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Fisher's Mill on Gill Creek

Richland County · dedicated 1938 · Forest Dr. (S.C. Hwy. 12), about 100 yds. E of its intersection with Trenholm Rd. and just E of Trenholm Plaza, Columbia, Columbia

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About 1800, Col. Thomas Taylor erected the small building, ¼ mile upstream, where cotton goods were woven for his plantation needs. Here John and Edward Fisher later established one of the earliest spinning mills in Richland County, using slave labor and manufacturing cotton yarn.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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