He’s or she’s a witch! That seemed to be a common theme in those days. Often, people don’t associate witchcraft with the South, but we do have a long history with it. The Winnsboro Witch, The Lancaster County Witch trials, The Easley Witches, Eliza Huger, and other tales are a few that have survived.
Joshua Gordon, who lived in the area, kept a journal (a witchcraft book) dated 1784, which combined Christian and pagan elements, offering cures and instructions for casting out spells.
Accounts indicated that Gordon was a boyhood friend of future president Andrew Jackson.
It’s a handwritten, twenty-two-page manuscript of spells. Gordon died in 1845.
Written By John G. Clark Jr.
