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From the time of early settlement in Virginia, water-powered mills played a primary role in the state's economy. This work provides an overview of grain milling in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1770 to the present day. Topics covered include the difficulties involved in identifying early mills, the importance of mill site selection, water wheel types, laws regulating mills, the decline of milling and physical remains of abandoned mill sites.
The main body of the book provides individual histories of 140 grist, flour, and feed mills, a few of which also processed wool. The histories are based primarily on oral histories, title deed records, and local newspapers. More than 100 photographs and maps supplement the text, and tables provide production figures for various mills from industrial censuses of 1850, 1870, and 1880.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface by Ricky L. Cox
Introduction
Part One : Historical Overview
Old World Origins of Mills and Milling
Mills and Migration
The First Floyd County Mills
Choosing a Spot
Water Wheel Type and Mill Location
Mill Dam Construction
Mill Races: Head and Tail Dug and Wooden
Mill Construction
Going to the Mill
The Mill as Commercial and Social Center
The Technology of Water-Powered Grain Milling
The Economics of Grain Milling
Grain Milling and the Liquor Business
Complements and Competitors: Meadows Type Mills in Floyd County
The Miller
Prominent Floyd County Millwrights
Family Connections Among Millers and Mill Owners
Women in Floyd County Mills
The Decline and End of Grain Milling in Floyd County
The Remains of Floyd County Mills and Mill Dams
Part Two : Individual Mill Histories
SECTION I: MILLS EAST OF ROUTE 8 AND SOUTH OF ROUTE
1 Henry Huff Mill, Little River
2 Irvin L. Huff Mill, Little River
3 Morgan O. Poff Mill, Little River (Wilson's Branch)
4 Anthony Poff Mill/Hosea Wimmer Mill, Little River
5 Peter Geurrant Mill/John O. Jack Mill and Jack's Mill, Little River
6 Dewey Swanson "Tood" Hundley Mill, Little River
7 J. S. Dewitt and S. Z. Dewitt Mill, Little River
8 Kropf and Custer Mill, Little River
9 John W. Wertz Mill, Little River
10 Willie Ferris Mill, Laurel Branch of Meadow Run Creek
11 Zadock "Zed" Conner Mill and Gus Beamer Mill, Meadow Run Creek
12 N. C. Thomas Mill, Divins Branch
13 Robert "Bob Lee" Vest Mill, Little River
14 Thompson- Akers Mill, Paynes Creek
15 Joseph Turner Mill, Paynes Creek
16 Ingram and Radford Mill/George M. C. Ingram Mill, Paynes Creek
17 James Ferguson Mill, Little River
18 Charles Gillispie Mill, Meadow Creek
19 Goodson Mill/Howard Mill and Lancaster Mill/R. O. Harvey Mill, West Fork of Meadow Creek
20 William J. Williams Mill, Beaver Dam Creek
21 Peter Hatcher Mill
22 Asa Shortt Mill/Jake Brogan Mill, Runnet Bag Creek
23 Shanghigh Mill, Pine Creek
24 Phillip Williams Wool Carding Mill, Pine Creek
25 Powhatan "Port" Williams Mill, Pine Creek
26 German (or Jarman or Jerman) Rakes Mill, Dodd Creek
27 Old J. W. Epperly Mill/Homer Roberson Mill, Dodd Creek
29 Floyd Milling Company/Peter Dickerson Mill
121 Thomas S. Lester Mill, Beaver Dam Creek
123 Shelor Mill/Nolen Mill/Pine Creek Mill, Pine Creek
124 William F. Nowlin (or Nolen) Mill, Shooting Creek
