Early Cotton Mill

Early Cotton Mill is a South Carolina historical marker in Breeden vicinity, Marlboro County, dedicated 1978.

Marlboro County · dedicated 1978 · S.C. Hwy. 385 at its intersection with Burnt Factory Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 35-372), Breeden vicinity, Breeden vicinity

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About 1836 William T. Ellerbe, John McQueen, and John N. Williams built a cotton mill approximately one mile northwest. Power for operation of the mill came from the waters of nearby Crooked Creek. Ellerbe and Williams sold their stock in the mill to Meekin Townsend in 1844. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1851, but Burnt Factory Pond remains today.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Early Cotton Mill

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