The Girl Buried In The Rum Barrel

The legend starts with a husband and wife who emigrated from England…..
After settling in North Carolina, the two had a daughter. This little girl was very inquisitive and really wanted to see where her original family came from. Her mother kept saying no every time she asked. She was too worried about that trans Atlantic journey her daughter would have to take to see where they had come from. After begging with her mother to let her go, the girl’s mother finally said yes and let her go with her father with one condition: that he bring her home in the same condition as she left. The father agreed to the promise and they set sail.
On the return voyage, the mother’s intuitions became a reality as the girl came down with pneumonia overseas and died as the ship left port. With weeks ahead of them sailing home, the only recourse the father had to fulfill his promise was to put her body inside a full rum barrel, hoping the alcohol would preserve it from decomposing.
Apparently the daughter is buried in this cemetery and was buried in the rum barrel. Some people have actually brought equipment that x-rays the ground to confirm that her casket is the shape and size of a run barrel. They say that when toys are left on her grave that she plays with them and they will be scattered about the grave yard the following morning when the gates open, and of course there are those that have claimed to see her running and playing in the graveyard at night. You can believe or not believe, I am just relaying the legend of the Girl Buried In The Rum Barrel