WEBVTT 00:01.001 --> 00:06.639 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:07.607 --> 00:09.242 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% (narrator) The search for our ancestry 00:09.342 --> 00:11.111 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% has never been easier. 00:11.211 --> 00:13.179 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% With the advent of massive databases, 00:13.279 --> 00:15.181 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% the digitizing of millions of records 00:15.281 --> 00:17.250 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% both public and private, 00:17.350 --> 00:20.687 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% and even the widespread availability of DNA testing, 00:20.787 --> 00:23.156 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% someone with enough gumption can find out 00:23.256 --> 00:26.359 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% just about anything about their distant past. 00:26.459 --> 00:29.462 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But what if the cold glow of a computer screen 00:29.562 --> 00:31.598 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% or the musty smell of old documents 00:31.698 --> 00:33.867 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% isn't enough to satisfy you? 00:33.967 --> 00:36.436 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% What if you find out that part of your past 00:36.536 --> 00:41.107 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% is hidden in a tomb and it's out there somewhere? 00:41.207 --> 00:42.675 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% Meet J.R. Robinson 00:42.776 --> 00:44.377 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% and his cousin Alan Matthews, 00:44.477 --> 00:45.812 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% descendants of a family 00:45.912 --> 00:48.948 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% long gone from this southern tip of our state 00:49.049 --> 00:53.053 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% near Ocean Isle, the remarkable Gause Family. 00:53.153 --> 00:55.422 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Uh, William Gause, Sr., uh, 00:55.522 --> 00:59.159 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% started off in Horry County, South Carolina. 00:59.259 --> 01:01.628 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% He was the patriarch of the Gause family. 01:01.728 --> 01:03.496 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% It all began with him. 01:03.596 --> 01:06.299 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% He moved to Brunswick County and bought a-- 01:06.399 --> 01:08.835 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% thousands of acres of land, uh, 01:08.935 --> 01:10.670 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and started a turpentine business. 01:10.770 --> 01:13.506 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Of course, they had plantations, and, uh, 01:13.606 --> 01:15.508 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% the roads here, uh-- Brick Landing 01:15.608 --> 01:17.744 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% was where they imported brick from England 01:17.844 --> 01:19.179 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% to build their homes 01:19.279 --> 01:22.582 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and as well as this tomb behind us, uh. 01:22.682 --> 01:24.784 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% William Gause, Jr., uh-- 01:24.884 --> 01:27.454 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% he, uh, fought with George Washington 01:27.554 --> 01:30.490 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% in the Revolutionary War, and, uh, 01:30.590 --> 01:33.193 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% George Washington went on a southern tour 01:33.293 --> 01:34.627 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% that went through here, 01:34.727 --> 01:37.931 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and he went 14 miles out of his way 01:38.031 --> 01:40.333 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% to spend the night and have breakfast 01:40.433 --> 01:42.635 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% with our grandfather, William Gause, Jr. 01:42.735 --> 01:44.637 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% (narrator) J.R.'s cousin Bobby Matthews 01:44.737 --> 01:46.639 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% was the original family historian, 01:46.739 --> 01:49.476 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and he found evidence of a lost tomb. 01:49.576 --> 01:51.211 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% (J.R.) My cousin Bobby told me. 01:51.311 --> 01:54.013 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% He said, "There's a tomb; the tomb is out there. 01:54.114 --> 01:55.915 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% You know, it's hard to find." 01:56.015 --> 01:57.917 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% We searched and searched and searched, 01:58.017 --> 02:00.320 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and our other cousin Dickie Carmichael was with him, 02:00.420 --> 02:03.456 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and they were about to give up tryin' to find the tomb, 02:03.556 --> 02:05.191 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and Dickie said, "I found it." 02:05.291 --> 02:07.494 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And he went over, and they looked it over, 02:07.594 --> 02:09.762 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and he told me, he said, you know, 02:09.863 --> 02:11.364 align:left position:50%,start line:83% size:40% "You really gotta see this." 02:11.464 --> 02:13.366 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% He says, "This thing is a-- 02:13.466 --> 02:15.368 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% it's a work of art," you know. 02:15.468 --> 02:17.370 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% "It's something that you're never-- 02:17.470 --> 02:19.706 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% you're not gonna see another, uh--uh, 02:19.806 --> 02:21.074 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% structure like this." 02:21.174 --> 02:22.509 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% I saw this. 02:22.609 --> 02:24.244 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% I knew it was something special. 