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Mar 14, 2009 15:58:34 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 14, 2009 15:58:34 GMT -4
hello i'm matt's cousin kayla.
i live up in V.A. but i'm really close to broader line of VA and NC. i live on the "fancy gap" side of hillsville. ok enough about this lol.
i have been "ghost hunting" for like 10 years. my mom is really big on it so i use to go with her and other friends and family up untill a few years ago anyways me and best friend nikki started going on our own. so far we have done a investigations of the Old carroll county court house. ok for those that has never herd of this... On the morning of March 14 (on a thursday), 1912, Mr. Floyd Allen stood in the Carroll County courtroom to hear the verdict of his peers. Upon conviction of interfering with an officer of the law, Judge Thornton Massie oversaw the jury's imposed sentence of one year imprisonment. Mr. Allen stood and declared, “Gentlemen, I ain’t a goin’.” Gunfire, chaos, death ensued… all in a moment. Five people died and seven were wounded in the gun battle that followed. (this is just the bife over look of what happened that day.) there is alot of things that happened when me and mom went there... my camcorder started acting up and it typed some things that i never seen. (at the time of this there was a speaker there telling about the whole thing... he was kind enough to give me and my a tour of the place even tho we both knew fully about what had happened that day. but some of the rooms where locked my keycode locks.) more about what all happened there whey a few orbs and a misty figure of a man. on the type you can see the blood stains on the carpet. (witch had been placed to cover the wood floor. and in person from what i have herd some times you see it. my camcored keeped dieing witch was not funny and in the end of the type you here a voises there really sratchy tho... but out of it all its was a good trip. scent then i have found out a lot more about what all happened at i'm planing on going back with nikki and anyone ells that wants to go the mayor of hillsville is kind enough to let us in when i have date to go as long as there is nothing for the Carroll County Historical Society going on up there in the court room. i have been to alot of other places to. just thats the one i have the mose info about for now. the others are still under investigation.
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Mar 14, 2009 16:07:00 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 14, 2009 16:07:00 GMT -4
anyone that wants to come to the Old carroll county court house with us is more then welcome to just send me a e-mail at selena_nightwing@yahoo.com or you can send me text or call 1-276-733-1444 if for some reson i dont anwser when you call please fell free to leave me a message.
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michael818
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Mar 15, 2009 14:04:51 GMT -4
Post by michael818 on Mar 15, 2009 14:04:51 GMT -4
Hi! I am Michael, President of Project Ghost-Find. I've met your cousin Matt, and I'm looking forward to getting out on a real hunt with him. I had honestly never heard any stories about the courthouse stimming from the Allen Boys and that 1900's shootout. I have heard things about the Sidna Allen House, which, if it DOESN'T have a ghost, should! I wouldn't be surprised though, if there's not at least a residual haunt going on there.
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Mar 15, 2009 14:07:30 GMT -4
Post by michael818 on Mar 15, 2009 14:07:30 GMT -4
Incidentally, a lot of people thought Floyd and his son were hanged. This wasn't the case. They were executed in Virginia's electric chair.
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Mar 15, 2009 18:34:28 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 15, 2009 18:34:28 GMT -4
i'm not to sure they were executed in Virginia's electric chair. know floyd died in jail... i think thats right lol. i have been working on the befor the shoot out part. witch the whole dang thing started out over one of his sons kiss a girl of one tommas boys at a corn cucken. witch the allen boys and the tommas boys got in to a fight at a church (back then it was agaist the law to fight at a church) and it all just snow balls from there. ummm if you really want to know more about it. there is the historical society witch has a lot on it the befor dring and after math of it all. ummm there number is.. 276-728-4113. and as for that old house. yes it is haunted... and if not... it sure as heck has creepy things going on at all hours of the day. and just bust the meth of a tunle being under the allen house and it leading to devils den. there is no tunle under the house... i know that would make the whole story of there escpape way more cooler its just not true. now there is a tunle there at devils den and the allens did go there and hide out. but... i don know where it leads to but its not under the house. i think i was told it was really more like anther part of the cave and it lead out some where on the parkway but i'm not really sure... tho i would love to find out lol
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Mar 15, 2009 18:39:49 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 15, 2009 18:39:49 GMT -4
just in note... i dont live more then 15mins from the allen house. about 30mins max from devils den... witch i refuse to go to the house or down to devils den alone... really i cant stand it... and its not becuase i know the history ... its just something about those places. now if i have someone with me then i'm fine lol.
