Re: (Pics) mine w/ chestnut burr above
That's a great find for that area, cool you found that in a sand bank. There are a bunch of sand banks on this creek. Quite a few rockhouses as well by the creek. You know i can picture a shaft that goes up, its very possable. Poor ol Becky Timmons, i think her ghost still haunts those woods in search of the mine she looked for. An old story i found in researching my family lineage was The same Townsend that was rumored to have helped Swift when he returned to this area 1790's, pasted his copy of journal and information Swift gave him to Rebbecca Timmons.
The Son of the above Townsend, he and wife were killed in 1862 because it was rumored they had a huge store of silver and gold coins, hidden on their homestead. a small gang of confederate guerrilla soldiers after hearing the rumor made a visit to their homestead, when Townsend held them off. During the gun fight Townsend's wife was shot dead, then he surrendered. He was taken to their camp and was beaten to tell the location of the hidden money. He didn't tell, and on trying to escape he was shot dead. Makes me wonder if He or his father had found one of Swifts cache's, why would a rumor get started like that to start with, without a reason. His father knew old man Swift... Swift camp creek isn't to far from this location.
