Old
Grist Mills Wilkinson County, Ga.
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The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 1916 Map Eady's Mill History of Wilkinson County Victor Davidson |
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1916 Map Byington Mill - Mark Byington History of Wilkinson County Victor Davidson |
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Source: 1846 Aug Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel |
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Photo of mill & house where O. C. Weaver and his family lived for several years. Click on the more link. Bill Weaver |
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Details by Mark Byington; Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia... |
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The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
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southeast of Gordon. 5th Land District Solon's Mill on 1865 map; History of Wilkinson County Victor Davidson |
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________Hornsby. west side of Commissioner Creek/Beaver Creek. 5th Land District. J.T. Brady Map |
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R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency Reference Book, January 1923 edited and published by Carl Millison. Jr. March 2003 |
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Burke's Mill aka Baldwin's Mill |
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Land for sale 1812, 1815 The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
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The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
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Wilkinson Deed Book S page 448, dated 22 June 1897, Mark Byington |
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Will of Isaac F. Johnson R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency Reference Book, January 1923 edited and published by Carl Millison. Jr. March 2003 |
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1877 News Article |
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Estate sale of land 1828 The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
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Hemperly, Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia... |
1880 Millers
Edward Myers, grist mill near
Gordon (Whiting?)
Marcus Yates, near Gordon
2ND LAND DISTRICT:
FORDHAM
FJC #1839230
Wilkinson County, Georgia
Deed Book C, P.186
December 11, 1869
William McGowan of Geneva
County, Alabama to ZENIS FORDHAM. $950 for land in the 2nd District
containing405 acres. Lots #255, #256 & #273. #255 lines from
corner opposite a large spring on the north and south lines then running
directly down the rim of the spring branch then along the road leading
to Messers bridge and the whole of lot #256
except 3
acres aroundFordham's
old mill and line running down said mill branch to the junction of
small stream then up small branch to original line and #273 west of big
Sandy Creek.
Wits: ….. Summerlen
/s/ Wm. McGowen {LS}
A.W. Forsham {stamp}
Land District 2, near Stephensville
May 20, 1846
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
STATE OF GEORGIA, Warren County,
- In the Inferior Court, sitting as a Court of Ordinary, and for ordinary
purposes. March term, 1846.
It appearing to the
Court that James Granade, late of said county, deceased, executed
in his life time to Caleb Jones and
Benjamin F. Clark, a
bond for titles to his interest in a tract of land in the county of Wilkinson,
known as Granade and Webb's Mills,
on Big Commisssioner in said county, containing sixteen acres more or less,
and that the said James Grenade died without making titles to said land,
and that the said Caleb Jones and Benjamin F. Clark have fully complied
with ther terms and conditions of said bond in their part: It is ordered
by the Court, that
Timothy Granade, executor of the last will and
testament of said James Granade, deceased, do, on or before the first Monday
in July next, execute titles to the said Caleb Jones and Benjamin F. Clark,
upon their making it satisfactorily appear that said purchase money and
interest have been fully paid, or show cause to the contrary: An it is
further ordered, that a copy of this rule be published in one of the public
gazettes of Augusta, once a month for three months, before the first Monday
in July next.
A true extract from
the Minutes of said Court.
PATRICK N. MADDUX. c.c.o.w.c.o.
March 24, 1846
CANNON
February 9, 1883
The Atlanta Constitution
Judge
Cannon's splendid mill at Toombsboro was seriously damaged last night,
$1,500.
WASHINGTON
December 14, 1859
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
PUBLIC SALE OF LAND &
Negroes At Station No. 15, Central R. R.
The undersigned, having determined
to withdraw from the planting business, will sell at public outcry on TUESDAY,
20 DECEMBER NEXT, HIS PLANTATION
At Myrtle Spring,
Wilkinson county, Ga. and at the same time, offer for sale 45 Likely Negroes.
