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Robert, Joseph Athon is my G, G, Great Grandfather. He was born in Maryland, came south with his brother, and lived in Talbot County in 1840. His brother remained in Talbotton, where he was te methodist minister. Joseph moved to Bunphead area and raised his family there. That part of Schley was Sumter County when he settled there. Thank you and Cecil for taking me back, I'm not able to make the trek anymore.

From BillionGraves “Sometimes one hand in a handshake is very stiff, showing that the person is dead, while the other hand has bent joints, indicating that the person is alive. The hand on the left is usually the one belonging to the deceased. This is a symbol of farewell between the living and the dead. It is often accompanied by the words “Gone but not forgotten”, “Rest in Peace”, or “Goodbye”

A Big Hug to Cecil !! A Grand adventure. Feel like I am there. Stunning.

Another beautiful old cemetery with ornamental fences and gates. These old cemeteries have such beautiful and more personalized headstones and epitaphs than newer cemeteries. Many now only allow the flat markers that don’t allow much space to honor the deceased. Thanks to you both for locating and sharing.

Guys, seriously I’m amazed by this video. Incredible that all that history is just forgotten in the woods. Bless all the souls there. And thank you for bringing it back into our consciousness.

How wise the Slappey family was to install that beautiful iron fence around their loved ones.

Thanks to Cecil for locating this cemetery, and both of you for taking us there. And one of the commentors is a descendant, so nice for them to see the graves.

Every time you go to these grave yards in the woods I get this feeling that I want to go in and clean up area

Penelope died 10 days after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter.

Makes me want to say a prayer for the dearly departed cemetery.

Robert and Cecil my graveyard explorers. My heart drops at the thought and sight of these forgotten graves. At one time. They were alive just like you and me. Is this our destiny? Is this what we have to look forward to? That is why, we have to live each day like it might be our last day on earth. Until next time. Please, take care and stay safe. Love ya 🍺🍺🌈🌹❤️👍🇺🇸🙏🕊🌞😇

Unusual last name. I wonder where the name Slappy originated. Twillie too. Possibly England. Cecil is amazing at finding these cemetery's. Interesting stuff.

When I was at Fort Benning and Fort Campbell, we would come upon cemeteries out in the middle of nowhere.

The fencing is just beautiful! Thank you both for sharing ❤️❤️❤️

Gravehouse, interesting. Beautiful fences. Little chicken dish, very reminiscent of home. I do find the church disappearing more sad than most others. No unmarked graves. Slappey sir name is Irish origin. Not a name seen often. I always find the settlers origins interesting. Think about transporting those markers, especially the large ones, on wagons and then unloading and setting them, hard work. Great tour! 👍👍❣️❣️

I'm so sad to see it so overgrown.. 😢 Even when it's not my relatives resting there..❤ This will never happened here in Norway. It's illegal to neglect a cemetery like that. ❤ Even with my broken back,i would like to clean those gravestones. ❤

What an impressive historical cemetery! Glad you found this. Thanks Cecil.

I'm so glad you two teamed up! We are seeing so much hidden history!

that was by far the neatest cemetery you have taken Robert and us to see. Love it!!! Thank you Mr Cecil Young!!

Just WOW Cecil does it again

Such a peaceful place. It’s sad that it’s overgrown. :( That wrought iron gate is beautiful.

Bashibi Twillie...what an incredible name and possibly one of a kind. What a treasure this cemetery is!❤

Thanks guys, for taking me along with you. It is such a peaceful place. Love from Kate from Australia.

Thank you Robert and Cecil! Robert, thank you for pointing out the remnants of the grave house, the square nails, ground indentions, etc. I’d probably miss a lot of details and important pieces to the bigger pictures if you didn’t point out these things. Each old cemetery you take us to reminds me of a beautiful little cemetery I used to visit when I was growing up in Asheville, NC. The tiny cemetery was on the private road going up to Asheville School, a renowned prep school. My grandparents property adjoined the school’s. Most days I would walk over to the cemetery, because there was something about it that was very inviting and welcoming. I never saw anyone else there, and only once or twice in all those years was a new grave added. Altogether, there were only about 20 or so graves. The markers were mostly simple, giving just the names and dates of birth and death. But there were a couple of old iron fences surrounding a grave or 2, some veterans of our wars, and some fieldstone markers. Most interesting to me were the oldest graves, which lay beyond what appeared to be the cemetery borders. There, the sparse and heavily shaded small bushes turned into a thick and thorny underbrush resistant to visitors. Beside handwritten last names on markers shaped with primitive tools were dates in the latter 1700’s. I loved this little cemetery, in fact, it was the only cemetery I ever even liked. It was peaceful and humble and accepting, which made it feel like a very sweet refuge. The old cemeteries that you and Cecil and your other friends show us bring back these lovely memories.

