Finding Moss Man | Old Cemetery Adventure

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  • čas přidán 22. 07. 2019
  • Exploring a cemetery I've heard about since I was a kid...
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  • @AdventuresIntoHistory
    @AdventuresIntoHistory  Před 5 lety +28

    Sorry about the shaky cam at the start of the video... my GoPro was having issues. It clears up.

    • @deborahhamilton7873
      @deborahhamilton7873 Před 5 lety +4

      Your videos are so interesting I didn't notice any shaking.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Před 5 lety +2

      Artist 61 brothers.

    • @DTRBrianMallard
      @DTRBrianMallard Před 5 lety +1

      @@artist6135 Brian is my brother. 10 years younger than me. Walter Mallard

    • @janepaterson8747
      @janepaterson8747 Před 5 lety +3

      Just came across your channel. Very respectful how you do it. It's sad how whenever folk pass and it comes to us all.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔲

    • @justtruth5855
      @justtruth5855 Před 4 lety +1

      Sidestep Adventures take a blank peace of paper with a pencil and trace the really difficult words on the stone, enjoying your video's.

  • @wendyderk1587
    @wendyderk1587 Před 4 lety +17

    Robert you are an old soul at heart and it makes you so attractive your gentle kindness and soft touch clearing the stones the sound of your voice so respectful and soft thank you and God Bless and Keep you safe ! We are blessed to be able to come along w/you .❣️😊♥️🇺🇸🙏😇😢💔 So many children sad 💔😢😇🙏♥️

  • @jhingbangayan762
    @jhingbangayan762 Před 4 lety +30

    You make me cry how you always clear the stones with gentleness.

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory Před 5 lety +22

    I love finding old cemeteries and exploring them. This was a great one you found!

  • @sharonstuebi8181
    @sharonstuebi8181 Před 5 lety +39

    I like this one. Some very old graves and still the family is attending it

  • @kraigowaffles2110
    @kraigowaffles2110 Před 5 lety +39

    The children's graves were sad. So many of them.

  • @emmadalrymple4102
    @emmadalrymple4102 Před 4 lety +18

    Love ALL your adventures. Moss was my dad's nickname. His real name was William. He got the nickname when he was three or four. Somebody asked him to do something. Then they said he moved so slow, he would have moss growing on his back before he finished the task. The name lasted just another83 years or so. He was an Alabama native. Moss was The only name he would answer to, lol.

  • @brendashelby5593
    @brendashelby5593 Před 5 lety +26

    I loved seeing this video and so glad someone keeps it taken care of.

  • @jaynebrown693
    @jaynebrown693 Před 5 lety +4

    In School, history was so boring to me. Now it is so interesting and important. I soak it up like a sponge.
    So with that said... I thank people like you who take the time out of you life to look for our history, videotape it and share with us. You gentleman have the perfect personalities for this, your kind, respectful and humble about your approach.
    I totally enjoy the journeys you take us on. You never disappoint even when you don’t find what you were looking for. Just being out in the woods, on a backroads or in an old cemeteries, you manage to teach and show us something! Thanks 👍

  • @billiejames7318
    @billiejames7318 Před 4 lety +3

    this was great... loved the story of the .. moss man!!!

  • @patriziasunnygirl2657
    @patriziasunnygirl2657 Před 5 lety +20

    The cementary vids are my favorits, i love the history and all you tell us. Thanks for that. Greetz from the Netherlands

    • @onefeather2
      @onefeather2 Před 4 lety +1

      Watch videos on High Gate Cemetery in London they have some very very old graves and different ones, it is a big cemetery.

  • @ricj7517
    @ricj7517 Před 5 lety +11

    Hello Robert,Walt and Cody!..Love the videos

  • @yarnhappykim9294
    @yarnhappykim9294 Před 5 lety +10

    I'm so glad to see that this cemetery is being taken care of

  • @imomediaimomedia6648
    @imomediaimomedia6648 Před 5 lety +12

    Hey Walt ...Cody...Hey Robert! Good morning from Nashville. These graves are a sobering experience for sure but great to see them maintained.Especially the older ones such as these.These headstones were definitely hand chiseled. AMAZING Watch out for MOSSMAN !😬😬😊

  • @Figgatella
    @Figgatella Před 5 lety +12

    I love your videos and I love your voice. Very calming and soothing. Great video!

  • @robertbunnell5932
    @robertbunnell5932 Před 4 lety +3

    Someone is doing a really good job at keeping that cemetery up.

