Shocking Find! Grave Robbers Dug Up This Cemetery! Wright Family Cemetery

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In this intriguing episode of Adventures into History, join Dan and me as we return to the John Wright family cemetery, a site previously marred by grave robbers. With a focus on uncovering more of the cemetery's history, we dive deeper into the impact and tales of grave robbing in the area.
During our exploration, Dan shares insightful stories about past incidents involving grave robbers, shedding light on this dark aspect of cemetery history. We also guide viewers on how to identify old homesites by analyzing artifacts and observing plant growth in surrounding areas, which often tell their own stories of the past.
Most notably, we make a significant discovery by locating another grave within the Wright family cemetery, expanding our understanding of the site and its historical context.
Join us as we continue to piece together the puzzle of the past, offering respect and recognition to those who rest in these sacred grounds.

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  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory2 ай бұрын

    Such a shame to see this! But good to be aware! By the way, Dan said Castoria was actually a laxative, he was thinking of another one at the time. Tip Jar For Gas: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: kzread.info/dron/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg.html eBay Shop: www.ebay.com/usr/oldbyrdfarm Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link My flashlight link: www.olightstore.com/s/UPTJSG Save 10 percent: SAIH10 (not valid on sales items and X9R) Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

  • @danthevictrolaman9830

    @danthevictrolaman9830

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, my bad, as much Castoria as my Mother forced upon me as a kid, you’d think I would remember better. But I also had to take Cherocol and Creomulsion for coughs and such, so easy to confuse! -Dan

  • @sandysue202

    @sandysue202

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@danthevictrolaman9830 -Creomulsion is still the only cough syrup that both works for me and doesn't gag me when I take it. I remember giving it to my girls but they don't have the same fond memories of it that I do, lol.

  • @amywright2243

    @amywright2243

    2 ай бұрын

    You mentioned Mrs. Winslow. The channel "Northern Mudlarks" in Scotland posted a really interesting video about that!

  • @terrysutton9867

    @terrysutton9867

    2 ай бұрын

    Dan I feel your pain. My Mom forced that terrible stuff on me too. It leaves an impression on you for sure. Lol 😳 Enjoy you and Robert so much.

  • @chars1184

    @chars1184

    2 ай бұрын

    @@danthevictrolaman9830 Oh, yes, Dan, I share memories of Fletchers Castoria with you. Well, I won’t SHARE them with you, but I have them also.

  • @BethnyA
    @BethnyA2 ай бұрын

    Dan is such a wealth of knowledge. Every country area needs a Dan.

  • @user-fq6zh2jr7c

    @user-fq6zh2jr7c

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @shellydehart8217

    @shellydehart8217

    2 ай бұрын

    Dido, I agree. ♥️😊👍

  • @TheCodesearcher
    @TheCodesearcher2 ай бұрын

    amazing! i do believe you guys found my family . im Jonathan wright im related to the wrights of wrightsville, dublin, eastman soperton Ga. im related to John b wright, my great grandfather was named Clyd wright who had several sons Olin wright was my mamas father. im also related to Brig Gen Ambrose wright of Ga. so excited to see this Guys! great job

  • @YT4Me57

    @YT4Me57

    2 ай бұрын

    I'm here for the same reason. Paternal line's family name is Wright. They were enslaved in Georgia so I only have written documentation going back to 1870.

  • @wandapease-gi8yo

    @wandapease-gi8yo

    2 ай бұрын

    I have to consult my genealogy and see if I am related to this line of Wrights. One line is iffy but a big family from Georgia packed up and went to Texas.

  • @terryanderson5947

    @terryanderson5947

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@wandapease-gi8yoI enjoy Robert and Dan's videos. I went to school with some Wrights in Kountze Texas and they also lived a few miles from my family.

