I just cannot stop watching your videos. Between cooking "feasts", being a local historian and just an awesome Mom I'll just say again, you are a real treasure!

So many times we are living history and don’t realize it. I know Maggie is smiling that she is not forgotten.

This story is nothing short of amazing. The fact that records exist and the "mystery" of Maggie has been brought to light through the internet is simply astounding. Thank you, Ms. Tipper, for sharing this with us and God Bless you for sharing the life of another long after they are gone.

I am a retired English teacher and for many years I took my students to cemeteries to read Emily Dickinson and to study graves. Great memories. I taught in a very small town that kept incredible records and original copies of newspapers. Often, after school, we would go the newspaper office that generously allowed us to study those old newspapers ... Once, we read about a horrific fire that killed almost an entire family ... we went to the cemetery and found their graves. Now, that's history. And poetry. I know well of daffodils seemingly growing from nowhere. I think you should write a poem about them ... or maybe a song with your girls.

I’m confident Maggie would love that you did the research and passed this story on to so many that her memory lives on! I’ve lost so much during this Damned pandemic, I hope someone like you tells our families story as well as you’ve told Maggie’s story! I’m still hoping we are related in some way, if not by blood I’ll always consider us brothers and sisters in Christ 🙏

What a beautiful story and you tell it well. I love history and old cemeteries. Many years ago I traveled to a small Wyoming town where my mother had lived in childhood. I was looking for, and found, the grave of her little brother who died at age two of “double pneumonia.” It was a small stone headstone with a lamb carved out of the top. Sadly my mother had already died but I took a picture of the grave and gave it to my mother’s older brother. He was so happy to have that picture.

When you can connect ancestors to the places and people of today it really is fascinating. I love to dig up their stories, and think about the old roads they traveled. Yes, it is always such a surprise to see the Daffodils they planted, and also to happen upon a pile of rocks in a remote area. It makes you know somebody wanted some beauty in their life, and the rocks usually mean fields were cleared for planting. Such an interesting story about Maggie, and so sad she left children. That was so common in those days with childbirth and so many diseases for families to contend with. It has been discussed that one reason the men were so quick to remarry is they could not take care of so many small children and work and feed them. In studying genealogy, either parent usually married again right away. Studying those in the past can cause one to roll with life’s ups and downs easier, because in so many ways their handling of hardships sets such a great example to follow.

Great episode! I love seeing local history researched and recorded for future generations.

Love hearing stories like this. You are a wonderful storyteller. Thank you ❤

That was such a wonderful story and she's buried in a beautiful place

Well done Tipper. Now that you've taken the time and care to put this together, it will be easier for folks in the future like you who are curious to learn about this history. You've done some future Brasstown girl a huge favor I'm sure. Sure enjoyed the story, and I especially appreciate seeing all the fresh flowers out there. Those folks are not forgotten and still loved. 😊

❤your storytelling! A duo nomination church is very rare, indeed, and it is always good to see where an old home or slaunchwise was and that it was cared for and replaced by Maggie's Chapel on the property, respecting the burial sites. She died so young! Those daffodils in the gully sure make one ponder about mortality. Appreciate your genuine passion to savor Appalachian culture and folks, an important part of pioneer American history! 🤗

Who would have thought according to my screen 814 folks have viewed this in the last 34 minutes. That is so wonderful.

It's so nice you are able to connect with so many people in your area and learn their histories. Old cemeteries are so interesting and as you say, bittersweet. Walking through you always see so many young children and I know how hard it must have been on young mothers and fathers to experience that loss. My maternal grandfather was one of twelve children of which only six, lived to adulthood. Thanks for sharing this little piece of NC.

Well I'm a puddle of tears now. I have worked on my family tree since the 1980's. And now have the joy of working on my husband's/daughter's tree too. The way you described "who are your people?" is perfect. I feel that I am keeping each person's memory alive.

What a wonderful story. Another story that amazed me was "The Hidden History of Native Americans w/ Chief Riverwind and Dr. Laralyn Riverwind." The oldest member of a tribe sang an ancient Native American song. Rabbis begged them to stop. "How do you sing the name of our most high?" Lost tribe of Israel found?

