Recurring Visions of Civil War Era Woman Appear to Residents of Home in Hillwood Estates

By ROBIN HEYNER
News aRound the Hill
From a historical perspective, the land where Hillwood Estates is today has been owned by numerous people since the 1700s, including Colonel John Tayloe (1732), James McIlhanay (1749), George Brown (1796), James Cochran (1810), Addison Cochran (1851), Harmon Lodge (1854), and William T. Hall (1911).
The land was a dairy farm while owned by Hall.
In the 1960s, James E. Hoyle and Winston M. Crickenberger purchased the land from the William T. Hall estate, and developed what is now known as Hillwood Estates.
All of the streets in Hillwood Estates are named for well-known Confederate officers.
Although their house in Hillwood Estates is only 40 years old, Patrick and Cindy Horan are certain they have a ghost
Numerous times since they moved into the house they have seen a Civil War era woman, dressed in a dark blue dress, white shirt and a hat, standing in a corner of the house.
She only appears for a few seconds at a time before vanishing into thin air, but both Patrick and Cindy have seen her a number of times. Patrick and Cindy's pets have also sensed her presence.
The Horans have no idea who she might be, and believe that she is somehow connected to the area, not their house.