Lost Methodist Graveyard Found In The Woods Of Georgia! Galatia Methodist Church | Marion County
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- In today's Adventures Into History, we kick off an exciting series filmed with my friend Cecil Young in Marion County, Georgia. Join us as we embark on a fascinating journey to uncover hidden cemeteries that Cecil has discovered throughout the county. Our first stop is the lost Galatia Methodist Church graveyard, a historic site nestled deep in the woods.
While we didn't capture the muddy road leading to the site, we do showcase the trail that ultimately leads us to this hidden gem. My trusty Jeep Gladiator navigates us through these challenging terrains, proving essential for our cemetery tour adventure.
This video marks the beginning of a series filmed on this eventful day, where we explore various cemeteries throughout Marion County. Watch as we reveal the forgotten resting places and share the stories of those who were laid to rest in these serene and secluded spots.
Don't miss this captivating series starter as we delve into the history and mysteries of Marion County's hidden graveyards. Be sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell to follow along on our full cemetery tour journey. Your support and comments are greatly appreciated as we uncover these lost pieces of history together! - Zábava
This is the launch of a Marion Co Georgia cemetery tour Cecil and I did. We filmed a few - but didn’t even scratch the surface of how many there are!
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Cecil, you have a nose for finding these old cemeteries and all descendants appreciate you!
I keep meaning to send you an email but this will have to do for now. I study handmade gravestones in Texas. Thank you for recognizing these markers. The amount of artwork and craftsmanship (and love) hidden in the woods is staggering.
My mother and I watch your videos at dinner time. She has dementia but she refers to you as “Our friends.” Appreciate what you do, man.
That’s so sweet, thank you for telling me
When you film these church graveyards, I can only imagine that those buried there would never have guessed the church would not exist in the future and the graveyard engulfed in overgrowth. It illustrates how quickly things change. I am amazed there is a sign. Finding these, I don't know how you do it, even with Cecil using satellite. That is a very different typeface on some of the markers. Looking forward to the rest of this series! ❣️❣️👍👍
I feel the same way as Sondra. ♥️😊👍
You can go to county courthouse and they will give you a list of cemeteries
@@tammyhatcher7603 yes, those that have been recorded. In many rural counties that I am familiar with, the list is far from complete as many have been lost to time.
At the time I viewed this, there had been 1500+ viewers, BUT only 510 likes!!! Please folks, hit the like button when you view these videos. It really helps Robert.
Thanks to Cecil for finding these cemeteries and thanks to Robert for filming them. What a great memorial for these forgotten people!
Thank you for the adventure, Robert and Cecil. So nice to have this cemetery recognized and some of the people resting there. Great work guys!
Herbert and Persival Lancaster. Amazing cemetary. It looks like someone has brushed off a lot of the headstones. It is peaceful out there.
Cecil I’m sure brushed them off when he surveyed it, and he was going ahead of me and brushed a few off
I recently visited my father in law’s grave and found myself wondering all over the cemetery and admiring the headstones! Thank you Robert for your work and exploration!
Cecil is amazing how he finds these burial plots. I love old cemeteries. Donna Michigan
If we only knew the stories of these kind people ❤
Thanks guys for the history lessons. 😊
Thank Cecil and Robert another amazing Cemetery adventure
Thank you
I like that there's a marker for the cemetery. Maybe you can have one for the Mahome (sp?) cemetery.
All I can think is *another* cemetery?! You guys have a knack for finding them. This one is amazing, yet again. The headstones are nicely done. The fonts are impressive. I'm glad to see so many still standing proud. In light of how abandoned it is and all.
Thank you for your work, time, and dedication to finding these cemeteries, documenting them, and restoring the stones.
I wonder what these people's stories were. We can only wonder.
Thank you, Cecil and Robert! Take care!🙂
I'm always surprised when you show these cemeteries that have simply "disappeared" like this. I live in the upper Midwest and there are a number of old "roadside cemeteries" dating back to the mid-1800s but they are all marked, enclosed and the townships have them mowed weekly in the summer, even though nobody has been buried in them for many generations and years.
Please thank Cecil for me, I appreciate the important investigation work he does. I’m sure I’m only one of his fans💕
Wow that his one is really over grown. There is some nifty stamps on some of them. Thank you for sharing .
what A Amazing Find and Walk Around Guys and Post On A Sunday- -Rest - In Peace ~~ We Speak Your Name- Your Work Here aid Thru-🙏🕊️🤔💐-🔦🔍
Cecil! Kudos to you! You are a gold mine for Robert on finding cemeteries and grave yards! Best of luck on your books! 😁💞👋🏼👍🏼🙌🏻
Your videos are truly amazing and historical. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for the video. Cecil is quiet but seems really smart!
