Merchant Mills Site at Occoquan, Va. (PW-249) 

2. LOCATION: 

Directly on the river in the town of Occoquan. 

3. DATE; 

1757-59 

4. OWNERS: 

John Ballandine 
John Semple 
Nathaniel Ellicott. 
Samuel Janny 

F. A. Barnes, present owner.

There are, or rather were, two mills. the Merchant Mill, of stone and frame top, was standing up to twenty years ago, when it was burned. The ruins are still to be seen. The country mill, which was smiler, had a capacity of only five barrels a day. This was of brick and stone and is no longer standing. Close by the mill site is the mill house which is in good condition. It is a small stone house, built in 1793. It has a brick chimney and is built directly on the banks of the river. 

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8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: 

Court Records, Prince William County, Virginia. 
 
 
  

Research made by 

Susan Rogers Morton 
Haymarket, Virginia. April 8,1938.