You Might be right John I believe Thomas had control of his money till he died in 1863 and if he was a mason logic tell me his money went to the war effort. Just a guess. John and Thomas grew up in the same area. Since John was doing covert operations on Union soil logic tells me he would of changed his name even by a letter or two. John had boxes of gold with him in his rescue attempt of 20 generals on Johnson Island he was going to divide with the generals once he rescued them . John left Buffalo NY and headed to Johnson Island on a converted merchant steamer the steamer was only 50 feet long has two bronze cannons and Two chests of gold . He never made it he took a direct hit in the port side by a Union gun boat and sank John survived only to be hung by the union in 1864. ??? Do you think we have Two Beale treasures . Or only one???
I don't think we have any Beale treasures. The original Beale treasure was a hoax to sell pamphlets and his story.
And I've never heard of the other man leaving a hidden treasure. His wealth was distributed and lost over time throughout his family lineage, as is the case with most families.