I enjoyed this video very much! Such a beautiful place. Peaceful. Thank you, you’re a good story teller and no doubt Maggie would be pleased to be the star of the story💕

What a wonderful story, thank you Tipper. I believe Maggie was smiling down at you telling of her ❤️

Tipper I really enjoy when you talk about the history of your hometown. This was such an interesting story. How wonderful that the lady had such a quick response to your inquiry, she sounds much like a few of the hometown history buffs here in my town, so passionate about helping others with questions about their towns history. It makes it extra special that you have your own history attached to the church and graveyard and how yo always noticed those daffodils and how they could very well have been planted my Maggie.

Beautiful story thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing Maggie's story. Although her life here on earth was brief, she left a legacy that continues today. How hard it must have been for her family to lose her ---- and how sad she probably was to leave her babies and husband. RIP Maggie 🌼 You are not forgotten!

So enjoyed hearing the history about Maggie and her family and the church. Thanks for sharing this. It looks so beautiful and peaceful round the church and the grounds.

Hey there, Tipper. I thoroughly enjoyed this mystery. Such rich history in those small chapels... Thank you for sharing Maggie's Chapel with us.

I love stories of history and life in the past! This was a good one, thanks for sharing, it is a lovely peaceful place and so well maintained.

Back then a lot of ladies died during childbirth and other sickness too..She truly chose a beautiful resting place with such breathing views... Thanks for sharing the history of that lovely church..

I LOVE old cemeteries! My grandparents in Jackson KY have a family plot up into the mountains surrounded by forest now. Can't read most of the stones but wild roses grow over them ❤

Way to keep digging and searching Miss Tipper to finally solve the mystery of this churches early & humble beginnings and who it’s actually named after. Glad Maggie will never be forgotten and your helping to keep her memory & legacy alive. My great grandma on my momma’s side was named Maggie! Thanks for sharing with us! 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇❤️

My husband and I were married at Liberty Baptist Church in Lanexa, VA. My parents, paternal grandparents, great grandparents and great great grandparents were also married there. Naturally, I was raised southern Baptist and my husband, Methodist! We have raised our children and they were baptized in the Methodist church but I have never changed. I am still Baptist. Love your channel and I can relate to so much you share!

This is so beautiful. My relatives are in a cemetery here in SW Indiana and at different times people have researched the paths our ancestors took to end up here. I love the talk of daffodils meaning a house had been there. My grandfather taught us this. It's so interesting to come upon them in the middle of a woods. Thank you Tipper!

I love how you researched and found the answer to Maggie’s Mystery, such a happy and sad story

Great story. I enjoyed it and what a great way to honor Maggie, all these years later.

I loved this story so much…I love the olden time stories …

I love the story of Maggie's chapel and the daffodils too. Our little church was pastored by 1 man that had 3 churches back into the 1800's. Life is short and so sweet!

What a beautiful story, I loved it. What a pretty little church . Thank you patsy

I love the story of this chapel that honors Maggie Martin. I got chill bumps as I listened to you tell of her life and untimely passing.

With two Denominations sharing the same Church & usually going to both services, this Church, Maggie, proved that old saying: if you leave ppl alone they will figure out how to live together.

Loved the story ❤️

Love history and genealogy! There's a little cemetery in Marshall county, MS where my great great great grandmother and her people are buried. My great grandma went to her funeral, when she was nine, in 1922. The hearse was pulled by horses and it was the first funeral she'd been to. She lived to be 97 and had a great memory until the last year and I know a lot of the people buried there, thanks to her. Keep the history of your town, church, and people alive. There are so few who do that now and in a few generations, they're gonna wonder where they came from.

Thank you for sharing these stories! I live in Cut n Shoot Texas and you can look up the city hall that has the history in which it was formed, it has much of the same background as far as the Baptist and Methodist sharing a church building. This is my hometown as well and my family has been here many years (200) with many contributions to its growth. I live on my family homestead farm that has been in our family for three generations so far. I’m hoping my boys will one day want to call it home again and raise a family. We even talk a lot a like and I’m so glad! Hugs, love and lots of prayers from Texas!

