Don't be afraid. Lock the doors. Turn out the lights. Inclimb into bed. It's time for

a real building. Dead time. Stories.

Jefferson is a small town in East Texas, not too far from the Louisiana border. This

quaint little town was once a central trading hub between the south and the midwest, but

his sense faded into oblivion. Since then Jefferson has become an eerie place, now known

as the most haunted town in Texas. It seems like every other establishment in Jefferson

has a few ghost stories to tell, such as today's subject, a private residence known only

as The Grove. The Grove is a historic property in the Old River

Port City of Jefferson, Texas. The Grove is a private residence in a tour home in the

Old Stephen Smith Land Grant section of town. The house was built in 1861 by Frank and

Minerva Stilly. It had one structure will change in 1870. The addition of a room to join

the detached kitchen to the house, and one other change in the 1930s when an indoor bathroom

was added and the site porch was enclosed. Other than that the house stands pretty much

as it did back in 1861. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

by the National Park Service, and has been designated as a recorded Texas Historic Landmark

by the Texas Historical Commission. The Grove is a historic Victorian home and is known

as one of the most haunted houses in all of Texas. Just about every former residence

has had some paranormal horror stories to tell. The first of the residents to report strange

incidents at the home was T.C. Berks, who moved into The Grove in 1882.

Berks moved his family out in just a few months, though he wasn't specific on why he

was visibly scared, with his only explanation being that we just can't live there.

The young family took over after the Berks. The youngs were an African-American couple who

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