Gholson Gap Church Gold Coins — Coryell County

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Gholson Gap Church Gold Coins — Coryell County

Lost Treasure TX • Coryell County County
Description
Southern Coryell County legend of church treasure and gold coins hidden in or near Gholson Gap — the sole published Rocker Box entry for Coryell County, localized on the Coryell side of the Lampasas River gap country.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Coryell County compilation lists church treasure and gold coins supposedly hidden in or near Gholson Gap, noting the site may also lie in Lampasas County. The same entry appears on the Lampasas County page. Coryell County organized in 1854 with early Baptist and Methodist churches at Coryell Church, Rainey's Creek, and Gatesville. Frontier church and missionary specie caches appear throughout Central Texas entrada folklore. Related entry: "Gholson Gap Church Gold Coins — Hamilton County" marks the Hamilton-side pin. Coordinates approximate Gholson Gap on the southern Coryell–Lampasas county line. Private ranch land — legend only.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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