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. 7, January 1960 & December 19, 1963. On 3 August 1819. William Bigham and Robert Irwin bought from Joel Williams in 1797, a large tract of land. The land extended from above the eastward loop then in the river to present Dayton St. The mill was built at the far eastern end of the loop. The sight was later known to be on the Canal Rd. near the Big Reservoir. In a suit which two of the Bighams brought against John Caldwell, an interesting description is given of the river, a stream which “so winds and descends and naturally fall as to form and make, and has ever formed and made, a good seat for mills and waterworks”. At an early date, the Bighams built a sawmill “for sawing boards, plank, scantling and other stuff”. They claimed that Mr. Caldwell, evidently resenting a rival mill, built a dam which obstructed their mill wheels and overflowed the land, causing an unhealthy condition. This was a case that caused much excitement for several years. It finally was allowed to “liabate” after John Caldwell died.

Technorati Tags: The Alta Heiser Collection Index Vol. 6,Jan. 5,1956 & Dec. 31,1959. William Bigham and Robert Irwin bought from Joel Williams in 1797,a large tract of land. The land extended from above the eastward loop then in the river to present Dayton St. The mill was built at the far eastern end of the loop. The sight was later known to be on the Canal Rd. near the Big Reservoir. In a suit which two of the Bighams brought against John Caldwell,an interesting description is given of the river,a stream which “so winds and descends and naturally fall as to form and make,and has ever formed and made,a good seat for mills and waterworks”. At an early date,the Bighams built a sawmill “for sawing boards,plank,scantling and other stuff”. They claimed that Mr. Caldwell,evidently resenting a rival mill,built a dam which obstructed their mill wheels and overflowed the land,causing an unhealthy condition. This was a case that caused much excitement for several years. It finally was allowed to “liabate” after John Caldwell died.