Tipper, your stories never fail to touch my heart. Is it not everyone's desire to be remembered after we are gone? Thank you for sharing the story of Maggie as well as the stories of your own ancestors. You are an Appalachian treasure for us all. God bless you! ♥

That was a beautiful story. My family back in the day was adopted on both sides of my mother's family so we can't go back very far.

Thank you Tipper for this beautiful tribute to a very young pioneer woman! I loved it when my parents would share stories of their childhood & relatives who had long passed.❤

Beautiful heritage of people that help develop our country in a kind way.

I think you should write a book about Maggie! And yes, she would be so happy that you went on this hunt and shared her story!

This story is kind of a tear jerker. This was So interesting & sad that she was only 24 years old when she passed. Thank you for that beautiful story

I so enjoyed your story of Maggie's Chappel! My people have been here since the Mayflower (Stephen Hopkins). I know I have European, British, Cherokee, and African ancestry. It's what rooted Americans are, at least for those of us whose lineage goes back 400 years.

I am so thankful for people like you and Jean who are so diligent to keep memories alive. I have a cousin who is a wonderful historian as well and I’ve learned so much about my family I never really knew from her; yet there are just some events I will never know because the stories went to the graves with the tellers. My father was in the military and so we moved around a bit and lost connection with our roots. That’s sad to me, but I can only move forward and pray that someday when I’m gathered up with “my people” on the other side of the Jordan that there will be many stories to share.

Oh goodness Tipper! This is my favorite video ❣️ I loved everything about it. I used to walk with my Mawmaw to visit family gravesites around Cullman, Alabama. So much to talk about when you think of it. That's how I got to " know" my deceased relatives. I was raised in Huffman Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. Years after I got married, the church was still expanding and being updated. They took the old stained glass from the windows and someone in the church made Angel ornaments out of them. My mom gifted me an Angel and I keep it in my curio cabinet. I'll send an email with a picture. Daffodils or Jonquils as I was taught are one of my favorite flowers! I think about my old home and the beautiful garden my mom kept. Every Easter, we'd get a picture taken next to the flowers and our beautiful dogwood tree! I'll send a picture of that too. PLEASE keep doing these types of videos. It keeps me hungry for the days of old. 😇

This is such a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it.

Another wonderful video! I'm sure Maggie would be pleased that you passed along her story to so many people.

Loved this history of Maggie's chapel. Thanks Tipper. My mother said the churches in the area she grew up in frequently had guest pastors from other denominations. The three she remembers are Methodist, baptists and Presbyterian.

Maggie was truly loved with the hope by others to not be forgotten. Thanks for sharing this story and to help keep her story and spirit alive.

What a treasure you are to your community! Wouldn’t a short bio encased in glass be a beautiful memorial to her in the halls of that historic church ❤ I Love your storytelling 😇

I loved this video about Maggie's Chapel. It reminds me so much of the connections between family that are always brought up when I visit my family in Barren County Kentucky. As a child I would laugh at how everyone was connected to everyone else but now my heart aches to be part of those connections. I don't live in Kentucky and the "old" folks are almost all gone and those connections are being lost. Thank you so much for this video. It makes me want to take a trip south and rediscover my roots.

Loved this story. Very interesting to know the lady Maggie that is buried there is truly where she should be. Glad you were curious and found the information that the lady that's buried there is who the chapel is named after. ❤️

Oh Tipper this video put me in the mind of a song that we sang many times at the Mill Creek Baptist Church in Mill Creek Indiana. The song is: the Little Brown church in the Vale. I may have gotten the title wrong but it's close. Thanks for the wonderful videos.

You are a most special lady. Thank you for sharing the story of Maggie.

My mother was Methodist my father's side was Baptist they all told me it didn't matter what religion as long as you do right by other people! I've been lucky enough to meet many people in my life from many religions ❤️

What a Beautiful Story....and you bring it to us so well....thank you Tipper. It reminds me of the church where my Mommas family attended... Deep Gap in Del Rio. The first time I attended there they had no electricity....oil lamps hanging on the walls..I played the piano there for several funerals of family members...... ❤️❤️ It is also Clark Cemetery where all of Mommas family is buried....and my Mom and Dad & Brother and Sister....

