{"id":3331,"slug":"swan-quarter-church-swan-quarter-north-carolina","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Swan Quarter is the floated — the 'September 16' that's the '76, the 'Oyster Creek' that's the road. The 'Sadler' is the refused — the 'highest lot' that's the wanted, the 'gift' that's the Hayes. The 'Hand of God' is the named — the 'Providence' that's the church, the 'turns' that's the two.","The '5 feet' is the flood — the 'Pamlico' that's the surge, the 'dedication eve' that's the timing. The 'deeded' is the impressed — the 'trembling hand' that's the signed, the 'same lot' that's the landed. Swan Quarter is the miracle — the '135 years' that's the stayed, the 'brick piers' that's the floated.","The file keeps Swan Quarter: the 1876 float, the refused lot, the Hand of God, and the landed same lot.","Swan Quarter Church is the archive's North Carolina file — the moved miracle."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Swan Quarter Church is the archive's North Carolina file — the answered refusal.","A church keeps its route — the file's suggestion being that Swan Quarter's hold is the floated: the 'Sadler' that's the refused, the 'two turns' that's the navigated, and the 'same lot' that's the landed."]}],"name":"Swan Quarter church","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","RELIGIOUS","LEGEND_SITE","DISASTER"],"groups":["legends"],"desc":"The church the hurricane carried—1876, the floating chapel.","full_desc":"A site in Swan Quarter, North Carolina, Swan Quarter church is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The church the hurricane carried—1876, the floating chapel. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the church. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Swan Quarter","county":null,"state":"North Carolina","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":35.413034,"lon":-76.319711,"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":"NC2 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":3450,"type":"LEGEND","description":"The floating church is documented folklore. The lore attaches to the place itself — the church. Swan Quarter church's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. 'Swan Quarter church' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The church","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3451,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported a presence at the church. The site in Swan Quarter, North Carolina gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. 'Swan Quarter church' carries the account. 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":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The church’s history and the legend are documented. The documented date is 1876. Swan Quarter church's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'Swan Quarter church'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1876","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The floating church is documented folklore. Swan Quarter church's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Legends accrue where records go silent; this one filled the gap and stayed.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The church","claimed_identity":"The church","verified":null,"summary":"The floating church is documented folklore. The lore attaches to the place itself — the church. Swan Quarter church's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. 'Swan Quarter church' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The church.","behavior":"The floating church is documented folklore.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","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":"Swan Quarter church","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Quarter,_North_Carolina","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}