Powder Branch
N 36° 19.098 W 082° 16.808
17S E 385087 N 4020013
A Tennessee Historical Marker located at Milligan Highway and Powder Branch road.
Waymark Code: WMMVGA
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2014
Views: 4
Marker text:
100 yards upstream at a falls stood an old powder mill, where Mary McKeehan Patton made powder for the soldiers who went to King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. Michael Hyder, Sr., signer of the Halifax Petition in 1776 lived here and is buried on the hill to the left of the stream. Both have many descendants here today.
Marker Name: Powder Branch
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Building
Marker Number: 1A 13
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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