Daniel Harvey Hill was born here and became a lieutenant general in the Confederate States Army as well as a soldier, educator, and author. Seven hundred thirty-seven feet west of this point was the site of Hill's Iron Works, where some of the cannon used by patriots of the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War were made. The works were burned by the British under Houck in June 1780, and near this spot was also the home of Colonel William Hill, described as the steadfast Whig. The original cornerstone of the iron works remained in a good state of preservation when it was submerged in 1925.