This millstone appears to be made of granite, with an angled groove pattern. It is mounted on a pedestal with a bronze plaque in front of it which recounts the history of Morgan County, Kentucky.
MORGAN COUNTY FOUNDED 1823
NEARBY, ON THE LICKING RIVER, EDMUND WELLS
BUILT A GRIST MILL IN 1816 IN WHAT WAS THEN
PART OF FLOYD COUNTY. IN 1823, MORGAN COUNTY
WAS FORMED OUT OF THE PORTIONS OF FLYD AND BATH
WITH THE NEWLY COMMISSIOND JUSTICES MEETING
AT WELLS' HOME IN MARCH TO IN ADDITION TO
WELLS (1777-1846) THEY WERE MASON WILLIAMS
ISAAC LYKINS, HOLLOWAY, POWER, JOHN HAMMANS,
WILLIAM LEWIS, JOHN S. OAKLEY, JOHN WILLIAMS,
THOMAS NICKELL, JOSEPH CARROLL, FIELDING HANKS,
AND WILLIAM BIDDLE.
THE MILL, WHICH HAD SERVED AS THE NUCLEUS
OF THE "WLLS MILL" SETTLEMENT, CONTINUED AS
THE FOCAL POINT OF THE COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM
AND-UPON 99 ACRES PROVIDED BY WELLS-WEST
LIBERTY WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE COUNTY SEAT
WELLS DONATED TWO ACRES FOR THE PUBLIC SQUARE
AND LATER CONTRACTED TO BUILD THE NEW COUNTY'S
FIRST JAIL AND FIRST COURTHOUSE.
(THE MILLSONES FOR THIS MONUMENT CAME FROM THE BIG CANEY
CREEK MILL OF CAPT. JOHN I. WILLIAMS, THE CONFEDERATE LEADER.)