It was odd, everyone agreed, that a woman with a baby would choose to live so far from town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But what unsettled the villagers most wasn’t Cora’s isolation. Misfortune seemed to follow wherever she went. Cows mysteriously became sick and dried up after she passed by. In hungry…
Witches in Northeastern North Carolina
The community of St. Johns in Hertford County was once the county seat of Bertie County before Hertford County was formed. The old courthouse stood here from 1722 to 1741. The medicinal practices and rituals of Native Americans were sometimes considered by other locals to be witchcraft or the practice of black magic. Many suspected…