An amazing cemetery. The ruins of the grave house, I think, are the most interesting. Was there no stone under it? Thanks for this Cecil and Robert.

May the slappy family rest in piece.😔

This was a really interesting cemetery. There must be stories to tell. By the look of some of those monuments it seems to indicate some wealth of the people who are buried there. I wonder how it was overlooked to begin with? Thank you again, Robert and Cecil for finding this gem.

Love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and Cecil bringing out the past

Must have been prosperous area based on the nicer plots

Robert, the top of the chicken bowl went to a butter dish. I have my grandmothers. It was handed down to me. My grandmother was using hers as to keep her collectibles.

What a time capsule he found as it’s such a shame how the trees fell on the fences just an amazing find 😮😮thank you for sharing with us take care

Thank you Robert & Cecil. I love watching your graveyard videos, while working graveyard shift by myself, keeps me awake!! From Whidbey Island.

The surname Slappey may have derived from Swiss - German Schläppi. It's found in that region and also in Norway. Pronounced ShhllAppee.

This cemetery was so fascinating. Such history resting quietly, as it should be.

Oh my goodness...what a find. Fascinating. The fences are gorgeous. Glad I found your channel. Rotorua, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Lives lived. Treasured. Loved. Missed. Now forgotten. Hopefully in another place and time all is restored 🇨🇦🍁🤲🏻

❤ Hobart Tasmania Australia 🦘 watching love your videos

I lov and appreciate history .

Such a beautiful cemetery. It's massive. In its heyday it must've been visited often and kept up. The community dispersed and there was no one left to continue its upkeep, which is very sad.

Big Thank You, Cecil !

Thank you for another fascinating better kept cemetery. Thank you for the history 🙏🏻 ❤️

Thanks for posting love all your vids!

loved this one with all the fencing.

Thank you, Gentlemen. Interesting as always

Another beautiful old cemetery ❤️

It's beautiful 🎉 thanks guys your both just wonderful so enjoy your videos 🎉

Thank you so much Cecil and Robert. These are so interesting.

I wish you would come to Bulloch county and do a couple videos. So much history here ❤

I just love these videos, the wrought iron gates are gorgeous.

Thanks again for a walk through time 🇺🇸‼️

I definitely enjoyed this. All the cemeteries you bring to us are interesting.

What an amazing cemetery!

Cecil is a professional cemetery finding meister!!

The wrought iron gates were beautiful.

A magnificent cemetery. Each iron fence is unique.

I have enjoyed this very much and thank you both. God bless you both 🙏❤️

Love the great find of another cemetery…a lot of history in just the markers

Really cool find. Thanks for sharing

Interesting surname. Slappey is actually Swiss/German for Schlappi. They could have originally come from Effingham Co's settlement called Ebenezer. 1730's from the Salzburg Transaction.

Thank you for a visit to another times past cemetery,Robert and Cecil. Have missed your videos of late. People all over have been struggling with the heat and the storms this summer,my heart and sympathies go out to all of them. You are bringing forth the conclusion of all these struggles humans on earth have suffered, and hopefully some persevered. As we look upon these final resting places whether they be our direct antecedents or other bloodlines,they were someone's. As fellow beings that make this earthly journey be it a short or long one we all have that connection. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Remembering the dead reminds us we too will die,so must live in light of our impeding death. Ecclesiastes 7:2 says,"It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting,for death is the destiny of everyone ;the living should take this to heart." Thank you for your time,and without being preachy, a message. I have taught this way myself whether intentional or not,it makes people think.😊🤔Stay cool,lots of good thoughts and love from Ky.💗

Great find and countless memories. Love some of the names

Wow this is a old cemetery! Awesome 👌

Nice find Cecil.

What a peaceful cemetery . Thank you Cecil and Robert for the work you do .

