January 2021 edit - For more on Mrs Jane, please read: www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/ghost-house-forgotten-american-farming-tragedy “This is my Texas.” It was amazing that we were even able to locate this lone grave. It is sad someone at one point felt the need to vandalize and flip the grave. I fear this one may wind up being lost to time in those woods. A developer who did not know could easily build there and no one, except a few, would ever remember her grave being there. Thankfully we were able to find it and fix the stone, and help save it for a little while longer. A big thanks to Dan for bringing me out there, providing phenomenal history as usual and also for the old photos of the Perryman Plantation. Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures Announcing the new Patreon members only Facebook group! Visit our Patreon for more details..... My flashlights: bit.ly/2ZkatOt Wukong Magnets who provided me with a few magnets for my channels sent me a discount code to pass along to my subscribers.... The code: Sidestep16 You get 16% off using that code. www.magnetfishingwukong.com/
Robert, it really concerns me that you keep clearing these old gravestones with your bare hands. In my cemetery adventures, I've encountered many snakes. A baby copperhead (not sure if they have those in Georgia, but we have them in Louisiana) can cause serious nerve damage. If you'll pick out a set of gloves on Amazon, I'll buy them for you. I've written to you before ... email is landocoton@aol.com.
It's an anecdote. Possibly has some truth to it, but has been watered down with each retelling. I highly doubt that actually happened. I would say the truth would be tied up with domestic violence. I had an old female relative (over 120 years ago) who went berserk and killed four out of her five children with a machete, but that's not how the story was told to me and it took a lot of research to find out what really happened. Most families don't pass down horrible histories of that nature, so they make up new ones..that are convoluted, contrived and becomes less like the truth with each subsequent retelling. If it sounds like romanticized rubbish, that's probably what it is.
Not an anecdote at all. There are descendants of hers as well as her neighbors nearby today. They all tell the same story with consistency, no embellishments. It was simply that she loved her home and did not want to start over again in another new frontier. We here in the south have no need or reason to embellish anything.
Long forgotten homesteads like this always get to me. I think of all the love, life and death that took place there and to see it now, almost entirely reclaimed by nature, including Ms. Jane's final resting place really fills me with sadness and the realization that in reality, we are here for such a very very short time. I always think about the holidays spent in the house and all the happy times playing with children and all the times laughing and the times crying and all the big moments like births and the heartbreaking moments like death. The holidays and the opening of presents and the breaking of bread and the moments of tenderness holding loved ones close. To see places like this now, its hard to imagine that at one time, someone took great pride in this home and painted and cared for it and planted flowers and grew vegetables for the table. It makes me think of the house I live in and love now and where it will be 100+ years from now. I also believe that people were made from stronger stock back then and could bear heartbreak and sadness far better than we could today. In my 2020 mindset, I can't imagine how Ms. Jane's husband continued on after her suicide, but the reality of that time was that he had no choice but to continue on. There were things to tend to then that we do not have today. You had no choice but to move on, no matter how painful it was. Life demanded it. In the cemetery where my great grandfather is laid to rest is a line of 8 small grave markers of children all under the age of 10, from one family who died in the 1918 pandemic. and book marked on either side of this line of 8 small stones are the parents markers, who passed on many years after their 8 children had died. I cannot comprehend how they continued on after losing so many pieces of their heart. Rest in peace Ms. Jane.
I find myself getting more emotional every time you find graves like this I think everyone should pay attention and think about the fact that this could be us someday .God Bless her and May She finally Rest In Peace again God Bless her Soul and thank you please continue with this work you are doing.the good thing about it is She is still were she wanted to stay for this place was in her Heart
"This could be us one day." No my dear, this Will be us one day. Its the only thing we know for sure. People are so disrespectful these days. They walk around like the immortal centers of the universe. Nobody get's out of life alive.
What a sad story. I'm glad you found Mrs. Janes grave and were able to right her headstone and clean it off so it's not lost anymore. You, Dan and Cody are good men, doing honorable things. Thank you
Gentlemen, I can’t tell you how touched I am, watching you both replacing Missus Perryman’s headstone as best you could. I’ve never seen any other CZcamsr’s do something like this!! I’m left almost speechless, which has happened only a handful of times in my rather lengthy life. YOU are what being the looker off to find the found is all about!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for what you do. Stay safe and be well! ❤️
Her spirit is living on her Texas she doesn't want the living to forget her, the past of the life there nor her home and the history of the land powerful it is in her spirit and of others guaranteed 🙏🌹❤️
The more I've thought about Mrs. Jane; I've come to believe that the only thing she had any control over was her existence. I can fell her utter hopelessness...
What a sad story, tugs at your heart. I feel for her husband, staying in the house & seeing her grave & what his actions had done to her, 😥😥😥 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️ Australia
I don't see it that way. She let him down. He appears to have provided well for her. She loved the house more than she loved him. He needed her to accompany him to his destiny in Texas . Or perhaps he thought she would stay there and he would go to Texas to escape her but after she killed herself he decided he could stay there and enjoy his home.
