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Regardless, someone repeated this story of the Williams' family ghost to Marjorie Munson and she soon penned a song about the ghost of the Myrtles, a woman in a green beret. The only verifiable murder to occur at the Myrtles was that of William Drew Winter and it differs wildly from the legends that have been told. As described previously, Winter was lured out of the house by a rider, who shot him to death on the porch. In the legend, Winter was shot and then, mortally wounded, staggered back into the house, passed through the gentlemen's parlor and the ladies’ parlor and onto the staircase that rises from the central hallway.
The Legend Of Chloe, Ghost Of The Myrtles
Shanna Riley/FlickrThe house at Myrtles Plantation, a popular site for ghost hunters to this day. It was during the time that the Woodruffs lived on the Myrtles Plantation that we get the first glimpse of alleged paranormal activity. A silent witness to over 200 years of history in the deepest part of the Deep South, the Myrtles Planation house is considered one of the most haunted places in America. Our unique property has various types of rooms we offer to our travelers, including, our twenty one room overnight accommodations.
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The war itself wreaked havoc on the Myrtles and on the Stirling family. Many of the family's personal belongings were looted and destroyed by Union soldiers and the wealth that they had accumulated was ultimately in worthless Confederate currency. To make matters worse, Mary Cobb had invested heavily in sugar plantations that had been ravaged by the war. She never let the tragedies of the war, and the others that followed, overcome her, however, and she held onto the Myrtles until her death in August 1880.
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Secretly called "the Colonel" behind her back, Katie was a true Southern character. Eccentric and kind, but with a gruff exterior, she kept life interesting at the house for years. According to the January 1871 issue of the Point Coupee Democrat newspaper, Winter was teaching a Sunday school lesson in the gentlemen's parlor of the house when he heard someone approach the house on horseback. After the stranger called out to him, saying that he had some business with him, Winter went out onto the side gallery of the house and was shot. Those inside of the house, stunned by the sound of gunfire and retreating hoofbeats, hurried outside to find the fallen man. Winter died on January 26, 1871 and was buried the following day in the cemetery at Grace Church.
Yet, if other sightings are to be believed, she’s not the only paranormal resident of the Myrtles. According to legend, Chloe’s spirit lived on, haunting the Myrtles Plantation. However, this story would not become widespread until many decades later. The other slaves, afraid that Woodruff would find out what Chloe had done when he returned, took the matter into their own hands. He lived there alone for several years until he was officially pardoned by U.S.
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From then on, Chloe was forced to wear a turban to cover her disfigured ear. Springboard Hospitality is a premier hotel management company with a 30+ year history transforming hotels, from the islands of Hawaii to the tip of Florida. Our grounds are also open seven days a week and free for all to enjoy. We offer complimentary self-guided walking tours of the grounds as well as a web-based version you can follow along on your phone. To provide for the inspiration and education of our visitors through interpretive activities and to assist in the preservation of the historic Adamson House. To protect the park’s extraordinary biological diversity and its most valued natural and cultural resources.
The plantation house is rumored to be on top of an ancient Tunica Indian burial ground. It is currently a bed and breakfast, and offers historical and mystery tours. According to legend, after being shot William Winter staggered inside the house and died on the 17th step of the stairs. Four years after the completion of the project, Stirling died on July 17, 1854 of consumption, as tuberculosis was called at the time. He left his vast holdings in the care of his wife, Mary Cobb, who most referred to as a remarkable woman. Long acclaimed as one of the most haunted houses in America, the Myrtles attracts an almost endless stream of visitors each year and many of them come in search of ghosts.
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She was buried next to her husband in the family plot at Grace Church in St. Francisville. There were a number of deaths in the house from yellow fever alone, and it's certainly possible that any of the deceased might have stayed behind after death. If ghosts stay behind in this world because of unfinished business, there are a number of candidates to be the restless ghosts of the plantation's stories. The house may really be haunted by the ghost of a woman in a green turban or bonnet. The Williams family had an ongoing tale about her and while it may have been a story that was never meant to be told outside the family, the story spread nonetheless. They admit that while the ghost apparently did exist, no identity was ever given to her.
It's also very likely that something unusual was going on at the Myrtles when Marjorie Munson lived there, which led to her seeking answers and to her first introduction to the ghost in the green headdress. The Myrtles Plantation was constructed by David Bradford in 1794, and since that time, has allegedly been the scene of at least ten murders. In truth, though, only one person was ever murdered there but, as has been stated already, some of the people who have owned the house have never let the truth stand in the way of a good story. But as the reader will soon discover, the plantation has an unusual history that genuinely did occur, one that may, and likely has, left its own real ghosts behind. To prove herself worthy of remaining in the house, Chloe devised a plan.
She did not only not murder Woodruff’s family members; it is also doubtful that the family ever owned a slave by this name. Mary granted William permission to live in the Myrtles Plantation in exchange. He was wholly insolvent by December 1867, and on April 15, 1868, the U.S.
While his wife was pregnant with their third child, he started an intimate relationship with one of his slaves. Injured during the Civil War, in which he served as a fifteen-year-old Confederate cavalry courier, Williams planted cotton and gained a reputation as a hard-working and industrious man. He and his family, which grew to include seven children, kept the Myrtles going during the hard times of the post-war South.
The house appeared in a November 1980 issue of LIFE magazine but the first book that I have found that mentioned the house was by author Richard Winer. Both the magazine article and the Winer book mentioned the poison deaths of Sarah Mathilda and her daughters. The problem with this is that as far as we can tell, Chloe never existed at all. Not only did she not murder members of the Woodruff family, but it's unlikely that the family ever had a slave by this name. Countless hours have been spent looking through the property records of the Woodruff family, which are still available and on file as public record in St. Francisville, searching for any evidence that Chloe existed.
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