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An 1848 Columbus plantation house where a name scratched in glass with a diamond ring in 1878 reportedly reappeared after the original pane was replaced
808 S 7th St, Columbus, MS 39701
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
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$$
Open during the annual Columbus Pilgrimage; pilgrimage ticket pricing applies. Verify current dates with the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Limited Access
Historic antebellum home with period interior; stairs
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Photos OK
Est. 1848 · Antebellum Mississippi History · Columbus Pilgrimage · Victorian-Era Domestic History
Errolton was constructed circa 1848 in the antebellum residential district of Columbus, Mississippi, during the height of the town's plantation-era prosperity. The house served as the long-term home of the Weaver family and later the Tucker family through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In 1878, Nellie Weaver Tucker—then recently engaged—used her diamond ring to etch her name on a parlor window pane, a common sentimental gesture of the Victorian era. The etching read 'NELLIE' and was considered a curiosity of the home for years.
At some point during later ownership, a workman accidentally broke the window during renovation work. The original pane was removed and replaced with new glass. According to accounts documented by Prairie Ghosts and corroborated by the Columbus Dispatch's coverage of the Pilgrimage, the name 'NELLIE' subsequently reappeared in the same location on the replacement pane, in what observers described as the same handwriting as the original etching.
The Columbus Dispatch covered Errolton's return to the Pilgrimage program and noted the window as the house's most-discussed feature. Errolton has been included in multiple Columbus Pilgrimage seasons and is consistently cited in Mississippi ghost-history sources as one of the state's better-documented unexplained phenomena.
Sources
The Errolton window story is unusually specific compared to most haunted-house accounts. Nellie Weaver Tucker scratched the word 'NELLIE' into the parlor window glass with her diamond engagement ring in 1878—a sentimental act that left a physical record in the original pane for decades.
When the original pane was broken during renovation and replaced with new glass, witnesses subsequently reported finding the name 'NELLIE' etched into the replacement in what they described as identical handwriting to the original. Prairie Ghosts, which documented the story in detail, and the Columbus Dispatch's Pilgrimage coverage both record this account.
There is no verified scientific explanation on record. The consistency of the account across independent sources spanning different decades is what distinguishes Errolton in Mississippi ghost-history circles. No additional phenomena—apparitions, sounds, or other manifestations—are reliably documented at the property.
Notable Entities
Errolton opens as part of the annual Columbus Pilgrimage each spring. Docents walk visitors through the antebellum interior; the famous parlor window—where Nellie Weaver Tucker's etched name reportedly reappeared after the original pane was replaced—is the centerpiece of the tour narrative.
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