The fort was a twin-palisaded enclosure raised by Scots-Irish settlers, staunch Patriots, on an eastern bluff overlooking Long Cane Creek shortly upon arrival, who established the Long Cane settlement in 1756.

Benjamin Watson built this Long Cane Creek grist mill circa 1766/67 that was next owned by Andrew McComb, a Loyalist soldier among those who withstood the May-June, 1781 Ninety Six Star Fort siege led by Continental General Greene.