Historical Marker

Site of White’s Mill

INTERSECTION OF SALUDA RD. (S. C. HWY. 72) AND STRAIT RD. (S. C. SEC. RD. 46-739), OGDEN VICINITY, ABOUT 3.7 MI. SW OF ROCK HILL · ABOUT 3.7 MI. SW OF ROCK HILL · York

South Carolina marker

Inscription

About 1½ miles south of here on Fishing Creek were a house and mill mentioned on a 1766 royal landgrant to Hugh White. British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Legion were encamped at White's Mill for several days in September 1780, during which time Tarleton lay "dangerously ill of a fever." Erected by York County Historical Commission, 1983

Location

AddressINTERSECTION OF SALUDA RD. (S. C. HWY. 72) AND STRAIT RD. (S. C. SEC. RD. 46-739), OGDEN VICINITY, ABOUT 3.7 MI. SW OF ROCK HILL
CityABOUT 3.7 MI. SW OF ROCK HILL
CountyYork
StateSouth Carolina
Coordinates34.859000, -81.072400

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