Felton Farm Treasure

[Roadquest]

On the Felton Farm near Cartersville, on State 41, Bartow Co.
A chest containing around $50.000 in gold and silver coins was
burried new the barn.

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[Slingshot]

That was an 1,800 acre farm during the Civil War period when the cache was buried due to the advance of Shermans forces in the spring of 1864. The Feltons fled for a safer location further South in the state, but I'm not sure where. There is a Georgia historical marker by the highway near the house - which I don't know if the house is still standing or not. If you figure the cache was all in gold coin, then $50,000 will weigh over 200 lbs., which was the reason they had to bury it, as it was too cumbersome and risky to try and move with that much cash in coin, especially with Yankee cavalry running the roads. This burial was conducted by the elder Mr. Felton, as his son was serving in Confederate forces. The elder Felton couple, and their daughter in-law, Rebecca Latimer Felton of later political fame, fled south. The cache was supposedly never recovered, due to the elder Mr. Feltons death before he was able to return to the farm and retrieve the family fortune. Thats what I can remember off the top of my head on this one. The original homesite might be a good place to look around if you can obtain permission. I would think it was buried further out somewhere on the original 1,800 acres though.