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Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek
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By Mike Stroud, March 27, 2010 | |
| | | 1. Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek Marker | | |
Inscription. About 1800, Col. Thomas Taylor erected the small building, 1/4 mile upstream, where cotton goods were woven for his plantation needs. Here John and Edward Fisher later established one of the earliest spinning mills in Richland County, using slave labor and manufacturing cotton yarn.
Erected 1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-40.)
Location. 34° 1.113′ N, 80° 57.834′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. Marker is on Forest Drive (South Carolina Route 12), on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Located between Trenholm Road and Gregg Parkway,Forest Acres Community. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29206, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Bethel Methodist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); 30th Inf Division (approx. 1.2 miles away); 31st Inf Division (approx. 1.2 miles away); 4th Infantry Division (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bridge at Remagen Stone (approx. 1.2 miles away); 108th Division (approx. 1.2 miles away); Darby Field (approx. 1.3 miles away); 26th Inf Division (approx. 1.3 miles away).
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By Mike Stroud, March 27, 2010 | |
| | | 2. Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek Marker, looking east along Forest Drive (State Road 12) | | Located on the west side of Gill Creek | | |
Col. Taylor built a mill on Gill Creek in 1796. The ruins stand near the present Old Mill Circle off Lakeview Circle off Trenholm Road. One of the original millstones lies within the walls of the ruins. Cotton goods were woven at the mill for Col. Taylor's plantation use. The mill was called Taylor's Mill. Later John and Edward Fisher operated it as a cotton spinning mill, and it became known as Fisher's Mill. |
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By Mike Stroud, March 27, 2010 | |
| | | 3. Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek Marker, looking west along Forest Drive | | |
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By Anna Inbody, January 14, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Mill Ruins | | On private property, visitors are not welcomed. | | |
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By Anna Inbody, January 14, 2012 | |
| | | 5. Grindstone in the mill ruins | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on May 8, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 549 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 8, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 4, 5. submitted on February 1, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.
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