Question 9.)   General Washington ordered the mill stone be removed from the Cooch’s Grist mill so that:
 

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The British could not make flour.

General Washington sent the same request to all mill owners including Fisher’s Mill. Fisher did not remove his millstones and the British operated the mill for flour to help feed the British troops. Unlike Cooch’s Mill where the stone was removed the Fisher’s Mill was not burned down.