J Whitaker Jr Grave

1828

As the story goes, a stagecoach used to travel from Greensboro to Raleigh, passing through "Mebanesville" on its way. On the particular day of the tragedy, the stagecoach driver was going downhill toward Hillsborough, when he hit a rough place in the road, and "the horses kind of got away with the man" said Mr. Patterson. The driver was thrown against the rock and killed. He was buried there and his name and the date of the accident were carved into the stone. Legend has it that on stormy nights one can see the "headless horseman" standing by the rock.

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