PIEDMONT PHANTOMS
Also by Daniel W. Barefoot
Haunted North Carolina: Seaside Spectres
Haunted North Carolina: Haints ef the Hills
Touring the Backroads ef North Carolina’s Upper Coast
Touring the Backroads ef North Carolina’s Lower Coast
Touring North Carolina’s Revolutionary War Sites
Touring South Carolina’s Revolutionary War Sites
General Robert F. Hoke: Lee’s Modest Warrior
PIEDMONT PHANTOMS
DANIEL W. BAREFOOT
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Copyright 2002 by Daniel W. Barefoot
Reprint edition 2019
All rights reserved
Blair is an imprint of Carolina Wren Press.
The mission of Blair/Carolina Wren Press is to seek out, nurture, and promote literary work by new and underrepresented writers.
This book was supported by the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
ISBN paperback 9781949467147
ISBN ebook 9781949467222
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019941191
To Kay and Kris,
who have filled my life and our home
in the Piedmont with boundless love
and happiness
Contents
Alamance County: Haunted by the Past
Anson County: The Cave at Indian Rock
Cabarrus County: A Man’s Treasure, a Woman’s Grave
Caswell County: In Search of Justice
Chatham County: A Promise Kept
Cumberland County: “Free! Oh, Free!”
Davidson County: Guardians of the King’s Treasure
Davie County: Justice from beyond the Grave
Durham County: All for the Love of Gold
Forsyth County: Moravian Stars
Gaston County: The Drip, Drip, Drip of Dark Blue Blood
Granville County: The Dark Side of Divination
Guilford County: Theatrical Haunt
Harnett County: Ghosts with a Scottish Accent
Hoke County: The Night They Came from the Skies
Iredell County: A Bridge to the Supernatural
Johnston County: The Spirit(ed) Battle Rages On
Lee County: The Sins of the Father
Lincoln County: Malvina of Woodside
Mecklenburg County: Haunted Chambers
Montgomery County: The Witch of Tuckertown
Moore County: For Whom Doth the Bell Toll?
Nash County: A Mystery within a Mystery
Orange County: The Haunting of Seven Hearths
Person County: When Fear Was Real
Randolph County: The Hunter at the Zoo
Richmond County: The Warlock by the River
Robeson County: Ghostly Legacy of the Swamp Fox
Rockingham County: The Incident at Settle’s Bridge
Rowan County: The Murderer Who Refused to Die
Stanly County: A Prescription for Terror
Stokes County: The Spirit of Independence
Union County: Phantom Patriots