I was sad thinking of the sense of community Jane must have felt around her after 20 years of living in that house, the connection she would have felt to the land and people. She would have been used to the way the seasons change the weather, the daily activities of a peach plantation, etc. I can imagine the pressure, unhappiness and maybe even despair she must have felt to come to the decision to end her life instead of leaving the house that was built for her. I am definitely a homebody, a small town girl, and i miss living on a working farm. i can relate to Jane. I live 30 minutes from where there are stonefruit orchards that send fruit as far as Japan and China and my dad grew up on a peach and nectarine farm (im Australian). Hope the family history and stories have been written down.
To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. When I was a kid I read that this was an inscription in King Tut's tomb and it always stuck in my head for some reason.
I have great compassion for this woman. What despair she had come to, to prefer death over relocation and because she could not convince her husband to stay where they were! I think she had the life she wanted where she was (which says a lot about that place) and her heart was utterly broken by his decision to uproot them.
Julie Mofle Women’s lives were hard. Her home was probably nice and she knew it was going to be very hard for her to start over. It would be so difficult traveling and rebuilding. I wonder why he wanted to leave. You can imagine they had many arguments about it. She felt hopeless and this was her only way out. Very sad,
He had no consideration for her feelings, just did what he wanted, she had family and just felt she needed to stay......she wasnt a really young women either....,
Unfortunately women had very little say in their families destiny or indeed their own in the 1800's. Ironic that he unpacked and chose to stay in the house after her death. RIP dear lady.
Melody Lee this is true. A woman back in the 1800 had no say so of her body, she had to lay down when told too. My great grandma died very young of ovarian cancer she would had made it my great grand paw let her have an hysterectomy so she passed away at 56
Very sad story about mrs.perryman. It's sad nobody else was buried next to her with the stone being turned over and broke just wondering if it marks the exact spot of her grave.. that whole site needs to be cleaned up really good to make sure it is covering the exact spot be nice to find the missing piece and clean it up all good and fix it back together the family should have done this already besides neglecting it..
Are you out maintaining the grave of your ancestors who died in 1848? I’m going to guess you aren’t. It’s been 173 years. It’s natural to not be maintaining your ancestor’s grave almost 200 years later. Let’s not get mad at the family for negligence.
Robert, this was so very touching and heart-wrenching! Best video yet. I think everyone on your channel would love to see a return visit and some more work done to repair this poor soul's resting place. Last year I placed flower arrangements on several old graves in our town, and said the names of those who were buried there. Wasn't it you who said "people die twice; once when they actually pass, and the second time when their name is said for the last time". You're awesome as are the others who go with you. God Bless. Rest in peace, Lady Jane!🙏✝️🙏❤
It is nice when a family descendant is there to tell the story of the departed. I wonder if the husband felt guilty the rest of his life about the passing of his wife. So sad.
Robert....This was an excellent and well-produced video. I'm so happy you found her grave site. May her light shine eternal and may she finally rest in peace. You and your friend were meant to find her. The tragedy of this story made me so sad, that I cried ! She is HOME.... :)
Mother earth reclaims all she gives forth in her own time and process. After all the sweat and tears, the moments of bliss and pain...to be remembered is all one can hope.
Haven't been as updated with you guys as I would have liked, but I had my own little cemetery exploration after a funeral back in April of this year. While my mother was talking to relatives, I wandered off and looked at a small collection of graves in a cemetery and I must say, it was nice. It wasn't a forgotten or lost cemetery, just a local one.
Thankyou for this comment. I was thinking about how hard moving would have been back then. I moved 3 years ago and am still sorting myself out. Blessings, Dot
This video is an homage to that poor woman, her family and descendants. I hope this forgotten plantation is allowed to return to nature , with respect ,not vandalism. Thank you for sharing it, so much history is buried , it's up to people like you to uncover it, you are a visual historian. Cheers, Rik Spector
Thanks Kindly Robert, for this video and in honoring Jane! I think she was happy you guys cleaned and rearranged her grave and stone. I am happy as well. A great service Robert! Great Adventures with many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pa.
Wow that is so incredible, but bittersweet ya know, but she was determined to stay put, as sad as it was, in how it turned out. So glad you found the headstone and put it back together the best you could, I so love how you honor all these folks in the different videos, You my friend have earned a spot in heaven..Thank you Robert for these great videos!😀 .
I would assume someone found the stone laying on the ground face up with years in the elements they realized that the engraving would soon get worn away. By flipping it over, preserving what was left of the inscription.
I find your videos so interesting. My grandmother told me about our Georgia ancestors from way back when, as told to her from her grandmother-early 1800's, maybe late 1700's. The Davenports and how my our great grandmother used to carry a hatchet in her belt and was always on the lookout for Indians. At least 2 other family members were abducted by Indians, but managed to fight their way back. The woods were no joke back then and a long journey to Texas was not just accomplished in a few days. You did it all by yourself, encountering friendly Indians or hostile, friendly settlers or not, land you were not familiar with, impassable land forms, bad weather who knows. You could very well have died making that journey. I don't blame Ms. Perryman at all.
