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Named ghost legends filed in Georgia

Georgia files 24 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Restaurant
Medium

The Pirates’ House

Savannah, Georgia

1753 sailors’ tavern where men vanished into the rum tunnel.

5 claims · 3 legends→
Historic Inn
Medium

Kehoe House

Savannah, Georgia

1892 ironmaster’s mansion B&B haunted by the Kehoe children.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Marshall House

Savannah, Georgia

1851 hotel that served as a Civil War hospital and yellow-fever ward.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Inn
Medium

17 Hundred 90 Inn

Savannah, Georgia

1790 inn haunted by Anna Powers, the jilted lover who leapt.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

Olde Pink House

Savannah, Georgia

The 1771 mansion where James Habersham still "walks."

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Kennesaw Mountain

Kennesaw, Georgia

June 27, 1864—the frontal assault Sherman regretted.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, Georgia

The 1850 garden cemetery where Atlanta is buried.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Barrington Hall

Roswell, Georgia

The 1842 Roswell mansion—the King family’s Greek Revival.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Archibald Smith Plantation

Roswell, Georgia

The 1845 farm that became Roswell’s living museum.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Hofwyl-Broadfield

Brunswick, Georgia

The rice plantation on the Altamaha—the Brailsford-Dent house.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Frederica

St. Simons Island, Georgia

Oglethorpe’s 1736 fort—where the Bloody Marsh decided Georgia.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

Christ Church

St. Simons Island, Georgia

The 1820 church where the Wesleys preached—and the ghosts still come.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Morris and Sunbury

Midway, Georgia

The "Come and take it!" fort—and the burned town of Sunbury.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House Museum
Medium

Sorrel-Weed House

Savannah, Georgia

1840 mansion where the Matilda story fuels Savannah’s darkest ghost tour.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

St. Simons Island Lighthouse

St. Simons Island, Georgia

The 1872 tower where a keeper was shot—and still climbs the stairs.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Springer Opera House

Columbus, Georgia

The 1871 opera house where Edwin Booth played—and reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Mercer-Williams House

Savannah, Georgia

The Midnight in the Garden house—where Jim Williams shot Danny Hansford.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Chickamauga Battlefield

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

September 1863—the Confederacy’s last great victory, and "Old Green Eyes."

2 claims · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Kennesaw House

Marietta, Georgia

The 1845 hotel where the Andrews Raiders stayed—now the Marietta Museum.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Bulloch Hall

Roswell, Georgia

The 1839 house where Teddy Roosevelt’s mother grew up.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Church
Medium

Midway Church

Midway, Georgia

The 1792 meeting house—where the Puritan dead keep watch.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Harris Neck

Townsend, Georgia

The displaced Gullah community under the runway lights.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Moore’s Ford

Monroe, Georgia

July 25, 1946—the bridge where four were lynched.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

Bonaventure Cemetery

Savannah, Georgia

Midnight in the Garden cemetery of Gracie Watson and river ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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