Love your storytelling and your persistence in searching for answers to your inquiries!!! You were lucky to find a lady who solved the Maggie mystery. Beautiful peaceful place. Thanks for sharing your experience. God bless and love to all! 💕🤗🙏🏻

❤ So sweet Tipper!

Tipper, I am envious of your strong sense of community in a part of the world that seems simple at first glance but is rich in history & spirit. The church & grounds are obviously well cared for. Maggie would be so pleased.

I enjoyed learning about Maggie and I appreciate your sharing her story. I think learning about the lives of ordinary people brings history to life and makes it real. It's not just an abstract, it's Maggie, whose grandparents were pioneering settlers of the area, who died young, whose bereaved husband honored her dying wish. One of the things I admire about Appalachia is that people's roots go deep and are so tied to a sense of place. I'm the 5th generation of my family in California, since the 1850s, and that's unusual here. Less than 2/3 of people in California were born here, so most people don't have a sense of rootedness and connection, of having been shaped by the land and its people.

I’m so happy that I found your channel. I’m not from Appalachia at all but always been fascinated by the region and love it so much! Your videos are so comforting to me!

This is lovely. Please say hello to Maggie the next time you visit her grave. There's a grave of a little baby girl behind my mum's grave. Her name is Stacey and she died one month old. She died in the seventies so not that long ago, but there are never any flowers on her grave. I always leave some when I visit. I'd love to know the story of this little soul. Thank you for sharing Tipper, I do enjoy your stories so much.

Wonderful story. Like your analogy of the old home and hillside where the church sits. Thanks for sharing!

That was a very interesting story about Maggie. I think it is so interesting to be able to explore and dig into information and solve what we considered a mystery. Then to find the answer what a thrill that is. To bad Maggie died so young but I think a lot of people died young back in those days. Thanks for sharing. ❤️

I really enjoyed this episode, I've been doing family history for over 20 years and enjoy going to cemeteries to help transcribe gravestones to post online. Sometimes a name, a unique stone, or transcription inspires me to research the person. History, whether it be my own family or someone else's, needs to be told and passed down. Thank you!

It’s always good to hear stories that reflect on our past and can be put into place where they fit in our ongoing lives. We do not walk these paths alone.

Really interesting story Tipper. Interesting also to note the names on the headstones, Cunningham, Martin, your own family, it's like reading the headstones here in our meeting house. Martin is also a common name round me, James Martin, who our church hall is named after, was a member of our congregation, he's remembered as the inventor of the pilot's ejector seat, after his good friend Valentine Baker was killed testing an experimental plane in the 1930's. Some people think it's morbid walking among headstones, but you get a sense of history of a locality by the monuments left behind no matter how small.

Tipper, this was truly an amazing journey in your neck of the woods. As you said, a bitter sweet story of a young wife and mother with her final wish where for her final resting place was to be. Thank you my dear lady for sharing such a beautiful tale. God's blessings be with you and your family.

What a wonderful story of Maggie and the history there. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I thoroughly enjoy you sweet lady! You have the gift of storytelling, you really do, was mesmerized. Thank you for sharing and all the way here in California, Maggie's name is being spoken and her memory kept alive, so sweet!

I guess others who visit would like to know this wonderful story, maybe a plaque for Maggie from the town?💛 sweet thought that maybe Maggie planted those daffodils you noticed🕊️

When my mama was little... They had 1 church.. And each time a traveling preacher came... Each one was from a different denomination... Baptist.. Methodist.. Pentecostal... And so on. My mama has fond mories of everyone gathering. Meals after church where everyone would bring whatever they had to share... And Baptisms in the lake nearest by. Good memories... Thx again.. For jarring me to remember❤️

What a wonderful history... thanks Tipper 🤗❤️

I love the story of Maggie. It just goes to tell that we don't really die if we are remembered. Thank you

Such a wonderful story. I believe those probably are her daffodils . It would be wonderful if someone from the church dug up a few of those daffodils and replanted them on each side of her tombstone. She may not have any living relatives to bring her flowers.

