Touring an Abandoned 1800's Homestead

[@TheLadybug0615]

I would think that little room outside the cabin, is where they kept the wood for the fire place. What a treasure!!

[@cheryllamb8831]

Thank you for showing us the beautiful old homestead. The people were certainly self-reliant who lived there & I can imagine a hard but beautiful life. The craftsmanship of those chimneys is outstanding. Loved this video

[@homesteadingpastor]

Wow! That’s a beautiful place! I love old places like that. We really appreciate y’all showing us around, this was a nice tour. It’s amazing how the old timers knew how to survive. Your kids are living the best life ever, y’all are teaching them how to live a simple happy life!! GOD BLESS YALL 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇❤️👍🏻🙌🏻

[@lucindasutt7365]

I had to laugh at a Andy. He said a long, looong time ago, maybe back to the 60's, meaning 1960's. I thought he was going to say late 1800's or early 1900's. I forget how young you two are. What an interesting place.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

hahaha

[@sharonbrewster3986]

I noticed that also.

[@MaryBrashier-mc3xc]

So did i. I have noticed his perception of time before. I am 79 years old..hahaha. Enjoyed this video.

[@lindasmith6202]

Yeah, I was about to take issue with that "loooong time ago" myself! Of course, I'm nearly 80 so ....... lol

[@brokendolly6967]

Root cellar.

[@oldchickenlady]

Thank you so much for showing those beautiful buildings!!! I hope Heaven has places like that and the buildings are never going to fall down. Much love to you and your family!

[@paccur1252]

Great history.. old homesteads are very popular..and many people are renovating them..bringing them back to life..and using them as a extra income..by renting them out for a weekend or so..

[@stacypotts6341]

Never knowed of a farm youngun that didn't start driving in a hay field. I started fairly younger than most. I was the only youngun, too small to reach the pedals, but papa idled up the truck so's I could still steer whilst he loaded, then would just have me hit neutral when need be, then he'd idle it back down before we left the field. It wasn't ideal, but it did work.

[@megkag1977]

My late husband's family owned and operated a dairy farm, he learned to drive on a farm tractor.

[@BlancheHudson-qh5vh]

I was thinking the small room by the house was probably a woodshed. Remember the stories about taking the misbehaving child out behind the woodshed! 😊

[@lindaengelen]

That 2nd building could have been a Grainery, the 3rd building a Hay barn. Can only wonder what that Homestead looked like in its prime. Wonderful!!

[@SuzieQ-lw2kp]

I sure miss where i was born and raised till I was 10 years old we lived on 40 acres back in the wood had a stream coming down off a mountain the coldest best tasting water even had a big creek we crossed to get to our home . It stayed shaded around our house all day long huge trees. didn't have to worry about neighbors or noise but the birds in the daytime and at night katydids,whippowill,,hoot owls, crickets at night the bugs were so loud . No street lights when it got dark it was dark lol but boy you could see the stars what a beautiful sight i miss that so much. Now neighbors in your backyard people going by in vehicles making noise it will soon be hard to find a place like you are at there. i wish people would stop buying up land and building multiple homes or apartments it's hard to find land now that isn't sky high its sad IMO .

[@fayee8986]

What a beautiful old place I hope your family can continue to own it enjoy live on it work on it and be part of it handed down through generations to come God bless you all

[@whoaracehorse670]

The old timers seem to know just where to build a homestead. Today it’s just flatten the ground somewhere close to everything and build not just one house but rows of houses.

[@novathedog5743]

Would love to see that old Indian graveyard that you talked about

[@Myfavorites877]

My land attaches to what used to be my great-grandparents’ land. Sadly, the family sold it out of the family to a real estate company without offering to sell it to me. I cried for a solid week.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

oh my, I really hate hearing stories like that, there's nothing more heartbreaking to me than that.

[@dlewis895]

IM SO SORRY I HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE ID LOVED IT LIVED IN 30 YRS HAD BREAK DOWN LIKE SOMEONE I LOVED HAD DIED

[@Myfavorites877]

@@dlewis895 I understand completely.

