Carthage Panola County Timber Baron Payroll — Panola County

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Carthage Panola County Timber Baron Payroll — Panola County

Lost Treasure TX • Panola County County
Description
Carthage legend of a timber-baron or sawmill payroll cache in Panola County — the Piney Woods county seat east of Tyler on the Louisiana border.
Historical Notes
Carthage has been the Panola County seat since 1848, serving the Sabine-adjacent timber belt east of Tyler. Antebellum planters and later sawmill operators concentrated cash payrolls in isolated Piney Woods settlements. Related entry: "Panola-Rusk-Harrison Junction Silver Bars in Lake" documents the three-county silver-bars legend northwest of Carthage. This pin covers separate mill-and-plantation payroll folklore in the Carthage district. Coordinates mark downtown Carthage in Panola County east of Tyler.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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