Decatur Township A LOST BURIED TREASURE. April 24, 1887, Wednesday

[jeff of pa]

For a number of years Amos H. Mills, of Decatur Township, returned for taxation $9,000 in money which, he said, was buried on his farm.

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[Legacy X]

I came across this article in a book on possible Indiana cache sites. I live in Indiana so always look hard into stuff here. I am not sure whether the story is true of course but I do not the name is wrong. It is Abner Mills not Amos Mills. The article was written April 14, 1887 and Abner Mills died April 4th 1887. After looking at plat maps from 1855 and later in 1860s of decature township its the only Mills in the township. That combined with his death date makes it seem very likely the property is the one I have circled in these pics. As of 2021 the area has been developed so much. I of course am still gonna go look but I think this one if it was there and they missed it was found by someone else years later while the area was developed.

 

[jeff of pa]

Welcome to TreasureNet !

I've found Amos


Your search for "Abner H. Mills" taxes from 1887 did not return any matches



Bennington Banner (Bennington, Vermont) 05 May 1887, Thu

Also in The
Brookville Tanscript (Brookville, Kansas) 13 May 1887, Fr
The New York Times (New York, New York) 24 Apr 1887, Sun
The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Indiana) 14 Apr 1887, Thu
The Daily Nebraska Press (Nebraska City, Nebraska) 05 Jun 1887, Sun
The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) 14 May 1887, Sat
The Waterloo Press (Waterloo, Indiana) 21 Apr 1887, Thu
The Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana) 21 Apr 1887, Thu
The News-Herald (Hillsboro, Ohio) 12 May 1887, Thu
The Midland Journal (Rising Sun, Maryland) 20 May 1887, Fri

All say AMOS H. Mills

 

[jeff of pa]

only Abner mills found in 1887

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 02 Jul 1887, Sat

• The Port Chester Journal (Port Chester, New York)
  
• 02 Jun 1887, Thu
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Sorry Abner Doesn't hold much Weight .
it is possible the Map Maker Scribbled the Name
and the printer read it wrong or Abner was his Relative.
The location could still be correct . just don't throw Amos away in your research

 

[SD51]

I came across this article in a book on possible Indiana cache sites. I live in Indiana so always look hard into stuff here. I am not sure whether the story is true of course but I do not the name is wrong. It is Abner Mills not Amos Mills. The article was written April 14, 1887 and Abner Mills died April 4th 1887. After looking at plat maps from 1855 and later in 1860s of decature township its the only Mills in the township. That combined with his death date makes it seem very likely the property is the one I have circled in these pics. As of 2021 the area has been developed so much. I of course am still gonna go look but I think this one if it was there and they missed it was found by someone else years later while the area was developed. View attachment 1943461View attachment 1943462View attachment 1943463View attachment 1943464

Rich, Welcome to T Net. Keep us posted...

 

[ken135]

A follow-up to this thread:

I found what I believe to be Amos H Mills land. Obtained landowner's permission and waited for the beans to be harvested, that was last Monday. I hunted it last Tuesday and yesterday in the areas around structures that were shown on maps. The structure on older map (1866), I believe was a barn and house from the items I found. Yesterday, I hunted the structures shown on the 1889 map. It was a newer house and probably a large workshop by the debris found. Extremely trashy. No cache located.

FYI, if anyone is interested in this site. Landowner has sold this property (closing soon) to a land developer and it will become a housing community soon. Would be nice to hunt it again after the bulldozers get done.

I did find this nice Indian Celt, though.