The Plantation
lies on Commissioners' creek, at No. 15, Central Railroad-eight hours right
from Savannah and two hours from Macon or Milledgeville. It contains 1,062
1/2 acres of Upland, Creek and Branch Bottoms. About half cleared,( the
remainder fine woods) suitable for the production of Corn, Cotton and Rice.
About half the
cleared Land, FRESH-none worn out Being located near the Depot, it presents
the rare inducements of an entire saving of hauling, freights, commissions
and storage-the proprietor acting as he own factor, and always finding
ready sale for his crop at the Gin House.
The place has
good Log Cabins, Gin House and Screw, with convenient lots of Stock, Springs
in every field, one of them Mineral, and it affords one of the handsomest
sites for a Dwelling in the State fronting on the Railroad. Good Saw and
Grist
Mills 1 1/2 miles off, and a fine supply of timber on the premises,
which can be sawed on shares. Also, plenty of FISH and GAME at hand.
The Negroes are among
the best ever offered for sale in Georgia. STOCK, PROVISIONS and PLANTATION
TOOLS, will also be sold
TERMS
For the Land, one half
Cash, the balance in one and two years. The Negroes will be sold on a Cash
basis, but special arrangements may be made for indulgence. call and examine
the premises.
J.H.R. WASHINGTON
Persons from a distance will
find accommodations at the Depot.
4TH LAND DISTRICT:
FLEETWOOD
Leroy
Fleetwood Mill
When the railroad was laid
through Wilkinson County, Station #16 was placed on Leroy Fleetwood’s property
at the town of Wriley. Near this place, on Commissioners Creek, Fleetwood
built a mill. I have no record of this mill until the late 1870s, when
the Fleetwood place had come into the possession of Algernon S. Hartridge
of Savannah. After Hartridge’s death, his real estate was put up for public
sale, and the Fleetwood property was purchased by Capt. Henry K. Byington
on 7 December 1880 for $101. This property consisted of fifty acres of
land, adjoining other lands already owned by Capt. Byington. The state
of the mill at this time is unknown, but by 1884 the mill was functioning,
as demonstrated by the following newspaper article.
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Atlanta Constitution
7 December 1884,
p. 5:
Stopped by a Big Fish
From the Irwinton, Ga.,
Appeal.
Captain H. K. Byington, who is a prominent candidate before the people for the office of ordinary, experienced quite a remarkable incident at his mill a few days ago. The report, as given by our reliable informant, goes thus: It seems that Captain B. leaving his mill running on time, had started to his house to look after something. He had gone only a short distance from the millhouse, however, when all of a sudden the machinery stopped, "never to go again," as it were. Captain B. retraced his steps immediately and commenced an investigation as to the "why and wherefore" the mill had so unceremoniously ceased to budge. After a thorough examination he found everything intact above, and no apparent cause for the stoppage. He was satisfied of some trouble somewhere, nevertheless, and shutting down the water gate, he went below to stir things. In the water wheel which propels the mill he found a fish - yes, a ten pound trout - securely wedged between one of the buckets in such a manner as to "scotch" the wheel and bringing things to a dead halt. His troutship was at once extricated from his perilous position, the gates were hoisted, and the mill proceeded to do its bidding in its usual good manner. Remarkable to say the fish was in no wise mutilated, and furnished the Captain a splendid meal that night at supper.
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The mill described in this article is not the Byington mill on Black Creek, which Henry K. Byington had sold to his brother Mirabeau L. Byington in 1883, but is instead the old Fleetwood mill. Capt. Byington ran this mill until the end of 1885, when he sold the land and the mill to Mills J. Lord of Augusta for $1,000. The surviving deed records show the transfer of 75 acres of land “on which tract is situated the old Fleetwood house and out houses, mill house, saw mill, gin house, dwelling and out houses at mill.”
