Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Pit, 1882 

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unfathomable pit near Ivor


"Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Wed., July 19, 1882 (Vol. 83, No. 168) 

p. 1, col. 3 

  In Southampton county not far from Ivor is a pit filled with water, which 
is said to he unfathomable.  The dimensions of the pit are about fifty feet 
by thirty.  Traditions about this old pit have been handed down from the time 
of the war of the Revolution.  It is very near a large mill ponds [sic] which 
often becomes very low in the summer.  But the pit never seems to be affected 
by drought, and it always retains its usual level.  One record says that an 
hundred years ago a drunken man who was driving a team of mules attempted to 
drive past the pit and, his mules becoming frightened, was precipitated 
therein, team and man both being drowned.  The place has, therefore, the 
reputation of being haunted, and is somewhat avoided at night. 


Additional information: 

Article posted as part of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of article corrected 


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