This was really excellent, Mr. Donnie. I am fascinated by the lives of the early settlers of our country. We think we’ve got it rough, but we wouldn’t last a day if we had to live as our ancestors did.

Thanks again Donnie for Tennessee history, also prayers for the families who lost there loved ones, bless the people of Tennessee

I love the history videos. I’m praying for Tennessee today Mr. Donnie. God bless. 🙏❤️✝️

These are the stories that should be in our history books. Sad that we as a nation still want to ban books. Thank you for reminding us.

Thank you for sharing this history of the Appalachians, Donnie. Beautiful old cemeteries, holding these ancestors. God bless you for keeping these memories alive.❤

Another great history lesson Bro. Donnie. So much history being preserved in your videos. Thank you.

We have to keep history alive Donnie and you're doing a great job of it keep going. I keep trying to pass it on to my grandkids.

Donnie, I look at my front door and I see the clinch River. I always think about how Daniel Boone floated down this river bringing supplies. he had to have stopped here at my house, because behind my house, 1 mile is the remains of the original Carter’s fort. I know this for a fact, because I have been in what remains of the old fort. My wife’s people have lived on this land since the 1820s. It’s through the stories that her old ones pass down to me.

Thank you so much Donnie. These stories are such a treasure and we love the way you narrate them. ❤ Blessings.

mr. Laws, you are a treasure! thank you so much for the history and delightful story!

Thanks Mr Donnie for keeping History alive & well! Something some people want to hide. It was strong people like Sharp who made this country what it is up till today! Never forget or take for granted where we are and where we came from!💕🙏💕

Donnie, I really appreciate your stories. In recent years, I’ve relocated to western North Carolina… I’m originally from Illinois, but I finally feel that I’m home.

Henry Sharp is my 5th great grandfather. The big brick house in the curve before turning down to Big Valley is another Sharp house, my direct line. The controversial egg farm from Mexico is building on that property. I was raised and spent my teenage years in Big Ridge State Park. The history of the people that settled the area is very interesting. So many people are coming to the Museum to find their people and go to the cemeteries.

As usual an excellent video Donnie. The way things changed back then was sad, but for progress. My mom's family is in Floyd County Kentucky. There is Cherokee (my grandpa) and Irish (grandma) I am 63 and I have lived in comanche County Texas all my life. First, the Californians flooded in and bought every piece of land that they could bulldoze all the natural habitat of, put a huge house on and 10 ft fences all the way around. Now we are being ran over by over 2 million Mexicans and every other country that can get across Bidens, senile, come on in BS. As it stands as of yesterday there is 100,000 Cubans trying to overwhelm the border security and walk in. I pray for our country but NEVER would I have dreamed we would be where we were right now. God help us and this country, literally

Love your land of the South and Appalachia!!! I have been privileged to visit a tiny bit of it back in my younger days.

I enjoyed the stories, and appreciated seeing the old cemeteries, Donnie! Thank you for another great video on Appalachia.

I absolutely love history especially when you tell the stories of the Appalachian land and people! Mr. Donnie Get well soon friend!

Thanks for the interesting history lesson. And you are exactly right. Some want to revise history but that is not possible.

Awesome History Thank you Mr. Donnie for sharing

I really enjoyed the local history... getting ready to watch Robin's video too. Thanks Donnie 😎👍

I love these history stories. Great job as always my friend

So much war and suffering. I wish there was another way. Thank you so much for this history. Such amazing knowledge you have.

Keep passing em Mr. Donnie & we'll keep watching. No story is more interesting than what really happened...real history. I loved this one because it was so personal. Sometimes you can learn a lot from focusing on one person's or one family's story. Their epoch in time. Thank you every day for all your hard work creating all this thoughful content for us viewers to watch. Its SO appreciated. You're my favorite show to watch nowadays. Sometimes I get busy with hectic work days and don't have time to watch TV, then I have a catch up day & power watch what I've missed. So thank you from me. 👏🙂🩵🙏 and God bless you and yours.

I've never heard of the shaving creme trick, it looks like it worked really well! My ties to E Tenn. is because of ancestors that were paid for Revolutionary service in land in Knox County. I have two known ggggg grandfathers that fought at Kings Mountain.

Thank you Donnie for making these wonderful videos ❤❤❤ With all the garbage on youtube nowadays its so refreshing to here good wholesome stories about the ways of our ancestors!!!

Really enjoyed it Mr Donnie! Thank ya sir for sharing.

Great video Donnie! Love hearing the history of our beautiful mountains! Hope you are having an awesome week and God bless!

Great story Donnie, so very much History that i never knew about til you told us. Thank you for sharing this with us. Amazing❤

it is so sad to know that all you talk about is gone most forgotten but with a man like you i know that all these things cannot be forgotten. thank you

Allways enjoy these history video/story's thanks Donny God Bless you !

So much history. Really enjoyed this telling and your sisters video too. Amazing what a little shaving foam can do. Thanks for sharing.

