Paris' Mill-GHM 124-3-Screven Co
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N 32° 56.017 W 081° 39.005
17S E 439225 N 3644115
On Brier Creek in Millhaven
Waymark Code: WM7WE5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
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The earliest trade center and industrial development in interior Georgia was established here before the Revolutionary War by Francis Paris, Senior.
A rick dam was constructed across the creek, of which it is said that the 400 horse power developed for the feed and saw mills was by far the greatest in the colony. The rock foundations of the old dam are still embedded in the creek about 300 yards above the present bridge.
Paris sold the land, mills, and appurtenances to Seaborn Jones, of Augusta, on February 8th, 1796.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 124-3
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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