Re: John Hart Crenshaw
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In reply to:
Re: John Hart Crenshaw
11/01/01
The May/June issue of the D.A.R. Newsletter has a picture and article on this house:
"Mr. Crenshaw built this house in the 1840s when salt was worth more than gold.He leased many salt mines and also reportedly participated in 'the reverse underground.'He supposedly housed the slaves he was returing in third floor cells which still survive.Now there are said to be strange sounds - moans and cries - coming from the attic. The site is listed as one of the ten most haunted places in the United States.It is now owned by the State of Illinois but is not open to the public because of lack of funding."
I did not see a mention of Mr. Crenshaw's first name or the location of the house.