A small amount of bone fragments, possibly of human origin, were found in the basement of the historic Hobson House while work was being done to restore the pre-Civil War house.

The bones were found on Oct. 1, 1971. On Oct. 14, 1971, in the Park City Daily News article about the restoration of Hobson House, Charles Waterfield of Cooper and Waterfield in Nashville said no attempt would be “made to identify the bones until a methodical search of the basement” was completed. Nothing more was ever reported about the bones.

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