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The Joseph Walker mill was on Trout Creek between Swedesford and Walker Roads. The sawmill appears in the tax records for the first time in 1765. A Grist mill was added in 1788. The description in the 1798 Glass tax records is of a stone grist mill, 40’ x 28’, and a saw mill. The mill was idled on Joseph Walker’s death in 1813 and was never revived although it is mentioned in a deed from 1823.
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A detailed timeline for the Mill(s)
- 1765 Saw Mill, £7 (Tax)
- 1767 Saw Mill, £7 (Tax)
- 1781 Saw Mill, £100 (Tax: 2.5% for raising additional supplies etc.)
- 1783 Saw Mill, £150 Tax: 2.75%
- 1785 Saw Mill State Tax
- 1786 Saw Mill Tax
- 1787 Saw Mill Tax
- 1788 Grist & Saw Mill Tax
- 1789 Grist & Saw Mill State Tax
- 1791 Grist & Saw Mill Tax
- 1795 Grist & Saw Mill Tax
- 1796 Grist & Saw Mill; $1000 Tax
- 1797 Miller & Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker, $375, county tax
- 1798 Joseph Walker owned a stone grist mill, 40’ x 28’, and a saw mill on 257 acres, adjacent to Devault Beaver. (Glass Tax)
- 1798 Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker (county tax)
- 1799 Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker, $800 (county tax)
- 1800 Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker, (county tax)
- 1801 Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker, (county tax)
- 1802 Grist & saw mill – Joseph Walker, (county tax)
- 1810 mill – Joseph Walker, (county tax)
- 1813 Joseph Walker died
- 1820 Grist mill demolished (Historical Resources Survey)
Richard G.? Walker, grist mill (county tax)
- 1823 Sheriff to Richard C. Walker (5/13/1823). 120 acres, grist mill, plantation & tract. Sheriff’s deed #3-12, previous owner Joseph Walker deceased.
- 1825 No mill in tax records
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