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WEATHER INFORMATION
Temperature:
avg 80 gauge
avg 75 laser
Humidity:
55%
Dew Point:
63 degrees
Barometric Pressure:
99.0
EQUIPMENT USED
High power infrared video cameras linked to DVR
system (8)
Handheld digital video recorders w/Infrared (4)
Digital audio recorders (7)
EMF detector (2)
Digital Thermometer gauge (1)
Lazer Thermometer gauge (1)
Weather and environment station with 1 remote
unit (1)
Digital Cameras, (high resolution) (4)
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Case#092708GALaf - Lafayette, GA
Investigation Date:
September 27, 2008
Investigation Time:
8:00
pm - 4:00 am
Investigators:
8 investigators, 3 Command Center staff (11 total)
Total photographs:
357
Positive Photos:
0
Audio footage:
16 hrs 8 minutes
EVP's:
6
Video footage:
18 hrs 32 minutes
Video anomalies:
0
Anomalous EMF readings:
0
Anomalous temperature changes:
2
Background information & Investigation
notes
The Marsh House was built in 1836 by Spencer Stewart
Marsh. Upon completion, the house had four rooms
over four rooms with wide central halls on the first
and second floors. The original kitchen was in the
basement on the east side of the house, and food was
brought upstairs by a dumb waiter.
During the Civil War, when it became apparent that
the war would come to Northwest Georgia, the Marsh
family moved to Cassville, Georgia. While the family
was away, the house was occupied by Union Troops.
After the war, the Marshes returned home to find
that all their furniture and household items had
been taken. The floors in the downstairs hall were
blood soaked and marked with hoof prints. Many
bullets were found in the outer walls of the house,
and there were bullet holes in the glass around the
south upstairs outer door.
Adaline Marsh Warthen and her husband, Nathaniel
Green Warthen, eventually moved into the house and
their only son, Spencer Marsh Warthen, added a wing
to the east side of the house. This was done to get
the kitchen on the main level of the house.
The house remained in the family for over 150 years.
The last member of the family to occupy the house
was Miss Addie Augusta Marsh, great granddaughter of
Spencer Marsh.
The house was sold to Pat and Donna Clements in 1992
and was used as a private residence and for several
business ventures until the summer of 2003 when it
was purchased by Walker County. Under an agreement
with the Walker County Historical Society, the
County will own the building and participate in its
restoration through the Walker County Historic
Preservation Commission. The Society, through the
Community Task Force, will raise funds for the
restoration.
(The above material was drawn from personal
interviews with Janice and P.D. Fortune, The Past
Remembered, 1985 by the LaFayette Woman's Club,
and an article in the Walker County Messenger,
2003, written by Katie Ward.)
Helping Hands In Service at the Marsh House
During Walker County's formative years, many
enslaved African Americans were pioneering partners
with white settlers. In 1850, Mr. Marsh owned 12
enslaved African Americans, and in 1860, he housed
eight slaves in two slave houses. One of these men
was Rev. Wiley Marsh. Some time after the formation
of Walker County, on December 18, 1833, Rev. Marsh's
birth was the first recorded African-American birth
in LaFayette. Rev. Marsh was a skilled carpenter and
built many houses and assisted once enslaved Rev.
George W. Wheeler in founding numerous
African-American churches.
To the Cherokees, Spencer Marsh was known as
Estachee. He was a great friend of the Cherokees.
Ninatoya, a Cherokee woman, was also a servant in
Spencer Marsh's home. She was relocated west during
the "Trail of Tears".
http://www.marshhouseoflafayette.com/
Personal Experiences
There were few personal experiences encountered by
the G.H.O.S.T. staff. Those that did occur were as
follows:
Attic:
Battery drainage with digital camera (twice) and
flashlight, 2 Temperature spikes (Temp changed down
to 71°, spiked up to 91° and 73° to 84°), two
investigators saw a blue light move horizontally
across the attic, Knocks,
2nd floor: Team 1 at 1:15am left arm cold in slaves corner,
investigator felt arm and confirmed cold,
Backers:
Investigator thought she heardEVP’s
There were 6 total EVP’s captured. EVP stands for
“Electronic Voice Phenomena”. This means that a
voice was captured on the recorder that wasn’t heard
by the human ear at the time of the recording. The
reason for this phenomena is:
In humans, the audible range of frequencies is
usually said to be 20Hz to 20,000Hz (20kHz)
EVP’s are typically 0 hz to 500 Hz with a decibel
range of 20-40 dB OR 500 Hz - 2500 with a Decibel
range of -20 to -75 dB.
CLICK HERE To listen to the
EVP's captured here or to view the analysis of the
clips.
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