The Ghost of Grancer Harrison Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/11/2005
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache highlights another of the 13 Alabama Ghosts featured in Kathryn Tucker Windham's book. Also, very nearby, is the gravesite of Grancer's father, William Harrison, who was a Revolutionary War veteran. As in any cemetery, please be respectful and mindful of the fact that many people, including The Chaotic Order, have relatives and other loved ones resting here.

William "Grancer" Harrison was born in Old District 96, Edgefield Co, South Carolina in around 1789. He came to Coffee County sometime in the 1830's and established a large plantation near the junction of Cripple Creek and Pea River. The Harrison home was built on a high bank overlooking Pea River. Grancer and wife Nancy had several children; they were Elizabeth, Mary, Charlotte, James M., Frances, Sarah, John A., William A., Moses M., & Martha Jane. Grancer was a successful planter and is said to have owned the largest number of slaves in the county. Grancer was known to be a good and fair master and it was his own slaves who dubbed him, "Grand-sir", shortened in time to Grancer. He was indeed a grand old fellow; he hosted barbecues, dances, and horse races every Saturday that he could. He loved these things so much that he had his slaves build a large dance hall just for the parties he sponsored. Grancer had a pair of clogs, or dancing shoes, that he wore just for the parties he loved so well. The years passed and Grancer was faced with the fact that he would not live forever, so he began to prepare for his final arrangements. Slaves were sent to the nearest brick kiln in Milton, Florida, and work began on the large above ground tomb he intended to be buried in. Grancer was to be buried in the tomb with his dancing clothes and his clogs on, lying on his feather bed. The burial site was within earshot of his beloved dance hall so that he could still be a part of it in some way. The end for Grancer finally came in 1860 and his burial orders were followed exactly. The Saturday night dances continued for a while but without Grancer it just wasn't the same and the dance hall soon fell into ruin. The Civil War began just a year or so after his death and all of Grancers' sons and at least one of his grandsons died during the war. Then people began to tell tales of passing the Harrison Cemetery late on a Saturday night and hearing the eerie sounds of fiddling and dancing coming from the cemetery. Others reported hearing the deep booming voice of a man calling out square dances and being accompanied by a fiddle. Other tales claimed that Grancer had a large sum of gold buried with him and still others claimed that he buried gold near the old dance hall. Vandals solved the mystery of the gold in his tomb in 1964 when they blew it open with dynamite. There was no gold and they succeeded only in scattering Grancers' skeletal remains everywhere. Since the 1964 occurance, the tomb has been rebuilt then broken into again several times, the most recent of which was in the early 1990's.

Last but not least, the sleeping residents of Harrison Cemetery, along with the Coffee County Sheriffs' Department would appreciate your polite departure by nightfall.

Congratulations on 14 Nov 2005 to bbunch5 for FTF!

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