Farnifold Green House
I was told by a very reputable source that a Greenville, NC local paper had recently had an article on the 300 year old Hammock House in Beaufort, NC that reported that the original builder was Farnefold Green, to use as "an ordinary and lodging boat for captains". I found another article listed below on the internet that lists a "Mr. Green" as the builder. After he was killed in the Tuscarora Indian War in 1712-1713, the house apparently belonged to others, including Blackbeard in 1718.Today the house is reported to be one of the most haunted houses in NC. Whether or not the house belonged to Farnefold Green is not proven, you can make that decision for yourself.It is a very interesting possibility.
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Here is the article:
Hammock House
Did you know Beaufort, N.C. has a house that is truly believed to be haunted?That's right!It's the Hammock House!I got a creepy feeling when I visited the oldest house in Beaufort!The Hammock House was built in 1700 by the famous pirate Blackbeard, some people believe.Others say Mr. Green, the owner of the land , was actually the man who had the house built.Still many people think a group of sea captains built the house.
This house, modeled after West Indies architecture, is located away from town.The house was built before the town of Beaufort became a town!The house is located on the hammock, or high ground east of the town limits in Beaufort.
A trap door was cut in the parlor around 1711, after the house was built.A ditch is cut under the trap door that served as a means to escape for settlers to use during the war with the Indians.
The house is most known as a resting place for Blackbeard and his crew.Here they planned their pirate adventures around 1718.Blackbeard brought one of his wives to the Hammock House.Legend tells us that upon his leaving he ordered his wife to be killed.Many say you can hear her cries at night for her husband to return and save her.The entire back yard of the Hammock House was dug up by people searching for a lost treasure that was thought to be buried there.Many people are thought to have been murdered in this house during pirating times.Their ghosts are said to be haunting the Hammock House today!
In 1733 the house, then owned by Nathaniel Taylor, was used as a courthouse.A map was written in 1738, calling the Hammock House the White House. The map was a guide for seafarers entering the Beaufort Harbor.During the Revolutionary War, around 1782, the second floor of the house was used as a look out by colonist over the water for the British.Then in 1831 the Hammock House was purchased by Leggett, Fox and Co. and used as a place where furs were sold.
Union soldiers occupied the Hammock House during the Civil War.Union officers were lodged inside while Union Soldiers camped outside.Three Union soldiers were said to have disappeared during the Civil War when they set out to occupy the house.During repairs to the Hammock House in 1915, three Union skeletons in uniforms were found!
Many people have owned the Hammock House.Each time it was bought, it was quickly sold soon after.It's said the ghosts pushed them out!The Carpenter family owned the home from 1949-1975.The Carpenter's had a downstairs bathroom added to the home because some of the family was scared to go upstairs where bloodstains on the walls remain today.
When Sears, Roebuck & Co. repainted the house in 1971, they painted a hex sign on the door.
Today, Maurice Davis owns the Hammock House, whichis part of the Beaufort Historical Association Tour.Come tour this historic house in Beaufort and decided for yourself if ghosts still walk its halls and rooms.