Much respect for your videos. Great work and thank you. ❤

Wow! What an amazing find Cecil and Robert. I really enjoyed this one, thank you

Wonder why James W’s last name is spelled differently? It was “Slappy”, and the others were “Slappey”. A mistake maybe? Very quiet there-peaceful. Curious what “strange” noises you heard. As always, Cecil is a master at finding these beautiful resting places! Great video!

Thank you boys for sharing. Those fences are beautiful

My son is a Holloway, his great grandmother(living) is named Martha Holloway too, how neat

Thanks guys! Awesome old cemetery!

Gotta Love Cecil!! Does the research!! Happy to see that a relative connected. ❤

Great channel, greetings from the UK ✌🏻

This is by far one of my favorite videos! Thank you both so much for taking us with you on this new adventure. ❤

This was a really fascinating video. Love this cemetery!

Another great video Robert glad to see lots of new videos keep them coming

Thanks!

Woof, nice haircut, bro - first thing I noticed. And thanks again for another great video and keeping history alive. Best from SoCal.

Come again still so much to explore

Never heard of your channel before and this video popped up on my recommendations. So glad it did, excellent work I'm off to watch more of your videos

Awesome

Thanks

Thanks for another great video

What a cool find! So many beautiful stones and monuments in there. For the font on Mattie Twillie, Jordan Holloway and Olin Holloway, I thought it was interesting that "Twillie," "Jordan," and "Olin" were all angled upwards while all the other writing on the stones was very typically straight. Just made me wonder if the same person was the engraver? There are always so many fun details to notice in a cemetery. They are like collaborative art installations in a way. Very fun tour. Thanks for sharing as always!

I remember seeing the Slappey name on census pages doing research on my family.

One of my gg uncle’s married a Holloway

Great fine!!!

I just like to see just once these big cemeteries.Taken care of is so sad but it's not

You know its a shame your different counties dont have funding to clean up your really old cemeteries... its a part of their history and guaranteed their would be ansters alive today that would love to know their ancestors resting place... i love watching your channel... thankyou for all you do in giving these old ancestors a mention.... so you not have any old maps of the areas that you can have a look at? And see if theres any mention of churches and cemetries... just a thought... much love from across the pond in radcliffe manchester uk ❤

George W Slappey, 6th Georgia Inf,. Records indicate that he was wounded at the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg in September of 1862. Not sure what happened afterwards, but he survived to come home.

Where’s Dan been? Miss his wealth of information. Hopefully he’s well

Enormous Cemetery or Church Graveyard! Used to be a big community at one time also some wealth evident by the massive tombstones and Fencing everywhere! Obviously tge descendants have moved on and the graves mostly forgotten. Very Sad!

do you guys ever get chiggers stomping through the woods or do chiggers even live in south Georgia? They are all over Lake Lanier woods. I've had my share.

I always wondered about Slappey Street in Albany!

Thx f documentation. W today's zoning??? Urban Sprawl, Uncontrolled Growth.Wise real estate conservation 😊

This is a beautiful old cemetery. It's a shame that no one has kept it up all these years. Hey, I would suggest that you wear gloves when you're cleaning off headstones and climbing over fences. All that mold can get on your hands and into little cuts and nicks. Not to mention the possibility of little sharp shards of glass or metal.

It's astounding how substatial towns and communities can vanish into the landscape when the economy evaporates.

Slappey is a funny name. Seems a very ornate plot though. "I come from a most ancient and noble line." "Oh, which one?" "Slappey." Kinda reminds me of a dude I knew ages ago with the last name Doody. Effin hated the name for obvious reasons, he was the butt of countless jokes growing up. Ended up engaged to a girl with a name like Walker or Parker. I asked if he was gonna take her last name and he was like "no, I want her to take my last name & she doesn't want to. It's actually a real bone of contention." I asked why since he always hated his name and he was like "well I'm one of the last male Doody's" and I was like "good. It's a terrible name! Let it die!" But meh, who am I to judge. My family's last name was "Münch" for most of its history and a couple of my uncles even kept it as Munch/Monch. It only became deMonch because when he was bouncing around Europe after WW2 my Opa wanted to make it less German sounding.

Such a shame so many forgotten cemetery in your area. Maybe should try form a group willing to go & clean them

Lots of info on James W Slappey on Ancestry and other sites. Willing to do some research if nobody else already has.