Record #:

8782

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

Born in 1782, Adam Springs attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was one of the first seven graduates. He and his wife lived in Gaston County where they employed a girl to wash and iron his clothes. Her name was Nancy Hanks, and it is rumored her son, Abraham Lincoln, was the son of Adam Springs. Springs spent a great deal of time fish trapping on his property, and he was buried at the gravesite on his land, supposedly upside down, to keep an eye over the fish traps. For years, visitors insisted the gravesite was haunted, and ghost hunters today still go there searching for ghosts.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 2, July 1980, p18-20, il, por

Subject(s):

Ghost stories; Springs, Adam Alexander, 1782-1840

Record #:

24481

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

This article presents the life and accomplishments of Adam Springs (1782-1840), a man buried in 1840 in today’s McAdenville, North Carolina. Locals claim he still haunts the South Fork River bank.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 2, July 1980, p18-20, il, por

Subject(s):

Springs, Adam Alexander, 1782-1840