The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-09

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large lawn about the size of Franklin
| square, is very imposing.
! The house is built of the heart Of the
pine, but is finished inside with hand
carved oak. The drawing room and H.
brary open on central hall, as wide as
the average Washington house. The
ball room on the second story, is nearly
as large as the east room of the white
house, The hedge ofancient box trees,
in which Mrs. John Williams hid her
silver from Lord Tarleton's troops, is
still standing, Across the hail. from the
! ballroom is triangular shaped bed
room, which is said to be haunted by the
ghost Of a reckless son of the house of
three generations past, who met with an
untimely and unnatural death This
room overlooks the old family burying
! ground and there are strange noises to
be heard coming from the graveyard
when the wind is in certain direction.
They probably come from the limbs Of a
tree which strike the tall Carrara marble
monument of Agatha Williams Burton,
the beautiful and only daughter of Judge
! Williams and great grandmother of Hon.
! HOke Smith The poorer white people
and the negroes do not accept this sOlu-
| tiOn of the "gh0et" however and many
of them assert to this day that they hsve
seen lights burning in the haunted room
when Montpelier was untenanted, and
that they have seen the "ghost' fitting
about the graveyard. Montpelier's ghost
is as fixed an institution among these
people as the pension roll is at the in1e-
riOr department.
In this old graveyard is the unmarked
grave cf Chief Justice Leonard Eiender-
son, the father of President Andrew
Johnson. When Andrew johnson was
president he was invited to Raleigh TO
unveil the monument which some If the
citizens Of that state capital saw fit 10
erect to the memory of an es'imhb,e
tailor, who was the husband of Hre>i.en,
JohnsOu's mother Andrew J"huson
went, but referred to him as my reputed
father" He. as we'll as the friends ard
descendants of Chief Justice Henderson,
knew whence Andrew Johnson got bis
brains. A son OF Chief Justice Hender
son has called my attention to the strong
resemblance between the family portrait
Of Chief Justice Henderson and the pic
lures OF Andrew johnson. The mOnu.
ment paid for by the state of North Car
olina marks the worthy tailor Johnson:
grave at Raleigh, but heavy stone
which was pointed out to me with the
with the request that | should remember
the spot "in case future generations
should care to mark the grave Of the dis
t;nguished Chief JUSTICE" is the only
hpadstOne to show where the father o.
Andrew johnson rests Mrs John Viii
tiams was the sister of Judge Richard
Henderson, the father of Chief Justice
Henderson. Henderson and Henderson
vile, n. c; Henderson, Ky, al d variou:
other towns in the South were named
for Judge Richard Henderson and his
numerous descendants, nearly all of W hOm
have attained either local or national dis.
rinction. The Hon. Archibald Hender
son was a brother of Chief Justice Hen.
derson and grandfather of Hon. John
Steele Henderson, now member of con
gress from North Carolina and chairman
Of the committee on postotfices and post
roads.
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