Gatesville Confederate Frontier District Strongbox — Coryell County

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Gatesville Confederate Frontier District Strongbox — Coryell County

Lost Treasure TX • Coryell County County
Description
Gatesville legend of an unrecovered Confederate frontier-district strongbox — when Maj. George B. Erath made the county seat headquarters of the Second Frontier District during the Civil War.
Historical Notes
Coryell County voted for secession 293 to 55 in 1861. Several companies volunteered for Confederate service or frontier protection. Gatesville became headquarters of the Second Frontier District under Maj. George B. Erath, the surveyor and Texas Ranger for whom Erath County is named. The county lost 63 percent of its tax base between 1864 and 1866 — a third from emancipated slaves and the rest from declines in farm acreage, value, and livestock. Reconstruction-era folklore often places district payroll and quartermaster receipts buried when federal authority returned. Coordinates mark downtown Gatesville and the Coryell County Courthouse (restored 1988). Related entry: "Crawford Outlaw Cache — Coryell County" documents separate post-war outlaw cave lore west of Waco.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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