I visited Crews Cemetery in an area that was once the community of New River, now a ghost town. While New River was in Bradford County Florida, Crews Cemetery is located across the river in Union County. Most of the people who are buried here were from the Crews family, or their descendants. A little over a mile from this location, on the other side of the river, was the Ben Sapp Cemetery; which I have previously filmed. That cemetery was originally on the plantation of Henry Sapp, an early pioneer of the area. Many of the families buried at both cemeteries are connected through marriage or by DNA. The home of John Bryan Crews and his wife, Celia Sapp Crews, is still standing on private land about a half mile southwest of the cemetery. Seeing the house is like looking back in time to the pioneer era of Florida history. Thank you for watching! Please be sure to subscribe to this channel, like the video, and leave a comment. Video of the Ben Sapp Cemetery: https://youtu.be/Aea6H7gcy0g Website: https://kindred-roots.com Photos found from Findagrave, Ancestry, and/or taken by myself.

The Ben Sapp Cemetery is still on Sapp family land in Bradford County Florida. This land was once part of a plantation in the ghost town of New River. Henry Sapp first settled this land in the 1830s and built it into a self sustaining plantation. Although requiring enslaved people to work the plantation, the Sapp family were known to have been kind to their slaves and treated them well for that time. Even after emancipation, some of the former slaves stayed with the Sapps to continue helping. This respect between the races carried on for generations. Surrounded by private family land, I was granted permission to visit Ben Sapp Cemetery. Walk with me through the cemetery as I share some knowledge of the people buried there. The Sapp family history in Bradford County is also a part of Florida history. Thanks for watching! Please like, subscribe, and share. Check out the new Kindred Roots Website: https://kindred-roots.com A hub for genealogists and history geeks. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk From Slavery to Friendship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64RK0F4JWaw 12/05/1984, New River, FL (Friends) (Slaves) - A rare American story that began in slavery and blossomed into friendship. There is nothing sentimental about slavery, but this is a story unique in our history. In 1834 a white family bought a black family. At the end of the Civil War something special happened that set them together against the grain of the time.

On a genealogical pilgrimage to Georgia, I visited a cemetery in Toombs County Georgia, in an area that was once Tattnall County, which was the site of the old Fox Bay Church (Later know as Old Reedy.) This was one of the oldest churches in Tattnall County. Sadly, over time, it decayed and crumbled and eventually burned when a wildfire spread. It was located overlooking land that was owned by Salem Sapp and his family. I was not able to film the graves like I normally do. Shortly after I arrived, someone walked up. The outcome of this meeting would change the course of my day. Since I did not film the graves on this visit, I wanted to honor the deceased by listing their names and display any photos I could find of them. The abandoned Salem Sapp Cemetery: https://youtu.be/dpsRM7IVlwg Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk

Join me as I walk through historic Beards Creek Cemetery in Tattnall County Georgia. I visited this cemetery on a pilgrimage to my ancestral lands in Georgia. As an avid genealogist and family history researcher, this was a trip of a lifetime. "Beards Creek Church was orderly constituted on December 29, 1804, by the Rev. John Gooldwire, the Rev. John Standford, the Rev. Isham Peacock, and the Rev. David Hennesy, all orderly Baptist ministers." You may recall my video of Jones Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery. Jones Creek was founded by members of Beards Creek, including Rev. Moses Westberry. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/OGQ1e3LGg9A Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk

Woodyard Cemetery, formerly known as Devil's Woodyard, is the final resting place for Florida pioneer families and their descendants that settled in southern Taylor County between Salem and Fish Creek. These families settled in an inhospitable area enduring scorching heat and sweltering humidity, along with snakes, gators, mosquitos, and other wildlife that put them in danger daily. Some of these families include Strickland, Sapp, Levingston, Hudson, Drawdy, Finnie, and the Russells who came from England. Salem Part 1: https://youtu.be/VXJ4kzdxGuk Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk

Salem Florida - Part 2: https://youtu.be/2QK2DCy7IsQ In the late 1800s and early 1900s, families began to settle in southern Taylor County Florida during the lumber and turpentine boom. Not all families were affiliated with this industry, though. Some were simple farmers who were given land grants to improve the wild land and homestead there. These photos are of the Strickland, Sapp, Russell, and other pioneer families that settled in the area known as Salem. Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk

I visited the historic Little Flock Cemetery in rural Tattnall County Georgia. Here are buried many early Tattnall County Pioneers such as John "Boss" Lynn, who had at least 18 children! The cemetery is located in an area known as Lynntown, north of Reidsville near the Ohoopee River. I was in Tattnall County doing some family history research on the Sapp family, and I was recommended a few cemeteries to visit - and Little Flock was one of them. As I visited the graves in the old cemetery, I recognized many names from my family history research. Edit: I have been told that the house at the beginning of the video was the first schoolhouse in the Lynntown community and was later made a home by Alfred Findley. Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk

The Old Bellamy Road is the oldest road in America and portions of this road still exist throughout north Florida. The Bellamy Road was built to link St. Augustine and Pensacola before statehood, when Florida was just a territory. It followed the old Spanish trail known as Camino Real. But the Spanish weren't the first to use it. It had been traveled by the Native Americans long before the Spanish arrived in the New World. In this video, I take a drive down a few portions of this historic road in Alachua County Florida. Although residents live on this road, and some portions are paved, you can still see the scenic beauty of Old Florida as you pass under the old oak trees that line the road. As an added treat, there are a few 19th and early 20th century structures built by Florida pioneers that still stand along the road. Website: https://kindred-roots.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindredRoots79 Blog: https://www.kindred-roots.com/blog Merch: https://www.kindred-roots.com/shop Do you need help with your genealogy? Want to know more about your family history? Please reach out! https://www.kindred-roots.com/services If you would like to get started with Ancestry or are interested in Ancestry DNA, click here: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljWkk