The Ghost of the lost Confederate gold
by
Shannon Hollon
Back during the depression Uncle Byron Campbell got word that during the Civil War the folks of Lucille Al. (Bibb Co.) buried a bag of gold to hide it from the invading Yankees.
Byron Campbell
The treasure was suppose to be hidden under the foundation in the creek at the old Lucille grist mill, so one moonless night he employed the help of his brother and my great grandfather Dunbar Campbell.
Dunbar Campbell
They waded up the creek to the mill, after digging in the mud and water with pick and shovels they heard a commotion behind them and up on the hill heading there way was a fiery wagon wheel once it hit the water a few feet from them in a crash and steam it was not found.
Both brothers left there as fast as there soaking wet feet would carry them the gold never found.
In the Land of the Living: Wartime Letters by Confederates from the Chattahoochee Valley of Alabama and Georgia
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About Shannon Hollon
Shannon Hollon lives in McCalla Alabama graduated from McAdory High School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Served 9 years in the US Navy Seabees with one tour in Afghanistan.Currently employed with US Steel and serving on the board of directors for the West Jefferson County Historical Society. http://wjchs.com/
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Very interesting
Ed Henry
The trouble is that the Gold wasn’t Confederate.
The next issue is the location of said treasure.
It was at the Cross Roads and may still be. The swamp is still there.
No one goes there now. – The hill is not far away and has been dug about a house high deep.
No notable treasure ever known to be found.
However – the mill was not far just about a mile above the line…
Not as far from the Mimms place.
All of the Natchez Chiefs and spiritual men were brought back to this same location.
The names change but the Alamo is still the same.
Amazing story!!!
The most plausible story happened in Wilkes County, GA near the town of Washington. Jefferson Davis had sent his wife and children out of Richmond before it fell. What was left of the Confederate treasury was put in wagons to accompany Mrs. Davis. They travelled across VA and turned south near Danville, through NC, into GA. She was to meet her husband in Washington where they had connections. He never reached Washington, but continued further south to Irwinton where he was captured. When Mrs. Davis traveled south to meet him, she travelled without the gold. The stories that were told around Washington indicated that there were several mansions build over the next several years in Washington, when most people in that part of GA could hardly feed themselves.
Love the story
Ed Hammonds