Thirty caches are located in five different regions throughout NC. Instructions for sending the documentation are in the passport. Once all five regions are completed, you have earned a special NC Civil War trackable geocoin. Mail the passport to the address inside the passport – then your passport will be returned with your unique coin.
All of the containers are the same - camouflaged 6 inch PVC tubes - the code word you need for your passport is inside the container on a laminated card and also taped on the container that holds the log sheet. Date your logbook and add your code word in the numbered area for the cache. As the containers may become over tightened, carry a TOTT to ease the opening process.
Passports will be available at the event, some Civil War Museums in NC, and via mail if you send me you address or you can download your passport here.
George Avery
Avery, a slave blacksmith, joined the United States Colored Troops in Greeneville, Tenn., in 1865. He was probably among a group of slaves freed by Union. Gen. George Stoneman. Avery’s unit guarded railroads in Tennessee the rest of the war. Returning to Asheville, his former owners provided him with land, materials to build a home, and a job as caretaker of this cemetery. He was 96 years old when he died.
The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.
The sign at the posted coordinates will supply you with the information needed to find the cache.
The cache is located at N 35 34.ABC W 082 32.DEF.
To get ABC, take the year that George Avery was 71 and subtract 934.
To get DEF, take the year that George Avery was 71 and subtract 1634.