Ghost Town Cemetery

A rainy, chilly morning visit to a ghost town cemetery. This is all that remains of a deep South town that was destroyed during the American War Between the States

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Travel & Events

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• ghost
• cemetery
• civil
• war

[lazydayhohum]

May I ask who is the artist singing the back ground music?

[messabout1]

@lazydayhohum Sorry, unknown

[messabout1]

@addernoir01 the town was built as a river port and when the railroad was built in about 1850, it bypassed the town, then the county seat was moved from there to scottsboro which was on the railing

[Tavarith]

theres one in thier that says the man died in the 1940's.......that means this town ended way after the war between the states

[messabout1]

@Tavarith

No, that only means they were still burying people there after the town was long gone

[Tavarith]

facsinating place tho....wonder where the buildings are

[messabout1]

@Tavarith

The town was destroyed during the War Between the States but the railraod had already hurt this river town so the town just died out . . the cemetery is all that is left.

[creolelady182]

Love this footage of the cemetery. Please tell me about the background music. I am always hunting for new cemeteries to sculk around in. I have been to every last cemetery there is in Louisiana but the Bellafonte is quite unique. You had a shot of huge tree roots bulging out from the fence. When that person wass buried there over a hundred years ago- one can tell there was no tree there at the time the person was buried.Another great video Messabout

[dean11081988]

shame realy as i said before you can tell that it must have been a prity welthy place with the fancy head stones and the fenced family bits any way thanks for posting and talking bye

[1NX9]

Sorta sad really.

[ghostryder0079]

@EUROTRASHSPAMMER I have a love for cemeteries...couldnt tell you why though. If you would please take some pics i'll give you my email address so you can show them to me. There is one located in Louisville, Ky called "Eastern Cemetery" with somewhat a morbid past to it...it's an interesting cemetery to read about and visit.

[EUROTRASHSPAMMER]

@ghostryder0079

There's one abandoned cemetery just like this about a half mile down the road from me here in Richmond.

The most recent headstone I've seen is from the twenties, but most are from the late 18th century.

[ghostryder0079]

A simple and yet creative vid...you have my respect.

[Ishhkabibble]

@905ruthless905 For the exception of a few teeth, bodies and coffins not buried in a water-tight vault would be complety gone after about 80 years. The only thing left would be certain metal objects made of brass or bornze like casket handles, or precious metals like the gold in teeth, etc.. In most cases, that is. Man, this is a depressing one. Just think... to be totally forgotten. Totally. Forgotten by man but not by God! And that is all that really matters.

[Opium331]

Beautiful

[XacTR]

The song is He is a Wonder in My Soul. Old school gospel. Very beautiful song.