  • @wooogly6287
    @wooogly6287 Před 5 lety +22

    You should carry a crayon and paper to do a rub when you can't read the tombstone. I really enjoy your channel. Cemeteries have always interested me.

    • @Denise23451
      @Denise23451 Před 4 lety +3

      Wooogly oops, just suggested something similar to this ☺️ I hadn’t read your post yet. They did see your post, I hope they do🤞🏼

  • @jimfraser9898
    @jimfraser9898 Před 5 lety +2

    I like that you narrate the names and dates. That is respectful. Thank you.

  • @joshuabaker1904
    @joshuabaker1904 Před 5 lety +11

    Glad to see this cemetery is being maintained. Thanks for another great video guys.

  • @jenniferl2029
    @jenniferl2029 Před 4 lety +5

    It is a shame that we as a society can forget so much of our heritage.

  • @raynonabohrer5624
    @raynonabohrer5624 Před 4 lety +3

    Beautiful Cemetery so glad someone's taking care of it? And God bless him for it. Cuz that grass has been cut and I don't think of his lawnmower

  • @conniepritchardreinhardt9978

    Love the story at the end of video. All my grandkids have old fashioned names.. From cemetery visits we did when my daughters were pregnant. Even my dogs have cemetery names. Like Princess Salome Juliar is my girl dogs name.. Solome juliar came from Mrs. Ringling.. Whos sons were in the circus business. I own their original home here in mc gregor Iowa.

  • @lasvegashula
    @lasvegashula Před 4 lety +2

    Definitely love your passion for old finds...

  • @hankfacer7098
    @hankfacer7098 Před 4 lety +3

    With so many videos you have done and countless others on these wonderful old cemeteries, which you are saving forever on film (old term I know), it would be a shame if they were not being archived by the Authorities or Historical groups. You are wonderful modern historians, Thank You

  • @denisehogarth5433
    @denisehogarth5433 Před 5 lety +3

    I am sorry I paid such little attention when my grandmother would insist on taking us all to the cemetery during a visit. I remember that some of the stones were into the late 1700. Keep doing these videos if only for the history of life where it looks like none exists

  • @chrisiiams4303
    @chrisiiams4303 Před 5 lety +3

    What a beautiful resting place. Thank you for sharing a great video

  • @crazyred725
    @crazyred725 Před 4 lety +1

    this was really cool to watch... I've been watching your videos for a while but this is the first time I saw names I recognized from my family tree. The Calhoun/Colquhouns are my kin through marriage

  • @lisaramsey4470
    @lisaramsey4470 Před 5 lety +11

    You want to see some 1700 graves go visit the Palmetto Baptist cemetery in Palmetto , GA. It is not a forgotten church or cemetery.. Church is a old church, not building and very neat cemetery

  • @cynthialinaweaver77
    @cynthialinaweaver77 Před 4 lety +2

    So very interesting life was hard then I like the softness in your voice as you read the stones and tell there stories.❤️

  • @barbaraherron3796
    @barbaraherron3796 Před 5 lety +15

    The Civil War solder was
    LTC James Turner Phillips
    BIRTH 22 Aug 1831
    Talbot County, Georgia, USA
    DEATH 5 Sep 1919 (aged 88)
    Box Springs, Talbot County, Georgia, USA
    BURIAL
    Patterson Family Cemetery
    Box Springs, Talbot County, Georgia, USA

  • @alisongriffin337
    @alisongriffin337 Před 4 lety +3

    So nice to see this cemetery is kept so nice. Loved this video, so clear. So glad that you don’t rush it and actually read the gravestones for us. Thank you xx

  • @brendawhite9120
    @brendawhite9120 Před 5 lety +4

    Love walking threw old cemeteries, so interesting. Thanks again for taking me along🤗

  • @StormyNight777
    @StormyNight777 Před 5 lety +2

    So good to see the cemetery kept up and mowed so well.

  • @dscobellusa
    @dscobellusa Před 5 lety +6

    Wow~ You sure did a great job of filming and narrating the stones. You are wonderful!

  • @douglasandrie9314
    @douglasandrie9314 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video. Love them all...and you're a great story teller, as you saunter through the monuments. See you next time!

  • @susanhenshaw622
    @susanhenshaw622 Před 4 lety +1

    Very well tended to which is nice to see. A lot of the ones you do videos aren’t which is so sad. Thanks Robert and friends.