At the same time Mills J. Lord purchased the Fleetwood mill from Capt. Byington, he also contracted Marcus Oliver McMullen, a carpenter (and Capt. Byington’s nephew), to improve and refurbish the equipment over a five year period. During this time, McMullen was to build and attach two new water wheels to the existing pair of grist mills by 1 May 1886 (such that the mills would have a capacity of processing 40 to 45 bushels of grain a day), build and install a new water wheel for the cotton gin (which Lord was to provide) by 15 August 1886, build a saw mill shed and repair the existing saw mill by 1 May 1887. In exchange for these services and a modest rent, McMullen was granted the use of the grist mill and mill seat, and all of the land and buildings attached. The repairs and additions evidently went according to schedule, but the fate of the mill can be known from the following newspaper article.
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Atlanta Constitution
2 November 1889,
p. 4:
FIRES IN GEORGIA
On Tuesday night of last week, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, the ginhouse known as the old Byington mill seat, in Wilkinson county, was destroyed by fire. It was the property of Mr. M. J. Lord, having been leased for five years by Mr. M. O. McMullen, two years ago, during which time he had placed thereon a good ginhouse and sawmill, all being under the same roof. The flames were under good headway and the top was falling in before it was known, and the house and everything therein was a total loss. About thirteen bales of cotton that was lying near the house were also burned, together with a number of bushels of cotton seed. The estimate of the loss is placed at about $1,500, and no insurance.
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The mill was located near Wriley, and the Fleetwood home place was itself located between the flow of Commissioners Creek to the north and the run of the Central Railroad to the south. Various deeds appear to indicate that the mills were located on Lot 156 in the Fourth District of Wilkinson. However, the lot numbers on the deed records are not clear, and modern tax maps indicate that the mills could not have been located on Lot 156. They were located Lot 154, close to where the road from Irwinton to Wriley crosses Commissioners Creek, just below the mouth of Nelson’s Branch.
submitted by Mark
Byington
copyright 2004
5TH LAND DISTRICT:
Bales
Mill
Several documents in land
records and newspapers to indicate that a mill existed on Black Creek above
the Byington mill, just
about where the dam for Hodge's
Lake is now. It was referred to as Bales Mills and was owned by
Elijah and William Bales in the early 1850s. The mill was located on Lot
152 on District 5, and the property consisted of at least that part of
Lot 152 north of Black Creek making 82 1/2 acres, a 38-acre tract in the
adjacent part of Lot 167, and all of Lot 151 (part of
which now extends into Baldwin).
It was a saw and grist mill. The Bales also had interest in 400 acres of
adjacent pine land. They seem to have lost it in the latter half of the
1850s, probably through default on a mortgage, when the land was put up
for sale by the sheriff. The public road once ran past this mill and into
Baldwin County. In 1874 the road was made public, and the mill appears
to be the one called Rev. A. H. Moore's mill. In 1889 the route of this
road was changed such that the portion passing by the mill was closed,
and the mill was then called the Pierce old mill. Submitted by Mark
Byington
BLACK CREEK
Black
Creek Mill
Genealogical Abstracts from
the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville)
Newspaper, 1809-1840 v. 1
1809-1818 by Fred R. & Emilie K. HARTZ:
pp.238-239 Issue of 2 Nov 1814.
"Will be sold, at Irwinton, Wilkinson Court-house the first Tuesday in
December next, the following property to wit: Three lots of land, 202-1/2
acres each, numbers 176, 177, and 188, in the 5th district of Wilkinson
County, with a good set of mills on said lots, taken as the property of John
H. MANDERSON and John MANDERSON, to
satisfy two executions in
favor of John FOX and Mashack LANDTRIP. /s/Joseph JACKSON, Shff.
p.496 Issue of 3 Jan 1816. On the first Tuesday in February next, will be sold, at Irwinton, Wilkinson court-house ... the following property, to wit: ... No. 186 in the 5th dist. of said county ... 202-1/2 acres ... Grist and Saw Mill thereon, taken as the property of John H. MANDERSON, to satisfy an execution in favor of Meshack LANDTRIP ... /s/ Joseph JACKSON, Shff.
p. 781 Issue of 3 Dec 1817. "Saw and Grist Mills. A great bargain may be got, if application is made in a short time, in the subscriber's undivided half of 1113-3/4 acres ... with one saw and grist mills theron, on Big Black Creek, equi-distant betwixt Irwinton and Milledgeville, abt. 9 or 10 miles from each ..." /s/ John H. MANDERSON. Black Creek.