  • @Cutter-jx3xj

    @Cutter-jx3xj

    2 ай бұрын

    Some Wrights from Georgia settled here in Comanche county Texas. It's where I grew up and when I retired moved back to. Another interesting fact is John Wesley Hardin and his family are from Comanche. The evening, Sherriff Webb of Brown County was killed by Hardin, it happened in Jack Wrights Saloon here in Comanche Texas

  • @jaycenecorday3228

    @jaycenecorday3228

    2 ай бұрын

    Like I said regardless of the dark or the light of history in the United States of America this is awesome that this man was able to see through the other two men that found his family's grave site. And this is all the reason why we need to do this as a country and save this information regardless of the HISTORY. And for the next couple hundreds of years of generation after us and they dig whatever is left and say what's going on here we don't have any information everything was swept under the rug even if it was good or bad so what are we looking at knowing this is American history know we need to know this now and we need to is Now! 🇺🇲

  • @ChipSmith-wd8ch
    @ChipSmith-wd8ch2 ай бұрын

    Dan and Robert are a real treasure!

  • @karenwright8556

    @karenwright8556

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi19872 ай бұрын

    Disrupting that grave was very disrespectful to the person buried there. I guess some people just arent raised right.

  • @SondraD7676
    @SondraD76762 ай бұрын

    Shocking to see and Dan's story of stealing gold teeth - the visual I imagined was ghastly. Hard to fathom. The lowest of the low steals from the dead and vandalizes a cemetery no matter in what form. 😢 I agree with Dan, no such thing as an abandoned cemetery. Stone lined, it amazes me the many different burial methods that you have rum across and featured. The method tells a story in itself - love, care, wealthy, poor, resources, memorial, religion, and traditions - a sign of the times. This cemetery, assume no relation to you, Robert? Enjoyed the history and the awareness. Excellent. 👍👍❤️❤️

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    I honestly don’t know.

  • @colleenwilkin5705

    @colleenwilkin5705

    2 ай бұрын

    So sad to see this! Cemeteries should have a special memorial laws put on them to keep them kept up and sacred!

  • @tommybewick
    @tommybewick2 ай бұрын

    When Dan was describing at the beginning how he knew it was an old homestead with all the different plants and trees around the house all I could think of was the Walton's house in the TV show. It would have been so amazing to live back in those days in such a simple way. It's a shame so much of that lifestyle is gone. Our lives have changed so much.

  • @TS-bn7zt
    @TS-bn7zt2 ай бұрын

    Thanks guys, love these kind of videos. It’s a pity that the people buried there have no markers and are now lost completely to time. Thank you.

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann632 ай бұрын

    I really enjoy hearing and seeing about these places. They sure do make history come alive. Thank you, Robert and Dan.

  • @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no
    @TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no2 ай бұрын

    Love Dan's stick I recall walking through the old virgin forest in VA and collecting them. Twisted by vines, they're simply good walking sticks. I should return it was memories

  • @Drinksalotobeer
    @Drinksalotobeer2 ай бұрын

    I love these videos! It's sad that people do the things that they do. There's a grave outside of Lumpkin, GA that belongs to a civil war veteran's wife that has been desecrated in the past. It truly upsets me. My uncle and me went out to it when I was a teenager back in the 90's. Thanks for a great video.

  • @cindys.9688
    @cindys.96882 ай бұрын

    Lots of tender loving care went into making that grave. Like Dan, I thought it was brick work until he noted otherwise. I wonder if it was family/friends who made it, or "professionals".🤔 I really enjoy how you discover old homesites! You know what markers to look for. Thankfully those markers are still there and identifiable. I wish I would've grown up around there when I was a kid. I'da had a blast! We lived across from fields (in Oregon) and I liked to explore as best as I could. I played in the irrigation ditch next to our house - when it was empty and dry, of course. Great memories! Then we moved to the suburbs in California. And here I've stayed.😕 Your daughter is so fortunate to get to grow up like her dad did, in the country, lots of local history, wide open spaces, and empty roads to drive on. It's neat that you can tell from the road that this grave was nicely walled. I try to imagine what it looked like back in the day and it must've been magnificent. Especially with the other graves visible. Interesting that the cemetery isn't on record. I wonder if back then they didn't have to legally register a family plot. Wonder if there were guidelines, like if fewer than, I don't know, 10 people were buried on the family property they didn't have to register it. That wouldn't work today. It's illegal to bury just one person on property you own! Imagine trying to explain 10 people on your property..."I'm sorry, officer, but I'm simply starting a family cemetery." LOL! 😆 Sorry! Anyway, you hit the nail on the head 🎯 when you said that graverobbing has gone on since the beginning of time. Egyptian kings and queens weren't safe from it. Just makes me wonder what in the blazes made them want to steal "this" body so long ago. Did they get money for it? What was so important to them? We may never know. Thanks to you and Dan for taking us out there. It was quite enjoyable! Take care!☺️

  • @christineberry3076

    @christineberry3076

    2 ай бұрын

    Use to learn stuff from them. We're taken to a doctor. At least some we're, think.

