Historic Markers Across Georgia



Old Factory Creek



Marker ID: HCC 
Location: Near Clay-Early county line, 9 mi NW of Blakely on Early 141
County: Early
Coordinates: N 31° 26.04    W 085° 2.751
  31.434    -85.04585
Waymark: None
 



Text:
In 1855, Anthony Hutchins and a group of local citizens built a two-story cotton mill of handmade bricks, fired in Early County, on the north side of Harrod´s Creek. The mill, known as the Early County Manufacturing Company, was constructed to spin the cotton produced in the area. It was powered from the falls on Harrod´s Creek. Thread from the factory was sold to the W.C. Bradley Company in Columbus, GA. The mill operated for two decades before closing in 1876. Trespassers burned the abandoned structure on March 17, 1927. Over time the name of the creek changed from Harrod´s" to "Old Factory."

ERECTED BY THE
HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION
AND THE
EARLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2002


 

 



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