Blair
From Blair Witch
Blair Township was a town in Maryland which was abandoned (1786) and later re-established as Burkittsville (1824).
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[edit] Geography
Blair was located in western Maryland. A shallow creek ran by on the east boundry of town and a railroad ran by in the north. The Black Hills Forest was located just outside of town. The town encompassed three thousand acres.
[edit] History
Blair was founded in 1634 to protect the western approach to Baltimore from attack from Indians.
In the winter of 1785, several children of the town accused Elly Kedward of practicing witchcraft. She was banished from town and presumed dead from exposure.
The following year, all of Kedward's accusers had vanished. The townsfolk feared a curse and fled the town as soon as the weather broke, vowing never to speak of the incident again.
[edit] Legacy
After the abandonment of Blair, the town fell into legend. People spoke of an a boarded up town in the woods which had fallen under the curse of a witch, forcing the residents to leave abruptly. There were also rumors of a cemetary filled with the gravestones of children.
[edit] Burkittsville
Blair was later rediscovered and settled as Burkittsville in 1824.
[edit] People
[edit] Residents
The following people are known to have lived in Blair.
