Bell Cemetery on Highway 107 in the Limestone Cove area of Unicoi is rumored to have a hitchhiker ghost dating all the way back to the Civil War. Pat Alderman documents the origin of the gray ghost in his book Greasy Cove in Unicoi County: Authentic Folklore. In November 1863, the 21st Virginia Infantry under the command of Confederate Colonel W. A. Witcher swept through the Limestone Cove area. Local John Bryant had been leading men into Kentucky to join the Union, and the 58-man squad had camped at the home of prominent Doctor David Bell. On the 21st, the fortified men charged the unarmed and killed eight before capturing the rest. Among the dead was James Bell, the doctor’s brother. The doctor and his wife were able to flee and upon their return, he buried the eight men in a mass grave beside of his brother. Eight soldiers are buried in Bell Cemetery: B. Blackburn, Calvin Cantrel, Elijah Gentry, Jacob Lyons, Wiley Royal, John Sparks and two unknown soldiers.Folklore maintains that on some nights one of the eight soldiers can be seen next to the highway.