I don't know much about the back ground on this story but sounds extremely interesting and seem authentic to me ! Also love the way he sings this song !
My moms friend who is practically my aunt is giving me her banjo, I play the guitar and she gave me three of her guitars, I am from North Carolina and thought I would immerse my self
I just found out Tom Dula and the Foster girls were all cousins of mine. William Kendall/Kindall married Sarah Foster who moved to Wilkes County with her 6 children, a brother, and 2 or 3 sisters around 1777 after her husband, William, died in VA. William and Sarah had James Benjamin Kindall (also my line) who married Mary "Polly" Dula who was the sister of Bennett Dula who was Tom Dula's grandfather. Also a grandson of James Kindall married Tom Dula's sister Selena before they, and most of the Kindall clan, moved to Georgia. (My grandfather changed our surname back to the original KE spelling). So I guess you guys are all MY cousins, too! I'm 64 and live in Boise, Idaho.
@@xenabear21 How can Tom Dula be a grandfather of yours when he had no children? Better look again at your family tree. He had to have been an uncle or cousin.
I read an article about the song Tom Dooley and I learned that Anne Melton stabbed Laura Foster but Tom Dula was blamed for the murder. And he was hung from a white oak tree. And he didn’t kill her.
@@thejoshsings9280 In my opinion,no. Neither she nor Tom had the time to do it. Unless of course Laura spent from Friday morning to late Saturday night hiding out in the mountains before she was killed.
I don't condemn their morals or behaviors. Syphilis killed in that time. After the Civil War, the missing men, the upheavals in personal life, the unease of marriages that occurred too young for many people, and the actual physical hunger of the population, as in all wars/post-war periods, caused personal upheavals in civil order. Rather Tom Dooley did the murder, or didn't, he took the punishment. It was a tragedy for all concerned. The adultery wasn't unique, or uncommon. Look around you. See any human behaviors that aren't the same now? The song tells of human beings who suffered. I heard it seven decades ago. I'm thankful it has survived to tell us of those lives.
I love the cadence, he's playing in 4/4 (I think) but singing in a totally opposed rhythm. Expect a music expert could explain it to me. What's the source of this video?
James William Moore Grayson did not hang Tom. Dula was a fugitive working for Grayson to get a new pair of boots. Grayson, a former union officer, turned Tom into the authorities. Grayson's nephew, Gilliam Grayson ( born 1887), wrote the song. JWM Grayson buried at Zionville Bapt. Church, Zionville, NC. Gilliam Grayson buried in Gentry Cemetery, Laurel Bloomery, TN.
@@johnmcculley9194 - correct, that is what I understand. Tom was fooling around with several women at once and one gave him syphilis, which he passed along to Laura and her cousin Ann Foster Melton. It appears that Ann was the true love of Tom''s life and the actual killer of Laura, but Tom fessed up to protect Ann, later he said that he "didn't harm a hair on that girl's head". He was tried twice and lost both times. It appears they hung an innocent man.
Fascinating story and man oh man can than southern boys harmonize and sing
Great video 👍
I don't know much about the back ground on this story but sounds extremely interesting and seem authentic to me ! Also love the way he sings this song !
My moms friend who is practically my aunt is giving me her banjo, I play the guitar and she gave me three of her guitars, I am from North Carolina and thought I would immerse my self
I’m a Caldwell County Dula and am 68 but just found the burial site yesterday. Wow.
Lol I'm a Dula and my great great great great great Grandfather is Tom Dooley aka tom dula
@@xenabear21 Toms father is my 4th great grandfather, Tom is my 3rd great grand uncle.
@@xenabear21 tom dula my times great cousin
I just found out Tom Dula and the Foster girls were all cousins of mine. William Kendall/Kindall married Sarah Foster who moved to Wilkes County with her 6 children, a brother, and 2 or 3 sisters around 1777 after her husband, William, died in VA. William and Sarah had James Benjamin Kindall (also my line) who married Mary "Polly" Dula who was the sister of Bennett Dula who was Tom Dula's grandfather. Also a grandson of James Kindall married Tom Dula's sister Selena before they, and most of the Kindall clan, moved to Georgia.
