Following the footsteps of billy bowlegs.

[Jake]

I have literally done close to 3 months of hardcore research regarding billy bowlegs. I have traveled all around the northwest coast looking for pirate loot and have come up empty every time but I believe I was very close to finding something. If somebody can please help me out with more info or would like to join in on the hunt. I will be forever grateful. Also just a piece of info I found was that bowlegs buried a treasure by the mouth a river north of ft Walton beach. Can I get some people to comment that as well as the general question(topic about billy bowlegs). Please and thanks. God bless you all.

 

[mxkara]

hey man, did you ever find it and if not do you know if anyone else has?

 

[islamoradamark]

Welcome to Treasure Net

 

[Bunny7]

I have literally done close to 3 months of hardcore research regarding billy bowlegs. I have traveled all around the northwest coast looking for pirate loot and have come up empty every time but I believe I was very close to finding something. If somebody can please help me out with more info or would like to join in on the hunt. I will be forever grateful. Also just a piece of info I found was that bowlegs buried a treasure by the mouth a river north of ft Walton beach. Can I get some people to comment that as well as the general question(topic about billy bowlegs). Please and thanks. God bless you all.

Boger Rogers' (Billy Bowlegs ft walton bch fl) family denies that he was actually a pirate. However, in the mid-to-late '50s, my family treasure hunted all over northwest Florida including searching for Bowleg's treasures. I actually stood by his grave (which was violated many times before the family moved him to a private cemetery) and saw the bowed leg bone lying on the ground. Legend had it that he had left precise directions where he should be buried, including compass points for head and foot. Sometime after he was buried, close family (or friends) began to think about his directions, went to the area and discovered gold in a hollow tree not far from his head.

 

[newnan man]

I heard of Billy Bowlegs here in Florida. He was a Seminole chief. I belive he fought in the 2nd & 3rd Seminole wars and finally agreed to go to Oklahoma. Many Seminoles just fled into the glades and are there to this day. I didn't know there was a pirate here with the same name, interesting.

 

[villagenut]

I'm with Newnan man on this one....I think someone got there billy's mixed up.

 

[villagenut]

Being. An old Florida boy, I had to look this character up. Turns out he was William Augustus Bowles. Not to be confused with the famous Seminole Indian Chief, they borrowed his name, that's all.

 

[Skipster]

Wondering where the name Bowlegs Cut originated
The channel(part of the intracoastak waterway) is located near Lignum Vitae key which is rumored to have had spanish and a pirate history
Would love to hear more on this