Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek (SL-2)
N 34° 01.116 W 080° 57.833
17S E 503334 N 3764218
One of the earliest mills in the area was along this creek.
Waymark Code: WM9695
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2010
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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.
1938 by The Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-40.)
Marker Name: Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: 40-40
County: Richland
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