This mill was located in central Austin on Waller Creek somewhere downstream of 15th street and above the Colorado river. Only one reference to this mill exists. 1840 is given as the date. It is not known if Edwin Waller was the builder. The following is from the Texas handbook online
"In April 1839 President Mirabeau B. Lamar sent Edwin Waller, in charge of a company of workmen, to the site chosen for the capital with instructions to lay out the city and construct temporary quarters for government offices. By October the work had been completed. There is general agreement that Waller, who became Austin's first mayor, carried out his assignment with distinction. Waller Creek was so named, it is surmised, by one of his surveyors."
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbw11

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