A lot of families moved to Texas from this area post-Civil War and the old stories of neighbors checking on neighbors and finding, "Gone to Texas" or "GTT" signs left on doors still survive. My 3x granddaddy moved his family to Texas but returned after bad farming in Bell Co. TX.
WoW, Thanks Robert for your efforts keeping the history alive, the old girl wasn,t going to move for nothing or no body. She was content where she was. Great video, stay safe.
That is a very very sad story! Reminds me of my mother not wanting to leave her home of 40+ yrs. When I bought a duplex to have my parents right next door. So sad when these things happen, people change life changes..... Bless you all for flipping over that grave. 💞🙏
You and those that travel on your adventures have really answered your calling, recording everything and a great reference for all if they are looking for history on a particular place. How nice it would be too save some of the lumber from that barn and to make a marker by her resting place. If you go back out, take some flag tape and mark the path. Again fantastic history!!!
That's such a sad story . Bless her heart she just wanted to stay home . So glad you guys found her grave and fixed it back . Thank you for sharing this story .
I hope (if possible) the names and information on these grave markers are carefully documented along with their exact locations; and it would be wonderful to have them published on Findagrave. Those people likely were ancestors of living people. My dad would have loved to go along on these explorations, by the way. He was very interested in family history and old homesteads.
It's so strange to feel something for someone who died over a century before I was born. As I try to put myself in her shoes her husband was asking her not only to move but to give up her entire life, family, and friends for a complete unknown. There was no internet or phones or any way to have constant communication once she left. I can see how this must have been overwhelming to her in the early 1800's. She must have felt so alone in those last hours as her husband was packing up and now the sad part is she really is all alone out in the woods. "Her Texas in the backyard" isn't even a backyard or recognizable. She is alone and forgotten in death as she was in life.
Thanks to all of you, Robert, Cody and Dan! Amazing video.... definitely tragic, to say the least, but Jane's life/death is now documented and she will always be remembered, no matter what happens to that land. It's such a shame she took her own life to stay on that plantation. If only her husband had listened to her and agreed to stay. He pushed too hard, though, and he lost his wife because of it... and then he ended up staying anyway so her death was totally in vain. The whole story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for righting her stone, Robert. That poor woman deserves that much, at least! I'm so glad you guys were able to locate her! You done good, boys!!!
Please make sure the older gentleman’s stories are documented on paper for the future citizens to read. He is just fascinating. I didn’t get my mom and dad’s stories documented, and boy am I sorry. Thanks for your wonderful work!
oh my goodness what a wonderful story! Robert thank you & Dan for taking us along for such a fascinating adventure! The thought of Snakes kept me on pins & needles for sure,you guys be careful Please! This was sad but beautiful & romantic at the same time. God bless her I hope she is resting in peace in "her Texas" One of your most touching stories thus far thanks again sending love to you & yours
Wow, that was too cool, finding it, not her shooting herself. That’s so sad. I hope her husband learned to consider the feelings of others after that. Looks like it would have been a beautiful house. You know, he probably wasn’t just taking her from her house, but also grown children and grandchildren....the life they had built together.
Many thanks for all y'all do. With your mighty great stories to go along with finding her grave again, for now Jane can be remembered again. That is the part of researching genealogy that brings the most satisfaction and closure. Not so much as seeing how far back your can trace a lineage, but the stories to be passed down, that give substance to those kinfolk who came before us.
I am watching this from my hone in Southern California and I am walking with you on this wonderful adventure. I simply love this type of history and have always been interested in cemeteries and graves themselves. You are so easy to listen to and I appreciate all you are doing and sharing with us. Thank you so much and God Bless You in your adventures. Nancy
Very interesting to hear the story that's been passed down but also quite sad. I'm glad you found her grave and were able to right it. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
Love History love your videos. My Grandmother was a Culpepper. She Byron Croft of Berlin,Georgia . The Crofts came from Germany a few hundred years ago. Landed in the Carolinas. There are two cemeteries in the Berlin area that are full of Crofts. Thank you very much for what yall do.
What a wonderful thing you guys do. Also, how horrible some people can be. A tragic story. It’s a shame there’s not some type of protection for these graves/ graveyards. Ty for showing such reverence and respect. ❤️🥰🙌🏻🤗
That was a very interesting place. Again, thanks for taking us along. I did not even get bitten by a mosquito...Glad y'all got the gravestone put back together.
Fascinating story and tour in the Georgia woods. I once visited a friend in rural NE Georgia. To get to his place, I had to drive my 4WD up some backroads. At one point, I came across a very old, overgrown family cemetery plot (6-7 graves, I think) dating to the 18th century. Quite interesting.
What a remarkable story and find. So glad you were able to locate and correct it. I love what you do. She was like "nope, plenty of souls need saving here, I'm not leaving!!" He just wanted to spread The Gospel further..... we are an unruly bunch here in Texas ;);) BUT we LOVE JESUS!! I'm glad you told what he did after that. I wondered if he buried and left her there or if he went on.... Another GREAT vid Robert. Thanks for taking us along on another Side Step Adventure!!
