JOHN T. WILSON: CONDUCTOR OF HOPE IN THE SCOTT TOWNSHIP UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK
Historic Site — Decatur, Ohio
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/john-t-wilson-conductor-of-hope-in-the-scott-township-underground-railroad-network-decatur-ohio/

The conductor—where Wilson guided the fugitives through Scott Township.

John T. Wilson: Conductor of Hope in the Scott Township Underground Railroad Network is a historic site in Decatur, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom. The conductor—where Wilson guided the fugitives through Scott Township. It sits in the archive under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Wilson is the merchant — the 'Tranquility' that's the town he named, the '1844' that's the brick store-post office. The 'stairway' is the secret — the 'store to closet' that's the hidden passage, the 'intact' that's the still there. The 'Ripley's Eastern Route' is the line — the 'Rankin' that's the named it, the 'Scott Township' that's the network '30s-50s.
The 'Shiloh' is the fought — the 'fifty years old' that's the Captain Company E, the '70th Regiment' that's the organized himself. The 'Congress' is the served — the 'three terms' that's the '66-72, the 'philanthropy' that's the $50,000 children's home. Wilson is the named — the 'Tranquility' that's the suggested to the post office, the 'McCreight' that's the brother-in-law postmaster-conductor.
The file keeps Wilson: the store stairway, the Shiloh captaincy, the congressional terms, and the named town.
John T. Wilson is the archive's Ohio file — the merchant's stair.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
John T. Wilson is the archive's Ohio file — the congressman's closet.
A homestead keeps its stairway — the file's suggestion being that Wilson's hold is the built-in: the 'secret stair' that's the store to closet, the 'Tranquility' that's the named for calm amid raids, and the 'Shiloh' that's the fought what he hid from.

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
· John T. Wilson: Conductor of Hope in the Scott Township Underground Railroad Network 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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