Prolific cotton gin makers….
City Directories and History: The house that originally was on this lot was moved to the rear of the acreage and at the time of the Sketch Book printing in 1963 belonged to Mrs. Maymie W. Stevenson. In 1833 James Lemmon sold the portion on which the Elliott House now stands to John Campbell, who also owned and occupied the lot adjoining, which is now the Williford house site. John and William Campbell constructed the Elliott home shortly thereafter. In 1855 the property was sold to James Elliott and his son James McKinney Elliott. It was not far from this location that the Elliott’s operated their extensive cotton gin manufacturing facilities. Records show they were busy making gins as early as 1826. The building was later used as a coffin factory.
Other families living here have included the Sitgreaves. The lot is currently (2013) occupied by the defunct Minute Cleaners building. Reminiscences of Old Winnsboro by P. Rion – 1903 states, “we boys used to enjoy ourselves laying in the troughs, pulling bristles out of the Tennessee hogs and selling them to Old Man Kinney Elliot, to fill gin brushes_”
Click on the More Information > link to find additional data – A Fairfield County Sketchbook, by J.S. Bolick, 2000 (Courtesy of the FCHS)
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