Thankyou for respecting the old gravestone and sharing your family history. Im a new subscriber from southeastern NSW Australia. Hope you stay healthy. Sending Blessings to everyone, Dot
I can almost sense her standing among the trees watching you. She doesn't know you but watches as you clean up her final resting place. As she watches, she starts to smile in gratitude for remembering her.
Yes forsure she was!!! My thought's exactly..there should be more people in this insane world that go above and beyond to help care for the one's that have passed on and clean up there grave's ...and for the sick one's that rob or destroy these grave's are disgusting parisites and may god have his day with them all from 100s of yrs back to today!!And if they do get caught there should be very hard punishment's/jail to them.. May she and other's like her's rest in peace!! And thankyou to all the beautiful soul's that do these beautiful gesture's ..Thankyou from myself and the ones that have passed on....🌹👼🙏
Another moving video. You truly are a reteller of the stories of our ancestors. Having descents telling the stories is a great addition to your videos. Having the stories told by them add such a personal touch. Keep it up. Well done!
WOW!!!! Amazing History!!! Thank You SO much for documenting all this!!! I'm Enthralled with all this History and you are keeping it ALIVE!!! Love your videos and documentation...so Respectful and very Interesting..you are doing a Wonderful Service to all these Past Lives....
January 2021 edit - For more on Mrs Jane, please read: www.agweb.com/news/crops/crop-production/ghost-house-forgotten-american-farming-tragedy
“This is my Texas.”
It was amazing that we were even able to locate this lone grave. It is sad someone at one point felt the need to vandalize and flip the grave. I fear this one may wind up being lost to time in those woods. A developer who did not know could easily build there and no one, except a few, would ever remember her grave being there. Thankfully we were able to find it and fix the stone, and help save it for a little while longer. A big thanks to Dan for bringing me out there, providing phenomenal history as usual and also for the old photos of the Perryman Plantation.
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Another great video Robert. I live in southeast Texas and I've been on an old homeplace for 52 years. There's no place like home.
Robert, it really concerns me that you keep clearing these old gravestones with your bare hands. In my cemetery adventures, I've encountered many snakes. A baby copperhead (not sure if they have those in Georgia, but we have them in Louisiana) can cause serious nerve damage. If you'll pick out a set of gloves on Amazon, I'll buy them for you. I've written to you before ... email is landocoton@aol.com.
I wonder why the grave couldn't be moved somewhere else.
Great history with a Sad story. Love these walks Robert ,again Robert,again.
B safe man.
@@jo-annwillis4315 - She would probably then haunt the area. I don't think she wanted to leave her home.
"When the Indians were moved off." This land has a tragedy deeper and older than this poor woman's story.
It so does. All of our current United States has that horrible history to it.
@@tootsiebabe3555 that horrible history is not unique to the United States, but is the history of every country and tribe on the face of the planet.
I can't get over the fact that they never carry a broom or brush of some kind.
@@carlafulk4367 - Actually, they usually do.
It's too sad that poor Mrs. Jane felt that her death was the only way she could stay with her house. Thank you for sharing.
And she'll always be there.
It's an anecdote. Possibly has some truth to it, but has been watered down with each retelling. I highly doubt that actually happened. I would say the truth would be tied up with domestic violence. I had an old female relative (over 120 years ago) who went berserk and killed four out of her five children with a machete, but that's not how the story was told to me and it took a lot of research to find out what really happened. Most families don't pass down horrible histories of that nature, so they make up new ones..that are convoluted, contrived and becomes less like the truth with each subsequent retelling. If it sounds like romanticized rubbish, that's probably what it is.
Judging by the proximity of that Highway she will soon be paved over in asphalt is they don't pass the hat among the family and move her. : (
@@starquant sounds very interesting, do tell more.
Not an anecdote at all. There are descendants of hers as well as her neighbors nearby today. They all tell the same story with consistency, no embellishments. It was simply that she loved her home and did not want to start over again in another new frontier. We here in the south have no need or reason to embellish anything.
Wonder how much history we walk on every day? Sad.But,thank you guys!
Patricia Russell that is so true
People in Savannah, GA live in squares built over slaves graves. Which is why Savannah is the most haunted city in America.
Sadly, much..
If you come to England and think that you'd never leave!
@@sweetlexii71,Shepherdstown West Virginia is called the most haunted town in America.