02:24.344 --> 02:26.312 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% I knew it was one of a kind. 02:26.412 --> 02:29.115 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% We didn't actually find it the first time we were here. 02:29.215 --> 02:30.550 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% It was so thick, 02:30.650 --> 02:32.285 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and everybody's, "Don't go out there. 02:32.385 --> 02:34.020 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% The snakes are gonna bite you." 02:34.120 --> 02:36.322 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% To be honest, I stood at the adjacent field, 02:36.422 --> 02:37.924 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% and I looked this way. 02:38.024 --> 02:39.792 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I said, "I bet it's right there. 02:39.893 --> 02:41.861 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% "From what I been told and reading maps 02:41.961 --> 02:43.596 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and the marks, it's right there." 02:43.696 --> 02:45.198 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And I was right. 02:45.298 --> 02:47.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% You could stand... 02:47.500 --> 02:49.636 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% right here and not see the tomb. 02:49.736 --> 02:51.437 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% It was that thick. 02:51.538 --> 02:53.273 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% Uncle Bob, when he saw it, 02:53.373 --> 02:55.675 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% actually said to me that he was standing-- 02:55.775 --> 02:58.244 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and I surmise this was in the '70s-- 02:58.344 --> 03:01.648 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% he said to me that he was 12 feet from the tomb 03:01.748 --> 03:03.249 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% and did not know it. 03:03.349 --> 03:05.318 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65% (J.R.) And was on his hands and knees. 03:05.418 --> 03:08.121 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And was on his hands and knees penetrating the brush. 03:08.221 --> 03:10.423 align:left position:47.5%,start line:77% size:42.5% It was definitely hidden away and forgotten. 03:10.523 --> 03:12.158 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% [piano chords playing in background] 03:12.258 --> 03:14.727 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% (narrator) Now, this was not the tomb of William Gause 03:14.827 --> 03:16.462 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% or his son, William Gause, Jr. 03:16.563 --> 03:18.331 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% No one is sure where they rest, 03:18.431 --> 03:19.933 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% but it could be near 03:20.033 --> 03:21.534 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% the massive George Washington Tree 03:21.634 --> 03:23.603 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% that stands guard over the probable site 03:23.703 --> 03:25.138 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% of the Gause home. 03:25.238 --> 03:27.140 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% [strings support gentle piano melody] 03:27.240 --> 03:29.042 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% What J.R. and Alan discovered 03:29.142 --> 03:31.911 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was the tomb of William's direct descendants, 03:32.011 --> 03:35.014 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% John Julius Gause and his extended family. 03:35.114 --> 03:37.650 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% (J.R.) And John Julius Gause 03:37.750 --> 03:41.221 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% was a public servant here in Brunswick County. 03:41.321 --> 03:44.123 align:left position:52.5%,start line:83% size:37.5% He was the, uh, county clerk 03:44.224 --> 03:47.227 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% for Brunswick County, uh, as well as, he served 03:47.327 --> 03:49.729 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% in the North Carolina House o' Commons. 03:49.829 --> 03:52.398 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Today we call it the House of Representatives, 03:52.498 --> 03:54.434 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I think, in most states, um. 03:54.534 --> 03:57.503 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% John Julius Jr.'s father, John Julius Sr., 03:57.604 --> 04:00.273 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% also was the sheriff here in Brunswick County, 04:00.373 --> 04:02.842 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and because of his age-- he was very young. 04:02.942 --> 04:04.711 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Actually, on record, he's the-- 04:04.811 --> 04:07.046 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% he is the youngest sheriff on record 04:07.146 --> 04:09.682 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% to ever serve that position here in Brunswick County. 04:09.782 --> 04:11.117 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% So there was concern 04:11.217 --> 04:13.920 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% whether he would do a good job because of his age. 04:14.020 --> 04:17.056 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% And he wound up doin' an excellent job as sheriff. 04:17.156 --> 04:19.259 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% (narrator) So J.R. had work to do. 04:19.359 --> 04:22.128 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% First of all, the tomb was in bad shape, 04:22.228 --> 04:23.496 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% and more importantly, 04:23.596 --> 04:26.165 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% he didn't own the land it rested on. 04:26.266 --> 04:29.068 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% That land belonged to the charming Mrs. Rae Cox, 04:29.168 --> 04:31.871 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% who was the first woman to live on Ocean Isle Beach 04:31.971 --> 04:33.339 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% almost 50 years ago. 04:33.439 --> 04:35.408 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% (Rae) There was nobody over there but us. 04:35.508 --> 04:38.177 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% We were the only permanent family for 16 years. 