Weaving the Legends of Blackbeard

Good afternoon everyone. I read a new folktale recently about the various legends surrounding Blackbeard the Pirate. There are as many legends surrounding Blackbeard as there are hairs on his head. I'm reading a "Treasury of Southern Folklore" and it has some really fun myths and legends. It offers stories on how the south became the land of "Dixie", that the first coins were designed in New Orleans before there was ever a national currency, and where the "rebel yell" came from.
Blackbeard has been a favorite of mine since my dad told me the name Teach is in our family tree, and speculated we may have had more than one pirate in our family history. Reading this "treasury" I came across a story about Blackbeard and how it was rumored he had the favor of a certain governor who's daughter he wanted to marry. The governor tried to convince his daughter it was a good match but she was in love with someone else. She tried to escape to a friend's who lived out of town but Blackbeard followed her. I have heard this particular story before but orally and what I found really cool about this written version is that it pondered how the story came about. This, of course, is where my fascination lies. The book states "this is how a legend is formed." They had good reason, Blackbeard was was murdered prior to the governor or his daughter being born and the house she escaped to wasn't built until after his death. I love the way historical facts can be woven into legends and myths!