[@anitamassey3434]

I like the way yall live I recently bought into my family's old home place I found a Bible with marriages going back to 1887 I'm trying to do what you guys are it's a lot of hardwork.

[@megkag1977]

Thank you so much for showing this video, I can close my eyes and smell this hay field, I remember the sweat bees getting underneath your arm pits while putting up hay, this is a good life. I'm from WV. Thank you so much for sharing your videos, I love them.

[@christinesmith4706]

I love seeing old homesteads. This was a great video.

[@MimsysGarden]

Too bad ya can’t restore it or maybe you can? Maybe contact the historical land society… it’d be awesome restored to live in! Lol

[@thefirstpower]

That is some really fine craftsmanship. Lost art. I would restore all of it on 3-5 acres, great water sources, heating, trees and existing buildings. Great location which is harder to find now. Thanks for sharing.🙏

[@connieparker8896]

I love the story of your Family story, what a great courageous man your Uncle was. God rest in peace..

[@jimkugler5725]

Thank you for the memories of time gone bye and a more gentle way of living

[@donaldwells2102]

Really enjoyed the tour around the beautiful Old Homestead. The visit to the homes, baccer barn, and livestock barn was a nice step back in time. Some good memories for Andy as a kid, and then you all are making great memories for you and your kids now.I hope the place stays in the family and your alls future for many years.So many of these treasures are vanishing,never to be again. Sorry for the long comment,I get excited about history. Thanks Megan and Andy for sharing and God Bless You Folks 🙂.

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Thanks so much!

[@christymartin3846]

❤❤❤

[@gwag8410]

I would imagine the little room was a smoke house. All the meat was sugar cured, salt cured, smoked, or canned, to preserve it, because they didn’t have refrigerators or freezers… I built an awful lot of fireplaces in my lifetime… I’m still amazed when driving on back roads and highways, and see a fireplace and chimney standing out in a pasture, where a house used to be… they were built to last.. I enjoyed your video..👍

[@jerrystout3032]

I'd restore it and make it livable one day the kids could live there. !!😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@fayee8986]

That little house outside was probably the storage room for canning jars are even a Wash House

[@christymartin3846]

I’m so glad I stumbled across your recipe for hot chow chow! Which I made, thank you, it has the delicious taste I was looking for..What wonderful Blessings!! I’m so happy that you and your family are still keeping the homestead going. It is truly an amazing place. I love to go “exploring”!! And that waterfall, beautiful!!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

I am so glad you enjoyed the chow chow! It's one of my favorite things to make!

[@wilmabaker4500]

Making great memories for a kid,the creek where they went with their parents❤❤

[@bonniehaddock5663]

Those chimneys are amazing in the old homestead. It’s very historic!!❤❤❤

[@misstlc7136]

Yes they sure are.

[@Pcsadams]

My father was raised in mcminn County Tennessee on a farm with the red clay dirt. They raised tobacco, peanuts, and melons/pumpkins for income. I'm 70 yrs old and I remember the old barns full of tobacco.

[@OurSmallTownLife]

What a beautiful place! Oh the stories those walls and trees hold. I'm always amazed when I get the chance to look around old home places because it just amazes me to think about the history.

[@katieprince2748]

God bless you and your family I loved watching this I'm in Missouri your so lucky to be able to show your children that place . I hope it stays in your family forever

[@Djhikes63]

This was so interesting. I love walking through old places like this

[@demo6349]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful family video. What a treasure for you and generations to come.

[@richardbrewer2503]

Love seeing the old homesteads. Thanks for sharing

[@gingerburns2041]

Finally a channel that brings me back to my childhood thanks

[@dlewis895]

LOVE THAT HE WAS SO WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY. BRAVOÒO FOR TRYING TO FLY

[@phyllispitts6656]

I like looking at old homes like this, and trying to picture in my mind the family that may have lived here in the time period that it seems to portray. I imagine them on their day to day living through good times and bad. The meals shared, holidays and birthdays celebrated. Working the land for their food. I could go on and on, but that would take way too long!

