Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn Euringer To: Tony & Julie Howell Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek Hi Ed, I have a copy of map showing Mandarin and Duval and Nassau Counties from 1885 which shows a "Mill Cove" near Mayport, can't find a Mills Creek. I gave a copy of the map to Jon Ferguson with SGES. Dawn From: "Tony & Julie Howell" <tjhowell1@comcast.net> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:38:31 -0500 To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek Resent-From: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:38:39 -0700 Hi Ed! Please clarify if the map you have showing "Mill Creek" is a "recent" map of the area, or if the map was "recently" given to you. It is certainly logical that, if Mayport was originally called Mayport Mills, that there should be a creek in that vicinity named Mill Creek. in doing a USGS search for "Mill Creek" I was surprised that it pulled up "Strawberry Creek" which is in the Arlington area. in the information that the USGS gives for Strawberry Creek, it includes a/k/a Mill Creek. I've always wondered why Mill Creek Road in Arlington was called that, and have been curious where the mill might have been. Perhaps there is a connection between Mill Creek Road and Strawberry Creek a/k/a Mill Creek. (That, however, is of no help to your question about Mayport.) Julie Thames Howell Jacksonville, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: Edgar Taylor To: FLDUVAL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:14 PM Subject: [FLDUVAL] Mayport's Mill Creek >From a recent map I was given of the Mayport area, I note that there was/is a creek near Mayport running from the St. John's River that bears the name "Mill Creek". The map is entitled "Old Mill Creek Site Durkee Tract" and is southwest of the then Mayport settlement. I suspect the remains of this is now just at the bend into the road leading to the street paralleling St. John's River into "downtown" Mayport, but am not sure of this. Does anyone know about this creek? I suspect this was associated with the Mayport Mills, but am not sure of this either. I suspect, too, that it was the location of the mill my ancestor, Cornelius Taylor, built in the 1830s or before. Any help will be appreciated, as I am [have been] writing a history of Mayport. Thanks. Ed T of PGH