| Myrtle's Plantation was built in 1794 in St. Francisville, | | | | wrong and nurse them to health. Others say that it |
| Lousiana by General David Bradford. At the time of it's | | | | was simply an act of revenge. Either way, Sara and |
| construction, this now famous plantation was known | | | | her two daughters were killed. Chloe was hanged |
| as "Laurels Grove". Myrtle's Plantation has been the | | | | shortly after. But not before cursing the plantation. |
| home to various families since it was built, but the most | | | | Many people say that Myrtle's Plantation is haunted by |
| legendary would be that of the Woodruff's. | | | | the ghost of a woman wearing a green turban. The |
| Clark Woodruff was a former law student of | | | | figure of a black woman wearing a turban has been |
| Bradford and eventually married Bradford's daughter, | | | | seen by a number of people, wandering the grounds. |
| Sara. The two had three children together, named | | | | Most locals know exactly who this ghostly figure is. |
| Cornelia Gale, James and Mary Octavia. Upon the | | | | They say that it is the Ghost of Chloe. |
| death of General Bradford, The Woodruffs began to | | | | Other Ghosts and Legends |
| manage the plantation. | | | | Chloe's ghost isn't the only mysterious occurrence on |
| Legend of Chloe | | | | the grounds of Myrtle's Plantation. Others have |
| According to legend, the Woodruff's are said to have | | | | witnessed two little girls in old fashioned clothing playing |
| owned a slave by the name of Chloe. Clark Woodruff | | | | on the grounds and peeking from windows. Could this |
| is said to have kept Chloe as a mistress. Chloe was a | | | | be the Woodruff girls? The plantation is rumored to |
| house slave and did much of the cooking, cleaning and | | | | have been built on an ancient Indian burial ground, which |
| other various household chores. When Chloe began to | | | | to some, could explain the heavy concentration of |
| suspect that Woodruff may be growing tired of her | | | | strange activity. It is also said that three union soldiers |
| and may put her back in the fields, she began to | | | | were shot and killed while attempting to ransack the |
| eavesdrop on his conversations. One fateful day, | | | | home during the civil war. The spot where they fell has |
| Chloe was caught listening to Clark Woodruff's | | | | had a stain resembling blood since that day, that |
| business dealings through a keyhole. After being | | | | cannot be removed. Some cleaners even claim that |
| caught, Woodruff had her ear cut off as punishment. | | | | they cannot push their mops onto the ghostly stain. |
| Chloe is said to have worn a green turban to hide her | | | | There is also a custom that called for all mirrors to be |
| disfigurement from that day forward. | | | | covered after the death of a family member during |
| Although Chloe remained silent, she was angry about | | | | the days of the Woodruffs. Legend states that one |
| her punishment and was now more worried than ever | | | | mirror was not covered after the death of Sara and |
| about being put into the fields with the other slaves. | | | | her children and that the Ghosts of Sara and her |
| One day, Chloe baked a birthday cake for Sara and | | | | daughters are trapped within the mirror that still hangs |
| the children. This cake was her own special recipe, | | | | on the wall to this day. There are other legends and |
| consisting of poisonous oleander leaves. Some say | | | | tales of ghosts at Myrtle's Plantation. You can discover |
| that this was done in an effort to show how useful | | | | them yourself, if you dare. Myrtle's Plantation is now a |
| she was to the family. The idea being that when they | | | | bed and breakfast and welcomes anyone the chance |
| all became sick, she would know exactly what was | | | | to spend a night with the Ghosts of Myrtle's Plantation. |