Burwell Boykin / Battle of Boykins Mill

(South Face)

Burwell Boykin,

a 15 year old

volunteer with the

South Carolina

Home Guard and

son of Col. Alexander

Hamilton Boykin,

fought at this site

defending his home

on April 18, 1865.

(East Face)

SC Home Guard

9th Ky Mi

53rd ...

Mrs. Beall's Mill

Allen A. Beall's death in 1861 left his wife, Caroline Davis Beall, with 7 minor children and a 1500-acre corn and cotton plantation. This remarkable woman completed construction of and began operating a grist mill at this site on Crooked ...

Garst/Kesler Mill

Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail

At this location in 1842, John Garst purchased 130 acres of fine land on Mason’s Creek. John was born in 1796, and was the son of Frederick Garst. Frederick is buried on a nearby knoll.

John Garst built ...

Gibson's Mill Site

Wilson's Creek

In the summer of 1861, the small mill of John Gibson stood here. Although Confederate soldiers camped nearby and Union soldiers forded the stream here, the mill escaped the heavy fighting that raged just downstream.

In 1966 archeologists discovered parts ...

The Mill House

Along the Old Upper Road

The Mill House

The Mill House built in 1749

by Robert Livingston, leased

to Bartholomew Noxon in 1753

to Isaac Dennis in 1781,

later owned by FDR Jr.

Marker is on Beekman Poughquag Road (County ...

Way to the Mill

Wilson's Creek

Many before you... have traveled the path to the mill. Although our reasons have changed, the way to the mill has always been popular.

In the days before supermarkets and, pre-packaged "ready-made" foods, families depended on small mills such as ...

Gibson's Mill

Wilson's Creek

The mill and house of John Gibson once stood in the valley in front of you along Wilson Creek. On August 9, 1861, the day before the battle the Gibson family and their neighbors found themselves surrounded by more ...

Chase Mill

Built in 1852 by Isaac Chase, a native of New York State who came to Utah in September 1847. His daughter Louisa drove the ox team across the plains which brought the mill stones and mill irons which were used ...

Yukon Saw Mill Office Historic Site

The Yukon Saw Mill Company was one of the first to cut timber in the Klondike, registering its first timber lease in March of 1898. At its peak, the company’s machine shop was the largest north of Vancouver, and its ...

Alford’s Mill

Near this location, Marion Alford established in 1864 a water-powered grist mill that became the focal point of a small farming community that developed in this area of north Walton County. Archaeological remains of the mill dam and foundations still ...