{"id":1658,"slug":"cannon-street-dock-theodosia-tradition-georgetown-south-carolina","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The dock is the boarded — the 'Patriot' that's the schooner's name, the 'New Year's Eve' that's the sailing's date. The 'son dead' is the broken — the 'malaria' that's the fever's form, the '10 years' that's the child's age. The 'never found' is the vanished — the 'pirates' that's the theory's one, the 'storm' that's the other's name.","The 'gray dress' is the seen — the 'Debordieu' that's the beach's name, the 'rice steps' that's the walk's path. The 'father disgraced' is the burdened — the 'Burr' that's the parent's name, the 'treason trial' that's the family's stain. The dock is the kept — the 'brick warehouse' that's the waiting's site, the 'legend' that's the town's ghost.","The file keeps the dock: the boarded ship, the broken heart, the vanished schooner, and the kept legend.","Cannon Street Dock is the archive's South Carolina file — the last step Theodosia took."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Cannon Street Dock is the archive's South Carolina file — the mystery that walks the beach.","A dock keeps its farewell — the file's suggestion being that the site's hold is the lost: the 'Patriot' that's the ship's name, the 'never found' that's the ending's form, and the 'gray dress' that's the ghost's sign."]}],"name":"Cannon Street dock Theodosia tradition","aliases":[],"type":"HISTORIC_WATERFRONT","type_label":"Historic Waterfront","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","maritime"],"desc":"Dock with Theodosia folklore.","full_desc":"Cannon Street dock Theodosia tradition is a historic waterfront in Georgetown, South Carolina. Dock with Theodosia folklore. HauntHunt files it with haunting reports. Ask the file who haunts it and it answers: Theodosia Burr Alston. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 named or described presence — all telling, no verified spine yet, and the file says so plainly. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.","address":"End of Cannon Street","city":"Georgetown","county":"Georgetown County","state":"South Carolina","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":33.372432,"lon":-79.280793,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","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":null,"research_notes":"Historic departure dock and present waterfront structure require map comparison; no exact pin.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":869,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Tour storytellers place an Alston apparition by the Cannon Street dock. Witnesses name it Theodosia Burr Alston; the name travels further than the proof. The reports at Cannon Street dock Theodosia tradition are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The account appears in 'Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Theodosia Burr Alston","where":"Dock","first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.75,"conflict_notes":"Narrative identities or deaths require independent historical corroboration.","source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Tour storytellers place an Alston apparition by the Cannon Street dock. Cannon Street dock Theodosia tradition in Georgetown, South Carolina carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The retelling is the record now — the legend metabolized the facts long ago.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Theodosia Burr Alston","claimed_identity":"Theodosia Burr Alston","verified":null,"summary":"Tour storytellers place an Alston apparition by the Cannon Street dock. The presence goes by Theodosia Burr Alston. The site in Georgetown, South Carolina gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. A named spirit outlasts an anonymous one; the file's name is Theodosia Burr Alston.","behavior":"Tour storytellers place an Alston apparition by the Cannon Street dock.","area":"Dock","first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research 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":"Find the 10 most-haunted places on the Hammock Coast","url":"https://hammockcoastsc.com/what-are-the-10-most-haunted-places-on-the-hammock-coast/","publisher":"Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce / South Carolina Hammock Coast","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}