Long forgotten homesteads like this always get to me. I think of all the love, life and death that took place there and to see it now, almost entirely reclaimed by nature, including Ms. Jane's final resting place really fills me with sadness and the realization that in reality, we are here for such a very very short time. I always think about the holidays spent in the house and all the happy times playing with children and all the times laughing and the times crying and all the big moments like births and the heartbreaking moments like death. The holidays and the opening of presents and the breaking of bread and the moments of tenderness holding loved ones close. To see places like this now, its hard to imagine that at one time, someone took great pride in this home and painted and cared for it and planted flowers and grew vegetables for the table. It makes me think of the house I live in and love now and where it will be 100+ years from now. I also believe that people were made from stronger stock back then and could bear heartbreak and sadness far better than we could today. In my 2020 mindset, I can't imagine how Ms. Jane's husband continued on after her suicide, but the reality of that time was that he had no choice but to continue on. There were things to tend to then that we do not have today. You had no choice but to move on, no matter how painful it was. Life demanded it. In the cemetery where my great grandfather is laid to rest is a line of 8 small grave markers of children all under the age of 10, from one family who died in the 1918 pandemic. and book marked on either side of this line of 8 small stones are the parents markers, who passed on many years after their 8 children had died. I cannot comprehend how they continued on after losing so many pieces of their heart. Rest in peace Ms. Jane.
I find myself getting more emotional every time you find graves like this I think everyone should pay attention and think about the fact that this could be us someday .God Bless her and May She finally Rest In Peace again God Bless her Soul and thank you please continue with this work you are doing.the good thing about it is She is still were she wanted to stay for this place was in her Heart
"This could be us one day." No my dear, this Will be us one day. Its the only thing we know for sure. People are so disrespectful these days. They walk around like the immortal centers of the universe. Nobody get's out of life alive.
@@LambentLark i was thinking the very same thing
What a sad story. I'm glad you found Mrs. Janes grave and were able to right her headstone and clean it off so it's not lost anymore. You, Dan and Cody are good men, doing honorable things. Thank you
Gentlemen, I can’t tell you how touched I am, watching you both replacing Missus Perryman’s headstone as best you could. I’ve never seen any other CZcamsr’s do something like this!! I’m left almost speechless, which has happened only a handful of times in my rather lengthy life. YOU are what being the looker off to find the found is all about!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for what you do. Stay safe and be well! ❤️
She wanted you to find her grave. Thank you Robert.
Michele Lupe-Bowe I agree
Her spirit is living on her Texas she doesn't want the living to forget her, the past of the life there nor her home and the history of the land powerful it is in her spirit and of others guaranteed 🙏🌹❤️
Dead people can't talk
@@ashleyw6728 Keep telling yourself that.
@@sassyt1545 u really trying to tell me they can
i actually choked up while i watched this. it hurts to see someone soon to be erased as though they never existed
It will happen to all of us.
A very emotional story.....brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for putting her grave back together as best you could.
The more I've thought about Mrs. Jane; I've come to believe that the only thing she had any control over was her existence. I can fell her utter hopelessness...
I teared up, too.
What a sad story, tugs at your heart. I feel for her husband, staying in the house & seeing her grave & what his actions had done to her, 😥😥😥 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️ Australia
I don't see it that way. She let him down. He appears to have provided well for her. She loved the house more than she loved him. He needed her to accompany him to his destiny in Texas . Or perhaps he thought she would stay there and he would go to Texas to escape her but after she killed herself he decided he could stay there and enjoy his home.
I was sad thinking of the sense of community Jane must have felt around her after 20 years of living in that house, the connection she would have felt to the land and people. She would have been used to the way the seasons change the weather, the daily activities of a peach plantation, etc. I can imagine the pressure, unhappiness and maybe even despair she must have felt to come to the decision to end her life instead of leaving the house that was built for her. I am definitely a homebody, a small town girl, and i miss living on a working farm. i can relate to Jane. I live 30 minutes from where there are stonefruit orchards that send fruit as far as Japan and China and my dad grew up on a peach and nectarine farm (im Australian). Hope the family history and stories have been written down.
We need more guys like Dan. He's a walking history book!!! Love you both for what you do.
A very sad story--but home is truly where the heart is.
I agree... it truly is❤🤗😘Joanne NZ
yes it is !
Yes,very,sad.im from morrow ,GA.
She lives on, her name is being spoken by many of us just now. RIP Miss Jane.
She never would have imagined
To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. When I was a kid I read that this was an inscription in King Tut's tomb and it always stuck in my head for some reason.
@@AdventuresIntoHistory I think she would have as she has revealed herself to you the day you found her grave.
I have great compassion for this woman. What despair she had come to, to prefer death over relocation and because she could not convince her husband to stay where they were! I think she had the life she wanted where she was (which says a lot about that place) and her heart was utterly broken by his decision to uproot them.
Julie Mofle Women’s lives were hard. Her home was probably nice and she knew it was going to be very hard for her to start over. It would be so difficult traveling and rebuilding. I wonder why he wanted to leave. You can imagine they had many arguments about it. She felt hopeless and this was her only way out. Very sad,
He had no consideration for her feelings, just did what he wanted, she had family and just felt she needed to stay......she wasnt a really young women either....,
Unfortunately women had very little say in their families destiny or indeed their own in the 1800's. Ironic that he unpacked and chose to stay in the house after her death. RIP dear lady.
