Blackbeard
Sources attach this name to the 3 places below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
Blackbeard is reportedly seen. The site in Ocracoke, North Carolina gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. 'Teach’s Hole / Ocracoke' carries the account. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is Blackbeard. The report keeps its place in the record.
The Blackbeard visit is documented folklore. Hammock House in Beaufort, North Carolina is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The report is preserved in sources like 'Hammock House / Beaufort'. The file keeps Blackbeard on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.
Blackbeard is reportedly remembered. Bath in Bath, North Carolina carries the story the way small towns do — as common knowledge no one quite verifies. The report is preserved in sources like 'Bath'. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.