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@lindaconley9969

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome adventure!

@lindabranager1565

3 жыл бұрын

First of all I want thank his ancestors for the good of the Country. I don't appreciate the way they were treated. After their we should asked them if they wanted to go home to Africa and taken back the right way. God Bless everyone who had Ancestors who were slaves. My family fought against slavery. Who picked the cotton, built homes and picked tobacco. Not the white people. I'm sorry this happened to all of my black people. Y'all are the best people. I believe that now because of this video there is a way America can give back and recognize these people by fixing these graves. God Bless all of you. Black people are the backbone of the United States.

@bethshadid2087

3 жыл бұрын

Respect to the family and unknown buried there 🤴💗🕊️. Have you been there before because when he started talking about the matriarch and patriarch of the family I had a rush if deja vu 🤷🙏

@michelebaker3457

3 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful. Thank you very much.

@haroldcampbell3337

3 жыл бұрын

There was an effort before the Civil War to return slaves to Africa, but it didn't work out. Look up the American Colonization Society. And there were quite a few poor whites who picked cotton, built houses, and picked tobacco, but at least they were free.

His family is lucky to have that much information that goes that far back.

@christineolivia8730

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@thisoldnurse1521

3 жыл бұрын

For sure. There are long forgotten cemeteries in remote locations all over North America. Some even in areas not remote, but the descendants up and left, and of course no one to look after the cemetery. :(

@danielkershner3269

3 жыл бұрын

My last name goes back to the late 1500s all the way in Germany family came over and founded the town of Hagerstown I'm a descendent of the original founders thought I'd share this

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@LaLa Black. Thank-you so much for your kind words. Most of the family history was passed down orally and around the late 80s/early 90s we transcribed it. A lot of the missing links came together with ancestry.com

@bjbobbijo5066

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I have found tons of information on my white ancestors but almost nothing on my black or Native American ancestors.

Standing at ol' home sights and seeing the flowers....to think someone's hands planted those that are long gone.....

@trixier6505

3 жыл бұрын

That is what struck home to me.

@maryellenshock

11 ай бұрын

Those flowers are wild. they come up every year.

@elissalee3057

4 ай бұрын

​@maryellenshock Some one planted those flower's long ago.

@AMarch-ib2th

2 ай бұрын

@@elissalee3057 No, they are wild. We get them every year.

Such a touching and emotional journey. This man was able to locate his lost ancestors with Roberts help. You really are an angel, Robert.

So sad to be buried and no headstone with a name😓....but GOD does know each and every one of them 🤴. Glad the Terry family has the records of their past family members. Loved those handwritten headstones. Thank you Mr. Terry for insight into your family and Robert for documenting 💗🕊️

What a wonderful collaboration between the two of you. So glad to see a family member interested in finding out about family, from generations past. Happy that he is able to put some of the pieces of the puzzle together, and get a grasp on how the plantation was, where his family was enslaved. So sad and unfortunate life was like this, but glad he can connect to the resting place of his family. Just so strange watching this, knowing that it is not that far from where I was born and lived so much of my life. I really enjoyed this. Thank you.🐾🦊🐺

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

I truly enjoyed working with Robert on this project.

@lisaphillips9467

3 жыл бұрын

Always remember..you carry a part of all of them with you in your DNA .It's up to their descendants to carry on their hopes and dreams..

@lisaphillips9467

3 жыл бұрын

Oh and once again...I just love this music...it speaks to your soul.

Thank-you again to Robert/Sidestep Adventures for documenting the Terry Cemetery. Robert is extremely knowledgeable and very easy to work with. Again, on behalf of the entire Terry Family, we thank-you for your support in our family history project. Wes Terry Culpepper

@jamiehoward3151

3 жыл бұрын

May GOD bless you and your family 🙏

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiehoward3151 Thank-you so much for those kind words. God Bless you. Wes Terry Culpepper

