Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle : Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Other Haunted Locations

by Kinney, Pamela K.

• ISBN13: 9780764337468
• ISBN10: 0764337467
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-28
• Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd

Summary

Take a step back into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit Jamestown Island where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Yorktown and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Hear odd noises and see apparitions at the Peyton Randolph House, Cornwallis's Cave, Wells's Corner, Sherwood Forest, the Rosewell Plantation, and many, many other places. Be prepared to get to know the ghosts of this Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to read their stories.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 5
Introduction	p. 6
Haunted Historic Triangle	p. 8
Williamsburg	p. 9
Haunted Roads	p. 11
Civil War Battlefield	p. 13
More than Rest at this Williamsburg Hotel	p. 14
College of William and Mary	p. 15
Two Williamsburg Hauntings	p. 22
Colonial Williamsburg	p. 24
Governor's Palace	p. 26
The Robert Carter House	p. 28
George Wythe House	p. 30
Public Hospital	p. 32
The Coke-Barrett House	p. 35
The Ludwell-Paradise House	p. 36
Chowning's Tavern	p. 37
Shields Tavern	p. 39
Party on at Raleigh Tavern	p. 43
Forced to Move	p. 44
The Palmer House	p. 45
From Secretary's Office to the House	p. 47
Bassett Hall	p. 49
The Haunted Gaol and Hangman's Road	p. 51
The Peyton Randolph House	p. 53
Brick House	p. 59
Market Square Tavern	p. 61
Carter's Grove	p. 63
Other Ghostly Tales of Colonial Williamsburg	p. 64
York County	p. 69
Creepy Crawford Road	p. 70
A House Called "Verandah"	p. 75
Civil War Still Being Fought	p. 77
Surrender Field	p. 79
U.S. Naval Weapons Station	p. 80
Cornwallis's Cave	p. 80
Nelson House	p. 83
The Moore House	p. 85
Other Yorktown Hauntings	p. 87
Jamestown Island	p. 91
Ambler Plantation House	p. 94
Neither Tree nor Family Can Separate True Love	p. 96
Phantom Car at Well's Corner	p. 99
Other Haunts in the Historic Triangle Area	p. 100
Charles City	p. 101
Berkeley Plantation	p. 103
Shirley Plantation	p. 108
Sherwood Forest	p. 113
North Bend Plantation	p. 116
Edgewood Plantation	p. 118
Westover Plantation	p. 127
Dancing With the Devil	p. 132
Jeb Stuart Rides Again	p. 132
Gloucester	p. 134
Rosewell Plantation	p. 134
From Tears to Flowers	p. 140
Other Hauntings of Gloucester County	p. 141
Poquoson	p. 143
Legend of Dolly Mammy	p. 143
Newport News	p. 145
Boxwood Inn	p. 146
Lee Hall Plantation	p. 154
Endview Plantation	p. 156
Sharing a Hotel Room with the Unseen	p. 159
Hampton	p. 161
Fort Monroe	p. 162
Bluebird Gap Farm	p. 168
Other Ghostly Encounters	p. 170
The Powhatan and Pocahontas	p. 173
Pocahontas	p. 173
Other Phenomena in the Historic Triangle	p. 176
The Cohoke Light	p. 177
Bigfoot Encounters	p. 182
UFOs Among Us	p. 184
Conclusion	p. 187
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 189
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