Melody Lee this is true. A woman back in the 1800 had no say so of her body, she had to lay down when told too. My great grandma died very young of ovarian cancer she would had made it my great grand paw let her have an hysterectomy so she passed away at 56
@@melodylee7735 That is suspicious
A fitting epitaph to close this visit.---Please tell us that you kept that jar!
That kind of jar makes the best flower vase
That looked like an old honey jar
When you found that first bottle, and said how pretty it was, I caught myself answering "yeah it is."
Same!! Lol..History..wander what was in it..
Very sad story about mrs.perryman. It's sad nobody else was buried next to her with the stone being turned over and broke just wondering if it marks the exact spot of her grave.. that whole site needs to be cleaned up really good to make sure it is covering the exact spot be nice to find the missing piece and clean it up all good and fix it back together the family should have done this already besides neglecting it..
I agree ,100%..She deserves that !!RIP..sweet lady!!..a little tlc would make her smile from up above😉🌹
Are you out maintaining the grave of your ancestors who died in 1848? I’m going to guess you aren’t. It’s been 173 years. It’s natural to not be maintaining your ancestor’s grave almost 200 years later. Let’s not get mad at the family for negligence.
Robert, this was so very touching and heart-wrenching! Best video yet. I think everyone on your channel would love to see a return visit and some more work done to repair this poor soul's resting place. Last year I placed flower arrangements on several old graves in our town, and said the names of those who were buried there. Wasn't it you who said "people die twice; once when they actually pass, and the second time when their name is said for the last time". You're awesome as are the others who go with you. God Bless. Rest in peace, Lady Jane!🙏✝️🙏❤
It is nice when a family descendant is there to tell the story of the departed. I wonder if the husband felt guilty the rest of his life about the passing of his wife. So sad.
I wish I could hear you.
Grave Robbers working quickly at night did not realize they replaced the Slab backwards.
Only God will know
HE was a religious man who tried to force his wife so I doubt he felt guilty in anything. Sounds he cared no less of her,
Robert....This was an excellent and well-produced video. I'm so happy you found her grave site. May her light shine eternal and may she finally rest in peace. You and your friend were meant to find her. The tragedy of this story made me so sad, that I cried ! She is HOME.... :)
She is at Peace now and smiling down from the heaven's..
We remember Miss Jane today. Thank You!
Mother earth reclaims all she gives forth in her own time and process. After all the sweat and tears, the moments of bliss and pain...to be remembered is all one can hope.
Time marches on.
Beautifully said.
Thank you for the hard work you do! We need more caring men like you on our planet at this time. Many thanks from Calgary Alberta 🇨🇦
It is good that someone remembers her. The thought of no one ever remembering you is heartbreaking .
Wow so glad you find it but So sad 😭 that nobody took care of it over the years I wish there could be a new top for her
That is extremely strange turning ones stone upside down. Very strange. 1787!!!!! Fascinating story behind that.
Because she committed suicide!
Because some low lives love to vandalize and cause pain.
A falling tree or limb could have knocked it over, as could a strong wind.
Haven't been as updated with you guys as I would have liked, but I had my own little cemetery exploration after a funeral back in April of this year. While my mother was talking to relatives, I wandered off and looked at a small collection of graves in a cemetery and I must say, it was nice. It wasn't a forgotten or lost cemetery, just a local one.
She was 49 and tired of moving all the time and restarting in new places. Poor thing.
She was born in 1797, and died in 1848. That would make her 50 or 51, by my count.
No disrespect meant, but coming from a woman that has been thru the change, I can tell you menopause can be horrible for some women. 😢
And pumping out kids
Thankyou for this comment. I was thinking about how hard moving would have been back then. I moved 3 years ago and am still sorting myself out. Blessings, Dot
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This video is an homage to that poor woman, her family and descendants.
I hope this forgotten plantation is allowed to return to nature , with respect ,not vandalism.
Thank you for sharing it, so much history is buried , it's up to people like you to uncover it,
you are a visual historian.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Thanks Kindly Robert, for this video and in honoring Jane! I think she was happy you guys cleaned and rearranged her grave and stone. I am happy as well. A great service Robert! Great Adventures with many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pa.
Wow that is so incredible, but bittersweet ya know, but she was determined to stay put, as sad as it was, in how it turned out. So glad you found the headstone and put it back together the best you could, I so love how you honor all these folks in the different videos, You my friend have earned a spot in heaven..Thank you Robert for these great videos!😀
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Yes he has ...as well as other's who do the same...thanku to him and all the other's that have honourable heart's...
I would assume someone found the stone laying on the ground face up with years in the elements they realized that the engraving would soon get worn away. By flipping it over, preserving what was left of the inscription.
How wonderful that you both found her, she can now be at peace
What amazed me was how quickly nature recaptured the area... RIP Mrs. Jane...
I find your videos so interesting. My grandmother told me about our Georgia ancestors from way back when, as told to her from her grandmother-early 1800's, maybe late 1700's. The Davenports and how my our great grandmother used to carry a hatchet in her belt and was always on the lookout for Indians. At least 2 other family members were abducted by Indians, but managed to fight their way back. The woods were no joke back then and a long journey to Texas was not just accomplished in a few days. You did it all by yourself, encountering friendly Indians or hostile, friendly settlers or not, land you were not familiar with, impassable land forms, bad weather who knows. You could very well have died making that journey. I don't blame Ms. Perryman at all.
