Upstream:Lloyd Mill
Up Pritchard's Mill Creek Pritchard Mill
Mccauley Mill
This mill was where University Lake Dam was built in the 1920's on Morgan Creek in Carrboro. Battle's History of UNC (1907) says: "Thomas Connelly was once owner of the Matthew Mccauley mill tract." But there is no evidence that Connelly ever built a mill there. The first mill on this site was probably built shortly after Matthew Mccauley petitioned the Orange Court for a mill in 1793 (Archives).
Apparently some time about 1860, Matthew J W Mccauley struck up a deal with millwright Berry Davidson to rebuild or improve the family millsite. Davidson thereby gained an interest in the mill for sometime. Davidson apparently raised the height of the dam to 13 feet and thereby flooded some of James Tilly's land (Orange DB 38, pg 218). Davidson relinquished his interest to Mccauley in 1866 (Orange DB 38, pg 219) for $1,500.
http://www.grandlodge-nc.org/nc-mason/archives/1993/eNCM%2093_5.txt
“Matthew McCauley and his brother William emigrated from County Antrim, Northern Ireland . . . Matthew, the younger, had been involved in a scrape in Ireland and had to be smuggled out of the country in a molasses cask. He acquired the nickname "Bung" because William had fed him through the bung-hole of the cask until they were well out to sea . . . Matthew ("Bung") operated a grist mill on Morgan's Creek at the site of the present University Lake dam and was reputed to make the best Irish whiskey in the state. Both were present at the laying of the cornerstone of Old East on October 12, 1792 (known since 1877 as University Day).”
Downstream:Merritt Mill
1. Daniel Mill
2. Merritt Mill
3. Mccauley Mill
4. Lloyd Mill
5. Pickard Mill
6. Yeargin Mill
7. Brockwell Mill
8. Castleberry Mill
9. Prestwood Mill
10. Patterson Mill 2
11. Breached Dam Mill
12. Johnston Mill
13. New Hope Mill 1
14. New Hope Mill 2
15. Morrow Mill
16. Union Mills
17. D Thompson Sawmill
18. H Thompson Mill
19. Pritchard Mill
20. Powerline Mill
21. Patterson Mill 1
22. Leigh Mill
23. Jones Saw Mill
24. Meeting of the Waters Mill
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