazing history here, stay tuned for part 2. Channel Donations: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: kzbin.info/door/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg eBay Shop: ebay.com/usr/sidestep-adventures-official Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@JohnnyReb]

What will happen to the cemetery now that you've found it? Who owns the land?

[@LaptopLarry330]

He stated the land is in the middle of a state wildlife area, where licensed hunters can go hunting for legal game during the various hunting seasons.

[@lauraferry6496]

Thank you so much for continuing to locate and recognize so many lost cemeteries. I have been looking for my great grandfather for 20+ years. I hope I pull up youtube and hear the name Baughcum one day..

[@decembergem4598]

Thank you Robert. Even though some graves have no names, they are no longer forgotten because you have visited them.🙏

[@kashpresentsofficial]

It isn't forgotten. I have family buried there

[@larrysmith6499]

It breaks my heart seeing cemeteries in this condition. No respect for the deceased. Sad how the world has become so fast paced and don't have time to keep the final resting place for ancestors who paved the way for what we have today. RIP to all who are buried there. Robert thank you for your compassion on finding these forgotten cemeteries. I take my hat off to you.

[@vilaharrison4066]

Iowa enacted a new cemetery safety and remembarence law which can be seen on the website for Jasper County Genealogical Society. It was no easy job to get the state legislature to contribute eventually. However they are all fenced in now with considerably more upkeep according to state requirements now!

[@HateTheGameTX]

Well you can’t expect every family to stay in one region for all eternity. I don’t know where most of my ancestors are buried because 1.) their burials have been built over and 2.) my ancestors spread from Appalachia to all over the United States. Point being, after several generations, you can’t expect people to stick around.

[@talex1625]

​@Texan1stAmerican2nd I suppose not but if this was a church cemetery, someone should have retained responsibility for it. The UK is obviously a much, much smaller country, but if you are buried in a church cemetery here, no matter how long ago, your grave is not abandoned.

[@sheiladaniel9348]

It is so interesting to see these cemeteries. The care that you take when you are walking thru them, is really nice to see. You show such respect for the history. Keep up the good work.

[@Carolbearce]

I love seeing these old cemeteries. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

Yes indeed - RESPECT for all buried dead.

[@richardspencer4526]

Thanks so much!! So sad to see these old forgotten cemeteries. Thank you for finding them and reminding us to never forget those who came before us. Rick

[@mattieb7348]

Thank you Robert! I love these forgotten places. So many unknown stories. "They will come back, come back again, as long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?" - Rudyard Kipling

[@LucyFeissner-ud6cx]

Like 1st Thessalonians ch. 4 ( the dead - in - CHRIST shall be raised at the Second Coming ). 1st Corinthians ch. 15 also ...

[@2CalaLilly]

What these very old cemeteries teach me is that, with the exception of truly significant historical figures, we all will be forgotten in the fullness of time. In fact, even relatively soon after our deaths, people will move on with their lives and stop visiting our graves. Once our contemporaries have all died, no one will come to visit unless it's something like what Sidestep Adventures does. But who we really were in life will be forgotten forever. Makes me what the point of life is.

[@amykillmeyer4630]

Please remember you are a child of God. Your life has meaning in everyone you meet. I do agree it's so sad about forgotten graves. I have no children, so when I'm gone no one will look for me. In my job, I help people, and try to shine some light in this world. Never despair.

[@emorel48]

There is one thing you cannot forget! If you are truly a child of God, He will never forget you! On Resurrection Day he will call you out just as He did Lazarus in the Bible! We will live eternally with him!

[@suzanneflowers2230]

We are more than these bodies. People and animals have souls. Souls do not die. When animals die, their souls return to God. Additionally made in God's image, people can freely choose to get to the Cross, obtain forgiveness for all our sins, and live for Christ. He will never forsake us. And since He rose from death, we can enjoy life forever with Him. Regarding our bodies, the Lord will give us new ones on Resurrection Day. He knows everyone buried everywhere. Do not despair. Find yourself a good church and talk to genuine Christians. God bless you. You are here for a purpose. Reach out.

