Mills Cemetery
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Mills Cemetery

Henderson County, North Carolina, USA

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  • Get directions 1528 S Mills Gap Rd, Henersonville, NC
    null, North Carolina 28792 United States
    Coordinates: 35.38639, -82.36527
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Mills Cemetery is the location of the graves of Maj. William Mills and Eleanor Morris Mills, each of whom lived into their 80's. Major William Mills is believed to have been the first white settler to move his family into the area that is now Henderson County, North Carolina. He was of English descent and remained loyal to the Crown during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780, and avoided capture by the Patriots by pretending to be dead.

He escaped to Sugar Loaf Mountain where he hid out and, since it was apparent which way the War was going, he sent emissaries to the Committee of Public Safety for Rutherford County to attempt to negotiate a preservation of his lands near Mills Spring for his service as a Patriot during remainder of the War.

After the War, he moved across the mountains to the areas now known as Fruitland and Edneyville. He is credited with bringing the apple industry to this area. That industry is still the most important in the area.

There are many graves in the Mills Cemetery marked by fieldstones only. Markers that can be determined include Lucian Edney and his family. He was a grandchild of William and Eleanor Mills.

William Mills was very successful in business and suits surrounding the settlement of his estate appear in the Supreme Court records of North Carolina.







Mills Cemetery is the location of the graves of Maj. William Mills and Eleanor Morris Mills, each of whom lived into their 80's. Major William Mills is believed to have been the first white settler to move his family into the area that is now Henderson County, North Carolina. He was of English descent and remained loyal to the Crown during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780, and avoided capture by the Patriots by pretending to be dead.

He escaped to Sugar Loaf Mountain where he hid out and, since it was apparent which way the War was going, he sent emissaries to the Committee of Public Safety for Rutherford County to attempt to negotiate a preservation of his lands near Mills Spring for his service as a Patriot during remainder of the War.

After the War, he moved across the mountains to the areas now known as Fruitland and Edneyville. He is credited with bringing the apple industry to this area. That industry is still the most important in the area.

There are many graves in the Mills Cemetery marked by fieldstones only. Markers that can be determined include Lucian Edney and his family. He was a grandchild of William and Eleanor Mills.

William Mills was very successful in business and suits surrounding the settlement of his estate appear in the Supreme Court records of North Carolina.







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  • Added: 25 Jul 2013
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2505663