The colonial dead

The colonial dead are said to linger. A cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina accumulating ghost reports is almost tautological — but this is the one the record kept. The file keeps The colonial dead on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The lore keeps its witness. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.

The colonial dead are reportedly seen. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. 'House on Ellicott Hill' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The colonial dead.

The colonial dead are reportedly seen. Edenton, North Carolina is a living community with a dead file — the reports are the town's other history. Sources including 'Edenton' keep the claim in circulation. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is The colonial dead. The reports keep the address on the map.