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Baldwin County's Georgia Old Mills
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Buck Creek, 115th District
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
Camp Creek, 322th District
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
Camp Creek, 321st District
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
Candler's Creek, 115th District
Owner Description, Comments Source
Unknown Right side of Oconee at junction of creek, off Kings Rd. 1869 Map

 
Fishing Creek, 319th District
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 

 
Little River, 318th District
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
Little River, 319th District
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
Oconee River, Unknown District
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 
Oconee River, 105th District
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
Oconee River, 115th District
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 
Oconee River, 320 District, City of Milledgeville
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
Potato Creek, 319th District
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 
Rocky Creek, 105th District
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
Spring Creek, 115th
Owner Description, Comments Source
Thomas Prosser burned in 1879 news article 1879
Town Creek, 105th District
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
Town Creek, 115th District
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
Unknown District
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
 
 

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