125 John Kitterman Mill, South Fork of Little River (Dodd Creek)
137 Joseph M. "Josie" Custer Mill, Meadow Run Creek
139 Farmers Exchange Mill/Floyd Exchange Mill
SECTION II: MILLS EAST OF ROUTE 8 AND NORTH OF ROUTE
90 George Phlegar Mill, Oldfield Creek
91 Matthew Scott Mill, Dodd Creek
92 Bird's Mill/Amos Graham Mill/Whitlock Mill, West Fork of Little River
93 A. A. Booth Mill/Frazier Thomas Mill, Beaver Creek
94 George Hornbarger Mill/Caleb Sowers Mill and Floyd Electric Power Corporation, Little River
95 James G. Lester Mill/Wolford Scott Mill, Camp Creek
96 Oliver Carter Bower Mill, Camp Creek
97 Abajiah Booth Mill/Joseph Howard Mill, Camp (Chestnut Camp) Creek
98 Jacob C. Epperly Mill, Pine Creek
99 Spangler Mill, Pine Creek
100 W. H. Harman Mill/Tice's Mill, Little River
101 Eli Mercer Williams Mill, Terry's Creek
102 Blackburn Akers Mill, Middle Creek
103 Henry Epperly Mill, Terry's Creek
104 Brush Creek Mill/Lawrence Roller Mill, Brush Creek Tributary
105 Flemon B. Wimmer Mill, Brush Creek
106 Silas Lawrence Mill/David Vest Mill and Flint Mill, Beaver Dam Creek
107 Piney Fork Mills, Beaver Dam Creek and Piney Fork of Beaver Dam Creek
108 Quinter Lucas Mill, Goose Creek (Dashing Run)
109 Moses Poff Mill, Mill Run (Goose Creek)
110 James McNeil Mill/Charles Will Vest Mill/Roscoe Willis Mill, Flat Run
111 W. O. Carr Mill, Flat Run
112 James R. "Jim" Hall Mill, Big Run Creek
113 William Allen Simpson Mill, Pine Branch
114 Joseph Johnson Poff Mill, Meadow Run Creek
115 Henry Wilkes (or Wiltz) Carr Mill, Lick Fork Creek
116 Phillip Huff Mill, Lick Fork Creek
117 Peter Siner Mill/J. M. Perdue Mill, Lick Fork Creek
118 Ridinger and Goodson Mill, Laurel Creek
119 Hosea Wimmer Mill and Huffville Roller Mill/Ezra Wimmer Mill, Brush Creek
120 J. P. Conner Mill, Goose Creek
122 Scott Roller Mill/Floyd Milling Company/O. A. Webb and Son Mill, Dodd Creek
133 John Stuart Mill, Laurel Creek
140 Kinsey Mill, Brush Creek
SECTION III: MILLS WEST OF ROUTE 8 AND NORTH OF ROUTE
62 Presley Buckner Mill, Deep Water Creek
63 Randolph Phillips Mill, Ran's Creek
64 Phillippine Mill/Phillips Mill/Vaughn's Mill, Mira Fork Creek
65 Tobias D. Phillips Mill, Mira (or Mirey) Fork Creek
67 Greasy Creek Mill/Harris Mill, Greasy Creek
68 Saunders' Quarter Mill/Quarter Mill, Greasy Creek
69 H. P. Hylton Mill/S. P. and G. A. Willis Mill, Greasy Creek
70 Eden Spangler Mill, Headwaters of Big Indian Creek
71 Fleming M. Duncan Mill/William M. "Billy" Dickerson Mill, Big Indian Creek
72 Henry Duncan Mill and E. F. "Ed" Strong Mill, Big Indian Creek
73 Preston Spence Mill, Little Indian Creek
74 Enoch Phillips Mill, Little Indian Creek
75 Noah Wade Mill, Headwaters of Big Indian Creek
76 Isaac Reed Mill/Noah Wade Mill/Reed Mill, Headwaters of Big Indian Creek
77 Crockett Duncan Mill, Big Indian Creek
78 George R. Duncan Mill and Jim Dulaney Mill, Big Indian Creek
79 Duncan Roller Mill/Hall Roller Mill/Hurt Roller Mill, Indian Creek
80 Burdine D. Reed Mill
81 James G. Lester Mill, Easter Creek
82 George H. Booth Mill/George B. Booth Mill/Noah Booth Mill, Beaver Creek
83 George Booth Mill, Beaver Creek
84 Bonsack- Eller Wool Carding and Oil Mill, Beaver Creek
85 Henry H. Earles Mill, Earls Branch