He definitely is very smart!
Love your videos and enjoy watching. May the lord bless and protect you Robert and Cecil and bringing out past history
Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it with us.
From the symbol on the cemetery sign I can tell the church and the cemetery was there in 1968 when Methodist became United Methodist.
There are two United Methodist Conferences in Georgia, North and South, primarily for geographical reasons.
Hopefully one of them can provide information about Galatia
The sign was placed about 15 years ago apparently
2:04 - Herbert and Percival Lancaster. There are a lot of people by the name of Hand up here, mostly in certain areas of Cape May County. I believe that's a very historical last name here. 9:35 the fence lizard. That's awesome. We have those here. They are common in the Pine Barrens. I see them in cemeteries in the summer, and on fences. Hey, shortly after we saw the fence lizard I could faintly hear cows mooing somewhere nearby. Cool. Anyway, very interesting. I love the cemetery discoveries.
Yeah! I was wondering where the cows were the whole time 😅
I hate to see these overgrown cemeteries…my ancestors are from Marion county. The farmer who owns the land with the cemetery burns off the brush once a year so the stones can be viewed.
I subscribe to Ancestry and today I thought to look for descendants in Ancestry that are tree owners that had the Lancaster and Hand families in their tree. Specifically the names that you found headstones for. There were 10 tree owners that were direct descendants of Henry Lancaster and his wife Francis “Fannie” Hand Lancaster. I sent messages to all ten as they were active in Ancestry on the last 2 days. I asked them to watch and subscribe. I have been a Patreon of you for years but I had never thought to search out families for all these families you and Cecil find!
Based on the appearance of those rear fenders, I'm glad you spared us the journey in!
2:35 Found that headstone on Find-a-Grave. Percival Lancaster - B 30 Jun 1890 - D 24 Apr 1891. Herbert Lancaster - B 28 Dec 1883 - D 2 Mar 1889. Looks like the 2 children who died young in that family, with 6 others living into adulthood. Children of Henry and Frances Hand Lancaster, whose graves you run into at about the 10 minute mark.
8:31 Frank Youngblood - B Nov 1852 - D 2 Sep 1886. No other family apparently buried here.
11:57 - My bet is actually C E and V L Lancaster. Charming Ellery Lancaster, son of Henry and Frances, and his wife Vivian Lee (Quinn) Lancaster. Mary must be mis-listed on Find-a-Grave as a child of Henry and Frances instead of a child of CE and VL.
Thank you Cecil Young. I always enjoy your finds.
Some of my ancestors were Methodist ministers. They started in Texas at the Methodists University. You might want to look up Methodist Conferences for Georgia. My ministers were Circuit Riders, meaning they went from town to town on horseback preaching the gospel. Hope this helps find more on that church.
It’s amazing Cecil found this one ❤
It's so sad that they are so far out in the woods and forgotten. Thank goodness Cecil is making a book.
It's Herbert & Percifil Lancaster
Just WOW! So sad! WTG Cecil.
So many! Hidden in the woods. First time I remember a Mrs on headstones. Thank you.
Thank you so much this is beautiful God bless you both 🙏❤️
Robert you could write about
Whats on the graves
In memory
They are beautiful
The poems
My husband has Hand ancestors from that general area of Georgia. Thank u Cecil for finding more for me to check out and thank u Robert for doing this video. Hoping Cecil happens upon a slew of Colemans out there one day.
You guys are awesome!
Very interesting . Would be nice if someone cleaned this up before it’s lost in the brush. I betcha lots of history right there. Ty all. God bless.
Cecil is part bloodhound! Another cool find and interesting history. Thanks for sharing
So peaceful.
Robert, I am heart broken. Yesterday I visited our family cemetery to see how much D2 I needed to buy and instead I found it had been vandalized.
Broken upright headstones, one was broken into 3 pieces. Another at the base broken and moved about 4 spots over behind another persons tombstone. Several were broken in two pieces. It broke my heart seeing it.
While these particular people weren't family members, I knew their families growing up. So sad. 😢😢
Thanks guys for the history lessons. I love your videos ❤❤
Glad you like them!
The second Lancaster Name is Percival
Will anyone come clean it up since it's found
Another interesting meander down a Georgia back road and into the woods...I heard a cow moo back in there.🐮Y'all take care and get you a snake stick. I don't have a big backyard but it has snakes,and I'm in town. My Mom was from the mountains and she was always told wet years are really snakey🐍🐍🐍. Love from Ky.💗
Thanks for the adventures
It would be nice if Cecil could get back out there and clean up that cemetery and maybe be able to find more graves of the people who died there or was a military officer that died in the war I think this is awesome that Cecil was able to find that old cemetery and I wonder if there could be any descendants of those buried in the cemetery and thank you Cecil for that great find of the old cemetery
Thanks for showing us this hidden gem . Lots of forgotten graves . Love watching
Great Video thanks for making it
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Cecil needs to add the location on Find a Grave.
