Stewards Mill Layout
circa 1870
The following map is based on some facts, some speculation, and some generous input from Michael Edd Bonner. We have come to a general conclusion that most likely George Washington Steward maintained an interest in the store, the mill and the blacksmith shop after the civil war. His primary activity involved the running of the mill, his son Jeremiah Terry (J. T.) ran the store, and his son Francis Marion (Frank) ran the blacksmith shop. Frank's son, Frank Jr., put his father's occupation as a blacksmith on a job application many years after his father's death.
These are the known locations: Stewards Mill Store; Harmony Church; Stewards Mill Cemetery; the homes of Frank Steward, G. W. Steward and J. T. Steward and the roads.
Unknown locations based on best guess: the mill and spring creek. We know the mill was built on spring creek and have a general idea of how the creek ran. There are no facts known to me which place the exact location of the mill. If anyone knows, I would love to have that information. I would really like to get a picture of the mill if any exist.
Corrections are welcome!
Notes:
The road depicted in front of the store no longer exists. It was rerouted behind the store when the road was paved. An indentation in the ground remains where the road originally lay.
J. T. Steward's house sat on a hill.
Washington Steward's first home in the area was a log cabin built on the property where J. T. Steward's house sat. Three logs from that home remain on the property. (2002). He subsequently built a much finer home behind the store. That home also set on a hill.
