THE CELLAR HOUSE PLANTATION

Lots of us like scary things and stories of the super natural. Today while I was just browsing the internet I found this website about the Cellar House. If you have lived in Pocomoke any length of time there is no doubt you have heard the frightening tales that surrounds this property.

Many years ago, and for a short time, my dad was grounds keeper at the Cellar House. One day he came home and could tell me about the "girl" he saw in a window upstairs of this old plantation house. Then, "suddenly," he told me, "she was gone". Now I know my dad was not lying to me or teasing me. Even though he was that kind of guy I knew this day he knew what he saw. At that time the owners were only there occasionally so it could not have been one of them but maybe a "tenant" from long ago.

If you have traveled the Pocomoke River at all by boat you have, no doubt, seen this beautiful home. Here's just a little of what I read on the website.

Home to The Graham family of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and a handful ghosts from the eighteenth century, Cellar House Plantation stands to tell the tales of folklore and legends of days past.

The original Cellar House dates back to a land grant from Lord Baltimore in 1666. It is said to have been built by a French sea captain for his bride. The captain incorporated uncommon refinements for the area such as full paneling in the great room and great room chamber, and elaborate cornices and chair rails throughout the house.

As the story goes, this sea captain returned early from one of his expeditions to find his new bride pregnant with a local man from Pocomoke City. Outraged, he banished her from the house. Months later, she returned by raft with her baby to beg her husband for forgiveness. The raft overturned near Cellar House and the baby drowned. She swam to shore and when her husband saw her, he dragged her up to the master bedroom and stabbed her to death. Knowing that he would be hung for this macabre crime, he fled.

Please read the rest of this story and the exact history of The Cellar House.

Go to www.cellarhouse.com/ If this doesn't get you there type in Cellar House or Cellar House Platation.