@jamiehoward3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 we are all brothers and sisters of our GOD! I'm from Georgia and I'm sure we're all connected in some way or another. I'm from Augusta and my family is from Savanah and Warrenton Ga. We have native American in our family and who knows what else. We're all connected in some way or another. You and your family are my brothers and sisters in Christ. I love y'all like you're family and feel your pain . Our families have all suffered but one day we'll all be with our lord and one big family!!!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiehoward3151 Very well articulated!!!!!! Do you have your family history wrote out on a website etc? I would definitely love to read it. Wes Terry Culpepper

@deniseterry-ward6735

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you cousin Wesley and Robert/Sidestep Adventures for this fantastic Terry documentary. Words can't adequately express my appreciation and gratitude for finding our ancestors resting place. Great job, well done... Denise Terry-Ward

How wonderful to be able to find your family even from such a turbulant time. History needs to be remembered. God Bless

@swearenginlawanda

3 жыл бұрын

Agree 100% remembered, not erased

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

I don’t understand why anyone would give this video and family story a thumbs down. Nevertheless, thank you Robert for your passion and compassionate spirit. I stumbled across your channel about a month ago, and now I’m obsessed. To the Terry family, thank you for sharing your family story. As a black woman, I was both happy and sad for many various reasons. You’re very blessed with being able to find your ancestors’ resting place. Yes, we may not know their names, but our Father in heaven does. God bless you all. Teri

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Teri, I have to agree with everything you said. My family and I were disheartened to see 36 dislikes, but oh well you do know the world we live in. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to watch my family history video. It was a joy to work with Robert to bring this together. Stay tuned for part two. Wes Terry Culpepper

Doesn't get any better than to locate a family resting place on a hill within a wooded area, long forgotten. Tears came to my eyes as the area was walked once again and the resting were once again remembered to the living. Beautiful video Robert and a special Thanks to the Terry family in bringing to life our knowledge of people that were born, raised and married long ago with dreams and a hand to touch each of us not born. Thank You Robert and the Terry Family.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Mel, thank-you for your kind words. It is definitely surreal to walk on the land that my ancestors had told on. It was my family's joy to ReDiscover their final resting place. Wes Terry Culpepper

Wow what a history lesson. This cat is the coolest. Thank you Mr. Terry for caring enough to go out and find this place.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel, thank you so much for those wonderful words LOL in addition to that I want to personally thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

This is an out of the park homerun! So happy this man was able to find his relatives. I can't like it enough!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

Cool but sad history can you emagine how many forgotten graves there is

It’s just so hard to think how people could be owned. A great find and a beautiful video. Thank you. They may be lost to time, but God knows their names.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

This video was great...a lost cemetery found by a relative...

Seek and ye shall find. I knew even before watching this that it was going to be an emotional visit. Yes, very sad to see another abandoned cemetery but at the same time it felt peaceful. Thanks to the Terry family for allowing us to come along to honor their ancestors.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

@naenae796

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 You are very welcome !

@robertbowers9856

2 жыл бұрын

One thing about an obscure cemetery, the chances of being violated by vandals is lessened.

If I could I would go there and clean that Cemetery Up because it deserves to be cleaned up and flowers put on everybody’s graves it just deserve so much... very good video

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. I agree as well. Unfortunately the cemetery is now on private property and we have to have permission to go out there and do any kind of work.

@barbarachrvenak8231

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more.

It is wonderful that he was able to find family but how terribly sad that the majority rest in unmarked graves. It definitely tugs at my heartstrings. I can't begin to imagine his pain. It is wonderful that you document this cemetery before it is completely lost to time. Hopefully by documenting this cemetery it gives some dignity to people that were not allowed to have any during their lives

@robertbates6057

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I love about Robert's channel. Respect and dignity!

What an amazing video. As the family genealogist my heart aches for all those lost through time. So glad to see these people come alive and be remembered.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry

As you were going through the cemetery I was amazed at how many unmarked graves there were and how sad that they are only known to God. It is good that the black descendent of the Terry family were able to find this cemetery. It would be awesome if the black and white descendent could get together to learn what the other know about this Terry family. Keep up the great work in documenting the lost cemetery history.

@sukochilee4770

3 жыл бұрын

I am in awe. When I read the comment "Only God knows who they are". But, there people still alive that care! This says it all.