(My grandfather changed our surname back to the original KE spelling).
So I guess you guys are all MY cousins, too! I'm 64 and live in Boise, Idaho.
@@xenabear21 How can Tom Dula be a grandfather of yours when he had no children? Better look again at your family tree. He had to have been an uncle or cousin.
Crazy! I'm here after listening to Shabba Ranks-Bedroom Bully....had to know who Tom Dooley was after finally understanding that song
I read an article about the song Tom Dooley and I learned that Anne Melton stabbed Laura Foster but Tom Dula was blamed for the murder. And he was hung from a white oak tree. And he didn’t kill her.
Actually he was hanged from a gallows in Statesville, Iredell County, Nc
@@wncjan
Aww, ok I didn’t know that
@@thejoshsings9280 I researched the case on and off for 20 years and wrote a book about it, Who killed Laura Foster?
@@wncjan
Anne Melton.
@@thejoshsings9280 In my opinion,no. Neither she nor Tom had the time to do it. Unless of course Laura spent from Friday morning to late Saturday night hiding out in the mountains before she was killed.
I'm from hickory I know a lot of yellow girls in Lenoir
Frank Jr. sounds a lot like his daddy. They both are gone now. RIP.
I don't condemn their morals or behaviors. Syphilis killed in that time. After the Civil War, the missing men, the upheavals in personal life, the unease of marriages that occurred too young for many people, and the actual physical hunger of the population, as in all wars/post-war periods, caused personal upheavals in civil order. Rather Tom Dooley did the murder, or didn't, he took the punishment. It was a tragedy for all concerned. The adultery wasn't unique, or uncommon. Look around you. See any human behaviors that aren't the same now? The song tells of human beings who suffered. I heard it seven decades ago. I'm thankful it has survived to tell us of those lives.
I love the cadence, he's playing in 4/4 (I think) but singing in a totally opposed rhythm. Expect a music expert could explain it to me. What's the source of this video?
I live in wilkesboro NC
Thanks
Innocent man
'They bury damage deep in their psyche'
Morals of an alley cat. Wow if they could see how lose ppl are today.
In this film, what was Stanley's last name? (The old man in the rocking chair).
I was a Doolie. USAFA 1971-1972. From the Latin doolus for slave.
GB Grayson is the first person to record this song, hes the one who wrote It, this guy don't know what the he## hes talking about
Gilliam (G.B.) did record this song with Henry Whittier. It was Colonel James M. Grayson who hung Tom Dooley (Dula)
James William Moore Grayson did not hang Tom. Dula was a fugitive working for Grayson to get a new pair of boots. Grayson, a former union officer, turned Tom into the authorities. Grayson's nephew, Gilliam Grayson ( born 1887), wrote the song.
JWM Grayson buried at Zionville Bapt. Church, Zionville, NC.
Gilliam Grayson buried in Gentry Cemetery, Laurel Bloomery, TN.
@@johnmcculley9194 - correct, that is what I understand. Tom was fooling around with several women at once and one gave him syphilis, which he passed along to Laura and her cousin Ann Foster Melton. It appears that Ann was the true love of Tom''s life and the actual killer of Laura, but Tom fessed up to protect Ann, later he said that he "didn't harm a hair on that girl's head". He was tried twice and lost both times. It appears they hung an innocent man.
@@sabrinagrayson6425Sorry, you'er wrong. It was Sheriff Wasson from Iredell County who carried out the hangling.
Dula town is a black town
Its a mixed town actually have you been there ?
The worst song ever written. I'm sure her parents would agree. #shameful
Goon
You are an uncultured swine
What a shit troll. And hypocritical too considering what you upload, traitor..