Historic Marker Unveiling to Celebrate Revolutionary War Patriot’s Mill and Store
Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.
at Virginia Creek Drive near the corner of Sunset Lake Road, at the entrance to
Creekside at Sunset Lake.
The Town of Holly Springs invites
the entire community to the unveiling of a historic marker celebrating
Revolutionary War Patriot Christopher Woodward’s mill and store. Near the mill
at Camp Middle Creek, Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders mustered troops to protect the
North Carolina legislature during the Revolutionary War.
Woodward operated a mill near the
marker location as early as 1781. A frequent gathering place, the business
milled lumber, ground corn and wheat, and ginned cotton. Tax records from 1819
indicate the Woodward family ran a retail store on the site, the first in this
area.
Further details in the linked Holly Springs
press release.
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