This geocache is located in a spot where there is some historical significance. I do not know how many people know about what went on here but after reading the historical account listed inside the geocache container some people might be very surprised and might want to do some research on the subject themselves. The internet is full of information about it and there have been a couple of books written on the subject. Be careful not to park on private property or trespass and make sure you are out of the geocache area by nightfall.
Sometime early morning Aug. 6, 1887 Tom Woolfolk killed 9 members of his family in west Bibb County with an ax. He cleaned up and threw his clothes in the well and ran to a neighbor's house for help, claiming that someone else killed his family. Law enforcement immediately identified Tom, the sole survivor, as a suspect and he was arrested. The crime made national news all around the country.
Tom was tried and convicted in Bibb County for the murders. But the decision was overturned by a Supreme Court Appeals judge due to courtroom spectators yelling "Hang him! Hang Him!" during the closing arguments. He was tried again in Perry and was convicted again of the murders. His sentence was death by hanging. He was hung not far from the original courthouse in Perry from what is now the Courtney Hodges bridge. Tom's hanging was one of the last public hangings before they were outlawed in GA. Its reported that thousands of people came to Perry for the hanging, some say it was as many as 10,000 people and was much like a fair with food and drinks being sold along the sides of the streets downtown. Tom maintained he was innocent to the very end, newly found evidence suggest that a hired hand actually performed the murders.
The victims are buried in Macon's Rose Hill cemetery. Its reported that thousands of people also came to Macon for the funeral. That they lined the streets of what is now Spring St. and Riverside Dr. as the horse drawn hearses went by. There weren't enough hearses in Macon/Bibb County to accommodate all the victims and many had to be borrowed from surrounding areas. The victims were Richard F. Woolfolk, father, then aged 54; his wife Mattie H (Tom's stepmother)., aged 41; their six children, Richard F. Jr., 20; Pearl, 17; Annie, 10; Rosebud, 7; Charlie, 5; baby Mattie, 18 months old; and 84-year old Temperance West, a relative of Mrs. Woolfolk.
The link below gives more information about the Woolfolk murders.
https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/woolfolk-thomas.htm#:~:text=The%20most%20atrocious%20mass%20murder,on%20the%20gallows%20in%201890.