[@bl8680]

@@suzanneflowers2230 I agree!!! Revelation chapters 21-22. ❤🎶🎵❤😍

[@peachygal4153]

That is why I think cremation is better.

[@melissaperry2363]

Love the sound of the rain falling softly in the background. There's something soothing about having rain as a background noise.

[@alanatolstad4824]

It's fanciful thinking on my part, imagining being in Heaven for all these years, & suddenly hearing your name read. How wonderful! And taking that thought one step further, gathering all those nameless souls, to share with them the joy of knowing someone was thinking of them on this plane.

[@randybusbee3456]

I think the same , When I go to a cemetery and look at the markers, I try to read every one and not leave anyone forgotten. I feel sorry for the ones not marked.

[@amykillmeyer4630]

Amen.

[@amykillmeyer4630]

Amen

[@mdeysenroth]

I am always amazed that you can look at an indention and tell it's a grave. I could not tell there was once a road there, but you sure can. Your dedication and passion for what you do clearly shows.

[@joycehorstmann2634]

The gentle sound of the rain added so much to your presentation. Past and present, we all share the lovely sounds of nature.

[@thomasqueen3367]

So sad to see these old cemeteries where no family is near and no one keeps them up

[@dungeon_masster.]

нет это очень круто. в России старые кладбища вообще просто сносят, а на их месте строят какой нибуть торговый центр

[@colleenbennett2867]

Well being that they are nearly 200 years old I highly doubt they have any living family that personally knew them 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@countrymusicgodwin3089]

Hi I do I located cemeteries in my county and document them take pics and we clean them up I keep an eye on all of them to keep them from beening destroyed by timber companies and I keep them safe I live here in Jeffersonville georgia

[@countrymusicgodwin3089]

I also clean the headstones to some families have called me to help them locate their family cemeteries and I have

[@tonydiesel3444]

20 years and no one visit any more

[@steve1311]

Another great story

[@candessak]

So nice to see you in videos again Robert! Been enjoying the other Robert videos too! Have a blessed day my friend and thank you for sharing these videos! 😁 👍

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you! It’ll be back and forth between Other Robert and myself here. But you can catch me nearly daily on my other channel… The Old Byrd Farm Vlog for all the silliness that happens over there -

[@sherrilee230]

Thank you for sharing at least it's safe and won't be destroyed.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes, this one is safe

[@moonoggin]

This is what got me started watching Sidestep Adventures. Love your videos.

[@yvetteh6184]

Thank you Robert for bringing this cemetery to our attention. It is so very sad that it is forgotten.

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and you bringing the past out

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you!

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Damn those cliffhangers! LOL Thank you for remembering these people and taking us with you.

[@sherronbell4961]

Amazing incredible video and graveyard 🪦

[@sandysue202]

Very interesting little graveyard. What would be cool would be to go back out on a dry day, with a battery-operated leaf blower, and see how many fieldstone head or foot stones you could find under the leaves. Thanks for taking us on your adventure! I never get tired of these old cemetery walks.

[@NitroBoarder17]

why not gas powered

[@jamisonbernhardt3310]

@@NitroBoarder17 lol

[@user-randi1987]

Very sad that no one visits or cares for this cemetery any longer. Thank you , Robert

[@SondraD7676]

Another great find, history lesson and tour. You are the best at this! I think I have said that once or twice before. 😉👍👍 Enjoyed!

