The Alta Heiser Collection Index Vol. 5, January 2, 1952 & December 29, 1955. In 1796, Solomon Line decided to have a mill and bought four acres at the junction of a small run in the river in Butler County, Ohio. The following year, Joel Williams sold his land to William Bigham and Robert Irwin. In 1802, Solomon Line sold the four acres, “all that Mill Seat and grist and saw mills erected thereon” to Thomas McCullough for $2,000. Thomas’s father, Samuel McCullough, was a millwright, and some have guessed he built the mills. One guess is as fair as another, and ours would be that Joel Williams built them for Solomon Line several years before the McCullough came into the picture. Also Joel Williams sold land to William Bigham and Robert Irwin in 1797. In 1803, William Bigham and Robert Irwin made a division so each would have his own part. In 1813, Thomas McCullough sold his mill to William Bigham. Mr. Bigham died in 1815, but they were long operated as the Bigham Mills.

Technorati Tags: The Alta Heiser Collection Index Vol. 5,January 2,1952 & December 29,1955. In 1796,Solomon Line decided to have a mill and bought four acres at the junction of a small run in the river in Butler County,Ohio. The following year,Joel Williams sold his land to William Bigham and Robert Irwin. In 1802,Solomon Line sold the four acres,“all that Mill Seat and grist and saw mills erected thereon” to Thomas McCullough for $2,000. Thomas’s father,Samuel McCullough,was a millwright,and some have guessed he built the mills. One guess is as fair as another,and ours would be that Joel Williams built them for Solomon Line several years before the McCullough came into the picture. Also Joel Williams sold land to William Bigham and Robert Irwin in 1797. In 1803,William Bigham and Robert Irwin made a division so each would have his own part. In 1813,Thomas McCullough sold his mill to William Bigham. Mr. Bigham died in 1815,but they were long operated as the Bigham Mills.

The Alta Heiser Collection Index Vol. 6. January 5, 1956 & 31 December 1959. 1815 December Term of court, in Butler County, Ohio, 15 freeholders of Milford Township petitioned for Calvin Pitman to conduct a tavern on the road from “Rossville to Salsboray” on the upper part of White Water. They said there were not a tavern within 40 to 60 miles of this location, which was a great inconvenience to the inhabitants as well as travelers. Among the signers was Morton Irwin. Also in 1818 April Term of Butler County, Ohio 14 petitioner among them was John C. Irwin to have Samuel McCullough granted a license to keep a tavern in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio.

Technorati Tags: The Alta Heiser Collection Index Vol. 6. January 5,1956 & 31 December 1959. 1815 December Term of court,in Butler County,Ohio,15 freeholders of Milford Township petitioned for Calvin Pitman to conduct a tavern on the road from “Rossville to Salsboray” on the upper part of White Water. They said there were not a tavern within 40 to 60 miles of this location,which was a great inconvenience to the inhabitants as well as travelers. Among the signers was Morton Irwin.