  • @adacox

    @adacox

    2 ай бұрын

    Illegal? Maybe where you are at. But not in my state. We can be buried pretty much anywhere… Maybe we have very lax laws

  • @iamrrspike7132

    @iamrrspike7132

    2 ай бұрын

    I have witnessed my grandfathers gravesite having a concrete slab poured over it simply due to threats of his remains being stolen from our family. The remains were to be taken and moved to an unknown location nearer to his second wife’s family in Texas. I suppose there’s many reasons but it doesn’t mean it’s right to do so. If that’s where they wanted to be for eternity then they should remain there.

  • @cindys.9688

    @cindys.9688

    2 ай бұрын

    @@adacox - Here in Los Angeles County, California when human remains are found on someone's property, that someone is brought into the police department pretty fast. Arrested? Probably. Fined? More than likely arrested. I don't "know" the actual "law" around it or the actual "details" of that "law". I'm just saying what I've seen on the news.🤔

  • @adacox

    @adacox

    2 ай бұрын

    @@cindys.9688 … wow. That’s disturbing. We are even allowed to bring home miscarriages… and bury them on our own, where ever we choose. Just one more reason I would never go to CA

  • @cclyon
    @cclyon2 ай бұрын

    I stopped in and bought a t shirt today Robert. You certainly are in a pretty part of the state.

  • @juliepowell1715
    @juliepowell17152 ай бұрын

    Thank you, both for what you do! I enjoy history. It is very difficult to imagine someone actually stealing gold teeth from a body. It makes me shudder. I hope the person was caught and punished. Thank you, Dan for sharing that story.

  • @Jen195152
    @Jen1951522 ай бұрын

    OMG, Castoria!! My mother used to chase me around the house to take it!! It was absolutely disgusting!! But it wasn’t cough medicine, it was a laxative!!

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah! Dan corrected himself on that later and said he was thinking of another that started with a C.

  • @gloriahayes2488

    @gloriahayes2488

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AdventuresIntoHistory My mama gave me a dose long before I could read. I liked the taste, so I sneaked back. Next thing, Mama was demanding answers from all 5 kids " Who drank the Castoria?" Nobody admitted to it, but the next day... I didn't have to go break a switch, she felt sorry for me, my tummy hurt ALL Night and most of the day, and my " Hiney " was sore and hurting enough on its own without a switch at all !

  • @gloriahayes2488

    @gloriahayes2488

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AdventuresIntoHistory the cough syrup was Creomulsion, it looked, smelled and tasted just exactly like liquid tar !

  • @whiteyfarm

    @whiteyfarm

    2 ай бұрын

    Fletcher's Castoria.

  • @whiteyfarm

    @whiteyfarm

    2 ай бұрын

    He was probably thinking of Castor oil. It would turn your innards into a straight pipe @@AdventuresIntoHistory

  • @user-re1ho8wu3l
    @user-re1ho8wu3l2 ай бұрын

    Shame on whoever did this. Total disrespect.

  • @sarah06ish

    @sarah06ish

    Ай бұрын

    This applies to the graves, and to the land.

  • @bethpeters3187
    @bethpeters31872 ай бұрын

    Dan makes your videos so interesting. I love when he says I really don't know much, then goes into amazing historical detail. Thank you for posting.

  • @joyfisher2128
    @joyfisher21282 ай бұрын

    Such an interesting video. I enjoy learning from y'all about how to look at your surroundings and figure out all the clues that tell you how you know you are at a homesite and the different types of burial methods there are in the cemeteries. Also, learning about the plants and how you use those as clues too. Interesting about the chinaberries. Dan knows everything! That stick of his sure has come in handy! I'm sure that the folks who sometimes comment about y'all not being "professionals" will be happy to finally see you with a tool in your hand. But it's such a nice stick, would had to see the tip of it get ruined. Maybe you'll have to show up next time with a more utilitarian one, Robert, so you can really get down to business! That is so sad about the grave robbing and actually knowing that someone would do that. That really just is hard to believe. What kind of heart does a person like that have. They must have been very unhappy while they were living. I hope folks showed his grave more kindness in death than he did to others while he was living!

