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Abraham Kuykendall

Abraham Kuykendall

Male 1719 - 1812  (92 years)

 

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Ghost Story about Abraham

How he hid his coins in the forest, and ultimately died trying to find them. It is said he still haunts the forest where he died.

Abraham Kuykndall

(Oct 18, 1719 Kingston, NY - April 1, 1812 Buncombe, Co, NC)

 

Legend has it that the truth is that Abraham Kuykendall did amass considera

Abraham and wife Elizabeth were married for 55 years. They raised more than a dozen children. But Elizabeth preceded Abraham in death at around age 75.

Enter Bathsheba, Abraham's second wife who was both young and beautiful. His bride liked to spend so Abraham decided to hide his money. He put his coins in an iron wash pot and went through the forest with two blindfolded slaves carrying the money. They buried the pot under a large white oak, were blindfolded again and returned home.

When Abraham decided to retrieve his money, he headed for the woods. No one knows for sure, but the theory is he tripped, hit his head and rolled into a creek called Pheasant Branch. There he was found dead, facedown in the stream. He was 93. The coins were never located, but a local family that suddenly became wealthy caused some raised eyebrows.

Through a 200-year-old oral tradition, tales have been told of Abraham's spirit still searching for his fortune. The legend includes mysterious lights in the woods, an ethereal man on a wagon with his wash pot and even a roaming headless horseman.

The lost gold has been written about numerous times in treasure magazines, says Charles. In fact, in 1993 Kuykendall descendants were contacted by a high-tech English treasure hunter. He prepared to mount an expedition, but cancelled due to personal problemsble wealth. He built a complex that included a tavern, an inn and a meeting house/church located on Rutledge Drive, in the area between today's Mud Creek Baptist Church and St. John in the Wilderness Church. He also owned a grist mill. As business was conducted in coins those days and there were no banks, Abraham stored his earnings at home.



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