Michael Cox, of Ireland, born in 1788, arrived in America in 1822. The 1850 census indicates that he was living at the home of Dr. Frederick Miller, who lists his occupation as a miller, ran the mill for Dr. Charles Wilson Harris who was postmaster at the time named the mill Mill Grove in 1836. Some of the rocks and timbers remain to mark the spot. The mill was built on the east side of Rocky River. It is also not clear as to whether Samuel Pickens or by Robert Harris constructed the mill which would come to be known as Cox Mill. However it is not clear whether this property included the mill site. In 1807, Samuel Pickens bought 285 acres from Robert Harris and Nathaniel Alexander.
They sold the property (600 acres) to Charles Harris in 1758. The original owners of the land were Robert Brevard and his wife Sarah of Rowan County. There is a reference to Harris Mill found in the pension files stating, “We marched past Harris’s Mill on Rocky River, Tanner’s Mill on Coddle Creek and Caldwell’s Mill near South Yadkin.” Evidence points to the fact that one of the Robert Harris’s built the mill during that war and established it as a landmark. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., 1854.Ĭox Mill has a history that dates back to the War for Independence. Thomas, M.D., New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States. Welch’s Mills – a post-office of Cabarrus co., North Carolina. Rocky River – of North Carolina, a small stream which flows through Cabarrus County, and then turning eastward, forms the boundary between Stanley and Anson, until it enters the Yadkin. Park’s Store – a post-office of Cabarrus co., North Carolina. Oak Lawn – a post-office of Cabarrus co., North Carolina. Population, 8747, of whom 7062 were free, and 1685, slaves. The county was formed in 1792, and n amed in honor of Stephen Cabarrus, speaker of the house of commons of North Carolina. A considerable quantity of gold was found here about fifty years ago. There were 14 corn and flour mills, 2 saw mills, 1 cotton factory, and 6 tanneries. In 1850 this county produced 418,320 bushels of corn, and 2344 bales of cotton. Indian corn, cotton, and cattle are the staples. The surface is hilly or mountainous a part of the soil is fertile. It is drained by several branches of Rocky River, an affluent of the Yadkin. central part of North Carolina, has an area of about 350 square miles. Cabarrus County Entries in the 1854 US GazetteerĬabarrus, a county in the S.
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