If you have any any information abut old mills or
millers in Baldwin County, Ga or can match the miller's names with the mill,
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Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Patrick McGriff of Washington County |
260 acres land, sawmill, gristmill for sale Sep. 1812 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Samuel Buffington | near Salem | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
_____Lamar | South, Near Napier's Ferry | 1869 county map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
William Stevens? Eber Pearson Mattie Pearson Richardson |
1891 ad for Stevens Pottery
mentions grist mill - this could be it. Restored and operated by Eber Pearson after 1910, sold in 1969 |
Augusta Chronicle, Jan 3,
1891 Coopers Memoirs, Cullen Wood |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Tilmon Buckner Gilah Freeney |
near Garrison Rd. & Scottsboro see details |
Mark Byington |
_______Rutherford | Bridge built at Rutherford's Old Mill on Camp Creek in 1828 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
_______Thomas | near Oconee River. South of CSH. Millpond is on Laying Farm Rd. | 1869 County Map news article 1878 |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Unknown | Right side of Oconee at junction of creek, off Kings Rd. | 1869 Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Nicholas Poole | 1st District, Land Lot 119, near Clinton Rd. Land for sale 1822 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
James L. Cottrell Goodwin Myrick |
Baldwin Co. Land for sale. Land
and mills on Little River, formerly owned by James L.Cottrell..9 miles
above Milledgeville,on the road to Eatonton.. 181 acres Will be shown and terms made known by applying to Goodwin Myrick Esq...or Maj. Samuel Cunningtham. signed Mary Ann Tucker. Georgia Journal 27 Feb. 1821 |
Georgia Journal 27
Feb. 1821 1869 Baldwin County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
________Napier | Little River, 319th District off Hwy 112. Part of Sherman's troops crossed here in Nov. 1864 appears to be not operating in 1908 |
1869 Baldwin County Map 1908 Baldwin County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Farish Carter | near Milledgeville 1824 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Hines Holt | confluence of Oconee and Little
River North Baldwin Co. |
J. C. Bonner's Milledgeville, Georgia's Antebellum Capital |
William B. Freeney Elijah Freeney Nancy Freeney Johnson Leander Rainwater 1860 |
Land for sale in 1820 see details Leander Rainwater was the husband of Susan A.B. Freeny. |
The Georgia Journal 1809-1829
Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II,
III) 1992-1994 Baldwin County Marriage Records Mark Byington |
Walker | Northeast side of Oconee River | 1869 Map |
Henry Fraley | north of Fraley's Ferry working mill in 1890 appears to be same mill as Walker's Mill See Fraley Ferry/Mill |
1908 County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
John Troutman | west bank, opposite town commons of Milledgeville | J. C. Bonner's Milledgeville, Georgia's Antebellum Capital |
John Gamer | 11 miles from Milledgeville, sale of plantation, mills and ferry 1816 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Thaddeus Holt | Mill and ferry south of Fort Fidius | 1823 Map of Georgia |
Peter J. Williams Hugh D. Treanor |
Act to build mill on the town
commons at the first shoal on the Oconee River. established 1821-1823, still operating in early 1900s. Part of the brick work is visible from the Oconee River bridge. William H. Jewell, manager in 1910 |
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION, IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1821. Atlanta Constitution June 7, 1903 1910 Census |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Jeremiah Bonner | land for sale in 1809. adjoined
Tinsley, Smith and Panes, |
The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Robert McGinty | Looking for miller in 1818 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Ambrose Jones | 40 acres for sale with gristmill 1822 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
William Morris | William Morris miller in 1880, 1887 | source 1880 Federal Census, Augusta Chronicle April 15, 1887 news article mentions Ranse Babb living near mill |
______Ellis | Map | 1908 Baldwin County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Thomas Prosser | burned in 1879 | news article 1879 |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
______Harris | on Town creek; thence up said creek, with the meanders thereof, to Harris's upper mills, on said creek; | ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,
MDCCCVII. 1807. Act of Legislature 1807 |
______Devereaux | Map, Appears to be Harris's old mill | 1869 Baldwin County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Thaddeus Holt | "thence a straight line to
Holt's mills, on Town creek"; 200 acres land for sale, gristmill 1812 |
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ASSED AT MILLEDGEVILLE, IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,
MDCCCVII. 1807. The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Elisha (?)Lingo | land for sale by Wilson Brown who lived near this mill in 1817 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
William Minor | Land for sale with gristmill 1826 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Ennis Mill | below Trice's tanyard | 1869 Baldwin County Map |
_____Alding | Map, appars to be Holt's mills | 1869 Baldwin County Map |
_____O'Quinn | Map, appears to be Aldings old mill | 1908 Baldwin County Map |
Unknown (Minor?) | near Trice's tanyard | 1869 Baldwin County Map |
Unknown | southeast of Sandtown, near
Linton Rd part of roading leading to it now called Grits Mill Rd. |
1869 Baldwin County Map |
Owner | Description, Comments | Source |
Richard Grimsley | land for sale 101.5 Ac. western Baldwin in 1814 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
John Howard | 500 acres with gristmill and
gin 4 miles from Milledgeville on Clinton Rd |
The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
Samuel McGehee | Land for sale on Clinton Rd 1828 | The Georgia Journal 1809-1829 Milledgeville, Georgia Newspaper by Fred and Emille K. Kartz (Vol I, II, III) 1992-1994 |
List of Millers from Census Records:
1850
Leonard Gandy 32 M
Miller 500 Georgia Salem District
1860
Charles S. Jones . 24 M
Miller 50 GA Salem District
Eli Champion 71 M
Miller 300 GA
Leander
Rainwater 35 M Miller Gumm District
Peter Hawkins 47 M
Miller 5,000 2,500 VA Milledgeville
Michael Mahon 40
M Miller 500 Ireland Milledgeville
William Walker 35 M
Miller 2,000 500 GA Milledgeville
John Cook 54 M
Miller 50 GA 1 Milledgeville
1864 Militia Census
115th district
J. H. JOHNSON, 46 yrs,
B. Washington Co., GA. Exemption: Miller 115th
B. G. RILEY, 32 yrs, Miller,
b. Hancock Co., GA
322nd
district
J.V. LIBBY,
46 yrs, Miller, b. England
E.
W. MINTER, 36 yrs, Miller, b. Baldwin Co., GA
1880
Edmond P. Fold, Miller,
318th
1920
M. R. Lawrence, 318th
district
Waterways in Baldwin County
Beaver Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Big Rocky Creek
Black Creek aka Big Black Creek
Buck Creek
Camp Creek
Cedar Creek
Champion Creek aka
Deresows Creek
Derisoes Creek
Derisows Creek
Derosos's Creek
Derososs Creek
Derossows Creek
Dorosous Creek
Ferry Branch
Fishing Creek
Flatrock Branch
Gantry Creek
Gaylor Creek
Goss Creek
Gum Creek
Island Creek
Little Black Creek
Little Camp Creek
Little Fishing Creek
Little River
Little Rocky Creek
Moore Creek
Nancy Branch
Oconee River
Panther Creek
Poncahonto Creek aka Little Cedar Creek
Potato(e) Creek
Reedy Branch
Reedy Creek
Big Rocky Creek
Sand Creek GA
Tobler(s) Creek
Town Creek
Turkey Creek
Watson Creek