86 Charles Turman Mill/F. M. Slusher Mill/W. C. Lester Mill, West Fork of Little River
87 Eli Wade Mill, Spurlock Creek
88 Solomon Harman Mill/John Harman Mill/Caleb "C. W." Harman Mill, West Fork of Little River
127 Beauford Howell Mill, West Fork of Little River
128 Giles Wade Mill, Headwaters of Big Indian Creek
132 James T. Lester Mill, Laurel Branch
135 Amon G. Lester Mill/John Harris Mill, Laurel Branch (or Creek)
136 Jonathan Elswick Mill/George Goody (Godbey) Mill/George Hambrick Mill and Aaron DeHart Mill, Indian Creek
138 Joshua Howell Mill/David Howell Grist and Woolen Mill/Beaufort Howell Grist and Woolen Mills, South Fork of Little River (Dodd Creek)
141 Elijah Turman Mill, Greasy Creek
SECTION IV: MILLS WEST OF ROUTE 8 AND SOUTH OF ROUTE
28 Christopher Smith Mill/Luke Martin Mill, Dodd Creek
30 Eli Williams Wool Carding Mill, South Fork of Little River (Dodd Creek)
31 Ira Howard Mill, Dodd Creek
32 George W. Shelor Mill, Howell Creek
33 Eli Smith Mill/Simon Smith Mill, Howell Creek
34 Andrew Weddle Mill/L.D. Wickham Mill/Luther Webb Mill/Murray Agee Mill, Howell Creek
35 Newton Hylton Mill/Walter Boyd Mill, Howell Creek
36 Asa Pratt Mill, Line Branch
37 German Belcher Mill, Rush Fork Creek
38 Martin Weddle Mill and Cara Simmons Mill/Obediah Simmons Mill, West Fork of Little River
39 Martha "Mattie" Weddle Mill, Burks Fork Creek
40 W. J. H. Barringer Mill, Burks Fork Creek
41 Eli Sowers Mill/Rufus Harris Mill, Burks Fork Creek
42 Henry Slusher Mill and Buffalo Roller Mill and Andy Alderman Mill, Burks Fork Creek
43 Jacob Barringer Mill, Burks Fork Creek
44 Jackson W. Harris Mill/Martin Harman Mill, Burks Fork Creek
45 John Barringer Mill/Burks Fork Union Mill, Hungate Branch/Wade Branch
46 William Alderman Mill/Shepherd Alderman Mill, Burks Fork Creek
47 William C. Potter Mill, Burks Fork Creek
48 Vaughn- Dunn Woolen Mill, Burks Fork Creek
49 Alfred O'Neal/Elgin Bolt Mill, Burks Fork Creek
50 George Bolt Mill, Chisholm Creek
51 Logan's Mill, Laurel Fork Creek
52 Charles Carter Lee Mill, Laurel Fork Creek
53 Chris McAlexander Mill, Taylor's Creek
54 William Jackson "Miller Will" Stanley Mill, Tory Creek
55 C. Levi "Lee" Culler Mill, Tory Creek
56 William McAlexander Mill, Tory Creek
57 Agee Mill, Laurel Fork Creek and Mountain Fork Creek
58 Daniel Smith Mill, Laurel Fork Creek
59 J. W. "Wooster" Cockram Mill, Mountain Fork Creek
60 Edwin "Ed" Mabry Mill, Mountain Fork Creek
61 John W. "Pobb" Boyd Mill/Simon "Wid" Hubbard Mill, Laurel Fork Creek
66 Solomon Slusher Mill/Elijah Turman Mill, Mira Fork Creek
89 George W. Slusher and Dr. Will G. Hylton Mill, South Locust Street, Floyd
126 John W. Epperly Mill, Dodd Creek
129 Homer Thomas Mill/Eli S. Sowers Mill, Burks Fork Tributary
130 A. W. Stanley Mill, Taylor's Creek
131 William DeHart Mill, Laurel Fork Creek
134 Shelor Furnace Mill/New Castle Forge Mill, Furnace Creek
Epilogue
Appendix A: Mills, Millwrights, and Distillers Listed in Virginia Business Directories, 1880-1917
Appendix B: Petitions to Build Water Grist Mills
Appendix C: Mills Whose Locations Were Not Found
Appendix D: Cost of Rebuilding Asa D. Shortt Mill, c. 1893
Appendix E: Water- Powered Mills Still Standing in Floyd County, 2010
Tables
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
