I’m going searching for the place the Indians were buried at Indian grave gap on the Tn. /N.C. Border. Most people don’t realize there was actual graves up there. My dad is passing away and he surveyed it back in the 70’s I’ll video it if I make it. Thanks for this.

I was especially blessed by this video. Losing history, or worse yet, destroying history is a sure way to lose track of where we are going. America staggers in the noon day. Thanks for taking the time to look into this long forgotten piece of history. Your endeavors to clean up this cemetery are most appreciated. God bless brother.

My ancestors settled NC and spread from there staring in the 1700’s. There are so many dead ends in my genealogical search. Thank you for helping myself and others that are not in the area, find answers.

In the 1830's the Indigenous American's removal act caused what we know as the trail of tears, many natives hid in the mountains to avoid being caught, It wouldn't be a leap of logic that they buried their dead up in the mountains and disguised it to look like settler graveyards to remain undetected.

I was born and raised in Boston. My dad bought a cabin in New Hampshire. I’d spend the summer there exploring the woods. This was the early 1970’s. One day I found the rock foundation of an old home and the graves of the settlers. I returned with some tracing paper and chalk. The grave markers date back to the late 1600’s.

'NC Land Grant Images and Data' or 'North Carolina. Secretary of State. Land Grant Office. Land records, North Carolina and Tennessee; indexes, 1600-1959'. I'm uncertain (either one) if you need a surname or plot number for these sites, but both are public information, no fee. Also Google Earth may help you find old homesteads, look for newer vegetation patches in old growth forest. Love this kind of thing!

Theres alot of young saplings growing there, so in time that will be a forgotten graveyard to us when the trees get bigger....but they have not been forgotten by the Lord, because he is wrapping them in his arms!

When I was in second grade, in LA (lower Alabama) running around in the woods with friends, we stumbled across an overgrown small family plot-sized gravesite, it had a waist-high wrought iron fence around it, covered in vines, the standing tombstones were barely legible covered in moss and lichens, but I remember some of the dates were the late 1700s.

My family came from the area of SW Virginia where Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina all meet, I was doing research last night and was shocked to find a ancestor born in the early 1700's that died very early in the 1800's at the age of 92, I think that was pretty rare back then but it fits in with my current family genetics of lots of family members making it to 90+

I found this very compelling and comforting in these uncertain times. Our roots and history really need to be preserved. I appreciate the reverence you showed in acknowledging the real people who committed their loved ones to that piece of land.

They existed. Thats just beautiful.

Im 54yo i was born and raised in Southern Granville County in the piedmont of North Carolina. Beside the house i grew up in was a graveyard in the middle of a tobacco field that had trees around it. The headstones looked just like those. Wasnt those same ones but looked just like that. 18 years later when im grown with children my best friend calls and says can you help me put a head stone on my relatives grave i said sure. To make a long long story short. Those graves were his ancestors that fought and died in the civil war. And a organization called

I was so moved by this video. Families used to take care of their family resting places; now more and more of them are being neglected. I would love to see more of this story.

My ancestors lived in western NC for hundreds of years mostly in Burke and McDowell counties on my dads side. It’s on my bucket list to visit. Thanks for sharing! I find it addictive! Lol

thank you for helping to keep that cemetery cleaned

I really like these types of video's...very interesting. 16 kids! Holy smokes! I for one would really like to hear more and see where the homestead was. Thanks for sharing this Ben!

Such a cool story. Imagine coming across that lady at the perfect time. I'm sure the old homesite isn't too far away from the family plot. I know just how steep those mountains are. It will test your lungs. I truly enjoyed it.

Great job on the history of the family and cemetery. Nobody should be forgotten. Kudos 👍

Nice find! Love seeing old cemeteries. Glad you tried reading the names & dates.

I live in the NC mountains and when I was a kid we found an old graveyard up in the mountain behind my house. Deep woods. Trees growing up in between grave's. Creepy when I was a kid.