Ad in 1 May 1821 paper, conflict
with Zachariah LAMAR over Black Creek Mill(s) and Stafford Tract; Milledgeville,
GA, The Southern Recorder, p. 3, column 5. Zachariah LAMAR ad of April
20. J.H. MANDERSON letter of 5 Jan 1821. Note of Z. LAMAR for $300 borrowed
from Jno. H. MANDERSON, payable the first of January next, with interest
from date, 21 Nov 1820. Statement of Jno. H. MANDERSON, 28 April 1821.
Copyright and contributed
by Cynthia Nason
5th District
Wilkinson County, GA
1805 Land Lottery
Orginal Grantees
176 James Erring
Oglethorpe 13 Nov 1805
177 John J. Smith
Oglethorpe 23 Jan 1806
186 William Smilley
Hancock 5 Mar 1806
188 William Serral/Small?
Franklin 30 Jul 1806
BRANAN
Branan
Mill- Wilkinson Deed Book S, Page 468, dated 17 February 1899, the
sale of 676 acres of land in the 5th District of Wilkinson; land bordered
north by W. C. Branan and F. Branan, east by Martha Hudson and J. S. Brown,
west by C. H. Branan, and south by J. W. & J. H. Branan; land better
known as the Branan Mill place
BYINGTON
The Byington Mill was located where Laurel Branch Church Road crosses Black Creek, on Lot 166 in the Fifth District of Wilkinson County, near the Baldwin County line. The original road ran slightly to the east around the mill, but the present road runs right through part of the original mill site. Portions of the dam can still be seen to the west of the road, the mill building having occupied the northern bank of the creek. The earliest reference I have been able to find to the Byington Mill on Black Creek is contained in an 1839 legal ad in a Milledgeville newspaper:
Georgia Journal 27 August 1839,
p. 3:
Wilkinson Sheriff's Sale.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in October next, before the
courthouse door in the town
of Irwinton, between the usual hours of sale, the following property:
James L. Byington and Lewis Jackson's interest in and to 600 acres of pine
land in the 5th District of Wilkinson County, numbers not known, whereupon
Amos Byington now lives. On the premises is a first rate grist and
saw mill. Levied on to satisfy a fi fa in favor of Jacob Woodall,
for the use of Ezra Daggett, vs. James L. Byington and Lewis Jackson. [Signed]
Wm. Cooper, D. Sheriff. August 22, 1839.
Amos Fox Byington (1793-1874) and his family could not have been living on this land for very long prior to the appearance of this ad, since from 1810 until the end of 1838 they had been living in either Baldwin or Hancock, as shown by those counties’ tax records. The property described above was partly owned by Amos’ oldest son, James Lawrence Byington (1815-1869). The mill on the property might have existed before James L. Byington bought his interest in it. Or he might have built it himself, as he is known to have been a carpenter, and he did build the Amos Fox Byington home place, which used to exist on the hill directly opposite the Byington Mill on Laurel Branch Creek Road.
