Chapultepec, alabama , Treasure Found With Hazel Witch Stick

jeff of pa · Oct 21, 2019

I Think Elvis would have said "Thank You ! Thank You Very Much !" :laughing7:

The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.), 25 Sept. 1895.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...ext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=6

Mackaydon · Oct 21, 2019

William Cornelius was a wealthy plantation owner. Upon his death, he gave to his son, Champion, the following:
" Also I have given to my son Champion Cornelius one Negro Girl named Ann and hur two Children one named Ransom and
the other named Metilda to him & his heirs forever this being his full portion of my estate." Willliam had many children and to some, in his Will, he gave a total of at least 13 slaves.
Source: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/cornelius/1765/
So the thought of Champion having $20,000 in gold is not out of the question.
Don.....