What a great discovery and what a great story. Maybe now she wont be forgotten.
A lot of families moved to Texas from this area post-Civil War and the old stories of neighbors checking on neighbors and finding, "Gone to Texas" or "GTT" signs left on doors still survive. My 3x granddaddy moved his family to Texas but returned after bad farming in Bell Co. TX.
I am so glad he found the grave! He ought to write a book on the history of Perryman Plantation! Thank you again for a great video!
History Lover He was very knowledgeable. If not written down, the stories and histories are gone.
WoW, Thanks Robert for your efforts keeping the history alive, the old girl wasn,t going to move for nothing or no body. She was content where she was. Great video, stay safe.
I said a prayer. Thank you for doing, what you did. We all should be dignified, even in death ❤
That is a very very sad story! Reminds me of my mother not wanting to leave her home of 40+ yrs. When I bought a duplex to have my parents right next door. So sad when these things happen, people change life changes..... Bless you all for flipping over that grave. 💞🙏
You and those that travel on your adventures have really answered your calling, recording everything and a great reference for all if they are looking for history on a particular place.
How nice it would be too save some of the lumber from that barn and to make a marker by her resting place. If you go back out, take some flag tape and mark the path.
Again fantastic history!!!
Awesome idea!!
That's such a sad story . Bless her heart she just wanted to stay home . So glad you guys found her grave and fixed it back . Thank you for sharing this story .
I hope (if possible) the names and information on these grave markers are carefully documented along with their exact locations; and it would be wonderful to have them published on Findagrave. Those people likely were ancestors of living people. My dad would have loved to go along on these explorations, by the way. He was very interested in family history and old homesteads.
Definitely a sad story. Thank you for sharing. It is amazing how much history is right under your feet if you only know where to look.
It's so strange to feel something for someone who died over a century before I was born. As I try to put myself in her shoes her husband was asking her not only to move but to give up her entire life, family, and friends for a complete unknown. There was no internet or phones or any way to have constant communication once she left. I can see how this must have been overwhelming to her in the early 1800's. She must have felt so alone in those last hours as her husband was packing up and now the sad part is she really is all alone out in the woods. "Her Texas in the backyard" isn't even a backyard or recognizable. She is alone and forgotten in death as she was in life.
I know exactly what you mean
She was remembered today. Thanks to Robert 🙏🏻❤️
She's not alone, just her skeleton is tbere.......
Too sad 😞
Thanks to all of you, Robert, Cody and Dan! Amazing video.... definitely tragic, to say the least, but Jane's life/death is now documented and she will always be remembered, no matter what happens to that land. It's such a shame she took her own life to stay on that plantation. If only her husband had listened to her and agreed to stay. He pushed too hard, though, and he lost his wife because of it... and then he ended up staying anyway so her death was totally in vain. The whole story brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for righting her stone, Robert. That poor woman deserves that much, at least! I'm so glad you guys were able to locate her! You done good, boys!!!
Please make sure the older gentleman’s stories are documented on paper for the future citizens to read. He is just fascinating. I didn’t get my mom and dad’s stories documented, and boy am I sorry. Thanks for your wonderful work!
oh my goodness what a wonderful story! Robert thank you & Dan for taking us along for such a fascinating adventure! The thought of Snakes kept me on pins & needles for sure,you guys be careful Please! This was sad but beautiful & romantic at the same time. God bless her I hope she is resting in peace in "her Texas" One of your most touching stories thus far thanks again sending love to you & yours
I also thank you. November 2020
Moral of the story: When a woman says she ain't a-goin', you should listen.
She had the last word.
Wow, that was too cool, finding it, not her shooting herself. That’s so sad. I hope her husband learned to consider the feelings of others after that. Looks like it would have been a beautiful house. You know, he probably wasn’t just taking her from her house, but also grown children and grandchildren....the life they had built together.
Many thanks for all y'all do. With your mighty great stories to go along with finding her grave again, for now Jane can be remembered again. That is the part of researching genealogy that brings the most satisfaction and closure. Not so much as seeing how far back your can trace a lineage, but the stories to be passed down, that give substance to those kinfolk who came before us.
I am watching this from my hone in Southern California and I am walking with you on this wonderful adventure. I simply love this type of history and have always been interested in cemeteries and graves themselves. You are so easy to listen to and I appreciate all you are doing and sharing with us. Thank you so much and God Bless You in your adventures. Nancy
There's one moment, when they move one of the stones, I saw a woman's face. She's beauty and smiles.
My goodness. You must be feeding Cody well! He's a Big boy now.
As a Texas girl her last words are especially haunting. Such a sad story all around. Thank you to your friend for sharing this history.