[@peggybryant4699]

What a video I loved every minute of it I can’t wait until you take us on the next tour when the leaves are gone .i was born in a house with a chimney built with stacking stone . I don’t kn how old the house was it belonged to my grandpas it didn’t have water or electric…..My mom would carry water from a spring down pass the house she was only around 19/20 yrs old she was scared to death going in the cave to get water .Not long before she passed she was talking about this she said I just made up my mind I was going to ask papaw if he’d dig me a well and the next Monday morning there was a well digger in the road wanting to know where she wanted her well she said as close to the kitchen door you can get it .there was walnut trees all over our old place to I guess squirrels hid them and they came up everywhere I guess they kept them for shade .the old house wasn’t ever painted like the one you showed .my grandpas had a gas station and sold bologna and cheese coffee milk coke candy .Papaw would make bologna sandwiches at lunch time for the farmers it was jus a thing they all did I guess it was the meeting place at dinner time but I remember later as I grew up my mom milked the dairy worked the fields and garden canning and freezing everytg she got her hands on and raised four kids and cooked three meals a day and did the wash on Wednesday.if I could see my mother as a young woman she would have been just like you I’m sure of that ……..I just wish she was here to see your family on KZbin she would be telling me so much ……… You have a wonderful life and a wonderful family every woman in America should be as blessed as you …❤️

[@jerrylee690]

WOW I enjoyed the video today with all old buildings, barns. You guys are blessed. And a lovely family, God bless

[@CptBlysWife93]

Beautiful and love seeing the historic buildings.

[@joshuasjericho3915]

Jesus Christ bless you and your family thank you for giving us the tour ❤❤❤

[@bartsexton1652]

Yes we would love to see more and the mountains in the fall

[@kennethvaughan8195]

One other thing to add, the peaceful, quiet setting you Meagan mentioned was what I experience growing up. I still live here but so many houses are encroaching on me. We had no neighbors unless you want to count the wildlife. Mother use to embarrass me when I was in my teens by telling how I would only wear underwear and my boots unless we were headed to church. Might be why I hated school so much because I had to get fully dressed. lol. But even in my teenage years it was a far better life back then. Even growing up very poor. We had clothes to wear and plenty to eat so hard times didn’t seem to matter

[@anthonywilliams9485]

Loved this video you mob, bonza place you have. Brings back memories for me with Mum and Dad and all of our horses on 20 acres in a beautiful spot called Mount Helena just east of Perth. Me and the missus bought Mums 5 acres after she passed last year. It's typical dry Aussie rock/sand but it's beautiful. Watching your videos just makes us more determined to get a bore in, start doing what we can with what we have. You guys really rock.

[@ginahuwe1551]

I can appreciate old chimneys my dad and grandpa built fireplaces ❤

[@preparedmemaw7569]

Wonderful tour. Beautiful land and precious memories. I love the littles input. You have the sweetest little family. Thank you for sharing.

[@vickeypierce293]

Such sweet memories...and you are right the farms are vanishing. Those logs will still be there long after we are gone plus those chimneys. Would you not just love to have a small cabin over there!! No noise...no people!! Lol

[@freesianlover]

Really cool thanks for sharing.

[@amycrunk9244]

Love the old places. Would love to see more.

[@lindaedwards9756]

What history, the more I study that part of history. 1750-1830ish the-more I appreciate the ingenuity and resiliency of the people of that time. I hope the property gets restored at some time. Thanks for the tour.

[@catlady8324]

9:13 Did the Shakers build that chimney? It looks like those perfect Shaker Walls.

[@bartsexton1652]

Love your videos plain and simple. Such a Beautiful place.

[@kerrydruck9036]

Could’ve been a smokehouse, every settlement had one I think!

[@melodyshomesteadlife]

This reminds me slot of our place in VA. Thankfully our house there is in good shape. It also has two rock chimneys with most of the mud still intact around the rocks. Really enjoyed this!