I have found no subsequent records of the mill or the property until 1847, when Amos Byington (who apparently had continued to occupy the land as a tenant) bought about 800 acres of land from Ezra Daggett, who had evidently secured ownership of the land in the 1839 legal action. This seems to have included the 600 acres previously owned in part by James L. Byington, plus an additional land lot. Land records show that the four land lots involved in this 1847 transaction are lots 153, 165, and 166, and part of lot 167, all in the Fifth District of Wilkinson County. Around this time Amos’ mother, Sarah, gained ownership of an adjacent lot (no. 177) and transferred ownership to her son. More specifically, Amos Byington held these one thousand acres of land as trustee for his five youngest children, who were to assume active ownership when they had established themselves (he apportioned the lands in the years immediately following the Civil War).
It is known that Amos Byington and his family ran both a saw mill and a grist mill, which were very likely contained in the same building on Black Creek, directly across the road from the Amos Fox Byington home place. Most of the land Amos owned was pine land, which he harvested for lumber to be processed in the saw mill (which is thought to have been powered by a four-paddle turbine). Even after he transferred ownership of the land to his children, Amos retained the rights to the lumber contained on the land.
Although the deed of transfer does not appear to have survived, it is very likely that Amos transferred ownership of the property containing the Byington mill to his son, Capt. Henry Kosciusko Byington, sometime before Amos’ death in 1874. However, in 1883 Henry K. Byington sold the mill and property to his younger brother Mirabeau Lamar Byington. The deed of transfer still exists, and shows that the property included part of lots 166 and 165, about 200 acres in total (Henry then ran the old Leroy Fleetwood mill on Commissioners Creek near Wriley). A few months after purchasing the mill and property, Mirabeau Byington took out a mortgage on it, and the mortgage records show that this property consisted of: “one engine and saw mill together with all the fixtures & appurtenances thereto belonging, 5 head of mules & 7 head of oxen, 2 wagons, 2 log carts, also three hundred & fifty (350) acres of land, more or less, situated, lying & being in the Fifth District of Wilkinson Co., Ga., adjoining land of McMullen on the North, Jones & Caraker on the East, Smith & Golden on the South.” The land described in this document appears to include the tract that Henry Byington sold to Mirabeau Byington, plus lands that Mirabeau had himself owned before 1883.
Mirabeau Byington maintained and operated the mill for many years, and surviving documents record his purchase of equipment for the mill. Mirabeau’s sons, James Lawrence Byington and Wright Elam Byington, helped run the mill, and it is likely that they took over most aspects of the business in the 1890s. Mirabeau sold the mill and all of his lands north of Black Creek to Joseph Youngblood, Jr. in February of 1900. He retained the lands south of Black Creek, where his house still stands, until his death in 1909. At the time of his death, Mirabeau Byington’s estate included 220 acres of land south of Black Creek, which are still owned by his descendents.
Lot 153 - Elizabeth Walker,
original grantee, June 12, 1806
Lot 165- Isaac Love, original
grantee, Aug. 20, 1806
Lot 166 - Rachel Waller, original
grantee June 18, 1806
Lot 167 - William McCall,
original grantee Nov. 13, 1805
EADY
JOHN EADY SR., who
emigrated from Ireland, whose Revolutionary service was certified by General
Elijah Clarke, was one of the early settlers of the county, building a
mill on Black Creek still known as "Eady's
Mill." His son, Henry, (b. 1786-1847) was married in 1807 to Elizabeth
Gay (b. 1790, daughter of Allen and Abigail (Castleberry) Gay. Henry became
very wealthy, owning a great many slaves. Henry's daughter, Temperance,
married Oren Davis.
Davidson's History of Wilkinson
County
From the will
of John Eady - "And to my beloved son, J. A. Eady, I bequeath my grist
and saw mill, and one hundred acres of land, parts of two lots, No. 186,
the mill tract on lot No. 181, part of the long branch lot"
Lot 181 - original grantee
Joseph Baughn, Nov. 13, 1805
Lot 186 - William Twilley,
original grantee March 5, 1806
Atlanta Constitution
August 22, 1912
Fish Fry at Eady's Mill
Milledgeville, Ga, August
21 (Special) A party of Milledgeville men left here in ten automobiles
for Eady's mill, Wilkinson county, early this morning. The attraction is
a big fish fry. In order that some repairs be made at the mill, the pond
will be drained. This pond is a large body of water, and abounds with fish,
especially noted for fine trout that the Milledgeville sportsman is so
fond of.