  • @JohnMarciaShackelford

    @JohnMarciaShackelford

    2 ай бұрын

    And where would you sell teeth with gold in them??? I would think it would raise alot of eyebrows, unless the buyer was as couthless as the seller. Maybe the robber would somehow extract the gold from the teeth so no one was the wiser.

  • @rogerriggs6055
    @rogerriggs60552 ай бұрын

    Grave robbing has gone on since the pharos, but this still makes me boiling mad, let the dead rest in peace.

  • @ninaellyson814
    @ninaellyson8142 ай бұрын

    Check that jar lid for glow with the black light! Awww you put it back down. Some glow in black light like uranium glass.

  • @IrishAnnie
    @IrishAnnie2 ай бұрын

    What a shame! Thank you for saving the history of the south.

  • @debrafricano1486
    @debrafricano14862 ай бұрын

    Wow! So sad it's been lost in time and the people with it.

  • @venturesoutside-ht8sm
    @venturesoutside-ht8sm2 ай бұрын

    Family history is important

  • @artcflowers
    @artcflowers2 ай бұрын

    Fletchers Castoria is a childrens laxative not a cough remedy. Thanks for a better look at that vault and poking around those other graves. The China Berry Tree info is good to learn. Thanks Dan and Robert

  • @maryr7800

    @maryr7800

    2 ай бұрын

    I knew it wasn't for a cough, because I was given Fletcher's Castoria as a child. I don't know what was in it, but it actually tasted good. The color was very dark like molasses, so it may have had some of that in it.

  • @artcflowers

    @artcflowers

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@maryr7800 yes! I think it had prunes in it. Prunes will get your gears moving, so to speak. I liked the taste too.

  • @LindaZeno
    @LindaZeno2 ай бұрын

    I was born and raised in N.H. The area was fairly rural with old farm houses from the 1700's through the 1950's. My friend and I would saddle up and go through the old grave stitesand look at the dates on the headstones. Some were bare legible from the 1600's. (Unfortunately one of our horses would poop on or by a grave)

  • @LindaZeno

    @LindaZeno

    2 ай бұрын

    Sorry for my typos!

  • @richforrest6983
    @richforrest69832 ай бұрын

    Related to the wright family located in oglethorpe and jasper county area , names were leodecia Dicey wright , William and Mary wright. Always intersting too see you guys and your research.

  • @CC58
    @CC582 ай бұрын

    A leaf blower and a rake could turn up interesting things. Best a plastic rake to prevent scratching tombstones.

  • @trudychartrand3585
    @trudychartrand35852 ай бұрын

    Dan and Robert the both of you are passionate at what you do. I can't wait to watch more videos

  • @brendahogue5487
    @brendahogue54872 ай бұрын

    Love your videos and enjoy watching them Robert and Dan and Bringing out past history

  • @Dav3Campb3ll
    @Dav3Campb3ll2 ай бұрын

    Love that walking stick 🔥🔥🔥

  • @beverlyrichards728
    @beverlyrichards7282 ай бұрын

    This makes my heart sad, Love Mr Dan such a wealth of information!

  • @charlottekerns5633
    @charlottekerns56332 ай бұрын

    Re: that fragment of bottle with "Castoria" on it. I remember being given such a medicine when I was little if there was a constipation issue...Fletcher's Castoria was the brand. Love your videos!

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    Yup! Dan said later that he was thinking of another one that he had to take, along with that one - as a kid - and it was actually a laxative

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer85252 ай бұрын

    It’s always so sad to see this happen. I can’t imagine what’s wrong with a persons soul to make them desecrate a grave. I’ve seen so many Native American graves done this way. So sad….😔❤️🐝

  • @Sportsfan4life
    @Sportsfan4life2 ай бұрын

    My grandfather was a gravedigger and his father before him. My grandpa said that in the late 1800s my great grandpa would place grave bombs in the casket burning burial of high-profile individuals if ordered by the family to prevent grave robbing

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @Sportsfan4life

    @Sportsfan4life

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AdventuresIntoHistory in fact some of the graves that you have stumbled across that appear to have been dug up very well may have exploded during a grave robbery and created a crater

  • @cumberlandquiltchic1

    @cumberlandquiltchic1

    2 ай бұрын

    Very interesting!