[@Thehomesteadhomeschool]

Very interesting, this kind of stuff is just up my alley! The stories those walls could tell if they could talk. Enjoyed this video.

[@CharlieBoy129]

"Pilot Mountain" we talkin NC? If so that is such beautiful country been through several times, WV to SC and back. The homestead is the perfect spot! Thanks for sharing...

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Yep in NC!

[@sandrahowell6357]

I noticed your family and mine are in the same flood watch for Hurricane Ian. We are in Ashe. Im sure you have been as busy as us getting everything secured. Hope all is well with you! God Bless !

[@janicewert3919]

A beautiful piece of land. I would love to live there. So peaceful.

[@mary4397]

Just came across you're video .How awesome it is to see these old building. I can't believe its so quiet there .I hope it stays in your family and remains as beautiful an area like it is now.Thank you for sharing and God Bless

[@kymburriss4260]

I'm willing to bet that place was absolutely beautiful back in the day, and the owners were proud of it. Those little rooms were generally used for storage, as a wash room, and sometimes as an extra sleeping room. Husband and I lived in an old farm house one time that had one of those rooms. The owner told us that her great grandparents had used it for storage, and an extra sleeping room .

[@rpbrooks6801]

Loved the tour of your family homestead. We live on my family's land, too. I wish the buildings on our place were in as good condition as yalls. They've all fallen down. There's so much history & so many stories my Dad used to tell about living here. I hope one day the place yall obviously love will be yours.

[@Prepping_mimi]

First time viewer. Great video!

[@berniperrong3332]

Thank you for sharing this trip! I loved it! Hard work, cooling off in the creek, and a bit of exploring is a perfect day in my book! 😊

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

You got that right!

[@vlunceford]

What a great old house! It would be awesome to track its history. Also, that nest over the door is a wasp’s nest. They’re meaner than bees! 😊

[@kymburriss4260]

That's a beautiful old farm. Thank you for sharing it

[@kennethvaughan8195]

Like many others, I love things from the old days. Andy was talking about the shape of the chimney still being in good shape. I’ve came across many places where there was no signs of a house other than a chimney standing. Times was very tough in those days but … the people was very happy from what I’ve read and I know when I was a young’en people seemed happier. Seemed like society is growing more and more grumpy and unhappy ! Sad

[@sandrahowell6357]

Loved this video! Would love to see more just like this! God bless!

[@hawkrose8403]

What a Goldmine of a piece of property yall have and live on etc. What a beautiful house that is/once was. I love that chimney its absolutely beautiful. If those walls could talk!!

[@AppalachianLiving765]

I love videos like this!!! Thank you for sharing.

[@Laura95000]

Really, really enjoyed this video! You guys are Blessed!!

[@tpaw6908]

Beautiful view and area. Thanks for sharing.

[@julieschossow9315]

I loved this Megan! You need a trip to the Indian graves!

[@TrueGritAppalachianWays]

Maybe we can do that one of these days :)

[@lancelineberry4335]

Great interesting info. I live only a few miles away so I can relate to the content

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

I feel like we're missing out on a lot of things folks experienced in the old days. In modern times we all wake up, maybe grab a pop tart and head off to work, school, running errands for the day, or whatever. We dont spend a lot of time together with family. Back in the day, they woke up, ate breakfast, the men worked the fields with their sons, and the women ran the household with their daughters. Siblings shared rooms and were each other's best friends seeing as the closest neighbors might have been miles away. I wish we could go back to living more simply like this. Times may have been tough, but they leaned on each other and they made it through.

[@ThatKyGirl1]

That’s a beautiful place..

[@joycejones4526]

How interesting this has been. The way the chimney was put together is real craft man work. So many times you see these chimneys are found in the mountains and you know there was at one time a home. The stories these places could tell. People who medal detect love to find these places and it is interesting what they find.

[@fayee8986]

So sad these old places like that. Days gone by and people's memory wiped Away by time.

[@sherriekirby1585]

When you said Pilot Mtn I can tell you that your close or on the Great Wagon Rd that took settlers from Pa to Ga. It came down thru VA in Franklin/Patrick Co to Surry NC & south. That started in the 1750's. Alot of the original road was paved & became the first interstate in America

[@tammykaltreider]

Really enjoyed the videos and being apart of your adventures!

[@judeaaron]

Maybe that log building is a old smokehouse, my great grandpas homestead here in arkansas had the same kind of building and he used it for curing and storing his meat. they lived on horsehead creek in johnson county and he had a 10 acre garden he worked with a mule. never had a vehicle ,running water or electricity his whole life. hauled everything with a rubbered tired wagon.

[@bluegirl777]

Smokehouse was my guess too.

[@CyberSerene]

Thanks for sharing!

[@debbiecrouch709]

Wow beautiful even in the state it’s in. Imagine the memories this little house could tell! Loving your channel.

[@simpsonfarms]

What a wonderful treasure! Such pretty scenery Old walnut trees don’t have nuts this year either - wonder what that means? Maybe the little room was their smoke house or root/dry goods pantry or maybe her cook stove was in there so the house didn’t get so hot - if they had a cook stove, maybe in later years they did

[@simpsonfarms]

Love seeing your kiddos having family farm time! Such a wonderful life for kids Beautiful place

[@debbienewman7923]

Thank you so much for sharing your family place with us. I really enjoyed it. I just found your channel this week. I love it. Can't wait to start trying some of the recipes. I wish I could try ham made the way it was intended, but thoroughly enjoyed learning new recipes. I look forward to your cookbook also. Hope you have a blessed day.

[@bonnieneufeldt1814]

What a cool vid! Love to see more of the land one day. A great piece of history!

[@tc41089]

Feel like I got to take a little trip today! Thanks for sharing! Looks so nice in that area and quiet. We live just west of KC in a small community area on the KS side. 🌻

[@Candys_Corner]

That is so cool. Abandoned homesteads are really interesting.🏚

[@Aleata67]

Beautiful, but I would be deathly afraid of snakes!!

[@nancyhaywood6486]

that is a beautiful place. it would be so nice to be away from traffic, it's gotten so bad here, we can hardly get out of our driveway. yes i would love to see more videos like this. have a good evening.

[@lindamaldonado6807]

I would say the little outside room kept the firewood dry. It also might have been storage for canned foods if they didn’t have a cellar. Yeah . . . a long. time ago when I was in elementary school ! 😅

[@connieparker8896]

There is a posted private property sign so there is a family land deed somewhere,, that’s a fire hold keep, for fire wood so when it rained it keeps some of the fire wood dry

[@JimmyMcGuire-vh8ge]

Pretty sure it's a pack house my grandaddy had one just like it the basement was called a pit it was back in the time you had to tie tobacco before you took it to market the up stairs was to pack the tobacco tobacco after it came in order cause you had put your whole crop in the pack house you graded and tied it in late fall and winter if I remember right it was sold in December

[@kprairiesun]

Very interesting. Always love old homesteads. The bigger chimney has amazing straight sides. Little room could have been for wood or dogs or other animals

[@lorenemoody]

That's just beautiful so very happy for you all

[@MsSephrena]

Love seeing the old farm - brings back memories... Sure hope you're able to get the farm in the years ahead - Thanks so much for sharing....

[@monamartin3022]

Lots of memories in the old place. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@bethgiesey9405]

Please take us to other places. Love history

[@janetforster2484]

Wow I love old places like this ❤ Years ago I worked 8 years with a brick mason and remember the inspectors being so picky about chimneys !!! These are so amazing and probably last forever. My main job was stone profiles inside for the fireplaces. Thanks for this ❤

[@ginahuwe1551]

Pilot mountain is pretty. We were there right before we bought our place in NC ❤️

[@jeffbrock-y9i]

Y'all do whatever it takes to keep that place in the family.... My grandfather owned a farm near the Biltmore farm at Asheville. It went out of the family years ago but I sure do wish it hadn't.