All the locations are recorded in his books, which are available at the county courthouses.
Wow this is my families cemetery. I dont know much about it. Thank you for sharing. I would love to learn more about this cemetery.
That’s awesome!! Who are you connected to here? I’m always amazed to hear from family when we document places like this
Thanks!
I love your Georgia song birds? Cardinal? Amazing how you can't keep nature from reclaiming an area!
I’m not sure but I love them too
Would D 2 work on those old cement stones or is it more for granite or marble?
Yes, it is good for concrete but you can’t use the brushing method on them
Hi Robert❤
Love your walk throughs of these forgotten places. I can't help but wonder if these Lancasters were related to my ancestors who immigrated from England in the 1830's. I'm sure there were plenty of people with this name, but I will look into it anyway. I have learned so much history in researching their lives. Thank you!
A lot of hands
Gotta give you a hand for tramping into that spot.
I have stringfellow in my line! NC
The cicadas must be well gone, the cries of the birds are clear. Poke another GPS pin on the map.
Does Cecil have a channel? He seems to be deep into the discovery of cemeteries
My Great Grandfather, my Great Grandmother, and Grandfather Graves were vandalized, markers removed or broken. An effort is underway to clean up the graves, buy new markers. Lucky my second cousin has a plot of the cemetery. Many of the graves are marked with field-stone.
I also found this cemetery on Find a Grave. List 24 confirmed burials
Hope you use 40% deet to keep the ticks away
You could visit and spray with round up and then come back 4-5 weeks later to video
Looks like had to use D2 to clean up the Graves.
You can hear the cows in the background…pretty country.
You should take hand primer!
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The Hand tombstone with the handshake is the Masonic symbolic handshake.
There are probably so many cemeteries that are unknown till someone goes and finds them..
Yup
Wish when people buy these head stones they would purchase a stone that last. Is there a stone being made that last over a hundred years. Thanks for the video
I often wonder, in a hundred years, who will visit the grave of my beautiful baby girl, who passed away 38 years ago. Kate from OZ
1st Regiment, Georgia State Troops - Confederate
(No history for this unit)
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 7 men on its roster for this unit. Possibly this unit did not complete its organization, and the men went to other units. Roster.
For more information see Confederate Muster Rolls (accessed 4 March 2013)
I wonder if the cows ever get out of the fencing and traipsed through there.
Please be careful of snakes and ticks!!!❤️🙏
Always
Robert why do you think that some stones have list the age of the person?
Just a different way of marking a stone vs death and a birth dates
Only in the South, and places in Pennsylvania abandoned Mausoleums. Define the word "Graveyard" and "Cemetery" just by looking at it. And what happened to the Church? In the South, their are Graves under Streets and Parking Lots and People's Back Yard. Again, define the word "Graveyard" and "Cemetery"!
Why don't you ever bring some hedge snippers and clippers for this grave hunting??
Idk
8:21 Looks like 1852,
People, Subscribing is FREE! Nice video as always Robert and Cecil, but you guys would benefit with a pair of pruners attached to your belt.
Is it my imagination, or is there little to no poison ivy in those woods???
Hmmm, I’m not allergic to it so I rarely pay attention to it
So I didn’t notice
@@AdventuresIntoHistory -- Around here (central Maryland) it covers 75% of the 'open' space between the trees in the forests -- making it not much fun hunting for old farmsteads, spring houses -- and cemeteries. I know exactly what to look for -- leaves and vines -- and I saw pretty much none of it in this video or your previous ones. But the thorns are no fun to deal with either -- tear up your clothing and scratch the heck out of you!
The CSA stands for Confederate States Army.
7:34 This symbolic gesture of two hands clasping in a firm handshake which engraved on this headstone, holds profound meaning. It serves as a poignant reminder of the relationships forged during a lifetime and the eternal bond that transcends the physical realm. It symoblized the last farewell to the left ones.
"Lost Methodist Graveyard Found In The Woods Of Georgia"
Lost means that you did not know of it?
Ok, I didn’t know of it. 🤔😂
Funny how you always leave smart comments, yet here you are again watching 😅
Robert is correct. From the dictionary, "lost" to have become unable to find. It may have been known about, and this was, but found again by Cecil, in context, "Lost."
Better explained than I could Sondra!
Your camera views really suck ! Change your lenses !
How do they suck? You complained before about a blurry picture, to which I told you, it is not blurry. That is on your end. Make sure you’re watching in HD, as viewing in lower resolution will cause what you’re complaining of.