I heard the story of the lights from one of my relatives...I thought he was seeing things...I'm happy to know that he wasn't drunk or crazy...He swore that he watched the lights from his house and never found out what they were ... Rae At 02:13 AM 09/26/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Ann, > >I have seen the "Duncan Road" lights also. The story I heard was that a >poor woman was caught stealing a loaf of bread and hung for the crime. The >light is supposed to be her ghost traveling to the tree where she was hung. >There is a new sub-division that was built across the road from the tree >where the light stops. > >I would also be interested in knowing the legend behind the lights. > >Ron Evans >Powell, TN > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ann Poe [mailto:elderbrooks@msn.com] >> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 12:22 AM >> To: TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Ghost Stories >> >> >> Chip & all, >> Ghost stories abound in E. Tenn., I have a book somewhere but in >> Knoxville and it is true, some night there were lights that seem >> to dance over the stream down the hill. Go Northshore to what is >> now called Glenmary but was Duncan Road and it that Wrights >> Ferry? The private drive down Duncan Road with several houses >> only has this well known story, I cannot remember it exactly >> although I lived on Duncan Road. This was just accepted as part >> of the way it is (past tense for then).. I think it was something >> to do with the witch of Duncan Road or Wrights Ferry? I have >> seen the lights and everyone else has also, people think you are >> nuts when you admit it. I do not think anyone has explained this >> particular story. >> >> Chip perhaps you can find out or someone on here knows? Thanks, Ann >> >> >> ==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >> Put those lists to work for others. If you have any cemetery or >> bible lists please send them in. We can post them on the page for >> others to use. >> > > >==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== >If you live in Union County why not pitch in. Take a day and write down the tombstones in the nearest cemetery. Send it to us for others to use. You could be helping a cousin. Go to the courthouse and copy some early marriage records. Anything helps. > > Rae Smith http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/index.html http://www.angelfire.com/tn/sexton/Lay.html http://www.angelfire.com/de/LawDog/index.html