Bremo Historic District, Bremo Bluff


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The house at Bremo Recess, within the Bremo Historic District, is reportedly haunted by the ghost of Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke, the wife of the estate's builder. Anne died in December 1816 and was buried at Bremo Recess, and her spirit is said to wander the house, where sightings of her ghost have been reported. Who is Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke? She was the wife of John Hartwell Cocke, a brigadier general in the War of 1812. John Hartwell Cocke built the estate named "Bremo" after his ancestral home in Scotland. Anne died in December 1816. She was buried at Bremo Recess, a house John Hartwell Cocke built for them. Her ghost has been sighted in the house since her death, according to reports.

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