The Bell Witch: The Full Account (54 page)

out, 63; Warns children

Church, 272, 321

of approaching storm,

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122; Warns John, Jr.

F

about trip to NC, 79

Farragut, Capt. David G.,

Demonstrations (Late

170

Nineteenth Century): Dr.

Sugg's medicine bag

Federal Government Works

rattles for no reason, 174;

Project Administration,

Machinery at Clark's Mill

182

runs by itself, 177

Felts, Rev. Thomas, 115

Florida: Tallahassee, 311

Dickinson, George S., 343

Fort Nashboro, 335

Dickinson, Theo, Jr., 343

Fort, Dr. William, 63

Diggs, Elizabeth, 315

Fort, Elias, 27, 32, 275, 315

Donelson, John, 156

Fort, Josiah, 32, 83, 315,

316

Donelson, Sarah, 314

Fort, Rev. Sugg, 32, 33, 54,

Donnelly Printing Company,

55, 81, 83, 88, 89, 90,

180

91, 92, 127, 143, 276,

Drake’s Pond Baptist

315, 316; Biographical

Church, 33, 83, 91, 316

sketch, 315; Death, 316

Druids, 258

Fort, Sarah Sugg, 315

Dudley, Ambrose, 31

Fort’s Mill, 107

E

G

Easter Monday, 149, 150,

Gaia, 260

160, 161

Gardner, John A., 303, 314

Gardner, Joshua, 35, 51,

Eden, "Bims", 193, 194,

98, 111, 112, 144, 145,

195, 196, 197, 198, 199,

146, 148, 149, 150, 152,

201, 202, 203, 204, 205,

157, 158, 160, 281, 294,

206, 209, 210, 285;

299, 303, 315;

Purchases the cave tract,

Biographical sketch, 313;

193

Death, 315

Edgefield.
See
Tennessee:

Nashville

Gehenna.
See
Demon

Ghost, 246

Edgefield and Kentucky

Gooch, Alex, 98, 149, 151,

Railroad, 31, 337, 338

160

Edwards, Joe, 116, 117

Goodpasture, Albert Virgil,

Elder, Charles - Bookseller,

178

181, 183

Gorham’s Mill, 154

Elk Fork Creek, 32, 315

Great Depression, The, 233,

281

Enchanted Spring, 154,

176, 177, 265

Great Revival, The.
See

Second Great Awakening,

Ensorcellment.
See
Sorcery

The

Eudemon.
See
Demon

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Greer, Jane Marvlin.
See

Ireland, 319

Johnston, Jane

Grimoire, 303

J

Gunn, Alex, 34, 99, 141,

142, 308

Jackson, Andrew, 33, 135,

251, 304, 308; Visits the

Gunn, Elizabeth.
See
Bell,

Bell farm, 135

Elizabeth Gunn

Jacobes Arminius
.
See

Gunn, John, 177

Gunn, Martha.
See
Bell,

Harmens, James

Martha

Jerusalem.
See
Witch

Gunn, Rev. James, 30, 33,

Family

55, 77, 90, 91, 92, 93,

Jo Byrns School, 341

95, 113, 143, 257, 312;

Johnston Spring, 29, 273

Biographical sketch, 317;

Death, 317

Johnston Springs Road,

177

Gunn, Rev. Thomas, 33, 55,

77, 91, 92, 143, 147,

Johnston, Calvin, 29, 56,

148, 304, 308, 312;

95, 127, 147, 148, 150,

Death, 318

302; Biographical sketch,

323; Death, 325

Gunn, Sallie, 312

Gunn, Susan, 312

Johnston, James, 29, 53,

55, 69, 70, 71, 75, 95,

H

96, 272, 298;

Biographical sketch, 319;

Hall, Corban, 94, 265, 285

Death, 321; John Bell

Halloween, 194, 258, 344

tells of Spirit, 52; Ol'

Harmens, James, 274

Sugar Mouth, 54, 72, 80,

Hedge Wizard, 261

96

Henson, Tim, 341

Holland, Elizabeth, 324

Johnston, Jane, 35, 55, 321

Holocaust, The, 233

Johnston, John, 56, 57, 97,

Holston River, 333

110, 141, 142, 147, 149,

Hopson, Dr. George, 29, 51,

237, 238, 302;

