Cox Harley Davidson

Fort Mill, SC

Tega Cay, SC

Fort Mill BBQ Company is proud to serve the Fort Mill , Tega Cay area with the finest Carolina Barbecue.

History

The Town of Fort Mill was established 1873 and is located just south of the state line shared with North Carolina.

Our closest neighbors are Rock Hill, South Carolina, to the south and Charlotte, North Carolina, to the north.

9400 people live inside the Fort Mill corporate limits with about 35,000 people residing within Township.

Name

Fort Mill takes its name from a colonial-era fort built by the British and a grist mill on nearby Steele Creek.

The Catawba Indians made their home here for many years.

A small settlement soon developed when Scotch-Irish settlers began arriving in the 1750’s and 1760’s . Fort Mill grew rapidly in the late 1800’s as textile mills were established.

Fort Mill’s history highlights-

• Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Cabinet passed through the area heading for Richmond in 1865. The last meeting of the  Confederate Cabinet was held at the White Homestead in Fort Mill.
• Fort Mill was the home of World War One  Flying Ace  Elliott White Springs. He was an author, industrialist and is a member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
• In the mid-1700’s Thomas Spratt and his wife Elizabeth spent a night among the friendly Catawba Indians and were invited to stay and live in the area on a large tract of land.  They became the first white settlers in the Fort Mill area.   The Spratt descendants still live here.
• Fort Mill, South Carolina is a friendly place to visit .

Be sure to drop by Fort Mill Barbecue Company for a good meal, 737 Stockbridge Drive, Tega Cay, SC. Call 803-548-7400.