Gun Shop And Forge
Inscription
Iron works set up four mi.
W. by Philip Sitton after
1804. Source for manufacture
of rifles by Philip
Gillespie. Both operated to
1860s.
Location
AddressNC 191/280 and SR 1338 (South Mills River Road) at Mills River
CityMills River
CountyHenderson
StateNorth Carolina
Coordinates35.391010, -82.568250
Sources
More markers in Henderson
C. G. Memminger
Flat Rock, NC
Secretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, from Charleston.
Flat Rock
Flat Rock, NC
Landmark for Indians and the pioneer white settlers of this area, lies nearby.
George Trenholm
Flat Rock, NC
Confederate Secretary of Treasury, 1864-65; S.C. legislator, cotton broker and financier.
Edgar W. ('bill') Nye 1850-1896
Fletcher, NC
Humorist and journalist.
Stoneman's Raid
Hendersonville, NC
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry passed through Hendersonville, Apr. 23, 1865.