124, 140, 141

Biographical sketch, 321;

Horseshoe Bend: Battle of,

Death, 323

33, 135, 304, 308, 323,

Johnston, Martha, 110, 323

376

Johnston, Mary Patterson,

Humphries, James, 341

320

Hut Tut, 57

Johnston, Nancy, 110, 323

I

Johnston, William, 323

Imbolg.
See
Celts

Johnston's Campground,

Indo-Europeans, 257

29, 273; Location of, 29;

Ingram, Martin, 92, 179,

Speaking in tongues, 273

183, 311, 313

Jones, Ann, 21, 22

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K

May Day.
See
Beltaine

Miles, Frank, 29, 34, 58,

Kate: How she got her

60, 120, 141, 142, 147,

nickname, 118

148, 155, 164, 170, 251,

Kentucky: Adairville, 31,

307

272; Christian County,

Mill, John Stuart, 280

305; Franklin, 70, 71;

Miller, Harriet Parks, 184

Guthrie, 33, 177, 197,

Mira.
See
Demon

337, 338; Hopkinsville,

Mississippi: Batesville, 305,

305; Keysburg, 31, 208,

369; Eureka, 305, 369,

344; Logan County, 272,

373; Long Creek, 369;

318; Louisville, 338

Natchez, 345; Oakland,

Keysburg Road, 174, 194,

307; Panola County, 171,

310, 344; The old steel

305, 306; Water Valley,

bridge, 208

296; Yalobusha County,

Kilgore, Thomas, 333, 334

296

Kilgore's Station, 334

Mississippi River, 31, 34,

Kirby, Candy, 209

276

Kirby, Chris, 209, 211, 285;

Mississippian.
See
Native

Kirby family purchases

Americans

cave tract, 209

Missouri: St. Louis, 180

Mother Earth.
See
Gaia

L

Mound Builders.
See
Native

Lawrence, Katherine, 310

Americans

London Baptist Confession

of 1644, 347, 351

N

Long Branch Cemetery, 296

Nashville.
See
Tennessee:

Long Creek Cemetery, 305,

Nashville

373

Nashville and North

Long, James, 149, 151,

Western Railroad, 314

160, 175

Nashville-Clarksville Road,

Louisville and Nashville

194, 208

Railroad, 31, 338

Natchez Trace, 308

Luce.
See
Bell, Lucy

Native Americans, 268, 282;

Lucifer.
See
Demon

Graves on the Bell farm,

M

269

Neo-Paganism, 259

Magic: Black, 115, 260;

New Light.
See
Presbyterian

Folk, 261; Green, 260;

Faith

Grey, 261; Origin, 257;

New Madrid Earthquakes,

White, 260

41, 276

Mathematics.
See
Witch

New Orleans, 31, 301, 308,

Family

324, 345, 376; Battle of,

Matter.
See
Spirit

33, 135, 168, 304, 308,

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323; Captured in Civil

County, 22, 292, 294,

War as the Spirit

304, 315; Halifax County,

predicted, 170;

22, 30, 298, 306, 307,

Flatboating to, 34

309; Kehukee Swamp,

New Sides.
See
Presbyterian

22; Tarboro, 22

Faith

O

Noises: Chains dragged

across floor, 40; Faint,

Ohio River, 31, 34, 156

knocking sounds, 38;

Old Sides.
See
Presbyterian

Raps on the walls, 42;

Faith

Rats gnawing bedposts,

Orndorf, Elizabeth, 312

39; Spirit learns to

Our Family Trouble:

whisper, 47; Spirit's

Manuscript by Richard

different speaking tones,

Williams Bell, 120, 171,

50; Stones falling from

180, 311

ceiling, 40; The voice

gains strength, 50

P

Noises (Late Nineteenth

Paganism, 259

Century): Beautiful music

Paine, Emily, 117

at the Enchanted Spring,

Photographs: "Eagle Rock"

177

Flowstone in Cave, 201;

Noises (Twentieth Century):

"Witch Face" Rock

Growling sounds in the

Formation in Cave, 213;

cave, 226; Invisible glass

Abandoned Buildings in

pitcher breaks, 204;

Adams, Tennessee, 339;

Mysterious footsteps

Batts Cemetery, 383; Bell

heard in cave, 202;

