The Lincolnton, N.C. Pirate: Unraveling the mystery of Jean Laffite Lincolnton pirate (Source: WBTV) By Adam Thompson | May 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 3:35 PM
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (WBTV) - In the 1820s, pirate Jean Laffite, a smuggler from the Gulf Coast area in Louisiana, allegedly faked his death.
He resurfaced in North Carolina under a different name, an alias.
Thousands of miles away, and two centuries later, from where Laffite made his name, in Lincolnton, North Carolina, people continue to visit what is known to locals as “the Pirate’s Grave” in the graveyard at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.