@marymcguffin9370

3 жыл бұрын

These are lost graves in the Georgia. Just think of how many lost graves are in the whole United States. Pioneers, mountain people, out West. Yes you are so right only God knows, but when i see an old documentary of the hardships we don't have to think about anymore, I say a prayers for them, and think that could have been me. But thank God it's not. I love my modern conveniences. 💓🙏. Truly an awesome video

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Margaret that would be awesome if we could meet with them.

@PatriotAcresinTexas

3 жыл бұрын

What would be great and helpful is to get a few people out there with leaf blowers. They could walk in a line and cover alot of ground. Then you'd be able to see more of the hidden gravestones.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@PatriotAcresinTexas Unfortunately the cemetery is now on private land and being used as a hunting lodge. We have strict limitations on what we can do out there. 😢 at most we definitely plan to wash down and hand scrub the headstones to get some of the dirt removed. Wes Terry Culpepper

Who ever engraved those stones in the 1800's risked their life, attempting to learn to read and write was punishable by death.

@elsieminter6875

3 жыл бұрын

Could it be possible the plantation owners thought a lot of them and had these stones placed out of respect.

@WazigeLogica

3 жыл бұрын

@@elsieminter6875 I think LaLa Black was referring to the one that was in two pieces and clearly engraved by hand. Those other ones were clearly done by someone who engraves stones day in day out. But I'd think you are right that the latter were bought by the plantation owner at the time. I don't know how long a plantation was at that location and if there were different families there over time..

@lalablack6038

3 жыл бұрын

@@elsieminter6875 let's not do that....

@elsieminter6875

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalablack6038 I'm sorry. Do what? If the stones had not been placed there he might not have been able to find his ancestors. No disrespect intended.

@lalablack6038

3 жыл бұрын

@@elsieminter6875 🤦🏾‍ what does that have to do with my comment??

History alive. A most enjoyable visit.---Cody: you have silent skills!

This makes me cry. And it also makes me angry that all these hard working wonderful people have been forgotten. I am so grateful that he took the time to look and found his family’s cemetery. This is a blight on this country that needs to be published and corrected. Donna Indiana

Awesome video! So happy this young man was able to find his family. Really touched my heart. May they RIP. 🙏🙏🙏

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

Excellent video, Robert. This is one of your best videos. Much respect to Mr. Terry and his family. I’m happy for him that he was able to locate lost family history. He’s a very well spoken man, he would do very well on KZread if he doesn’t have a channel already. Great job Robert.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Unfortunately, I do not have a KZread channel lol.

@ToddEWalnuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 good to hear from you Wesley, thank you for responding. It would be very interesting to follow your journey as you uncover more history on your family. I think it would be very popular on KZread. Just an idea. Take care man, and best of luck to you.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToddEWalnuts Thank-you as well for responding.... after listening to your considerate words, I think I am going to collaborate with Robert on a part 2.

@ToddEWalnuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 that’s good to hear. You know I’ll be tuning in to watch. Take care.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@ToddEWalnuts Take care as well.

I am not even a full 2 minutes into this video yet, and I already know it will be a favorite of mine also. Be back shortly.... Watched the entire video, and this makes me want to read up more about the Terry family and the plantation. I loved his photos and what a sharp memory he has! I hope you are able to keep in touch with him. We need more people like y'all to keep the interest alive. Great job guys!👍🏻❤️💐

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. I enjoyed working with Robert on this project.

This was extremely fascinating! Thanks guys!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

I've had to explain a few times to a few people why it's hard to trace our history. First we were enslaved, which wiped out knowledge of our origins. Then we were mixed, matched and breed. Then as many that could fled to the north, leaving everything including knowledge of their short history behind (knowing they couldn't return). In all actuality, early 1900's is when black people really began to understand what it meant to have family that could stay together. We are literally the youngest "race". Some people think slavery and segregation was so long ago, but it was only 3&4 generations ago...

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Very well articulated. It was definitely a struggle piecing together my family history.

@lalablack6038

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 I'm grateful that my family live very long (on 3 of the 4 sides all live well into their 80's-100's.) We have a lot of knowledge of our history for the most part for that reason.

@randomvintagefilm273

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely wasn't long ago. I was born in 1967 and there were people still alive that were born slaves.