[@projectbluelightphiladelph4378]

Hello Robert its sad to see that this grave yard is in this condition and seem forgotten about its even sad to see Mr Isoms grave like that as his stone says he was a Confederate solider my great grather Josua Franklin Gibson who was born in orange county Va in 1842 was a Confederate soider who served with the 54th Va inf company E after the civil war my great grand father married sara harlow they lived in Zion Va my Great Grand Father passed away in 1915 and my Great Grand Mother Passed away in 1916 they are buried in Zoin Va and since we have family in Va on my dads side my great grand parents grave is looked after my great grand father Josua is my dads grand father my dad who passed away in 1978 is a U.S Army Veteran i would like to say Thank you for visiting this grave yard so that its not forgotten in my family the men have been involved in our countrys wars dating back to the Revolutionary War thank you

[@martinmarsola6477]

It’s a shame it is abandoned like this. Thank you for pointing it out, and paying some attention to it. God sees what you are doing. God bless you Robert! ❤😮

[@donnabooth6203]

Absolutely love the history of the people and their lives from so long ago. It was not an easy life for the settlers. Seeing that this cemetery is in a govt park can volunteers help to do some cleanup like removing the fallen trees? Might find more interesting history under all the leaf and pine straw

[@andrewowens9382]

Very interesting 👌 still early settlers sometimes move on for better access to new grounds farming ect perhaps? But some of family wanted to be buried were the old church once stood I hope they keep the history of the early settlers once lived all the best Robert Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

[@jamielieberg7053]

Now Robert I like what you doing here you are helping these poor dead souls come back to life by their history thank you for doing that until next time your friend James my nick name when I was a kid was Jamie

[@janetjones7880]

this is great you found it, I research and document alot in my county here in Mississippi. There are probably so many under the leaves and under dirt, Good going Robert

[@mrrs8118]

So interesting

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video!!! Have not watched you in a long time and this was an excellent video to get re-aquainted. Cemetery looks like some of the ones I have been exploring in NW Missouri and/or central Illinois or across Kansas & Nebraska. Always liked exploring the "forgotten" or overgrown cemeteries for gives me a thought that the people may actually appreciate a visit once in a while from someone, no matter how brief. Also, these types of cemeteries are where the REAL history is. Look forward to more adventures!!

[@mariabakker]

Thank you for this video, it's nice to see you again at these cemeteries. I listen carefully to what you say about all these people, and because of you the have not been forgotten.

[@gailrockford8914]

This is what you do best Robert. Explore the forgotten ancestors of our country. Thank you.

[@susanmcconnell-sink5443]

Thank you so much for your dedication and your efforts ♡♡♡

[@michaelely2267]

Thanks Robert. More good history. Reminds me of the videos from when I first started watching years ago.

[@gailrockford8914]

Robert. What we ever do without you marking these graves of those forgotten. I applaude you.

[@jerritucker6510]

Thank you, Robert. I’m so glad you’re documenting these forgotten or soon to be forgotten graves and cemeteries.

[@glennyork6800]

Great discovery Sit Robert

[@jen8491]

Definitely enjoyed this Robert. I love these videos. So sad that no one has kept this place up. I would think the state would maintain it. Wishful thinking I guess.

[@paulinehill9364]

Love u finds I love old graveyards

[@tacocin]

There is an organization that requests if you find a confederate grave they want it reported. I believe they place appropriate markers at the grave site and enter the information into a growing database.

[@MARY-nx1gu]

@Tacocin, I totally agree with you. That brave soldier needs to be recognised further. Thank you Robert for the great video!

[@janetprice85]

My great great grandfather has one of those newer markers. He was a private and just 17. He survived the war. He went with his cousins and future brothers in law and walked home from NC when Johnston surrendered back to Georgia. He was Lewis Knobloch Powell. We have a picture of him. And my Mother knew him as an old gentleman when she was a child as he lived into the 1930s. He had a white goatee and mustache like Colonel Sanders. He passed at 92. The doctor made him give up snuff for his health at 80 and he took up chewing gum!

[@marypettitt9150]

This Zion graveyard is just so tragic. I think the sky is crying as you honor the people buried here. I wonder if the false tombs were built to keep the graves from being dug up by wild animals. W.D. (William Daniels) Watkins (1851-1900) is found in his family tree on Ancestry. He left his wife and five children. Matilda, his wife, died in Centerville, GA in 1941. I think perhaps he owned land in this area, or maybe his parents did. I left him a forget-me-not on Findagrave. I wish Talbot County required annual maintenance on all graveyards and cemeteries. There are so many in your little county that have been abandoned.

