The Old Miser

The Old Miser is a ghost who appears in a story collected in A Book of Ghosts and Goblins. He's referred to as the Old Miser as he's not given a name in the book other than that.

History
A widow and her children take shelter in a home once owned by the local landowner, an old miser now long dead. During the night, they hear a voice cry:

"A light! A light! I need a light!"

The widow brings up a candle to the office room upstairs and there she meets the Old Miser himself. When she's lighted the candle, he reads carefully through the Bible on the desk before him. After he finishes the Bible, he turns to the widow and says:

"I had made a promise to read the Bible from cover to cover, but died before l could do so. I could never rest in peace until l kept my vow. My money's in two pots under the kitchen floor; one is for you, the other is for the poor. Thank you for freeing me from the Earthly plane!"

The Old Miser then disappears forevermore, allowing the widow and her children to find the money pots and distribute the content of one of them to the poor.

Reference
A Book of Ghosts and Goblins (collection edited by Ruth manning Sanders), pages 30-40.