@BrianCarnevaleB26

3 жыл бұрын

I am sorry for that. As we in the North would welcome you and shelter you. WE did not do those kinna things to people here in New Hampshire, sure didn't!

@nightranger3430

3 жыл бұрын

Question...Would you say that the situation was similar for the 261,918 Free Black people living in the 15 historically considered Southern States leading up to & during The Civil War? BTW...that is 35,766 more free black folks living in the slave owning South than in the North & these fine people by an overwhelming percentage stayed in the South through the duration of the war.

I love being able to see family members connected to this house! And to be able to put faces with the past history is just great! I hope this land will stay with the family and become a history maker ! Great Job Robert!

@acheartist

3 жыл бұрын

We have the same name spelled the same way. Watching the same video too!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, we no longer own the land😢. It is private property and we have to get permission to visit it.

@teresascott8910

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no Wesley! I am so sorry. I was hoping it was still in the family so it could be passed down through the generations!

@applegal3058

2 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 personally, I'd let anyone visit as long as they're not being a nuisance or damaging the property, especially if they have family buried there. I think growing up in rural Newfoundland, land around me was not barred off to anyone as long as you're respectful of the property. I grew up going berry picking on crown lands, and playing in the woods behind our neighbors homes, and cutting across people's yards to get to trails. We never walked across someone's garden, or touched their belongings. It's about respect of each other's property.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

@@applegal3058 We definitely need more people in this world like you. Unfortunately the history of American Slavery is very complex. And often times, slave cemeteries are not deemed valuable or worth saving.

My condolences Mr. Terry, for all his family members. And thank you for having pictures of his loved ones so that we may put a face with the names on the stones. I felt a greater connection with those that were lost. God Bless.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

R.i.p to all those people

History is the guide to keep one from forgetting the mistakes in our lives and to take better steps in the future .

I've seen so many cemeteries in my state with many, many unmarked graves, or marked only by field stones. A standing stone here does not mean it's the grave of a slave, it's just to mark a final resting place when you can't afford an engraved marker. I'm glad this man was able to find where some of his family is buried, Robert, and thank you for helping him find even more.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words as well as taking the time to watch the video on my family history. Wes Terry Culpepper

I’d find the biggest leaf blower and start blowing! Get family and friends to help and mark each site with a proper cross along with the field stones. Surround it with a beautiful fence and at the entrance put a proclamation stating exactly the who, what, why and when of that sacred land. God bless you Terry family!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Unfortunately the land is now in private hands and is used for a hunting lodge. We have to have permission to be able to go out there. But I definitely would love to attempt to implement some of your ideas.

@chrissytaylor5690

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 I'm praying that the owners of the lodge will have a change of heart in the near future Wesley! The fact that you truly care about you're family and their history shows..... and God sees that in you!🙂 Thank you for sharing your story with us!!🙂🙏🌄💯

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrissytaylor5690 Thank-you so much for those kind words!!!!! We are currently in negotiations to erect a very small chain link fence around the cemetery. Please cross your fingers as we are definitely crossing them on our end.

@chrissytaylor5690

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 definitely will my dear!!!🤞🙂. And don't hesitate to reach out to viewers who may live in the surrounding area. Many would love to lend a helping hand.🙂👏💯

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrissytaylor5690 great idea! Definitely will do that. But your fingers crossed and mines, I'm sure we will have luck on our side lol 😊

Amonst other fitting words "sacred" is one of them. It must be preserved as a hallowed ground as testimony to our history or lest we forget.

I appreciate that you record the past so it is never forgotten. This is one of my favorite videos you do a service for future generations so the past will be remember

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

It is nice to see that someone cares. We remember them today. Bless you

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

@happyme6153

2 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I began my family genealogy. It was and still is a fascinating journey. One of my uncles said ,at the time, "families have someone, usually 3 to 4 generations apart, who will come along with interest in the family's journey. You are that person." This young man has that passion for his family. For us older people, it is very comforting to see young people who truly cares about their past history.

Wow, how cool to walk through and old cemetery with someone that can share the history. Awesome video.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

Would of been great to replant some of them buttercups / Daffodils on his people graves.. Great job at documenting the graves

@Sister325

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea, and we know they will show up for years to come.

