Hi Barbara, What a good haint tale. Gramma Ruth Fraley Smith always thought the land got hainted with the ghosts of the past. So even after the old houses were torn down---the hauntings continued. Ramona ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara <barm@bellsouth.net> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [KENTUCKY-LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE] bio > Hi, Just happened to recall something about the past. Back in Grant County > , Ky (of course) > in the late 18oo's, the men folk would sit around after supper and tell > ghost stories. > The town was called Elliston, and it sat on the side of hill by the > railroad tracks. There were only about 14 or 15 houses > > My great grandmother and greatgrandfather lived there, > > At night the men would sit around the fire and tell Ghost stories. They > told a tale about an old sailor who had a peg leg and he retired he rented > the room upstairs over the living room. > This old sailor had been raised in Elliston and had come home. All his > people were gone or dead. For years after he died, you could hear him > waling across the floor upstairs,, the foot step, then the peg leg. > > Elliston is still there, but the old house has since been torn down. > Do you think the ghost of this old sailor still roams ??????????????? > >