KING
Georgia Journal
4 Oct. 1815
Wilkinson County
Sheriff's Sale.
91 1/4 acres..#10..5th
dist
good grist mill....saw mill..
house...property of Isaac S.King in
favor
of Bliss Hart
signed William Beck
Sheriff
Lot 10 , fractional 182.¼ - Silas Mathews original grantee Feb. 1 1806
LEWIS
Genealogical Abstracts from
the Georgia Journal (Milledgeville)
Newspaper, 1809-1840 v. 1
1809-1818 by Fred R. & Emilie K. HARTZ:
p.74 Issue of 25 Dec 1811
"Lost on the road from Milledgeville ... a red morocco pocket book containing
three notes on Micajah DIXON ... and one other note on Micajah HISTER ...
and an order on John MANDERSON. Any person who may find said property
return it to me or to William BIVINS, esq., near
Lewis's mills Wilkinson County shall be handsomely rewarded for their
trouble. /s/ Ben LANCASTER
BURKE
"He was a large planter and
land owner. He erected, at large expense, a mill on Cedar Creek, known
as Burke's Mill. He amassed considerable
property and at one time was the largest taxpayer in the county. At his
death he was perhaps the wealthiest man living in that section of Wilkinson
County."
Davidson's History
of Wilkinson County
BURNEY
"Green Blount Burney lived
for many years prior to the war on his plantation. Among his possessions
was the old water mill just above Long Bridge which is still known as Burney's
Mill. He died in 1866, and is buried in the old family cemetery near
the county line, west of Ball's Church."
Davidson's History of Wilkinson
County
ALEXANDER INGRAM
November 30 1853
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
LAND FOR SALE The subscriber
offers for sale his PLANTATIONS in Wilkinson County, lying on Turkey Creek,
one containing three thousand acres of Oak and Hickory land with a good
Grist
Mill, Dwelling House and all necessary out-buildings. Also one thousand
acres about four miles above on the same creek, containing some valuable
Hammock and Swamp Lands, with a good Dwelling and all out-buildings on
the premises. Persons wishing to purchase can get a bargain in either or
both the above places, by calling on the subscriber, living one mile from
Cool Spring, Wilkinson County.
Grist Mill - Irwinton
E.
Johnson
R. G. Dun Mercantile
Agency Reference Book, January 1923; edited and published by Carl
Millison. Jr. March 2003
"George Knight was wounded
in his right leg which later had to be amputated, and was sent home on
sick parole. He served the confederate cause later by running a ferry and
a grist mill."
Davidson's History
of Wilkinson County
27TH LAND DISTRICT
DURHAM
"When Sherman's Army arrived,
Mr. Brooks and his brother, John Pink, had been sent to Durham's
Mill, each riding a
swift horse. Suddenly almost
upon them they saw a large body of blue clad horsemen coming at a gallop.
As they
turned their horses about,
the leader of the Yankees commanded. "Halt! Halt!" "Lie down on your horse
and lay the whip!" Mr. Brooks cried to his brother, doing the same, each
expecting a volley of bullets to be fired at them. For some reason the
ursuers did not fire, evidently bent on capturing the boys' horses. Though
hotly pressed they gained on the enemy. Passing the home of Henry Wood,
Mr. Brooks called to the family to tell the Yankees they had gone another
direction (later he learned they did). Fearing to ride home lest the enemy
would overtake them, after two miles at a dead run, the boys turned and
made for "Beachtree Hammock" in Big Sandy Swamp, which they could reach
by crossing a marsh, and where they knew no Yankee would ever find them.