Wonderful story, Tipper. I agree, you are a treasure!

You always tell the best stories. My mom had a great grandpa from Scotland called Pap. He played a fiddle. Pap told good hant tales.

What a beautiful cemetery and what a beautiful back drop with the mountains.

What a sweet story. Thank you so much.

How interesting. What a lovely church and beautiful story. Thank you for sharing Maggie and her flowers.

I love stories like this and know you must be really pleased to have solved the story of Maggie. I believe somehow she is happy that someone cared enough to ask the questions and piece together her story.

Such a beautiful story. Thank you!

You don't know where you are until you know where you been. My Mama's Daddy would say those Graves are your roots , you take care of your roots. After Granddaddy passed my brother picked it up.

I Love history, and I love this area of the mountains. This to me is what keeps me loving this channel. It’s all the stories, the teachings and of course you good folks. God continue to bless you all .

I love this sort of history. It’s not a great or a blockbuster hit, but it’s immensely meaningful and valuable because it is an ingredient of what our lives today are made up of. Sometimes just a smidgen of something makes a recipe- leaving it out produces a bland flavorless product. This story is one of those smidgens 😊. Thank you for sharing.

Great story!! We have a little old Methodist church, with a cemetery, close to our house… maybe we will research some history about it. Thanks for sharing this story.

What a beautiful story.

You are so special Tipper! It amazes me everyday how good a friend we would be if I was up there. I would be out hunting history with you. What is really amazing is how our lives run parallel. Just today I ran across a photo I had saved and and got to studying it more. As I looked, it was about 70 or so people that stood on the old church front porch and in front of the church. I zoomed in and started noticing relatives. It was a photo from 1953. There was my grandmother and behind her was my grandfather, who was known not to go to church that much except on holidays and special days. He was a farmer 7 days a week. With 11 children at home I guess he had to be. They grew tobacco, plus had a huge garden. All my memories of my grandmother are steeped around her either shelling or shucking. I loved your story! I am so drawn to Cherokee County, I know there must be a relative or two from there. I do know Johnston County was where most my granddaddy's folks were from . I am sure some would have wondered yall's way as many of them that there were!---lol Again, thanks for sharing!

Thanks Tipper a really nice story. Thanks so much for sharing.

Thank you Dear Tipper such a great story an beautiful church ...

It was so nice sitting down and listening to you tell this story. The chapel is so beautiful and friendly. It is amazing all the connections in life and how it weaves together. I could almost see Maggie sitting beside you on the steps and saying “Tipper, don’t forget to tell the folks about my flowers and my old home.” A lovely story for tonight. Thank you.

I loved this story!!! Tipper you have the most soothing voice.

that was absolutly beautiful, thank you mrs.T for sharing.

Your surroundings never cease to amaze me tipper they keep on giving,thanks for another slice of beautiful Appalachia and a wonderful piece of local history,god bless Maggie hope she didn’t suffer to much.

The way you pronounce Maggie reminds me of an old log house (sadly gone) near where my Aunt lived. There were a couple of elderly ladies lived there. My aunt said they were the 'Mocassin' sisters. Fifty year later I found out it was Magnusson. Glad to hear the story of Maggie's Chapel! Now can you tell me the story of Maggie Valley? I always wondered who that was named after every time I saw the sign on Interstate 40. While looking at my map of NC, I noticed Mars Hill College. At some point, someone told me of a museum or historical village there. They even drew me a map showing where I could park a truck to go see it, but I never had the opportunity. If you ever get a chance, I hope you will make a video there.

I have said it before but, your channel has been a most fortunate find for me. Hugh Mack Collett and Amanda (Stalcup) Collett are my 4th Great grandparents. I did not know about the Martins or Maggie’s church. I appreciate this new story to add to my family’s heritage. Thank you. I have to get the volumes you referenced.

Thank you, Tipper! What a great story!! I love Churches and my husband loves to walk through old cemeteries. So many stories!!!!

I loved this story. I think it’s so important to remember these stories. We live outside of Grantsville WVa and love driving the old roads and just wondering what it was like back in the day. You see a house about to be reclaimed by nature, but I can’t help but to think about those who use to live there and call it home.