  • @Therealchadlovee
    @Therealchadlovee2 ай бұрын

    Robert & Dan, I really appreciate you guys. I’m am Alabama guy who lives in Cali. I do my exploring via you guys how. Thanks for your channel and your appreciation of history

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm2732 ай бұрын

    How demented does one have to be to rob a graveyard? You need to ask yourself, how did you get to such a low level of humanity?

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    Right

  • @zebdoz333

    @zebdoz333

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree I’m throwed off but not even like that eewww

  • @Tommyjohn5143

    @Tommyjohn5143

    2 ай бұрын

    Greed and lucrative black market for profit it's a very serious crime 😔

  • @spike7319

    @spike7319

    2 ай бұрын

    Here in Germany are a lot of vaults and crypts on old private cemeteries near castles or rich settlements. Very often disturbed, especially in the time after the war. Not only for golden teeth but rings and bracelets. In one case, they put the skulls on the fence posts.

  • @terrybranham4536

    @terrybranham4536

    Ай бұрын

    Yes just think of all the tombs they have desecrated in Egypt. It's disgusting.

  • @kurtdavis7588
    @kurtdavis7588Ай бұрын

    I accidentally busted up a grave of a British soldier who died in the revolutionary War. Really upset me but I had to look in some weird grotesque morbid way. There was only one upper femur bone the joint part, and a piece of skull about the size of a silver dollar, coins, knife and a gold ring. I immediately reported it to the church and they fixed it up. The guy who was helping me take care of the cemetery landscaping kept the knife, coins and the ring. It's always bothered me that he kept those items and I never reported him. I still feel like I'm a bad person for not reporting him stealing those items from that young British fellow who died in a foreign country centuries ago.

  • @nickkillerquartzga3832

    @nickkillerquartzga3832

    23 күн бұрын

    Damn that’s a wild story. I think that would stick with me also. But can’t do anything about it now. Shit happens

  • @m.asquino7403

    @m.asquino7403

    20 күн бұрын

    I'm sure that same scenario happens quite a bit remains unreported

  • @tammyalbright158

    @tammyalbright158

    3 күн бұрын

    Kurt just ask for forgiveness you're not responsible for the actions of another there will be consequences that he will answer for not you

  • @kurtdavis7588

    @kurtdavis7588

    3 күн бұрын

    @@nickkillerquartzga3832 it could have been buttons instead of coins, not really sure. The knife was a fixed blade knife but was completely rusted to no end and it had no handle. I dont know what that guy did with the stuff or why he wanted it. Ive seen him multiple times since then but just cant bring myself to ask. The guy used to be a really good friend but we slowly drifted apart after that.

  • @tommybewick
    @tommybewick2 ай бұрын

    I love Dan's hand carved hiking stick!

  • @user-fi2ix7mr6i
    @user-fi2ix7mr6i18 күн бұрын

    Bravo on the preservation to the sun glasses.! Outstanding patch job!!

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    18 күн бұрын

    Thanks. I lost them. Guess they weren’t my lucky pair after all 🤨🤨🤨🤨

  • @andrewowens9382
    @andrewowens93822 ай бұрын

    Hi Robert and Dan 😊there's nothing sacred 😢there's seems to be a lot of vandalism 😢the dead are supposed to be ( rest in peace) all the best Andrew south wales uk 👌 👍 👏 😀 🇬🇧

  • @nadineveitch5837
    @nadineveitch58372 ай бұрын

    The thought of digging up a grave gives me the chills, reckon they would be haunting whoever it was for sure!

  • @user-qg4cf5yg8z
    @user-qg4cf5yg8z2 ай бұрын

    Do you think, anyone will ever fix it up? Thank-you for taking us with you. Kate from OZ.

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    I honestly do not know.

