{"id":1428,"slug":"william-gibson-gravesite-springville-alabama","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Gibson's grave is the lone — the 'roadside' that's the plot's place, the '1827' that's the death's year. The 'hat seller' is the told — the 'traveling' that's the trade's kind, the 'North Carolina' that's the home's far. The 'versions split' is the guessed — the 'disease duel' that's the death's range, the 'money buried' that's the legend's add.","The 'oldest marked' is the claimed — the 'county's first' that's the stone's rank, the 'broken slab' that's the marker's state. The 'road moved' is the survived — the 'US-11' that's the highway's name, the 'stagecoach' that's the path's first. Gibson's is the unquiet — the 'sentinel' that's the stone's pose, the 'mystery' that's the man's keep.","The file keeps Gibson's grave: the lone roadside, the hat seller, the split versions, and the survived stone.","William Gibson's Grave is the archive's Alabama file — the roadside grave nobody can explain."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["William Gibson's Grave is the archive's Alabama file — the salesman who never made it home.","A grave keeps its question — the file's suggestion being that Gibson's hold is the unknown: the 'hat seller' that's the man's trade, the 'versions' that's the death's split, and the 'roadside' that's the burial's lone."]}],"name":"William Gibson Gravesite","aliases":[],"type":"ROADSIDE_GRAVE","type_label":"Roadside Grave","cats":["LOCAL_LEGEND","UNEXPLAINED_LIGHTS"],"groups":["cemeteries","legends","unexplained"],"desc":"Roadside grave in Springville; research record.","full_desc":"William Gibson Gravesite is a roadside grave in Springville, Alabama. Roadside grave in Springville; research record. Its signature presence is William G. Gibson — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. Access details are unverified — research before visiting.","address":"US 11 between Shelley Drive and Pinedale Road","city":"Springville","county":"St. Clair County","state":"Alabama","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":33.74052,"lon":-86.484086,"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":"Grave beside highway; no pedestrian-access permission or stopping advice provided.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":50.6,"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,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":668,"type":"UNEXPLAINED_LIGHTS","description":"The guide records alleged lights around the grave. The lore gives it a name — William G. Gibson — which is what turns a report into a resident. William Gibson Gravesite in Springville, Alabama 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 account appears in 'The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County'. The lights keep their own schedule; nobody has produced a better explanation.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"William G. Gibson","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":"Death stories conflict: duel, ox attack or illness. None is historically established in the retrieved material.","source":{"name":"The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/the-unquiet-grave-st-clair-county-alabama/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The guide transcribes Gibson’s death date as October 20, 1827. William Gibson Gravesite's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It enters the file through media reporting — documented coverage, not folklore. The record appears in 'The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/the-unquiet-grave-st-clair-county-alabama/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The guide records alleged lights around the grave. William Gibson Gravesite in Springville, Alabama carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. 'The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/the-unquiet-grave-st-clair-county-alabama/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"William G. Gibson","claimed_identity":"William G. Gibson","verified":null,"summary":"The guide records alleged lights around the grave. William G. Gibson is what the reports name it. The reports at William Gibson Gravesite are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household. The report keeps its place in the record.","behavior":"The guide records alleged lights around the grave.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/the-unquiet-grave-st-clair-county-alabama/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"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":"The Unquiet Grave — St. Clair County","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/the-unquiet-grave-st-clair-county-alabama/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}