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6) Ghosts!
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English
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Uses a graphic-novel format to tell the story of the ghost that threatened the Bell family in 1817. Features other ghost stories and facts, and a glossary.
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English
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James Bell was born about 1710, probably in Northern Ireland of parents from Scotland, and immigrated about 1730 to Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. In 1738 he moved to Augusta Co., Virginia. He married Agnes Hogshead, and died in 1781/82. Includes Carter, Harrison, Henderson, Montgomery, Parks (Parkes, Park), Walker, Williams.
15) The Bell witch
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English
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Traces the history of "Old Kate," the ghost or evil spirit that haunted the Bell family of Tennessee between 1817 and 1820.
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English
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials relating to ghosts in Tennessee. Contents include: "The Spirit of Red River," which are two essays about the Bell Witch of Adams, Tenn. written by Jack Cook in 1992 and revised in 1993; and a small batch of brochures relating to ghost tours in the early twenty-first century in Nashville and Franklin, Tenn.
20) Crockett County
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English
Description
The collection is primarily comprised of genealogical data which occurs in the form of newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical charts, booklets, essays, letters, church records, wills, insurance records, ledgers, receipts, marraige records, deeds, obituaries, and property records. The collection also contains plans and old Valentine cards.