  • @user-qg4cf5yg8z

    @user-qg4cf5yg8z

    2 ай бұрын

    @@AdventuresIntoHistory It's so sad to think, that a loved ones, last resting place was disturbed like that. You guys do an amazing service, bringing attention to these old grave yards lost in time.

  • @dmccoy117
    @dmccoy1172 ай бұрын

    Makes me want to cry. Sad😢

  • @katherineyanagihara2909
    @katherineyanagihara29092 ай бұрын

    Aloha 🌺 Robert & Dan! So sad to see the destruction. Thank you. 🌺🥰

  • @tammi3697
    @tammi36972 ай бұрын

    Very cool walking stick

  • @mannyortiz4814
    @mannyortiz48142 ай бұрын

    Robert and Dan. My heart feels for those souls who are lost to time and history. So much to think and wonder about. These were people who settled in the area. Early settlers looking to build a place to call home. Time might have forgotten them but, their legacy is intact for ever more. God bless them. Until next time. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍺🍺🌹🕊🌈👍🙏❤️🇺🇸🌞😇

  • @cumberlandquiltchic1
    @cumberlandquiltchic12 ай бұрын

    Wow! Such admiration for the work y’all do! Thank you for taking us along.

  • @chars1184
    @chars11842 ай бұрын

    Any way to tell how long ago this grave was disturbed? Okay, you just said it was a long time ago. Burying or destroying the gravestone would keep the casual observer from realizing something was amiss.

  • @kimberlycook5860
    @kimberlycook58602 ай бұрын

    I believe one of my Cook ancestors married into this John Wright family. Very sad to see the old cemetery in disrepair. Thanks for sharing this video.

  • @Susan-lm8fp
    @Susan-lm8fp2 ай бұрын

    Really enjoy your videos! Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing with us♡♡♡

  • @kathybrown3964
    @kathybrown39642 ай бұрын

    Castoria, I believe, was used as a laxative for children and sometimes adults. I had it as a child.

  • @susandonnell5019
    @susandonnell50192 ай бұрын

    You two are awesome!!! Thank you Dan for telling us that grave robbing is a real and abominable thing. Keep on doing what you are doing!

  • @rose101dw
    @rose101dw2 ай бұрын

    Robert needs his own fancy stick too, He held on to that stick for a long time, didn't he? 😅

  • @danthevictrolaman9830

    @danthevictrolaman9830

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes!😂

  • @raynonabohrer5624
    @raynonabohrer56242 ай бұрын

    Can you put a sign up. Put the name of the cemetery there. Maybe put orange caution tape around it. ???

  • @craigmignone2863
    @craigmignone28632 ай бұрын

    What a shame and cruel....

  • @katiesiouxlamoureaux7757
    @katiesiouxlamoureaux7757Ай бұрын

    I could learn so much from that man, bless him and all his knowledge I had a walking stick like that when i lived in the woods in middle Tennessee before the flood, the little tree had a nasty vine wrapped around it and made it look twisted, lost it in the flood of 2021

  • @BroqueCowgirlHomestead
    @BroqueCowgirlHomestead2 ай бұрын

    Find a grave says there are 19 interments, then 43 in the slave section. If I'm looking at the right John Wright Cemetery. No pictures of any of the graves tho.

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    I’m not sure that would be the same one. Can you send a link though? If KZread will let it

  • @kepperMN
    @kepperMN2 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @AdventuresIntoHistory

    @AdventuresIntoHistory

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank YOU!

  • @rossjudd6049
    @rossjudd60492 ай бұрын

    Dan's "stick" is called a shillelagh!

  • @donnal.oglesby4806
    @donnal.oglesby48062 ай бұрын

    Dan and Robert, I seriously think that the one " Rock" you found while tapping for more rock walls, was part of an actualy headstone, cause it really didn't look like a regular rock, it was too flat and in an angle that would not be natural for just a rock..The John Wright Cemetery in Talbot County Georgia..

