Mills, Union Twp from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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The History of Warren County, Ohio

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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 2 May 2005

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The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Union Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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The first mill in the near vicinity of Deerfield was built by Capt. Stites on Turtle Creek, west of the site of the town. The date of its erection is unknown, but it was in existence early in the present century. It was a small mill and known as a "'corn-cracker." The building long ago disappeared, but traces of the old mill race are still discernible.

One of the oldest mills in Warren County on the Little Miami was built on the north side of the river in this township, midway between the mouths of Todd's Fork and Turtle Creek, by Jabish Phillips. Tradition holds that work on the dam and race of the mill was commenced in 1798 and it is believed that grinding was commenced in 1801. This mill passed into the ownership of

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Samuel McCray; later it was owned and operated by Isaac Stubbs, Sr., who had emigrated from Georgia, in 1804, and first built a mill on the Little Miami at Mill Grove. From Isaac Stubbs, Sr., it passed into the hands of his son, and has long been known as the Zimri Stubbs' Mill.

A grist-mill was built by the Fox family probably before the last war with England, on Turtle Creek, about one and one-half miles from its mouth. This has been for several years past the only water-power mill on Turtle Creek.

The fine mill built by Joseph Whitehill on the Warren County Canal, was in this township. On the abandonment of the canal, this mill ceased to be operated.

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