Desecration of the Dead! Lost Overgrown Cemetery of Original Settlers. (Part 1)

Ron, I'm in the Country, about 20 minutes from the cemetery, and I spoke with McHenry County Conservation and Greenwood Township today, 4/8/2024. Conservation was taking care of it as prairie land, so they would just do a burn. Not too long ago, maybe after you published this video, the Land Conservatory in the county started the process/paperwork to obtain the property so that they can legally take care of the property properly. This process could take another 6 months to a year for the paperwork to clear and ownership deeded to the Land Conservatory. Until this is completed, nobody can legally do anything to the property. The people in Greenwood Township would love to clean it up and take care of it, but they don't have a legal claim and they don't have the funding to undertake the cleanup and maintenance. The representative I spoke to runs the Greenwood Cemetery, and it is very well maintained. I will follow-up as best I can, but at this point it is tied up in red tape. Once it clears they will probably be looking for volunteers to help out. I will try to keep you posted on the progress.

The condition of the cemetery is horrific!!! You can't even see the sign with the name of the cemetery on it unless you remove the tall plants hiding it. If the owner is getting paid to keep up the cemetery, he's pocketing the money and letting the foliage take over the cemetery. There aren't any No Trespassing signs. I hope the citizens in the area will do something about this pathetic cemetery. The people buried there deserve more respect than being lost in tall foliage. Thank you for respecting those buried there and paying tribute to their lives.

I can only imagine how many small cemeteries like that are peppered across America . Thank you Ron .

My husband and I found a small cemetery not far from our house with graves mostly in the 1800's. It was hidden behind all the weeds and shrubs but I happened to see 1 tall headstone as we drove by. We went back and it was so sad.....We plan on taking equipment this spring sometime and getting it all cleaned up. Ppl we have talked to had no idea it was there.

What you go through Ron, to make sure these folks aren’t forgotten. And you bring us all along to pay our respects as well. Shame on this community! I cannot believe the state this cemetery is in. If it weren’t for these people resting here, they would not even be able to call this home!

This was fun and interesting. Being overgrown may be what has kept this cemetery from being vandalized. The flowers in it were so pretty. Thanks.

Those tall shrubs that you were walking through at 3:39 are called Staghorn Sumac. One can harvest the reddish orange heads and make sumac lemonade out of them. Check to see if they are ready by rubbing your fingers on them and then putting them to your tongue. If that tastes very, VERY tart, then you are ready to make a pitcher of it. This video reminds me here in Nebraska that it is time to go pick some. A glass of that will contain more Vitamin C than a glass of orange juice.

It’s a shame this cemetery has been forgotten thank you for remembering these poor souls

We found our original family cemetery 20 years ago it was now in the woods the trees have overtaken it. There was a tombstone grown into a tree and about 2 feet up….. and it turns out my great great grandfather had a trust that is still paying a monthly stipend to a family to maintain it….

Wow! You had a lot of nerve to walk into those brambles! Thanks for taking us along.

Oh! What a MESS! If that's where my family was burried, they would have to go without my visit. Yes! Someone needs to make that a service project, or something! Thanks for being so brave to fight your way in to show us what you could. Although, I worry you will step in a hole 🕳 and break your leg or something. Three cheers to Deb for finding out info on these folks who are burried in this jungle. RIP 🙏 to these folks 😢 And stay safe Ron! 🙏 💕

Whenever you visit cemeteries and read names aloud it reminds my of the Shirley Temple movie “The Blue Bird” where Shirley Temple and her brother in the movie go on a journey and see their grandparents who’ve passed. Her grandmother tells her whenever someone says their name aloud “they come to life” because they are being remembered ❤ I kind of feel that’s what happens when you read all these beautiful souls headstones.. What day you had in this cemetery. Thanks Ron!

Wow that was awesome Ron!! Thank you. That town should be ashamed to let that cemetery get like that!!

That is so sad that the Queen Anne Prairie Cemetery isn't taken care of and left to the weeds to swallow the graves up. We should all write to the city of Greenwood, Illinois and complain. You are brave to go through those nasty weeds. Heck to the no would I! LOL Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull born August 10, 1947...Hey it's his birthday! What are the odds?! Happy Birthday Ian! And yes, he is alive 😀 I feel so bad for the cows with all those flies all over them. I wish I could do something to help rid them of the flies.

Wow!! That is one EXTREMELY overgrown cemetery!! It really needs a good clean up!! I'm glad you didn't encounter any ticks, stinging insects, or snakes, Ron!!🐍🐜🐝😱 Thanks for sharing this hidden gem with us!! XXXX 👍🤗❤💗

That is very sad, but thank you for remembering these forgotten people and sharing this with us, Mr Ron ❤

❤ Hi there! From SC , on a Thursday here. I want you to know that I only just found your site on here by chance one afternoon when you covered a familiar face in a Most beautiful statuesque monuement made by a grieving Dad For his little girl. It had happened somewhere in or around the Chicago area, a time back, say 1910, maybe a bit after. But the child got electrocuted in the most tragic of ways! I just recall feeling imense sadness pour through my entire body as i watched her story be told. When i saw her burial stone appear on your show that day, i became a subscriber, and i have not missed a show you have done since. I just want to personally Thank You , Sir. Thank you for reminding all of us that we will all want someone like you around looking for our Forgotten Faces One Day, too😊❤.

That first stone is in unbelievably beautiful condition 😮 thanks for the adventure Ron😊

Ron, Deb is amazing. My sister inquired about our paternal side, grandma info was so vague, and in 45 minutes thanx to Deb, we had a lot of answers. even a new heritage we didn't know we are. she voluntarily pm my sister. Then so awesome finding out truths of our lives after all years of lies, I look mirror image to our gr8 gr8 grandpa. we was both in a shock but so relieved. Thanx to you Ron your facebook page, Deb looking up pages only she has access and informing, my sister and I can officially heal. They say ppl in our lives for a reason. We knew we love your videos and learn so much, but never in my life did I know we get all these answers. You and Deb are blessings Ron. Ty ever so deeply from bottom our hearts xxxxxxxx love yall

Good morning, Ron! I love the old, forgotten cemeteries. Thanks for another good one, have a blessed day from southern Florida!❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