How wonderful to see how devoted he is to find his relatives. So glad Robert was able to help. All these people deserve to be recognized and just walking and hearing the story of the Terry family was powerful. They are no longer forgotten. You have given them life again just by remembering them.God bless you both.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Donna, thank-you for your kind words. I really enjoyed working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

My heart is full of joy that he found his family members.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

What an honor I feel for Mr. Terry sharing w/us his family history. I cried when he spoke of his father and him finding the cemetery. Gave me goosebumps. This would make for an awesome autobiography video. Love to know more.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for sharing your video and thank you to Mr. Terry for sharing his family history. It’s so sad that so many graves are unmarked but I’m glad that the graves have at least been discovered and not lost to time. We must not forget those buried here.

Amazing video, made me cry. So happy this young man found his family, and he and his father were able to share it together. I only wish more people were able to do the same. What a great collaboration in the two of you together.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

So very glad he found his family members! Excellent video!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

I hope he can pass this knowledge to the next generation of his family. Enjoyed listening to him tell the story of his family.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

2 comments we won’t be seeing “What is the location” .... “Please make the video longer” Really enjoyed this one Robert

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Robert was a joy to work with on this project.

OUTSTANDING!!! 🌟 One of the Many reasons I follow Robert and 🏆 "Sidestep Adventures". 🚙 📸 🥁

This was a very heartwarming video. I’m so happy you could help this gentleman find his family members. What a great deed. Thanks Mr. Robert for this story.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch my family history video. Robert was a joy to work with an extremely knowledgeable about his craft. Wes Terry Culpepper

Fascinating and sad too. So many people with no headstones. No name. Just a stone to mark their graves. Glad this man was able to put a personal connection to the people buried there.

Oh Robert that resting place felt sad to me..... So glad that you have documented this place. Wasn’t Georgia one of the states to have the largest numbers of enslaved persons?? We don’t get to learn much about America’s history unfortunately. It would be awesome to have more knowledge. Where do all the field stones come from?? Are they brought in when the person is buried or what? I ask because there doesn’t seem to be a lot of stones other than the field stones about. Thank you for this great video. Very informative. Well done Robert. God bless.

@peggyscott125

3 жыл бұрын

My home state of Virginia and Georgia were neck to neck. I believe that many of the enslaved came to the shores of Virginia, where it started, and from there those peoples were sent south. Its a history that I would love to see all Black Americans embrace with pride! This country was built on those folks backs.

@cclyon

3 жыл бұрын

Field stones are free, headstones cost money.

Happy that man knows as much as he does about his family history. More then I know of my own.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment. I hope you begin to identify your family history. Wes Terry Culpepper

This is an awesome video, I watch all plantation/slavery/cemetery/abandon videos, but this one really has a personal aspect. Seeing him find his family, a moment of grace. Imagine how many ppl who also want to experience that. Well done Rob, U have changed his life, it's cost U nothing, U had nothing to gain, that is a genuine person, well done again Rob.

God bless the Terry family and his ancestors ! Whom are lost to time, but remembered by the living ! Very moving cemetery adventure, with a living descendant !

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

So many people that are unknown. Breaks my heart. Thank you for sharing.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project.

excellent discovery Rob, to finally actually have someone related to the folks who are laid to rest there, that was a very touching moment too, when he said that he was with his father when they first found all their family's graves and they embraced each other and cried,, that's the power of faith and family,, fantastic video

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

Please tell me that he has written down his family history. Every story and every memory from grandparents and great grandparents is gold for future generations.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. We transcribe the family history back during the late '80s. With the help of ancestry.com we were able to put together several missing puzzle pieces. I thoroughly look forward to sharing this with future generations of my family. Wes Terry Culpepper

@maryellenshock

11 ай бұрын

Amen!

This video has moved me. Im going to Kentucky one of these days to find my great great great grandparents grave. They were born free in Indiana. But moved to Kentucky after the civil war. My great great great grandma died first & my great great great grandpa was murdered several years later. They were buried in the same grave. But of course there's no records of witch plot there in. So it's a guessing game.

