They have a show about this on History channel. Pretty sure the guys who captured Jefferson Davis stole the gold or hid it and came back to fetch it later. Good amount of evidence points toward this.
One of these guys (Charles Hackley) had a good income but nowhere near his entire net worth upon his death. At this point anyone who knows what happened is long since dead and most of what?s been passed down is morphed to urban legend.
Interesting story, but I don?t think there?s any gold buried there. Think about it, if 4 or 5 people today know where $140M is buried, you think they would take it to their grave without any of them (or their kids) going back for it? Not a chance.