Ghosts of Chestertown and Kent County

by D.S. Daniels

Overview

Strange encounters and ghostly presences haunt the historic streets of Chestertown and the backcountry roads of Kent County. The centuries-old Kent County Courthouse may be home to the ghost of Esther Anderson, who was sentenced to burn at the stake in 1746. Strange lights float above Caulk's Field, where fallen British marines were buried during the War of 1812. The scent of lavender accompanies the ghost of Aunt Polly at the Geddes-Piper House, while the spectral Tall Man waits for passersby on a lonely country bridge. Author D.S. Daniels explores the historic events behind the ghost lore of Chestertown and Kent County.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626199699
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/24/2015
Series:	Haunted America
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,042,777
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Diane Saylor Daniels served for seven years as executive director of the Kent County Historical Society. Prior to working at the society, she had been the director of the public library in her hometown, having returned to rural life following twenty years of working in nonprofit and university administration in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New York City. Originally from the mountains of rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania, along the border of Garrett County, Maryland, she understands what it is like to truly be "from" a place and enjoyed having an "in" to the centuries of stories woven into the fabric of life in Kent County.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 9

1 The Geddes-Piper House 13

2 Kent County Beginnings 24

3 Colonial Ghestertown 28

4 Historic Houses of Ghestertown 41

5 Magical Objects 41

6 The War of 1812 67

7 The Civil War in Kent County 81

8 The Victorian Period 91

9 Turn-of-the-Century Ghestertown 103

10 Woodland Hall 115

11 Into the Twentieth Century and the Great Explosion 123

12 Out in the Country 126

13 Haunting in Galena 132

Epilogue. What Are Ghosts? 137

Bibliography 141

About the Author 143