The most celebrated resident of this property was Charles Thompson, secretary to the second continental congress. Unlike Harrison, he was an abolitionist. He managed the plantation by letting it out on shares with his workers.
The legend of Harriton house came from Richard Harrison's ownership. The story is that Tuggy, one of his slaves, was a witch. She was one of the house slaves and she was not happy with her owner, Mr. Harrison, so she tries to poison his morning chocolate. When that didn't work, she went into the graveyard late at night to cast a more powerful spell.
What she may have been doing is practicing necromancy, where the witch actually raises the dead to do her bidding. It may have worked, because according to legend, Tuggy was found dead of fright! I must say that this legend has a ring of untruth to it and there is no documentation to support it as fact.

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