  • @BlueEyedColonizer
    @BlueEyedColonizer2 ай бұрын

    My family moved on to some timber company land there in Georgia back in the 1800s and was living on it for years before the timber company realized and ended up going to court with a bunch of other families. I guess I come from old timey squatters...😂😂😂😂

  • @Gator777
    @Gator7772 ай бұрын

    I have been in the woods in Burke County, Georgia and come across a grave that was a hole in the ground. No markers or anything else. I was way back in the woods. There was one other marker a good ways away from the hole that had a Angel monument on it. The cities and counties do not keep up them. A lot of these cemeteries are on private property.

  • @davidcarroll1883
    @davidcarroll18832 ай бұрын

    I'm still looking for a snake stick. I haven't found one, yet. I might have to have one made.

  • @karenshepler7128
    @karenshepler71282 ай бұрын

    Hello and good to see you both again and what a find it's such a shame that people disturb the people at rest. 😢thanks for sharing and take care 😊

  • @donnalothes7085
    @donnalothes70852 ай бұрын

    That is so disturbing to see so much disrespect. It is so very sad.

  • @deborahjordan9688
    @deborahjordan96882 ай бұрын

    Soooo sad 😔 what kind of people do grave robbing 🤷‍♀️ I am “70” years old never heard of such a thing 😢. I agree with Dan no such thing as an abandoned cemetery or grave. 😢😢

  • @Melissa-pt2ik
    @Melissa-pt2ik2 ай бұрын

    That is another amazing find of a cemetery long forgotten

  • @JosephBenRobert
    @JosephBenRobert2 ай бұрын

    Been a while for me to venture back, very sad but interesting video and good to see Dan all the history and knowledge within is brain. one could sit and listen as he shares it. Thanks guys!

  • @joycemcfee1829
    @joycemcfee18292 ай бұрын

    It's a shame that the logging company, with supervision, couldn't clean up the cemetery while they had some equipment at the site. Just leaf and dead tree removal would make it so much easier for someone to restore the cemetery. It would be beautiful with all the stone visible again. Thank you for showing us around.

  • @amywright2243
    @amywright22432 ай бұрын

    Robert, are you shopping vintage or finding those cool patterned shirts in a store? My papaw always sported cool cotton shirts like that in the summer and it makes me nostalgic for seeing him in his garden with his sleeves rolled up. ❤

  • @Charger1908
    @Charger19082 ай бұрын

    Man I love Dans walking stick. Where did he find it?

  • @maryr7800

    @maryr7800

    2 ай бұрын

    He said someone drove from Kentucky to Georgia to bring it to him.

  • @bensutherland6871
    @bensutherland68712 ай бұрын

    I love your videos I wish I could trace my family's burial spots I've just started getting really interested in tracing my family line

  • @almamessina7738
    @almamessina77382 ай бұрын

    What do you think about a crop field planted on top of an old cemetery? Very sad.

  • @shardunc5187
    @shardunc51872 ай бұрын

    Enjoyed.!!!!!!!

  • @paulhoffman6371
    @paulhoffman63712 ай бұрын

    A revisit this time with Dan. It is a shame to think that your initial suspicion of a grave robbery is probably correct.

  • @mikehenderson7170
    @mikehenderson71702 ай бұрын

    You guys do great work!

  • @philknerr4587
    @philknerr45872 ай бұрын

    This is very interesting and so good that you were able to find these forgotten graves. History hidden in the woods.

  • @RepublicTX
    @RepublicTX2 ай бұрын

    Castoria is a children's laxative. Ask me how I know! I still remember my mom coming at me with a spoon full of that stuff. BLECH!! 😆

  • @deborahhoward2780

    @deborahhoward2780

    Ай бұрын

    My Mama used to give it to us too and yes it was a laxative

  • @jimfraser9898
    @jimfraser98982 ай бұрын

    Love your adventures. Dan should be designated a National Historic person. Wow, he is amazing!

  • @user-wc1kn8zz6k
    @user-wc1kn8zz6kАй бұрын

    You should bring a rake and a trowel to avoid the snakes. You both did a great job!

