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Oct 25, 2021 · One fascinating tale is that Elizabeth Tilley Bradley put a hex on the fighting Tilly and Stanley families. No children were born or lived past infancy after this supposed curse was placed. Church and community members hung her from the tree in the center of the cemetery and buried her below the tree.
Apr 8, 2022 · Over the years, friction developed and then violently erupted at the turn of the twentieth century when a group of Stanleys shot into the Tilley Church during services, killing the minister and several of the congregants, among them a daughter belonging to Elizabeth Jane Tilley Bradley.
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Godfrey Barnsley (1805-1873) was an Englishman who came to America in 1824 and soon became one of the richest cotton barons in the South.1)Susan. 2010. “Barnsley Gardens, A Bittersweet Love Story.” Between Naps on the Porch. June 12. He married Julia Henrietta Scarborough on Christmas Eve in 1828. The couple had eight children, six of whom lived to...
Octavia Smith Hatcher was from a prominent and privileged family in Pike County, Kentucky. Her husband, James Hatcher, was a very wealthy timber and coal baron.34)Team at Roadside America. n.d. “Octavia Hatcher: Buried Alive?” Roadside America. Accessed Oct. 2021. Octavia gave birth to a son named Jacob in 1891. The baby lived for about a day. She ...
The Lyric Theatre was originally known as The Comus. It was built in 1912 by R.F. Goodlett as a vaudeville theatre. The name changed to the Lyric Theatre in the 1930s. Local legend says Elvis Presley had his first kiss there.73)PersonsMD. 2012. “The Lyric Theatre – Tupelo, Mississippi .” Waymarking. Nov 24. In 1936, the theatre became a makeshift h...
Sep 14, 2023 · Folks started whispering about her being a witch. A mob formed and took her from the Tilley village and hung her from the tree in the middle of the cemetery. When the babies kept dying the next year, they hung her sister in law Mary thinking Elizabeth had inhabited her body.
She married Jason Riley Bradley (1849-1933) and they had eight children. In the early 1900s there was a feud between the Tilleys and their neighbors the Stanleys. According to legend this feud eventually led to the unfortunate circumstance of Elizabeth being hanged as a witch.
Jul 22, 2022 · 9. 423 views 1 year ago. Walking the cemetery of the Blue Ridge Witch ( Elizabeth Jane Tilley Bradley )and talking about the graves and history. ...more.
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It is said that 2 daughters of a Creek witch doctor, Elizabeth Bradley, married into feuding families: the Tilleys and Stanleys.
