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tery wnerein are interred many of the hollow names, Kendall, Baldwin, Dwyer, Bowen, Huffman and so on.
According to tradition, Mary B. Waters was known for her ghost and spook tales. The house burned one time, and Mr. Kendall said, "it would’ve been a sight to have seen the spooks a gettin' their canes agettn' out there.” Mr. Gill Grove had bought the John H. Waters place at some point. He was the father of Morris Grove and the grandfather of Penn Grove.
I digress. The whole point of my investigation was to locate this property and familiarizing'myself with the land as here was the area my ancestor, Edward Bolen lived and died. Jonas Menefee Sr. and Mary his wife had sold 15 acres in February 1812 to Thomas Bowen.
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