[@karenshepler7128]

Thank you for sharing this story with us as it's fascinating history. Take care.

[@trishcook7810]

Robert, you are such a tease! Thank you for an interesting video and now I wait.

[@En_Marche]

Very interesting, Robert. Thank you for sharing!

[@ricknelson576]

Thanks Robert, Very interesting cemetery with early settlers.

[@lindaberl3712]

It would be amazing to stumble across something like that.

[@richforrest6983]

Awesome job thanks my relatives of old Georgia would be proud of your visiting

[@donnaoglesby1278]

such a sad state of affairs' when a cemetery, is left uncared for and given back to the elements that it is hidden in this way and not even taken care of for all those whom lie in these hollowed grounds. I am so happy that you, Robert have taken at least an interest in this blessed place to at least document it and preserve what history lays here.

[@tompena7487]

Like Larry said breaks my heart that we are forgotten so quickly but life happens. Thanks Robert it was awesome .

[@blasbmly]

Thank you Robert,for posting this video,helps in preserving the history of the local area and of Georgia .

[@loricone3184]

Thanks Robert! Very interesting…….your farms is looking good too. 👍❣️

[@gaylevanheiningen7333]

God Bless, Robert. I know you have helped some people by finding these graves, and so many souls who now reside in heaven. Gayle .

[@anitamorales1506]

This graveyard has a whole different feeling than any other I have been to with you. I'm sorry and surprised that the box tombs don't have names. Very interesting. Thank you for taking us there.💜

[@TWILAlovesJESUS]

That's not nowhere! That's not nothing! That's a really peaceful place😊 love the rain, very soothing ⚓

[@Lewman211]

May God bless you for finding them, and may God bless them all, as they rest in peace.

[@nanslife]

Your videos never fail to impress. The history you discover is fascinating. These graves in the bush are not just stones, they were people, who had lives and I always wonder what they were like. Great work Robert.

[@Bj-gm6ld]

Graveyards like this one give a true meaning to "rest in peace".

[@scampbell3363]

Thank you for sharing this. The Watkins name sounds familiar from a couple of your other videos. I could be wrong

[@margaretgarls153]

Wow, Robert! You are dedicated to be out in the rain! Are there any church records from the Mt. Zion Church? Church records might be helpful in giving memberships, weddings, and deaths. We found info in the church records about my ancestors in Florence, Arkansas. They were in possession of family members who donated them to county in the 1970s.

[@randycarson2949]

Love graves great History

[@alitathomas2711]

Our family cemetery is .. little mt. Zion just In country side of Enfield and springerton, IL.

[@rikspector]

Robert, I've been watching your Vlog for a long time now and you always a great example of what this nation is really about! Cheers, Rik Spector

[@kimmyles444]

Robert it would be interesting to find out if some kind of sickness came through the area which took so many children’s lives. I am just guessing if the children just like today went to school where illnesses were spread that it took a lot of their lives. Also, I wonder if it was a one room schoolhouse which might even be more of a concern for spreading illnesses. As a parent I am always saddened by children’s graves. Take care and thanks for sharing as always.

[@annettegraff8323]

My familys cemetery in central Florida originally had a small one room school house . It was used as a community gathering place and for church services by itinerate preacher's. After churches and a school we're built in town the building became a storage for the cemetery association. At some point it caught fire . Now do to crime the cemetery is gated and the key kept at a nearby house .

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Thanks Robert, Central California watching

[@kashpresentsofficial]

Thanks for sharing the video! We have one with the same name up the road that also has Watkins in Batesville GA. I have a lot of family up there buried. Many moved after Lake Burton was built

[@Seashed]

That area was a big pine tree/wood growing, processing area. After the old growth was harvested, pretty much everyone moved west towards Alabama, then Mississippi following the Pine belt.

[@BrendaCrump-g1g]

Thank you Robert. William Isom is one of my ancestors.