@juliem.679

3 жыл бұрын

May your search be protected, blessed and fruitful. May their souls delight in your loving quest and help you along the way.

@jettajellis8588

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in Louisville KY and if I can help you let me know

@kirstensocialbutterfly6025

3 жыл бұрын

@@jettajellis8588 Thank you sweetie. But my great great great grandparents are buried in Mercer county.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Good luck on your search for your family members.

@kirstensocialbutterfly6025

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 your welcome Mr.Wesley.

It is great that he was able to connect with his distant family and that he has a lot of archives of the family,thanks again robert for your interesting work

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

Loved all this history. What a blessing to be near where family is buried and keeping the family history alive.

What a beautiful video. Thank you for making it.

Thank you to the Terry family for sharing your family history with us. You did an excellent job.

May there be peace for them all now.

@BrianCarnevaleB26

3 жыл бұрын

you fool yourself if you ever believe that for what they were put through, ripped from their homelands in chairs, and made to slave in the deep south A good thought, however-

Thank you for the important cemetery work you do. These people are to be remembered even if their graves are unmarked and we do not know all their names. Many have descendants who are living and wondered where their great great great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins were buried.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry

Thank you so much for doing this, sir! It's so sad when people are forgotten. Are there academic libraries, like at University of Georgia and Georgia State? You can contact their Special Collections departments and ask if they have family papers from this plantation. It would be called something like "The Terry Plantation Family Correspondence". That collection might have lists of their slaves.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. I will definitely look them up and give them a call to see if they can aid in my research. Wes Terry Culpepper

@sheliathrower7350

Жыл бұрын

Only one is digging and looking

Hummm with all the dead leafs maybe he should use survey markers to mark the stones. Always love finding out the history.

So many feelings learning about the Terry family history. Happy they found their family, cried when they cried. Saddened that people didn't have their own last names, repulsed at the slavery and segregation not only during life but after death. Thank you for sharing this powerful video.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

Amazing history, Thank you for all you do, May God BLESS you all.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

This is my favorite so far. Thank you Mr. Terry for sharing your family history with us.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Melissa, thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to watch my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

Need to come out with white composite crises and mark every grave. What a sight that would be. Never destroy history or it will be repeated good and bad. Blessings to this family. Thanks Robert.

This is awesome. The feeling of standing and walking on the same spot your ancestors did is amazing.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching my family history video. Words cannot begin to describe the awesome sensation and feeling I have each time I'm out there visiting.

“A charge to keep I have etc” probably refers to the song lyrics “A charge to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.”.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

That would definitely be it. ❤️ Wes Terry Culpepper

Robert and cody you have helped make a family very happy by helping find loss members of a family, please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends 🌻

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

@yarnhappykim9294

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 you are very welcome

This is the first time I have seen one of your wonderful documentaries of slave cemeteries with a living descendant. I cannot fathom what that knowledge must do to the human heart, that crushing sorrow for those souls freed only by death, but I am happy there are individuals who want to do what this young man is doing, taking your team on the journey. Blessings on you all!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Julie, first off I would like to thank you for taking the time out of your day to watch my family history video. I must admit it is definitely an emotional roller coaster to walk the grounds of the former plantation and cemetery. The mind is constantly filled with thoughts of what their everyday life must have been like.. the thoughts of possibly being sold away from your loved ones, the thoughts that your grandchildren if not them then great great grandchildren will one day be free etc.... Wes Terry Culpepper

@juliem.679

3 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 I do hope that you will take your story to other organizations and urge them to organize and preserve and document every grave they can find in every slave cemetery they can find. Names may not be able to be assigned to them, but there can and should be an accounting for them so that we don't ever forget. (As a Jewish person, I know that in some countries, Jewish cemeteries that have been documented and used for centuries were paved over and otherwise destroyed after WWII and all the chaos is caused. Jews were evicted from all the Arab countries where they had been for many centuries, even thousands of years, when Israel was created as a Jewish state. Their ancestors' graves were desecrated, stones destroyed, the sacred burial ground sold and developed. As Americans, we cannot let that happen in America any more than it has already happened.)