04:38.278 --> 04:40.179 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% We were in theEncyclopadia Britannica 04:40.280 --> 04:42.248 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 'cause I bought those for my children then 04:42.348 --> 04:44.317 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% 'cause they didn't have Internet and everything then. 04:44.417 --> 04:47.020 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% One year was smallest town in the United States 04:47.120 --> 04:49.055 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with four people-- that was my family. 04:49.155 --> 04:50.923 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And the next year it came out-- 04:51.024 --> 04:53.259 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% well, about five years later, it came out five-- 04:53.359 --> 04:55.828 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I had another baby-- heh, heh, heh! 04:55.928 --> 04:59.499 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65% (J.R.) But she was not aware of a lot of how-- 04:59.599 --> 05:01.634 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% how much was here, you know? 05:01.734 --> 05:03.069 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% I mean, who would? 05:03.169 --> 05:04.504 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% If you can't walk-- 05:04.604 --> 05:06.372 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% You don't know what you can't see. 05:06.472 --> 05:08.107 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% (Rae) J.R. came to Brunswick County. 05:08.207 --> 05:10.677 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Went to the county and found who owned this land. 05:10.777 --> 05:13.246 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% He called me and wanted to do somethin' with it. 05:13.346 --> 05:14.981 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% So we met; we shook hands. 05:15.081 --> 05:16.716 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We talked; we liked each other. 05:16.816 --> 05:18.885 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I told him, "Do whatever you wanna do." 05:18.985 --> 05:20.920 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That was it, and he's done it! 05:21.020 --> 05:23.623 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And he's done a good job; it looks wonderful! 05:23.723 --> 05:25.992 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% (J.R.) I was wanting to bring, before the tomb, 05:26.092 --> 05:27.927 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% the first thing I needed to do 05:28.027 --> 05:30.496 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was bring the cemetery back to life, so to say, 05:30.596 --> 05:32.432 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and that's to get it cleared out. 05:32.532 --> 05:34.167 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Let's recognize that there's graves here. 05:34.267 --> 05:35.768 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Let's recognize that there's people 05:35.868 --> 05:38.171 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% buried all around this tomb, 05:38.271 --> 05:41.507 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and--and then, uh-- but she--she was-- 05:41.607 --> 05:43.276 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% has been phenomenal-- 05:43.376 --> 05:46.112 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% phenomenal of our relationship. 05:46.212 --> 05:48.114 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% (narrator) Scattered around the tomb 05:48.214 --> 05:50.850 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% were the fragmented remains of several gravestones. 05:50.950 --> 05:53.486 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% This was an active burial ground. 05:53.586 --> 05:55.488 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% But who was buried here? 05:55.588 --> 05:58.024 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Anthony Clemmons is a well-known historian 05:58.124 --> 06:00.660 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% of this part of North Carolina. 06:00.760 --> 06:03.896 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% (Anthony) Oh, years ago, um, 06:03.996 --> 06:06.399 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% family cemeteries were private. 06:06.499 --> 06:11.237 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% And we were surprised to find some, uh, tombstones, uh, 06:11.337 --> 06:14.807 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% located here whose names was Frierson, 06:14.907 --> 06:18.444 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% which is really foreign to Brunswick County, 06:18.544 --> 06:22.682 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% and, uh, also, the-- the Russ. 06:22.782 --> 06:25.318 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% And with a little bit of research, 06:25.418 --> 06:28.354 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% I traced the Friersons back to Charleston 06:28.454 --> 06:30.923 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% and found out that the-- 06:31.023 --> 06:33.159 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% the Russes had a, uh-- 06:33.259 --> 06:36.896 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% large plantations, uh, to the east of here 06:36.996 --> 06:40.466 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% that adjoined the Gauses' plantation. 