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michael818
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Mar 16, 2009 16:52:21 GMT -4
Post by michael818 on Mar 16, 2009 16:52:21 GMT -4
All records I have examined (I did a paper on it in Criminal Justice class at ASU) show that Floyd and his son were electrocuted in the chair. There is even an account of Floyd' s last words as they were shaving nis head, and leading him to the death room. Other Allens involved, including Sidna, served prison terms.
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lilghost87
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Mar 16, 2009 17:13:58 GMT -4
Post by lilghost87 on Mar 16, 2009 17:13:58 GMT -4
Sounds interesting, I hope that we can get something together and check the place out! Welcome to the forum Kayla!
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Mar 16, 2009 20:23:30 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 16, 2009 20:23:30 GMT -4
the allen house is close to the general public. i'm not sure who owns it now... but is was close shortly after a little boy fell thew the floor and was badly hurt. devils den entenst 1 has colapeds. theres 3 or 4 ways in to the "belly" of the cave. i found some of this out today. there is a story and i'm not to sure how true it is... (scents is come from 4 boys ages 17 to 19) who where runing from that place after being lost for 2 days down there. it was back in march 2008 i think when it happened. they siad they where not alone. they seen "things" and theres some other stuff like that. historical society worker was the one to tell me this. the way she talks makes think she knew at lest one of the boys.
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Mar 16, 2009 21:16:48 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 16, 2009 21:16:48 GMT -4
i know the steps of the court house tell the short of the gun fight that ring out in town. it was the crulest but bigest story event of this little town. i only so much about... becuase i'm kin to the tommas's... not the side of the family that started it all but the side of the one man who put his life on line in the shoot out in the court room to try and aid the sirif after he was shot. at night somesay they here a little girl in there playing around. she was killed by one of the allen boys when he was shoting at someone.. (not sure who he was aiming for when he hit her.
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Mar 16, 2009 21:29:50 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 16, 2009 21:29:50 GMT -4
i knew that Sidna served a prison term for it all. (i'm kind of fasatinted with his hand made furisher that can be found on disply at the historical society...) the historical has moved to the court house... go to the door below the right stair case and it right there. its a nice place to find out where "could should and more then likely is" haunted places in carroll county. and loads of Info... if you know where to look. i have spent hours looking at old maps of carroll county most of it was hillsville and fancy gap... even found out that some of the land my grandpa owned when he was a live... really was owned at one point by robbert E lee... count my feack out when i found it was true. and the shock of the deed to that land... witch i have somewhere in this house. my granny gave it to befor she passed away...
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Mar 17, 2009 4:48:45 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 17, 2009 4:48:45 GMT -4
new info... there is a book that is going to release soon it all about the allen's befor the shooting to after. and devils den is a debate if the allen's hid out there. for fact of the locaion i'm on the "they more then likely did hide out there for at lest the night of shooting.
but the only ones who could say for sure have scent passed away. i guess thats something people will allways debate about.
there is anther book out "the red ear of corn" i think thats the name of it. the again i'm a book worm so... i'm a 100% sure... i'm like 95% sure thats the name or really close to it. but anyways i'm going to go dig up some info on a few other cases i have been working on.
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Mar 20, 2009 7:40:12 GMT -4
Post by rainy on Mar 20, 2009 7:40:12 GMT -4
Hi Kaya,
Just two things......The two did die in the electric chair, and if you would be so kind as to read your post before posting them. We all make spelling mistakes but some of your post just don't make good sense.
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Mar 21, 2009 14:40:30 GMT -4
Post by kaylahorton on Mar 21, 2009 14:40:30 GMT -4
sorry i have dislixia so i could read that over and over never catch the misstakes in it.
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Mar 21, 2009 23:53:51 GMT -4
Post by chad on Mar 21, 2009 23:53:51 GMT -4
Hi kayla welcome to the forum.
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