Very interesting to hear the story that's been passed down but also quite sad. I'm glad you found her grave and were able to right it. Thanks for taking us along on this adventure!
Love it Robert! Great to hear the history behind the land and graves when possible. 👍💖💖🙏🇺🇸
Love History love your videos. My Grandmother was a Culpepper. She Byron Croft of Berlin,Georgia . The Crofts came from Germany a few hundred years ago. Landed in the Carolinas. There are two cemeteries in the Berlin area that are full of Crofts.
Thank you very much for what yall do.
What a wonderful thing you guys do. Also, how horrible some people can be. A tragic story. It’s a shame there’s not some type of protection for these graves/ graveyards. Ty for showing such reverence and respect. ❤️🥰🙌🏻🤗
what you guys do is so amazing. thank you for caring so much
This is what I love. Finding the lost souls and making people aware of this person. Now being found may she Rest in Peace❤❤
Awesome vid. Not only a very interesting grave but the back story really brought it to life.
That was a very interesting place. Again, thanks for taking us along. I did not even
get bitten by a mosquito...Glad y'all got the gravestone put back together.
Thank you both for rearranging the burial stone. God sees what you both are doing. ✝️👍🇺🇸
Her heart was with her home and remained there forever. May God rest her soul.
It's a beautiful thing you guys did there, thank you. So sad that people disrespect graves, and forget to upkeep the graves and gravesites.
What an amazing find. Thank you for all you do to save history
Enjoyed this. You brought a live, human element to this grave with its background story. It's not just a name carved in stone.
This makes my heart happy for y’all to find and fix
Thank you
Fascinating story and tour in the Georgia woods. I once visited a friend in rural NE Georgia. To get to his place, I had to drive my 4WD up some backroads. At one point, I came across a very old, overgrown family cemetery plot (6-7 graves, I think) dating to the 18th century. Quite interesting.
What a remarkable story and find. So glad you were able to locate and correct it. I love what you do. She was like "nope, plenty of souls
need saving here, I'm not leaving!!" He just wanted to spread The Gospel further..... we are an unruly bunch here in Texas ;);) BUT we LOVE JESUS!!
I'm glad you told what he did after that. I wondered if he buried and left her there or if he went on.... Another GREAT vid Robert. Thanks for taking us
along on another Side Step Adventure!!
you guys are so kind and respectful....well appreciated
Thankyou for respecting the old gravestone and sharing your family history. Im a new subscriber from southeastern NSW Australia. Hope you stay healthy. Sending Blessings to everyone, Dot
Although very sad. Another great story. I'm glad y'all were able to find the grave and straighten it out somewhat.
Your vids keep getting better and better Robert! And I like how you read the comments.
Thank you for restoring her gravestone ❣️
A sad yet beautiful story. Thank you for bringing us along.
Absolutely love your videos❤i find history amazing💙thank you
This was fantastic. I enjoyed learning about the history of the area and the family. These are just the best!!! Thankyou
Sad, but a wonderful piece of history. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the effort and work that you did. Making Mrs Jane's grave respectable (as much as possible) was a very honoring moment. Well done!
So sad to be alone out there. But her soul is in heaven!🙇♀️🌹
Wow, you found a jar that they used to put pickled pigs feet in. I remember those from my childhood
I can almost sense her standing among the trees watching you. She doesn't know you but watches as you clean up her final resting place. As she watches, she starts to smile in gratitude for remembering her.
My thought exactly.
Yes forsure she was!!! My thought's exactly..there should be more people in this insane world that go above and beyond to help care for the one's that have passed on and clean up there grave's ...and for the sick one's that rob or destroy these grave's are disgusting parisites and may god have his day with them all from 100s of yrs back to today!!And if they do get caught there should be very hard punishment's/jail to them.. May she and other's like her's rest in peace!! And thankyou to all the beautiful soul's that do these beautiful gesture's ..Thankyou from myself and the ones that have passed on....🌹👼🙏
Another moving video. You truly are a reteller of the stories of our ancestors.
Having descents telling the stories is a great addition to your videos. Having the stories told by them add such a personal touch.
Keep it up. Well done!
Thank you! Love the videos.
This is amazing!! What a story & finding of her gravestone. Nan Conner
Heartbreaking story! Thank you Robert for sharing!
Thank You for sharing your history with us. She was a tough woman.
Amazing story and history vignette. ! Thank you !
Such a cool story. I'm so happy that people like you guys do what you do for history
WOW!!!! Amazing History!!! Thank You SO much for documenting all this!!! I'm Enthralled with all this History and you are keeping it ALIVE!!! Love your videos and documentation...so Respectful and very Interesting..you are doing a Wonderful Service to all these Past Lives....
I love the way you display the history in your video
I have recently came across your channel I think what you guys do is a great thing looking forward to more of your videos
That was excellent, tragic history but so interesting. Thank you.
GREAT GREAT VIDEO! So sad but heartwarming to see yal find her grave and put it back together...as best as possible
So interesting . Thank you so much for sharing!
Awesome, best one yet. Wow the family history is amazing ❣️💓💕