What a beautiful speaking voice Mr Terry has❤️

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much for that compliment. Thank-you for watching my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

@annettefindlay

2 жыл бұрын

@@wesleyculpepper4571 You are welcome Sir. Lovely video.❤

Beautiful history

How magnificent that Mr. Terry was able to find his family. I am surprised that so much of the plantation is still standing. I hope that cemetery is brought back to some semblance of life in the future. Amazing to be able to put faces to the names and bring their memories to life. Awesome video. Keep Safe❤ Keep Well❤

That presentation was so interesting to see. Lovely for the present family to find their heritage and generations of family all buried there for remembering. So overwhelming experience!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to watch my family history video. It is our family's hope that we can continue to bring future generations out there to see it. Wes Terry Culpepper

It is such an amazing thing to be a part of another person’s family history...thank you!

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

We are thankful for Robert. His expertise really came in handy.

This just brought tears to my eyes. What a great thing to pull so much history together.

I hope and pray that he will be able to find help to clean up and possibly fence off the other cemeteries of the people who buried around near his family ! Maybe able find relatives of the other people buried there if they can identify who all maybe buried there ! Thank you both Robert and Mr. Terry for sharing this with me !

Love the respect shown to those who were denied it in life ❤️

Mr. Wesley, God bless you and your family . Thank you for sharing your story. 🕊️ Thank you Robert Excellent video

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much for watching my family history video. God bless as well. Wes Terry Culpepper

This is soooooooo very interesting 🤔 👌 👀 👏 👍 🙂 I can go on and on!

Oh my goodness Robert this is an amazing vlog! This is why you do what you do! It was amazing to hear Mr. Terry’s descendant’s story. Now people know that under those field stones lies an ancestor with a living connection to today. Im so glad you shared this with all of us. Such a wonderful story and so exciting to find it before it is lost to time. Thank you❤️

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry

Robert..i love this video. There's nothing better than putting names and faces with the ancestors graves stones. History is always exciting no matter where it is found. Thank you for sharing . it is your best video yet!!!!!!

This is so bitter sweet. Mr Terry finds his family but the sheer volume of people buried there and forgotten is staggering. I’m so sad for all these people…..I can't imagine their pain and what their lives must have been like.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 ай бұрын

Very well articulated. Thank-you so much for watching my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

Best one yet! (Cemetery video) Finally someone looking for family instead of just a strangers last resting place. So happy you were along to document it. Blessings ~

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for watching my family history video.

So very interesting, nice to find old cemetery with family members.

Very interesting. The intertwined history and heritage is amazing. So worth preserving. I think it would be worth a lot for the Terry family to record their oral histories while they still can.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. As you stated earlier, the family history was passed down orally from my great great grandparents down through my father down to me. In the late 80s we transcribed the family history and passed it out at a family reunion. With the website accessory.com we will also able to piece together a lot of missing facts. Wes Terry Culpepper

This popped up and I had to watch it again. Does my heart good to see him finding his heritage. I'd be out there helping him get it figured out, and cleaned up.

This show beats anything else on YT. Please don't stop.

Great documenting this Cemetery.

I ABSOLUTELY L♥️VE THIS!!! I love to see that this young man is interested in his family/genealogy & that he come out & share w/us his family, his family history. Pictures of his beautiful family from long ago. It's so touching. God Bless this family. ♥️🙏✝️ Thank you for sharing ♥️♥️♥️

This was a great episode. Great history and great family.

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. Wes Terry Culpepper

Incredible Smitty out 🙃👏👏👏👏

Robert you always pic the most appropriate music for these videos. I'm so happy that you could document this mans family, so rest of his family can come out and pay thier respects. What a heart felt video. God Bless you all. 🔦🚙🔍😇

@wesleyculpepper4571

3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for your kind words. It was a joy working with Robert on this project. Wes Terry Culpepper

Another great video! I love seeing people connect with their ancestors. And join JD for the Currahee clean-up!

beautiful grave stones. lovely family great history.

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper

Thank you so much for the Terry family (African American) history. This whole thing was great! Thank you

@wesleyculpepper4571

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much for watching my family history video. Wes Terry Culpepper