Mills in the Upcountry: a Historic Context, and a Summary of a Mill ...

Greenville County
1. Reedy River Falls Historic Park (includes McBee’s and Vardy’s mill sites).
2. Gilreath’s Mill (also known as Heller’s, Bruce’s and Taylor’s Mill). Highway 101 near Greer.
Built in 1812, this originally was a grist mill. It was converted to a flour mill after 1890. The 1880
manufacturing census lists a center discharge wheel as the power source, but a very large vertical
wheel (undershot?) is depicted in modern photographs (alpha.furmon.edu).
McCormick County
1. Price’s Mill (also known as Callahams, Stones and Parks Mill).
2. Dorn’s Flour and Grist Mill.
3. Calhoun’s Mill.
Pickens County
1. Hagood’s Mill.
2. Sheriff’s Mill Complex on Brushy Creek in the Zion Community.
The present mill was built ca. 1881, replacing an earlier grist mill. A sawmill, no longer standing,
was part of the mill complex. The current concrete dam was constructed ca. 1900 and replaced an
earlier log dam. The mill operated into the 1950s. It was powered by a very wide overshot wheel.
The 1880 census lists this as “Willis” wheel.
Spartanburg County
1. Anderson’s Mill.
Union County
1. Musgrove’s Mill Battle Site.