Log Cabin, 344; Bell

Singing heard on the

School Building, 342; Bell

banks of the Red River,

Witch Cave Sign, 344;

203; Sound of labored

Bellwood Cemetery, 192;

breathing in the cave,

Brown's Ford Bluff, 195;

199; Sounds of children

Donnelly Printing, 181;

playing near the back of

Elizabeth "Betsy" Bell,

the cave, 226

294; Grave of Dr. Charles

Noises (Twenty-first

Bailey Bell, 185; Grave of

Century): The cries of a

Elizabeth "Betsy Bell"

baby come from a

Powell, 296; Grave of

gravestone, 216

John Bell, Jr., 308; Home

Noisy Spirit.
See
Poltergeist

Site of John Bell, Jr.,

Norfleet, Eliza, 275

233; Home Site of the

North Carolina, 21, 27, 309,

John Bell Family, 230;

310; Blackman's Branch,

Inscription on Bellwood

22; Caswell County, 317,

Cemetery Monument,

318, 320; Edgecombe

340; John Bell

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Gravestone Replacement,

Porter, Jesse Bell, 305

192; John Johnston, 321;

Porter, Rebecca, 35, 110,

Johnston's Campground,

122, 149, 151, 160, 176

273; Joshua Gardner,

Porter, William, 127

314; Joshua Proposes to

Powell, Eliza Jane, 296

Elizabeth, 147; Kate

Powell, Elizabeth.
See
Bell,

Batts' Home Site, 114;

Elizabeth

Long Creek Cemetery,

Powell, Esther Scott.
See

306; Oak Tree at

Scott, Esther

Sinkhole, 285; Old Bell

Powell, Prof. Richard, 30,

Cemetery, 232; Old Well

34, 35, 111, 141, 149,

used by the Bells, 231;

151, 152, 153, 154, 162,

Red River, 346; Red River

163, 171, 295, 299, 300,

Baptist Church, 32;

302, 314, 315;

Richard Powell, 298;

Biographical sketch, 298;

Rural cemetery, 326;

Captain in Tennessee

Springfield and Brown's

Militia, 300; Census

Ford Road, 378; The

Enumerator, 300; Death,

grave of Calvin Johnston,

302; Elected to Tennessee

325; The grave of James

House of Representatives,

Johnston, 321; The Old

300; Involvement with

Bell Farm Today, 229

the occult, 302; Justice of

Pickering, Garaldus, 92

the Peace, 300; Personal

Pickering, Henry, 92

diary, 300; Secret

Polk, Ezekiel, 333

marriage, 162; Sheriff of

Polk, Pres. James Knox,

Robertson County, 300

333

Powell, Reynolds, 175, 285,

Poltergeist, 240, 241, 242,

295, 313

246, 247, 248, 250, 251,

Powell, Richard, Sr., 300

254, 257, 263, 264, 383;

Pranks: Claims to be Kate

A progressive entity, 248;

Batts' witch, 113; Claims

Different from a ghost,

to be Spirit of someone

247; Five stages of

whose bones were

progression, 249; Word

disturbed, 94; Claims to

origin, 246

have buried money, 95;

Porter, Alex, 34, 35, 96,

Dirt and rocks thrown,

103, 104, 107, 108, 149,

46; Disturbs James and

164, 253, 286, 287, 305,

Jane Johnston at Bell

306, 368

home, 53; Drewry's chair

Porter, Bennett.
See
Porter,

falls over, 120; John

Alex

Bell's shoes fly off his

Porter, Esther.
See
Bell,

feet, 138; Milk viles

Esther

disappear, 120; Philis

Porter, Francis, 323

gets into trouble, 131;

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Playful rabbit teases the

Prince, William, 32

children, 98; Pulling

Psychokinesis: Recurrent

down blankets, 39; Pulls

Spontaneous, 241, 248;

a sleigh at Elizabeth's

Voluntary, 248

birthday party, 87; Rides

Purity.
See
Spirit

Billy Wall's horse, 97;

Rips covers from Frank

Q

Miles' hands, 59; Sends

Queen of the Haunted Dell,

dogs after peddlers, 64;

poem, 405

Stops Andrew Jackson's

entourage, 136; Taunts

R

Dr. Mize the witch

Ravana.
See
Demon

hunter, 69; Tosses

Rawls, William, 26

furniture, 48; Turns

Red Book.
See