tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post5511708021134078759..comments2023-09-24T09:38:11.111-07:00Comments on Wandering through the NC Piedmont: Lucy Worth JacksonMark Chiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67444099600845451.post-41911314268877763202009-08-29T18:24:22.497-07:002009-08-29T18:24:22.497-07:00I have been studying the Map of Cane Creek Gold Mi...I have been studying the Map of Cane Creek Gold Mines a little further and a couple of things become clear. First, this map is listed in the card catalog as being circa 1875, but I think we can pin the time down a bit more. The deeds and leases that are the basis for this map were executed on a variety of dates, but the latest of them appears to be 1877 and the map correctly shows the status of land ownership as of 1877. So I think we can date it to 1877.<br /><br />Second, the map calls this 'Cane Creek' but the deeds call it Little Cane Creek, which was an old name for the Cane Creek that flows across southern Alamance into the Haw (as opposed to the Cane Creek that flows across SW Orange County into the Haw, which was known as Big Cane Creek?).<br /><br />Third, the mill shown is referred to as 'Gold Mill.' The map has no clear points of reference, but there is a deed conveying this property from C C Mann to J J Jackson (Lucy's husband). The deed refers to the property as being on the public road from J Henley's to Pittsboro and also mentions that C C Mann had bought the mill from J Henley. The G P Stout Map of Alamance County shows the Stafford-Henley Mill on Cane Creek just above what is now called McBane Mill Road; McBane Mill is another name for the Stafford Henley Mill, so it appears that the this map is generally showing the area around the intersection of Greenhill Road and NC Hwy 87.Mark Chiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04481176278686923107noreply@blogger.com