The Story of the Money Hole. (NY)

[Kentucky Kache]

The Story of the Money Hole. (NY)

Family tradition is that on the morning of the day he marched with his company to join General Herkimer for the relief of Fort Stanwix, that having a considerable savings of silver money, which evidently he feared to leave during his supposed temporary absence he put this money in an old copper teapot of tea kettle, picked up a shovel and walked eastward from his house to the woods near the Chuctamunda creek where he buried his savings. His family had noted with interest all his preparations, but none accompanied him, merely noting the direction he had taken towards the creek, consequently were in ignorance of the exact spot he had chosen as a safe hiding place from theft and possible raiders. It is said he was gone a short half hour. That afternoon he marched away, and never returned. Many searches were made by the family for this buried money, but without results. Though the years that followed its burial, many friends and neighbors assisted in the search, but its hiding place was never discovered.

(Long story)
http://www.fortklock.com/moneyhole.htm

 

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[BF750]

Re: The Story of the Money Hole. (NY)

A different location in this story......


While searching for old family cemeteries, the writer found the Dieffendorf -Pettingill family cemetery which is located on the south side of the Schoharie Creek about five miles from its mouth, on a hill overlooking the creek. Near there are the remains of an old cellar. Thinking it might have a history, he made inquiry, with the following result. Captain Samuel Pettingill settled there prior to the Revolutionary War and built a log cabin for his home. At the time of the Tory Butler's raid Captain Pettingill was away from home but his family received warning in time and went to a ravine near the house where they hid until the men returned and drove the Tories away. On the way to the hiding place one of the little girls fell and hurt herself and to prevent the Indians from hearing her cries, her mother stuffed a handkerchief in her mouth. The girl lived, grw up and married, and this tale was told me by her great-grand daughter. As soon as the Tories and Indians were driven away, the heighbors put out the fire in the house and the wheat stack, which had been gathered prior to the raid, they took the remaining logs of the house and built a pent house or peaked roof over the cellar, sodding it well. They thrashed the wheat out, and Captain Pettingill with his family lived in this cellar all the next winter and subsisted principally on the scorched wheat which he had ground, till the next spring. Captain Pettingill's wife lies in the family cemetery, with his descendants, but hs has no grave. He lost his life at the battle of Oriskany and his body with other soldiers who died there was destroyed by the wolves.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/history/lethbridge.html

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Re: The Story of the Money Hole. (NY)

Hi guys I been researching this story and haven't come across the one by Bf750.Thanks,I love reading that stuff ! Lots of great stories in that 3 rivers site.

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: The Story of the Money Hole. (NY)

Just as a matter of "wow - that's kinda cool"... I used to live in an apartment on property that was on the original Fort Stanwix land. On Spring Street - in Rome NY.