It's amazing that the old house is still standing.

Such full living in history. 🙏📖 Donnie's recovery prayer time for me.

Great video. I did t make the connection between Henry Sharp’s grave and Sharp’s Station until I saw the video. And history MUST be remembered!

Not long after you said something about KZfaq shutting off your videos is absolutely true. I've been looking for your videos and... Nothing !? So I looked you up so I can continue to watch your wonderful videos (Yes I am a subscriber). Love your stories Donnie I hope to continue getting your videos. Thank you for the effort ! 👍🏻

Howdy Donnie- that’s really good stuff. I sure enjoy hearing about the early history of the country. Thanks for sharing this. God bless

Thanks for sharing Donnie. Awesome video brother. God bless.

I’m a Peacoat wearing city boy. My family was in Appalachian territory ( West Virginia) for generations. Your videos remind me of my great grandmother and make me miss my younger days visiting the mountains. Thank you for all you do my friend.

I Appreciate Your Fascinating and Educational Historical Tour. A Moving Tribute to the Forefathers of Tennessee. Who Sacrificed so Much Settling and Taming the Rugged Tennessee Wilderness. Who Bled and Died, They Helped to Shape the Picturesque Rolling Hills and Valleys. Their Courage, Fortitude and Heroic Deeds, Echo Throughout History. Their Spirits Whisper Gently as the Cool, Night Winds Through the Trees. The Hardships of the Past Mostly Forgotten. A Lingering Sweet Lullaby, Full of Promises for the Future. As the People of Each Generation, Look to the Past; Filled with Fresh Hope for a New Generation. Exemplary Men, Such as the Content Creator of this Stellar Channel, Keep the Dream Alive.

Thanks Donnie'

Another wonderful job Donnie.

Thank you such for bringing this history to light.

Thank you for sharing sir. I would love to hear more of these stories sir. God bless you and your whole family...🙏❤🙏❤🙏😊🙂😀

Thanks again for the fantastic history story. Your right these stories, will be lost in another few years. God bless

I took care of a Sharpe in her later stages of life. She filled me with so many wonderful stories of her golden years. My favorite one is: She said she about five or six years old, and was hunting for wild berries on the edge of the woods. Her mama warned her never to go into the woods...alone. Well...a lone flutterby lured her just a few yards in and around a stump. She looked back to see the woods had completely closed in on her! She headed straight back to where she'd walked in and walked and walked...but never reached the point she entered. She got so frightened, the sun was going down, her eyes were too blurry to see her way through. Terrified, she squatted right where she stood and just let loose. She started bawling like a bob cat and shaking like a leaf, but not-a-one seemed to hear her. She cried for so long, her voice had gone! She said after a while, her tears turned to crystals on her little face and her hair had bits of ice clinging. Then, suddenly a Mama Doe with two babies appeared. The Mama stood there for a while studying her Then...Mama deer walked right up to where she was sitting and licked her eyes and nose clean. Somehow that calmed her down right away, and enough that she stood up and started following them. They led her directly to where she came into the thick. She looked down and there was her basket.... just overflowing with berries! She strongly believed the Lord sent his angels (and perhaps) the "children of the woods" to watch over her and guide her safely back home.

Thanks again. Love listening in the mornings with my coffee

Excellent. You bring the struggles of the early settlers to life. Thank you.

Fascinating. So much history. Thank you for sharing the memories. You are right, history can not be changed and we should remember, honor and learn from our past.

Wish we had more like you to help preserve our history. Seems like so many want to rewrite it or hide it altogether. God bless brother.

Really interesting. Sad 😞. I really enjoy history. Thank you 🙏🏻

My family the Heatherly’s came down the river in the 1780s. They settled what is now Heatherly point just a few miles from Sharps Station. I live in Blue Spring Holler in Speedwell now.

This was so interesting, thank you for the peek of the history of Sharps Station. ~What unsettles my heart is, in a way, with the Government giving the soldiers huge parcels of land, well, that really wasn't fair to the Native Indians. Indirectly, or directly, they took what they wanted because "They could". I can't blame the Native Indians at all for being angry about this. So many Native Tribes were forced to leave their land, and live on a Government run "Reservation". [We] sort came, claimed it, and told them too bad. Your right, there is much dark history.

Thanks Donnie this was great love this history on this topic of great Appalachian mountain people

I really appreciate your storytelling and respectfulness of the graveyards. You put shaving cream on the stones in order to share the stories of our ancestors and made it a point to wash the shaving cream away and return the stones back to how you found them.

Thank you as always! 👍🏻❤️

Donnie, I truly enjoy your stories!!!! Thank you so very much for sharing them.

I really enjoyed this history lesson. Donnie you make a great teacher.

