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1819 and 1822 as having been early occupants of the site.
Philip Slaughter bought the mill tract in 1805 from the Garwoods for S6.000. As the deed recording this exchange specifically mentioned a grist mill and a saw mill, it is certain that the original portion of the existing structure was built before Slaughter’s proprietorship, probably as an improvement of the Garwoods.
Slaughter and his wife sold the property to Jermiah Strother, a descendant of the same family that received the original grant of the property in 1748. Within a year Strother lost it to pay a debt, and it was sold at auction to Samuel Berkeley. Berkeley owned the mill until 1819, when it was purchased by George Calvert, Jr. By this t ire at .ft;.
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