{"id":2692,"slug":"braddocks-grave-farmington-pennsylvania","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Braddock's Grave is the road's — the '55 burial in the middle of the track, the army that marched over it. The Monongahela was the defeat — the July 9 ambush that destroyed the expedition, the 500 who died. The Washington was the aide — the young officer who carried the dying general, the '04 reburial that he ordered.","The hiding was the fear — the French and Indians who might desecrate, the wagons that obliterated the trace. The monument is the '13 — the marker that's not the original, the knoll where he lies now. Braddock's Grave is the empire's — the largest army that failed, the road that's the grave.","The file keeps Braddock's Grave: the 1755 burial, the Monongahela defeat, the road hiding, and the '13 monument.","Braddock's Grave is the archive's Farmington file — the road's general."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Braddock's Grave is the archive's Farmington file — the hidden burial.","A road keeps its general — the file's suggestion being that the grave's hold is the concealment: the army that marched over, the '04 discovery, and the monument that's the second."]}],"name":"Braddock’s Grave","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","COLONIAL","MILITARY"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave.","full_desc":"Braddock’s Grave is a site in Farmington, Pennsylvania. The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave. The name the accounts keep returning to is Edward Braddock. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Farmington","county":null,"state":"Pennsylvania","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":39.808181,"lon":-79.562942,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"PA batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2275,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"Braddock is reportedly seen on the road. The lore gives it a name — Edward Braddock — which is what turns a report into a resident. Braddock’s Grave's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Braddock’s Grave'. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Edward Braddock","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2276,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the grave. The reports at Braddock’s Grave are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. Sources including 'Braddock’s Grave' keep the claim in circulation. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Braddock died July 13, 1755; the grave was found 1804. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Braddock’s Grave'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1755-07-13","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Braddock is reportedly seen on the road. The reports at Braddock’s Grave are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'Braddock’s Grave'. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"Edward Braddock","claimed_identity":"Edward Braddock","verified":null,"summary":"Braddock is reportedly seen on the road. The presence goes by Edward Braddock. Braddock’s Grave's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The file keeps Edward Braddock on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","behavior":"Braddock is reportedly seen on the road.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Braddock’s Grave","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}