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.
Wentworth Methodist Church: The Price of War
Wentworth Methodist Church was organized in 1836, and the present sanctuary was constructed in XXBX. It contains a slave gallery and is the last antebellum Methodist church building in Rockingham County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Slaves and free blacks are buried in the cemetery behind the church, as well as members of the predominantly white congregation. Obelisks mark the graves of George D. Boyd and X of his sons who died in Confederate service.
Other officers and soldiers are interred here. Lt. E. Wheeler Hancock, who served in the Mexican War, became colonel of the 77th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, during the Civil War. Surgeon John R. Raine served in the 45th North Carolina Infantry. Lt. John P. Ellington, 72nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, drowned near Fort Fisher. Capt. Berry J. Law, a native of England, served in the 69th Regiment, North Carolina Home Guard.
From the information listed on the sign “Wentworth Methodist Church”, solve for the final coordinates:
36° 24.05A′ N, 79° 46.6BC′ W
A = The last digit of the year (XXXA) of the picture listed on the sign of the Wentworth Methodist Church and Cemetery.
B = The second to last digit of the year (XXBX) the present sanctuary was constructed.
C = How many sons of George D. Boyd fought in the Civil War?
Many thanks to 3newsomes who helped with the placement of this cache!