  • @marylingo5966
    @marylingo5966 Před 4 lety +1

    Hi 👋, lived in Columbus all my life, relatives buried all over this area. You and the guys with you are so very respectful and when you remove leaves, vines and read the names of those passed people I just love it, God bless you all, they who are dead are now remembered. By the way have you seen the Shiloh Cemetery up on the hill near the junction of Double Churches and Whitesfield Rds? I have Great great Grand parents laid to rest there......... people pass by all the time not knowing what lies a few steps up the hill......... there is .... .also 2 Churches across the Road with very interesting old cemeteries. This area was way, way out in the country. God Bless and Keep You 🙏🙏

  • @cadence4527
    @cadence4527 Před 4 lety

    You are a champion of history. I applaud you for your efforts to document these hidden locations, these hidden gems, especially your efforts to take care of the abandoned cemeteries. Thank you for placing flags on the graves of soldiers.
    I’m sure there are others out there who will band together with you to protect and preserve those places. I’d be one of them.

  • @user-randi1987
    @user-randi1987 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you Robert, nice to see a cemetery so well cared for.

  • @harolynallison7915
    @harolynallison7915 Před 5 lety +6

    your channel is the best on the net on this topic, well filmed and more than once your kind heart was on display, thanks for your respect to those that have passed. good work

  • @lonnied7709
    @lonnied7709 Před 5 lety +2

    Beautifully and respectfully done. Thank you

  • @marie2274
    @marie2274 Před 4 lety +4

    I love your videos, I live in Colorado there is so many forgotten graves in the Mountains.
    Funny how all military headstones are all the same design

  • @melissadyche8325
    @melissadyche8325 Před 3 lety

    It’s nice to know that there are some people that travel and explore the old cemeteries and say their names and just maybe someone might be interested in looking for their ancestors and know as long as the families name is mentioned they aren’t forgotten

  • @navyspook79
    @navyspook79 Před 5 lety +1

    What's sad is to see these graves lost and forgotten. I'm guess that during those times they may have been buried on a plantation or church that has long been gone. Thank you for the respect that give to these graves.

  • @teresaallison6836
    @teresaallison6836 Před 4 lety +2

    I just came across u I love what u do very respectfully I will keep watching I'm in Greenville very close love this stuff wish I could do what u do love this so much

  • @karenlampson3555
    @karenlampson3555 Před 5 lety +46

    I love the passion you have for everything old. My question is does CODY talk? He seems very very shy. No one seems to talk with him. Is he one you guys brothers or cousins???? I guess I just wish he was included a little more. I am a mom and that is where this silly rant is coming from. Keep up you great work I love and will keep watching. Karen from OREGON

    • @fannybuster
      @fannybuster Před 4 lety +16

      Cody I believe is their Indian Guide,He finds the trails and will protect the explorers from hazards,and if need be, sit on any rattlesnake that happens be in the vicinity.

    • @ninaappelt9001
      @ninaappelt9001 Před 3 lety

      @@fannybuster LOL

    • @karifredrikson8492
      @karifredrikson8492 Před 2 lety +1

      It was.silly! Helicopter Mom?.

    • @cdd4248
      @cdd4248 Před 2 lety

      Hahaha! I was just wondering about Cody too- great minds and all that! LOL

  • @barbaraherron3796
    @barbaraherron3796 Před 5 lety +3

    The Duncan Calhoun you read wrong his last name is actually CALAJHOUN. He was born in Scotland and came to America by way of an indentured servant.

  • @joanhamilton2651
    @joanhamilton2651 Před 5 lety +1

    I love your adventures. Thanks for taking me along. I love old cemeteries

  • @rhonda5711
    @rhonda5711 Před 5 lety +3

    You always have such interesting adventures. Those were really old. Great video with more family stories, luv it! Thank-you for sharing :)

  • @janedoe3880
    @janedoe3880 Před 5 lety +1

    Oh gosh, sooo cool. Loved that story about moss man. You take us places we would never be able to go. Glad u had friends with this time . Thank you

  • @sherladixon2842
    @sherladixon2842 Před 5 lety +3

    My dad was from Georgia and he used to take us to old cemeteries . You can learn a lot about the history in old cemetaries

  • @chrisreinink5479
    @chrisreinink5479 Před 4 lety +4

    Again a great video like the Confederate gravestones big hero,s real Southern figthers. God bless you al fooks injoying Always you impressing video,s love and peace from the Netherlands Chris Reinink

  • @leemajors8326
    @leemajors8326 Před 5 lety +1

    Always good to see very old cemetery’s in good condition.

