Myrtles Plantation -- St. Francisville, La.

Black Raven Paranormal Feature Investigation -- February 2015

The Myrtles Plantation
Touted as "one of America's most haunted homes", the Myrtles Plantation is supposedly the
home of at least 12 ghosts.   The house has been featured on numerous television shows,
historic and paranormal. Paranormal shows include Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures
and Ghost Lab.   Black Raven Paranormal would travel to Louisiana in February of 2015
to investigate and spend the night at this historic location.


The History of Laurel Grove
The Myrtles Plantation was built in 1796 by General David Bradford and was called Laurel Grove
at the time. General Bradford lived there alone for several years, until President John Adams
pardoned him for his role in the Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion. He then moved his wife
Elizabeth and their five children to the plantation from Pennsylvania.

Bradford died in 1808and in 1817, one of Bradford's law students, Clark Woodruff married
Bradford's daughter, Sara Mathilda. Clark and Sara Woodruff managed the plantation for the
Bradford widow, Elizabeth. Sara Bradford Woodruff and two of her three children died in 1823
and 1824 of yellow fever. In 1834, Woodruff sold the plantation, the land, and its slaves to Ruffin
Gray Stirling. Woodruff died in New Orleans in 1851.

Stirling and his wife, Mary Catherine Cobb, undertook an extensive remodeling of the house. When
completed, the new house was nearly double the size of the former building, and its name was
changed to The Myrtles. The Stirlings had nine children, but five of them died young. Stirling
died in 1854 and left the plantation to his wife. In 1865, Mary Cobb hired William Drew
Winter to help manage the plantation as her lawyer and agent.

Winter was married to Mary Cobb's daughter, Sarah Stirling. Sarah and William Winter
lived at the Myrtles and had six children, one of whom died from typhoid at the age of
three. In 1871, William Winter was shot on the porch of the house, possibly by a man
named E.S. Webber, and died within minutes.Mary Cobb died in 1880, and the
plantation passed to Stephen, one of her sons.

The plantation was heavily in debt, however, and Stephen sold it in 1886 to Oran D.
Brooks. Brooks sold it in 1889, and the house changed hands several times until
1891, when it was purchased by Harrison Milton Williams.

Black Raven Paranormal investigates the Myrtles Plantation



A glimpse into America's Most Haunted House


Black Raven Paranormal would travel to St. Francisville, Louisiana to investigate the this historic
location in Febraury of 2015.   A 9 hour investigation would be followed by investigators
sleeping in the historic landmark touted as America's Most Haunted House!

Investigation Data and Evidence

Investigation 02/05/2015 (6pm - 3am) Investigators -- #8
Weather -- Partly Cloudy, Temperature 41.0 , Humidity 87%,
Winds 3 MPH North-Northwest / Moon (Lunar Phase -- Waning)

Evidence -- Audio -- EVPS / Spirit Box Clips (Click Here)

Photo Album   Click Here

Infrared Photographs -- #279 Taken   Infrared Photo Album -- Click Here

Personal Experiences -- footsteps heard on two occasions by investigator in
the Judge Woodruff Room.

Data recorded on investigation -- Audio, Video, Photographs, EMF, Temperature, Personal Experiences

Hauntingly Beautiful..