06:40.566 --> 06:44.771 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% And there's a pattern back then of, uh, 06:44.871 --> 06:48.241 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% joinin' plantations, uh, 06:48.341 --> 06:51.778 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% the children intermarryin', um. 06:51.878 --> 06:56.249 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% A lot of 'em went to the same church, uh. 06:56.349 --> 06:58.985 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% There's an old sayin' back then, uh--uh, 06:59.085 --> 07:00.420 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% when you visit somebody. 07:00.520 --> 07:04.157 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% It says, we'll see you if the good Lord's willin' 07:04.257 --> 07:06.259 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% and the creek don't rise. 07:06.359 --> 07:08.428 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% So believe it or not, uh, 07:08.528 --> 07:11.164 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the swamps and the water bein' impassable 07:11.264 --> 07:15.635 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% [chuckling] had a lot to do with intermarriage back then. 07:15.735 --> 07:18.438 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65% (narrator) There had long been rumors in these parts 07:18.538 --> 07:20.440 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% that almost a century back, 07:20.540 --> 07:22.742 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% grave robbers had entered the tomb. 07:22.842 --> 07:24.110 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% To their dismay, 07:24.210 --> 07:26.612 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% J.R. and Alan found this to be true. 07:26.712 --> 07:28.948 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% (J.R.) But in the back corner of the tomb, 07:29.048 --> 07:30.950 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% there was a vent, and then-- 07:31.050 --> 07:33.719 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and the robbers chose to bust the vent out 07:33.820 --> 07:36.155 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and attempt to go through what they-- 07:36.255 --> 07:38.591 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% what they had nicknamed the robber's hole. 07:38.691 --> 07:42.028 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% And, uh, so a-- a lot of the damage 07:42.128 --> 07:45.198 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and vandalism and theft and desecration 07:45.298 --> 07:49.602 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% had already been done back in the 1920s. 07:49.702 --> 07:52.939 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75% (narrator) Who can say what the grave robbers stole? 07:53.039 --> 07:57.376 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% But J.R. and Alan did make an amazing discovery--bones. 07:57.477 --> 07:59.946 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% And so another mystery presented itself: 08:00.046 --> 08:03.082 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Just who was buried in the Gause Tomb? 08:03.182 --> 08:05.751 align:left position:30%,start line:77% size:60% (J.R.) When John Julius died in 1836, uh, 08:05.852 --> 08:07.286 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% this was not built. 08:07.386 --> 08:09.555 align:left position:55%,start line:83% size:35% It was ordered to be built. 08:09.655 --> 08:13.359 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% It--while it was being built, John was entombed in a-- 08:13.459 --> 08:16.662 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% in a vault somewhere here in Brunswick County, uh, 08:16.762 --> 08:20.099 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% maybe very close from here-- maybe even on these grounds-- 08:20.199 --> 08:22.969 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% we're not sure-- along with two deceased wives, 08:23.069 --> 08:24.637 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% two deceased children. 08:24.737 --> 08:28.674 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% He also invited the in-laws from his second wife 08:28.774 --> 08:30.676 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% to be entombed here. 08:30.776 --> 08:33.312 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% So I would have to say, uh, 08:33.412 --> 08:35.982 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% it would have been John Julius Gause, two wives, 08:36.082 --> 08:39.318 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% two of his children that died of a disease, and-- 08:39.418 --> 08:42.255 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and two in-laws-- at least that many people. 08:42.355 --> 08:45.057 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% (narrator) J.R. hired local brickmason Ricky Clemmons 08:45.157 --> 08:48.661 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% to repair the tomb, and Clemmons expertly matched 08:48.761 --> 08:52.632 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% the vaulted brickwork style of nearby Fort Caswell. 08:52.732 --> 08:55.134 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Other members of this Brunswick County community 08:55.234 --> 08:58.237 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% pitched in to help, even using a dowsing rod 08:58.337 --> 09:00.239 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% to find more graves. 09:00.339 --> 09:03.342 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% [choral vocalizations support chiming vibraphone] 09:03.442 --> 09:05.745 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% (J.R.) We put in the flagpoles today, 09:05.845 --> 09:09.248 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and you noticed earlier, we put in two flagpoles. 09:09.348 --> 09:12.618 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% One flagpole was, uh--uh, of the United States flag 09:12.718 --> 09:14.353 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% because, you know, John Julius Jr. 09:14.453 --> 09:15.788 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% was a public servant. 09:15.888 --> 09:17.890 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% He was a government official, uh. 09:17.990 --> 09:21.527 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% The other flag is a United States flag of-- 09:21.627 --> 09:24.196 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% they call it the 25-star flag, uh. 09:24.297 --> 09:27.