The Grey Man of Pawleys Island and the Ghosts of the Flagg Family
Another version is that he is the ghost of Plowden Charles Jeannerette Weston, the original owner of the house on the island, the Pelican Inn. He was born in 1819 and schooled in England where the family moved temporarily so he could have a decent education. After the rest of the family returned to the island, Plowden stayed in England to attend Cambridge. He fell in love with Emily Frances Esdaile, one of his close friend's sisters.
Mr. Weston was staunchly anti-British and disdained royalty. Emily's father was a baronet. Plowden was afraid that his father would not approve of the marriage, so he sailed to Georgetown to tell him about the marriage plans. His father agreed to the marriage. Emily's father gave the couple a dowry of 7,000 pounds. Plowden's father gave them a dowry of 70,000 pounds and houses in London and Geneva.
The couple married in 1847. They lived at Hagley Plantation, another gift from Plowden's father. Off of the shore was Pawleys Island and the couple made plans to build a summer home there. This was when Pelican Inn was built. They built a chapel on the land that could seat two hundred slaves.
Plowden had Southern sympathies and when the Civil War began, he was company commander of the Georgetown Rifle Guard, Company A, Tenth Regiment. The couple entertained the men in his regiment and their ladies at the Pelican Inn. He developed tuberculosis and died shortly before the war ended.
There is another version as to the Grey Man's identity. Mrs. Eileen Weaver owned the Pelican Inn for many years. She has seen the Grey Man, but believes the Grey Man is someone else. She identified him through a photograph taken in the 1800s.
The first time she saw a ghost, she and her cook were in the kitchen kneading bread. It was a ghost of a woman who wore a dress that appeared to be made of gingham and an apron. While the apparition was solid, Weaver knew she was a ghost. Sometimes, guests would see the ghost and, at first think she was a real person.
When Weaver saw the Grey Man for the first time, his appearance was sudden. He wore clothing from the 1800s. The two ghosts were often seen.
One spring during housecleaning, Weaver's daughter-in-law Gayle was helping, cleaning the upstairs bedroom and the hall. Gayle found a comic book and began to read it. She felt someone
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