  • @tickdog3
    @tickdog3 Před 4 lety +1

    This has become my new favorite channel.. thanks for sharing!

  • @kelliehogan8110
    @kelliehogan8110 Před 5 lety +1

    Awesome VIDEO guys ! Really enjoyed.... Love the Old CSA tombstones.... May they all be resting in Peace !! God Bless you as well and keep the videos coming !!👍😀💓

  • @lyndsaywood9719
    @lyndsaywood9719 Před 4 lety +2

    Love the music added in when your just looking around at stuff.

  • @cclyon
    @cclyon Před 5 lety +1

    That's a beautiful little cemetery. Surprising just how old some of those were.

  • @tommyvinson6
    @tommyvinson6 Před 5 lety +3

    Interesting cemetery good to see it is kept up.

  • @lynnebunning7273
    @lynnebunning7273 Před 4 lety +2

    So many children passed to early. How heart breaking for the families, the poor mother thinking during pregnancy, will this child survive. I. Know the heartache I felt when I miscarried one child. But to loose 3 living children 😭😥😭 🇦🇺🐨👍❤️❤️

  • @dwightmagnuson4298
    @dwightmagnuson4298 Před 4 lety +2

    The quadrangle maps (7.5 minute series) from USGS have all the old cemeteries on them. The US government isn't issuing them any longer but they can still be found.

  • @lindamccaughey8800
    @lindamccaughey8800 Před 5 lety +1

    Have really enjoyed this thanks. So sad with children’s graves. Totally fascinating

  • @wandamiller7640
    @wandamiller7640 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for showing us.🍃🌸🍃

  • @musiknbooks
    @musiknbooks Před 5 lety +2

    Keep up the good work! I've enjoyed your adventures from the day I discovered Sidestep Adventures! I love exploring cemeteries and backroads....'till next time.

  • @beckywalters2
    @beckywalters2 Před 4 lety

    i agree with the comments about gentleness. it truly touches my heart bhow much you care

  • @hoodoo_taco
    @hoodoo_taco Před 5 lety +1

    You and the guys keep getting better and better!! One day, you need to go up to Talbotton City Cemetery, also known as Oak Hill Cemetery in Talbotton GA. There are some old ones there. My family is buried there too. Maybe that will be the one we team up on.

  • @TheDividog
    @TheDividog Před 4 lety +1

    I am a Patterson from Mississippi- most likely related. Loved to see the history. If you get to D'Lo Mississippi- there are some wonderful graves there.

  • @neliatuazon8866
    @neliatuazon8866 Před 3 lety

    I've watched several of your videos since the start of 2021 and this is the first time I came across same birthdate of Nov 21... and our name rhymes too. I finally subscribe to your channel.

  • @daveyjoweaver5183
    @daveyjoweaver5183 Před 4 lety

    I very much enjoyed this video as well as your others. My Thanks to all you folks! Peace! DaveyJO in Pa.

  • @susanschultz1762
    @susanschultz1762 Před 5 lety +2

    love the use of the 2nd camera, it gives another perspective

  • @pamelawooten3251
    @pamelawooten3251 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video. You all do good work!

  • @kayesdigginit1519
    @kayesdigginit1519 Před 5 lety +5

    It looks like the parents of the wife of the eldest Mr. Patterson brought her down to Georgia as the two oldest graves were with her maiden name 👍
    I too feel such sadness when seeing the graves of children 😢
    We have a cemetery in west Texas where the poor parents list their 3 young gauges within days of watch other. Saddest spot I've been to, when it comes to American locations 😞
    I say this because I've visited Dachau in Germany 😢😢😢 while stationed there in the 80's.

  • @1M005E1
    @1M005E1 Před 5 lety +2

    Nice & beautiful find. Y'all stay safe, during these hot temps, brings out those "sneaky snakes".

  • @eringemini7091
    @eringemini7091 Před 4 lety +1

    Aloha Robert & Crew! This is a cool old cemetary! It occured to me that another CZcamsr; Jessie of Jessie's Histories & Mysteries may have also filmed there. The difference is that she films at night! (Paranormal videos)😊😱.

  • @jamesstallings2007
    @jamesstallings2007 Před 5 lety

    This one is well kept !!! Nice tour !!!

  • @poohbearsauntie
    @poohbearsauntie Před 5 lety +1

    I ADORE YOUR VIDEOS, SIR!!