All afternoon they waited here. Near night leaving their horses securely
tied they walked to the edge of the swamp where Mr. Brooks climbed a tall
tree to reconnoitre. No Yankees visible, the boys ventured home."
Victory Davidson History
of Wilkinson County
JOHNSON
Isaac JOHNSON
ITEM 5. I bequeath unto
my son, Isaac F., 75 acres, more or less, of Lot No. 188, being whereon
the mill and gin is situated; the land extending to the ditch on
the North side of the creek together with one acre of land, house thereon
excepted, from the house place bequeathed to my dear wife in Article 3
of this my last will and testament. I also give and bequeath to my
son, my mule, Rhody.
Will of Isaac F. Johnson 15
Mar 1887 Wilkinson County, GA
JONES
& STOKES
Gordon, 1923
Gin and Grist Mill
R. G. Dun Mercantile Agency
Reference Book, January 1923 edited and published by Carl Millison.
Jr. March 2003
RIVERS
Wilkinson Deed Book S page
448, dated 22 June 1897, the sale of 170 acres on Lot 183 in the 27th
District of Wilkinson (just to the northwest of Gordon) from Terry
Brookings Sr to Anderson Brookings; land bordered north by the Central
of Georgia Railroad, east by Green Brookings, south by B. F. Ryles, and
west by W. A. Jones; land better known as part of the old
Rivers Mill place.
SOLOMON
At the same time the railroad
was built David Solomon, who lived five
miles out in the country, built and began operating the Gordon Hotel, which
today is in a good state of preservation, and is being used as a first-class
hotel. In 1848 Mr. Solomon built a three-story grist and flour mill
on
Little Commissioner Creek which he afterward sold to Mr. Galloway. It was
later owned by B.I. Stevens, then J.W. Hooks who in 1910 sold it to the
Pyne Tree Paper Company, where an extensive paper mill was operated until
1927, and is still intact, although not being operated at present.
Davidson's History
of Wilkinson County
STUCKEY
Deed Book F, page 280.
Excerpt: "Nelson Stuckey deeds to his daughter, Margarett A. (Stuckey)
Ganey (Gainey) property which includes "one twenty-five horse steam engine
style Talbot and Sons saw and grist mill with the same with all the tools
and implements belonging thereto also one sixteen horsepower engine
style Washington Iron Works,
....one cane mill and kettle." 22nd District of W.C. known as the Cowart
Place.R. Elizabeth Brewer
Waterways:
Oconee River
Ball Branch
Bearcamp Branch I
Beaver Branch
Beaver Creek
Beaverdam Branch
Big Branch Jeffersonville
Big Branch Toomsboro
Big Sandy Creek Cow
Hell Swamp
Black Creek
Blackkiln Branch
Brenham Branch aka Brenham
Creek
Buck Creek
Buckhorn Branch
Bull Branch
Camp Creek
Cedar Creek
Clear Creek
Commissioner Creek
Cowpen Creek aka Cowpen
Branch
Crooked Shank
Dead River
Deep Slough
Devil's Branch
Dry Branch
Dry Fork
Edmonds Branch
Gaylor Creek
Goose Creek
Hayes Creek
Helton Branch
Hickman Creek
Horse Branch
Hudson Branch
Laurel Branch
Lindsey Branch
Little Black Creek
Little Commissioner(s) Creek
Little Oochee Creek
Little Sandy Creek
Long Branch
Lords Branch aka Bee
Branch
Maiden Creek
Mallory Branch
McGowan Branch
Nelson Branch
Oconee River
Oochee Creek
Pearson Branch
Pitman Branch
Porter Creek aka Porter
Branch, Porters Creek
Ramage Branch
Salt Log Lake
Salter(s) Branch
Sandy Creek
Slash Creek
Thompson Branch
Town Branch
Turkey Creek - near Danville,
Pennohatchee Creek, Pinahachi Creek, Palmetto Creek
Walnut Creek
Water Fork
Wheeler Branch
Wildcat Branch
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