Craig's Mill

Lunenburg County · dedicated 2017 · Rte. 40 (South Broad St.) at intersection with Main St., Kenbridge

Two miles southwest of Kenbridge stood Craig's Mill on Flat Rock Creek. The Rev. James Craig, minister of Cumberland Parish and proponent of American independence, purchased the property in 1775 and built a complex that included a fulling and grist mill, grain storehouse, cloth-finishing shop, and blacksmith’s shop. In July 1781 the mill was serving as an American supply depot when British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton raided Southside Virginia. Tarleton’s cavalry burned Craig’s milling establishment, destroyed his crops and livestock, and held him prisoner while searching for arms at his nearby home, the Glebe of Cumberland Parish.

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