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It was the flag of 1836 because that was the year 09:27.333 --> 09:29.201 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% the tomb was built, and, of course, 09:29.302 --> 09:30.570 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% under that flag, 09:30.670 --> 09:33.172 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% it's the state flag of North Carolina. 09:33.272 --> 09:35.575 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% (narrator) News of J.R.'s efforts made its way 09:35.675 --> 09:37.777 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% to other members of the Gause family, 09:37.877 --> 09:40.146 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and the clan gathered at the site 09:40.246 --> 09:43.583 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% in late June of 2016, traveling from South Carolina, 09:43.683 --> 09:45.551 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% Texas, and Tennessee. 09:45.651 --> 09:46.919 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% One special guest 09:47.019 --> 09:49.889 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% is a direct descendant of John Julius Gause. 09:49.989 --> 09:52.925 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% (man) John Julius Gause, who died and is buried-- 09:53.025 --> 09:56.429 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was buried in that tomb, uh, died in 1836, 09:56.529 --> 09:59.699 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and he was my great- great-great-grandfather. 09:59.799 --> 10:01.133 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5% And his children, 10:01.233 --> 10:03.336 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% including my great-great-grandfather, 10:03.436 --> 10:05.338 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Samuel Sidney Gause, 10:05.438 --> 10:08.140 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% picked up and sold their lands here 10:08.240 --> 10:10.509 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% and moved to west Tennessee. 10:10.610 --> 10:16.082 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I have Samuel Sidney Gause's family Bible in my house. 10:16.182 --> 10:17.850 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% [harp leads] 10:17.950 --> 10:20.853 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% And that... you know, that goes 10:20.953 --> 10:23.789 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% all the way back to his father, John Julius Gause. 10:23.889 --> 10:25.558 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Well, Alan, here we go. 10:25.658 --> 10:26.826 align:left position:55%,start line:89% size:35% Beautiful day. 10:26.926 --> 10:28.828 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It is, and we're heading 10:28.928 --> 10:31.597 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to the UNC at Wilmington, uh, 10:31.697 --> 10:34.333 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% to take, uh, our human remains 10:34.433 --> 10:38.304 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of those we found in the floor of the tomb. 10:38.404 --> 10:41.007 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% Today's a big day. 10:41.107 --> 10:45.511 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% These bones were all in the floor of the tomb. 10:45.611 --> 10:48.614 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Found something that looked to be part of the-- 10:48.714 --> 10:51.517 align:left position:52.5%,start line:89% size:37.5% a foot bone... 10:51.617 --> 10:54.620 align:left position:47.5%,start line:83% size:42.5% part of the, uh, calcaneus there. 10:54.720 --> 10:57.823 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Sometimes, the fragments are kinda small, 10:57.923 --> 10:59.859 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% so it's difficult to get an idea 10:59.959 --> 11:01.861 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% of exactly what part of a bone, 11:01.961 --> 11:05.197 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% but what I'm pullin' here is a child's vertebra. 11:05.297 --> 11:09.201 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% So we have two adults, um, a male and a female, 11:09.301 --> 11:13.539 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and two children based on some of these fragments 11:13.639 --> 11:16.175 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of hip bone and the ulna 11:16.275 --> 11:18.310 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% and two vertebrae right here 11:18.411 --> 11:22.815 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% at different developmental stages. 11:22.915 --> 11:25.584 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% I'm glad we're able to provide that sense of connection. 11:25.685 --> 11:27.453 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% (narrator) More work remains to be done 11:27.553 --> 11:29.689 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% on the bones found in the tomb, 11:29.789 --> 11:32.391 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and yet, for his prodigious efforts to date, 11:32.491 --> 11:33.926 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% J.R. was honored 11:34.026 --> 11:35.961 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% by the Wilmington historical foundation. 11:36.062 --> 11:38.831 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% (woman) To undertake the preservation and restoration 11:38.931 --> 11:41.867 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% of this one-of-a-kind family resting place. 11:41.967 --> 11:43.703 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% (narrator) But perhaps the real honor 11:43.803 --> 11:46.072 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% was found among the pine needles and thorns 11:46.172 --> 11:47.773 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% of this forgotten cemetery, 11:47.873 --> 11:50.142 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% where a family's legacy has been restored... 11:50.242 --> 11:51.644 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% for good. 11:51.744 --> 11:53.646 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% [vibraphone leads sustained strings] 11:53.746 --> 11:59.618 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5% ♪