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Isaiah Walton House Site

Charlestown, Indiana6927 W. State Road 2501 min readFile amended Directions

Isaiah Walton House Site is a historic site in Charlestown, Indiana, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
38.430, -85.670 · Approximate (city centroid)
County
Jefferson

NPS public listing access field: No. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Isaiah Walton House Site haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Walton is the Lancaster — the 'father Abraham's '20 house' that's the bought '41, the 'northeast farm' that's the lost to time. The 'brothers' is the ferry — the 'free Black' that's the rowed the Ohio, the 'two early stations' that's the Walton and Hoyt. The 'night rides' is the horseback — the 'runaways on his horse' that's the to the next stop, the 'Detroit line' that's the route north.

The 'Eleutherian' is the neighbor — the 'college town' that's the Lancaster's core, the 'Hoyt House' that's the museum now. The 'Nebraska' is the ended — the 'Clay County' that's the settled late, the 'Marshall Union' that's the buried '94. Walton is the lost — the 'house gone' that's the site only, the 'Cain House' that's the remembered name.

The file keeps Walton: the father's house, the horseback nights, the Hoyt pairing, and the Nebraska end.

Isaiah Walton House is the archive's Indiana file — the farm's ghost station.

Why this file matters

Isaiah Walton House is the archive's Indiana file — the vanished waypoint.

A site keeps its ferry — the file's suggestion being that Walton's hold is the relayed: the 'Black brothers' that's the rowed the river, the 'horseback' that's the carried onward, and the 'lost house' that's the remembered only by name.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Walton house—the family’s station.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Public Access
On file

RESTRICTED

Also reported

PUBLIC

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Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 11IN03, source row 234. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.

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Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. 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. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Isaiah Walton House Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • The site’s UGRR role is documented. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 11IN03, source row 234. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Isaiah Walton House Site." HauntHunt dossier 0784, https://haunthunt.com/place/isaiah-walton-house-site-indiana/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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