  • @shellydehart8217
    @shellydehart82172 ай бұрын

    Dan is a wealth of knowledge n Robert you’re learning from one of the best. Quite an interesting video. I tried to visual those graves with the wall around them. They had to be a wonderful sight to see. A shame to see how grave robbers would take whatever they thought was valuable to gold teeth to possibly jewelry. So sad, so sad. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍🌟

  • @mrchildgrownold3852
    @mrchildgrownold3852Ай бұрын

    Thank you for telling me about Chinaberry, I have a necklace handed down through family and I never knew what it was made with.👍

  • @silviasmith5696
    @silviasmith56962 ай бұрын

    That's really a sad thing that Dan told story of I couldn't imagine what it would be like to find one of my families Graves disturb by robbers. 😊 bless you both

  • @RayWright
    @RayWright2 ай бұрын

    Good find

  • @SMoore-js6fy
    @SMoore-js6fy2 ай бұрын

    Robbing the dead and buried. Something sick and demented about this behavior. Unholy desecration.!!

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector2 ай бұрын

    Robert and Dan, This has been going on forever, but in "modern" times It would take a really sick, small mind to desecrate. This is not ancient but Archaeologists generally, no matter how old the grave, show respect for the bones they find Mr. Dan, What kind of person robs graves???? Cheers, Rik Spector

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue2022 ай бұрын

    Ah...Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup a/k/a one of he baby killer syrups that were used back during early americana. That would make for an interesting video, Robert. You need to do a video on this syrup and maybe some others that were household items back in the mid 1800's to the early 1900's. This was a cool old cemetery but sad with regard to the grave that was dug up. Someone looking for jewelry and/or gold teeth possibly? Whatever their reason, it was not a valid one. I hope that whoever was buried there returns from time to time and disturbs the peace of the person or people who did that.

  • @music1nut
    @music1nut2 ай бұрын

    Good looking walking stick Dan. Fits you well.

  • @anitatucker8812
    @anitatucker88122 ай бұрын

    Sad to be a witness to this. Desecrating graves is such a shame. Cemeteries have often been completely lost due to the desires of others. In at least one of my family members cemeteries was covered over with a barn and cow pasture. No signs visible. Grave markers gone. This is a place where alnost my entire lineage is wiped out from gggg-grandparents on down to aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. are gone. No eay to visit, add flowers, nothing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @WalkenDead
    @WalkenDead2 ай бұрын

    At what point does grave robbery become archeology? How much time has to pass?

  • @cajuneagle638
    @cajuneagle6382 ай бұрын

    It amazes me how anyone could rob a grave. So disrespectful.

  • @ricksouthdakota2315
    @ricksouthdakota23152 ай бұрын

    Prior to 1870.. 1880 a lot of graves just had wooden markers…out here in the Midwest anyway

  • @hoosierdaddy2308
    @hoosierdaddy230820 күн бұрын

    Hi Guys. Just found you. Very interesting and sad about the grave robbing. This must be in Georgia. That red clay and small trees makes me think that anyway. I'm in Indiana. We have some cemeteries in the Hoosier National forest that are old and look like they have been robbed. Sadly. That's awful someone would rob gold teeth. Geesh you have to be desperate.

  • @katiesiouxlamoureaux7757
    @katiesiouxlamoureaux7757Ай бұрын

    I didn't realize that they walled graves in rick back then, they took great care in burying their loved ones, its a shame that they have been forgotten for so long. My dad registered and protected our family graveyard with the government and made it a protected Native American burial ground, as it is rightfully so

  • @jonathanfloming1045
    @jonathanfloming10452 ай бұрын

    I find grave robbing/desecration..deeply disturbing...what type of individual could do such a heinous act? Very sad indeed. I appreciate what y'all do..

  • @GailVaught
    @GailVaught2 ай бұрын

    It is sad when you run across unscrupulous people that don't respect gravesites. How low you must be to dig up a coffin looking for valuables. I guess they thinks it is like Inca and Egyptian burials where there are gold artifacts.

  • @jenniferbowen2081
    @jenniferbowen208123 күн бұрын

    cool family

  • @katbot2190
    @katbot2190Ай бұрын

    It's a shame to see that grave opened. Thanks for showing this crime.

  • @user-ts3mi4zk2n
    @user-ts3mi4zk2n2 ай бұрын

    It very well could be that the graves were marked with wooden grave markers that many farms and homesteaders used.

  • @Mari-B
    @Mari-B2 ай бұрын

    I am so sad for you Robert! This has to be very disturbing to you.😢

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