 The area around Taylorstown featured enough harvesting and enough water power from the creek to support two mills, Hamilton's and the older Taylor's Mill.Jacob Carnes died in 1832, shortly after his purchase of the log cabin, and his estate was proven by three men, including John Hamilton's son.This suggests a relationship between Carnes, the owner of a distilling operation, and the Hamilton family, which operated a mill that rendered the ingredients for whiskey.