  • @fastsetinthewest
    @fastsetinthewest Před 5 lety +1

    Sidestep, on the other side of the state in Screven County, I use to visit old cemeteries out in the middle of old plantation fields. A few farmers would get closer and closer until they farmed over them. Usually these farmers were renting the land. Look up 'List of Plantations in Georgia'. Eaglegards...

  • @onefeather2
    @onefeather2 Před 4 lety +1

    Love old cemeteries.

  • @yarnhappykim9294
    @yarnhappykim9294 Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for sharing your video please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends

  • @idasmith8679
    @idasmith8679 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for doing what you do

  • @jaifuller1976
    @jaifuller1976 Před 5 lety +11

    I know of an old cemetary in Long county Ga. I stumbled across while i was looking for my grandfather. You should check it out

  • @crazychannel1478
    @crazychannel1478 Před 5 lety +1

    Hey yall guys I really enjoyed this video take care love from NC

  • @deborahdanhauer8525
    @deborahdanhauer8525 Před 4 lety +1

    Sometimes you can "braille" the letters on the graves if they are too eroded to read. Also, if you point a flashlight at the letters from the side they will show up better.

  • @scottcrockett8270
    @scottcrockett8270 Před 4 lety

    Enjoying catching up on your videos

  • @joycemetheny8338
    @joycemetheny8338 Před 3 lety +1

    I hear that good fences make for good neighbors .lol

  • @dscobellusa
    @dscobellusa Před 5 lety

    Really enjoyed this video. Thanks!

  • @luca.6
    @luca.6 Před 4 lety

    I love your video so much keep up the good work and I'm subscribing

  • @smullis7
    @smullis7 Před 5 lety

    Love the moss man story!

  • @plymouthduster2252
    @plymouthduster2252 Před 5 lety

    Great video very interesting cemetery

  • @misskiss75
    @misskiss75 Před 5 lety +1

    Oh wow. That’s a neat cemetery.

  • @cynthiadonahey9989
    @cynthiadonahey9989 Před 3 lety +1

    The road may just be a lane, big enough to pull a cart, lots of times by hand. I suspect there was an older cemetery there. Some caskets were used solely for transport. Grass was introduced fairly late. I used to go on old cemetery hikes, starting when I went with my sitter, who provided meals for the men, a number of them doctors.

  • @paranormallovermarlene7965

    Hi. Sad the cemetery lacks flowers ! 😕👍🌷🇨🇦

  • @judiesmith167
    @judiesmith167 Před 3 lety +1

    I have a brother by my dads first wife Johnny Gobble who died in infancy. I placed a stone on his grave in 2002.He is buried in what they use to call the Chestnut Hill Cementary and now it is Salisbury City Cementary. Where he is buried there are alot of infant graves. I think you would find the cemetery interesting. It seems it was very hard for children to live past infancy.

  • @lla1010
    @lla1010 Před 4 lety +1

    Just subscribed to your channel, loving your videos! Looking forward to watching more! 😉😉👍👍

  • @annewinchester6945
    @annewinchester6945 Před 4 lety

    Nice to see fences around the burial plots.

  • @virginiaeasterling4347

    Thanks for your update

  • @Nene_760
    @Nene_760 Před 5 lety +11

    Damn they passed over 100 years ago... imagine what their life's was like . Theyde probably be so confused on today's slang an music haha
    R.i.p.

    • @AdventuresIntoHistory
      @AdventuresIntoHistory  Před 5 lety +4

      You’re right.... when I filmed an cemetery for a town that is long since gone I was imagining what those peoples reactions would be if they could wake up and look around now. Where the town used to be is only woods now. Wouldn’t that be a shock to see...

    • @Nene_760
      @Nene_760 Před 5 lety +2

      @@AdventuresIntoHistory YIKES ! Crazy how time does change everything . They would probably for Sure feel the difference with the air pollution now.

  • @debbieblaylock9997
    @debbieblaylock9997 Před 5 lety

    I love old Cemeteries that place. Has been keep up

  • @williamyorkolepossum
    @williamyorkolepossum Před 3 lety +1

    So much history...

  • @cynthiadonahey9989
    @cynthiadonahey9989 Před 3 lety

    People used to weave shrouds and line them with moss. Sometimes these were barely buried as shoveling was hard work and water levels could be high. This did leave outlines.

  • @byronj.hendrix4032
    @byronj.hendrix4032 Před 4 lety

    Get a can of shaving cream and a piece of plastic to spread it with. Spread a small amount in the area you want to read and remove the excess. The shaving cream will fill in the words you want to read, with the excess removed. I use this method on difficult to read tombstones and it usually works pretty well.