I love hearing about the olds days its sad but these stories need to be told never miss when you upload I'm from tge UK love hearing about your History

Thank you Mr. Donnie for sharing your story l love history as the school's now adays forgot.👍👍

Thanks for all the stories they are very interesting and enjoyable to watch

I moved to East Tennessee in 2015 and went for a tour of Jonesboro. That's where I learned about the Overmountain Trail. Having been raised in Kentucky, I only knew of the Cumberland Gap so was deeply touched by stories of the OMT. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you for this, Donnie. I'm proud of the history and appreciate you putting the work into this documentary.

A friend of mine loves checking out old 2-tracks - just to see what's back there. We were going through old logging camps (not much left other than lilac bushes and fruit trees. As we were heading back, we found an old cemetery that had headstones dating back to the mid-1800s. We found a fenced (not much of it is left) area that had 10 little headstones along with mom and dad. Seems there was some type of illness that seemed to prey on children. The oldest was around 14 and the youngest was about 1. It is so true that we need to keep telling the stories of the past - without the past, we wouldn't be here now. Thank you, Mr. Laws for all of your research and videos that shine a light on the past that we cannot see physically, but is a part of us all. 💖💖💖

Very nice video to give tribute to those who have gone on to be with the LORD. Thanks for sharing.Your friend, Louise

You are so right Donnie! Past can't be erased good or bad. Really enjoyed that. Loved the picture of you and your relative!! Wish I could have a copy. Can't wait for your next story. Thanks for the educational history.Take care. God bless you and your family.

You never let me down! Great story sir. Thank you and God Bless you and your family

Peter Brakebill sr. was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was from the Maryville TN area. He is buried in the Brakebill Cemetery in the Nails Creek area. He was my multi generation grandfather. I really enjoy your videos about this history. It puts things a little closer to home learn a little about our past generations. Thanks a bunch. Scott Brakebill, Arkansas

Thank you. Thank you GOD bless ya Donnie! 🙂👋👍🙂

I'M FROM THE "SHARP CLAN!"I RINCON!❤

Thanks Donnie, beautiful country and fascinating history.Always appreciate your knowledge and getting to learn more about Appalachia.

As always, thank you very much Mr Laws. God bless

Thank you Donnie for all your videos. I love the rich history you share with us. I can relate to a lot of what you share. My ancestors on my father's side come from South Eastern Mississippi. My father still lives there. There are many of the old Yellow Pine barns and houses that still exist there, including my grandparents barn. I love the area. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do for all of us. The Lord bless you and your family.

Donnie thank you very much. I truly appreciate the videos you share . God Bless Donnie and Donnie's sister

Thank you Donnie. I love these historical lessons you present. So Interesting and informative. I feel Like I’m there as you describe the times and the battles and the pleasant times of the pass. Have a blessed day

Wow Donnie, those grave stones are in remarkably good shape! I'll wager the families that populated this area honored them and kept them up well. That is so great to see! I love hearing about this region of Tennessee that you know so well. That area is now on my bucket list of places to visit! I hope I get up there someday before I can't hike any more!

Mr. Donnie i verily enjoyed the video that last cemetery is so captivating. Along with the history of the rivers up there all the information was just great. Take care friend

Love the history of the pioneers. That's for sharing. We are related to some Palmers in North Carolina. Great content.

Hi from Iowa! I watched your Sister's excellent vid on Irwin Cemetery😊From your aerial still of Irwin Cemetery I see a larger square outline around stone fence. Love this stuff

outstanding ❗👍 thanks for sharing💯🏆🚂🇺🇲🇺🇲

Best KZfaq channel!! I watch you for hours!!

Thank you sir I really appreciate your work and dedication to preserving history.

Thanks Mr. Donnie. Your videos are a breath of fresh air!!! Keep em comin!

Wonderful story Donnie! A lot of information from the beginnings of our country.

Great history video Donnie thank you!!! God Bless.

I enjoy history video Donnie thank you for sharing with us.God bless you all.

Love these local history vids. My family has been in the Andersonville area since 1806. I treasure the bits and pieces of history I know of their early days here and am always looking for more.

Thank you Mr. Donnie love learning some history I never knew about.

Nice job Mr Donnie. Would love to hear more on the ousley house. Thanks.

Enjoyed all that history Mr. Donnie ❤

I love the history of the mountain s especially .. 👋🏽 great job !

I love history. And this was awesome brother. Thank you for the stories and the pictures.

Thanks for sharing Mr Donnie,, I really enjoy your videos and will always enjoy the history of our country,, and thanks for your replies !!

Was so Good, Thank You for Sharing Mr Donnie Praying For Your Safety GOD Bless

Thank you! I enjoy your videos so much! 🙏

Hello from Gatlinburg TN!! Have a great day!🏞️🌄🐻

another treasure donnie, thank you

Catching up on videos always enjoy yours Thank you for taking about the old days

What a great video!!! Thank you! Very interesting and beautiful sceneries.

Wow, history is truly amazing. Interesting what you did with the shaving cream, and smart too. Thank you for sharing this Donnie!

Thank you Donnie. Very interesting.