Dr. George J. Adams told the police of New Orleans

Louisiana has 1000's of treasure stories but seems it is not of interest to many hunters. Here is a good lead.

In 1886, Dr. George J. Adams told the police of New Orleans a strange story of pillage and the burial of $30,000 during the Civil War. Adams had been a doctor attached to Company A, 17th Massachusetts Volunteers during the Union campaigns throughout the South. On a foraging trip, Adams and two soldiers broke into a house at Magnolia Plantation, about twenty miles above New Orleans, on the Mississippi River.

After entering and searching the home, the three men found $30,000 that had been hidden in different places. $1000 was in mixed silver coins, $1800 was in silver dollars, and the other $27,000 was in gold coins. Afraid to enter New Orleans, where their company had been sent, and having no way to conceal such a large amount of money, the trio decided to bury the loot.

They selected a very large tree in a pecan grove about half-a-mile from the locks at the canal opposite Ewenville. Here they buried the money among the tree roots. Each man took a bearing and wrote down the directions.

They then joined their company, intending to return after the War for the money. But soon after burying the coins, the two soldiers were killed, and Dr. Adams was wounded. After being sent home, the doctor suffered a long recovery in a Union hospital. It wasn't until 1886 that he was able to return to Louisiana to search for the hidden money.

When he returned to the pecan grove, he found that the older trees had been cut down. He tried for over a month to locate the exact spot. Finally realizing he needed help and that his money was running out, the doctor let several local residents in on his secret. After several more weeks of fruitless searching, they all gave up. There is no record of any recovery's having been made. Somewhere about half-a-mile north of the Ewenville locks a small fortune in Civil War coins waits for a treasure hunter.

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