[@dorenedaniels7493]

I do hope one day someone will look for their family you know. Thank you so much God bless you 🙏❤️

[@marybroyhill1976]

Thank you for sharing

[@lindasimic]

Wow so amazing Robert we enjoy these podcast of life long ago its nice to see people like you that still care

[@45beetle]

Come back to this one Robert

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks for sharing this cemetery🪦

[@Shawnroberts1980]

ooooo.....1440p. Very nice. Looks awesome.

[@dcwallace9930]

I do enjoy your movies. 'Thank you for showing the past

[@mcwatersd]

Always sad to me that these older Cemeteries are all but forgotten and certainly neglected. Glad you are able to bring them to light so that they will always be remembered. Interesting history on the few people who are marked . Great video. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤

[@RC-lb6hk]

Watching from Louisiana Great find

[@susanbellefeuille]

Thanks, Robert, very interesting history

[@The1952trouble]

Thank Robert for the history.

[@bettytordoff8920]

I have no ties to Georgia, I don't think. However, through your eyes I feel like I do. Thank you for another great adventure.

[@GailVaught]

I have relatives by marriage with the last name of Watkins that were from Jefferson County, GA. Makes me wonder if WD Watkins and MT Watkins were somehow related to those Watkins in Jefferson County, GA. While I'm late watching these videos that you make Robert, I so appreciate what you are doing and keeping history and genealogy alive. I hope it is also inspiring some young people to do this in their home towns. I know your videos have inspired me to hunt for new cemeteries in Franklin, Stephesn, Elbert, and Hart County, GA as well as locate undocumented gravestones for the existing cemeteries in these counties. This area is also rich in history.

[@luanncolistro879]

Clearest video yet and I am kind of happy for the wet ground with all those leaves would have been hard to hear you!

[@kristyhaynes1130]

Nice job Robert👍

[@jillgebauer1292]

Incredibly amazing!

[@plumhollow5850]

How appropriate that it is raining , it completes the picture.

[@texas060]

I really dislike when these Old Cemetery's are forgotten an unkempt. I know Family's move an sometimes information is lost an sometimes forgotten . I do know that some of the Younger Generations could have cared less about these Cemetery's more important things to do. I am very Glad My Parents raised us to keep up with our Ancestors an to enjoy Celebrating our Family's past an Present. Just not alot of good People like this. The ones that are out there are Awesome, to me an this is Just MY OPPION ONLY are always a form of a hero. Many Thanks Robert for sharing this Story/Video with us. I enjoy it when you bring History alive.

[@millerslap75]

Pretty cool video. I came across this cemetery back in 2018 while hog hunting Big Lazer Wma.

[@shelveyphillipsbowman8037]

Great video

[@MillerMeteor74]

Very cool. In most old cemeteries in our southern counties there are a handful of fieldstone gravemarkers scattered around. In some cases there are initials and a year carved into them.

[@emmadalrymple4102]

Isom...a popular familname, here in Anderson, SC. 👍👍👍

[@darleensanford7231]

Very interesting history. Thank you.

[@ARenae1]

You should have took you a leaf blower with ya lol ... great video . TY.

[@bruceburch8301]

I remember passing an old church on po biddy rd.with a graveyard.i fished near Lazer creek now a wlm area.enjoyed your story.

[@444truth]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@kerrygilchrist62]

Interesting !!! I live 30 mins from Appomattox

[@dakshaswal4-croll.no.21avn7]

SSA is indeed doing commendable job of exploration of these long forgotten graves.INDEED the gloomy day is a perfect foil to the gloom of the people who are long gone and forgotten.

[@kenhorne5650]

That is such a grand story.

[@beahorob5189]

Breaks my hearts when I hear you say unknown child's grave.

[@Azoreanislandgirl64]

So sad I think. Genealogy, I hope they have those Graves recorded in the local church and or county. I'm so glad your bringing light to these forgotten cemeteries.

[@Nancy.B]

Hi Robert, so was this area clear of trees back in the 1930’s? I’m impressed by how forest like it is there and that there uses to be a church there with graves around. Thanks for sharing this story.