Join us as Cecil and I delve into the history of Pineville, Sumter County, Georgia—a ghost town that once thrived but now exists only as remnants of the Pineville Cemetery. This burial ground, heavily damaged and largely forgotten, is the final resting place of some of the area’s early settlers, including members of the Horne, Wallace, and Hornady families.
Pineville began in 1833 as Horton’s Store and flourished after becoming Pineville, with stores, schools, and even a carriage and blacksmith shop. However, competition from the nearby town of Danville, combined with the decline of its school, led to Pineville’s abandonment. Today, all that remains is this cemetery, where names like Capt. Littleton E. Spivey, Susan E. C. Horne, and John B. Wallace remind us of its storied past.
We also discuss Danville, once a bustling Flint River port town founded by Martin Miller in 1835. My 4th great-grandfather, Shadrick Joiner, was an early settler there, and I was searching for cemeteries tied to Danville when I discovered Pineville Cemetery. Danville eventually faded as the railroad shifted commerce to Americus, leaving behind no traces of its existence.
Discover the rich, layered history of these forgotten towns and their people in this journey into the past.
Don’t forget to check out my other historical explorations at youtube.com/@TheOldByrdFarm.
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The fences may have been removed for “Scrap Metal” during World War II.
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Hi Robert and Cecil….a sad but interesting cemetery vlog…the cemetery needs major TLC to clean it up….but old' cemetery are always so interesting and informative with so much history….thanks for vlogging it….take care….. Deborah 🇨🇦
It still amazes me how ignorant some people can be. To breakup and toss aside someone's headstone is so disgusting. Karma will catch up them one day.
My mother used to mention Danville when I was a child . She was born in Cochran GA in 1922 .
thats a shame could some of that damage be caused by a riding mower i wonder
Will the d2 make the epitaph easier to read or is it worn down from weather?
Uncle Robert you and your friends are the best and the best history teachers and Role models and mentors and fathers and tutors and you and your friends have the best sense of humors and personality,s you and your friends are hard working and out going and out spoken. And opinated and you and your friends are generous you and your friends do.a anything for anyone you and your friends are on time and never late and you and your friends are considered and respectable and kind and caring and loving and friendly and charming and witty and senStive and truthful and trusting and honest and loyal and faithful and you and your friends have goals and dreams and aspirAtions and stars in your eyes and your smiles light up any room ok
I often wonder how people sleep knowing they stole some person's burial fence. Until my sister laid dying and some drugged up idiot stole her blanket she laid wrapped in. I could kill them myself, yet today's crooked government would lock me up instead. Sad Humans
Uncle Robert your history stories all have lessons to them they don,t talk about in our history books and notes and libraries also ok
Looks cold down there in Georgia this week!!
Judging by the cemetery, Pineville was a lot bigger than I'd thought
1858 seems like it was a bad year for those Pineville residents… makes you wonder what disease or ?? was happening? Sad…
It’s to bad that people are so destructive.
Quite an undertaking, that you guys are doing. Your Georgia’s heart, Cecil and Mr. Robert.
Thanks for caring and all your effort is not forgotten.
Admirable work Gentlemen. Thank you
Like in the uk villages come and go through the centuries ❤
Thanks for sharing and recording this forgotten cemetery. Makes me so sad these stones are so badly damaged and some just scattered about. And it's too bad that someone didn't record this cemetery early on document it before it got so bad.
god bless you both, for giving these loved ones their names back 🙂
Aloha 🌺 Very sad to see the condition of the grave yard. Hurts my heart. Thank you gentlemen! 🌺🥰♥️
Thanks guys God Bless
This is soo sad..😢💔
Never thought I would become a fan of your channel. But since diving into and making our family tree I can not stop searching for my ancestors burial sites. I;ve found my great great grandmothers site ( I think) but they bulldozed the plot to make way for acar dealership. So sad. I live in the caribbean and she was a slave.
It's sad when this kind of thing happens. 😢 Descendents move away and lose interest after years away. Then somebody comes in and steals and destroys gravesites. Who does the property belong to now? Georgia law allows abandoned cemeteries to be taken over by a local government.
I appreciate your videos and what you guys do. I wish I lived closer to Georgia so I could hang out with you guys and talk history.
John B. Wallace was in the 12th Georgia Infantry. His and the Captain need CS government markers installed.
Hello. I found your channel a couple years ago and enjoy watching it. I'm a genealogist and enjoy videos that show old cemeteries, graveyards and burial grounds. Most of my family research has been north of West Virginia. I have not had any relatives south of West Virginia. So my question is about some of the grave markers. In many of the videos I've seen, you are showing graves that have flat markers that are about 5 ft long and flush with the ground. Some other on false crypts others are right on the ground. I don't see that much in the genealogy research I do. So I'm curious why graves are like that in your area. Do you know why? Is it as simple as it's tradition in your area or is it is there a reason because of the soil etc?
Robert when will you be going back to the old bird farm…
My husband and I regularly watch your u tube. Today we were watching this program when you documented the grave of Courtney Horn Hargrove, wife of W. D. Hargrove which is a surname in my husband's lineage. We found that this W. D. Hargrove is a first cousin 4x removed to my husband. He is a nephew of my husband's 3x great grandfather. W. D. is William Dudley. He and Courtney had 2 sons both who we believe were born in Sumpter Co., Georgia. We also have William Dudley Hargrove remarried after the death of Courtney Horn Hargrove. We believe his second wife was Margaret A Joiner. Thanks so much for all of your research.
It’s always sad to see the state of so many cemeteries these days. People don’t respect or take care of things or places anymore. I’ve seen it a lot recently.
My 3 grt grandfather has no headstone nor foot marker left. I suspect he and his wife may be in a vacant spot in the row just above where his son b 1835 and d. 1920 DIL b 1832 d. 1907 are buried. Is there anyway to find out if there are actually graves in the blank area. I was told dowsing rods work. If it goes to the head, it's a man and the feet area a woman?
This is a broken cemetery, and it's sad to see how it's disappearing –just as its town disappeared before it.
So much intentionality in this video. Thank you for what you're doing to preserve and share local history.
You are transforming images of stones in the ground to the names and memories of the real individuals laid to rest there. We can only hope someone does the same for us in 175 years!
Excellent…would love to see a video about SURVEYING and researching What…how..etc. My people are from Arkansas and Missouri. Planning a trip there to find my great and great great grands. Great work.
Where is your brush?