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Mil V- MIS I„ built half a century ago by A. ('. Mien, sti'l produces about 200 pounds of flour an hour. \ water wheel pro vides the power for the machinery Mien designed and built on Falling CYoi k.
\ O. •,!.! : N. V. o 1 \s been running Allen's Mill for SO years, takes a fionr.v check on tin wheat being ground into flour. Allen at* a grind, eon. ni . n Vis rail! near Prospect.
Last Watcr-Poivercd Mill In County (Finds Cnin On Ceding ( ire!:
r>\ SW.I.l RV AN Less than five minutes off of u. S 4t>0, the clock turns back genera tions to an era when people rode horseback to work and used water power to run their mills. There A 0. Allen, the last of seven brothers, operates the mill built -in 1900 by his father. A. C Baldwin Bros. I Box 112 Farmville, Vo.l MOVING | I nr *>! #■» A * 1 HAl LING | INSURED CARGO Prompt, Efficient Service J PHONE 367-M |
Allen, lit let!hts tin horse that ho rides to work each day near the mill, the last one in Prince Edward county operated by water power. For 30 years Alien has been grind ing wheat and corn, turning out about a 3 H) pound barrel an hour. Farmers from all around lake their grain to the grist mill. last Water W.ieel There are othe" mills m Prince ‘Edward, but none so quaint- as the flic run by a water wheel on Falling Cierk Allen's father built the mill ittfd :'> equipment which is 'till in] use. Both wheat and corn were pro duced iu substantial quantity in <u lonial Prince Edward, and a num ber of early grist mills were auth orized by the county court. In "History of Prince Edward County." H C Bradshaw lists mills on the Appomattox and Sandy Rivers as early as 17t>t>: Briery River. 17>iu Mountain Creek. 1770: Vaughan's Creek. 1771. and Snail's
Creek. IT.!. Same:'] CJi v. pel ", e r! a hit!! on F lie Creek m i; . . only to have it rejected when the jury found that it would damage six acres of land and timber above the null site. A number of the early mills were operated by skilled slaves, accord ins to Bradshaw The demand fc r;a- pr--! riels ii armies closed in eti the British a; Yorktown, General Lawson, sent by Governor Nelson f r o in Williams biu'g, set millers to work here, and 1 Nsemblcd transportation for liool the wheat 1 t : i flour to landings for shipment (n the army He even suggested that "all coopers in the militia of Amelia. Powhatan, Cumberland. Prince Edward and Buckingham counties be sent back from the army to make barrels for tV fl >nr. that most -if the wagons of the Soutliside be put to hauls ; floui t .
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the army." Daring the latte.- eighteenth and i arly nineteenth centuries, grist mills continued to play an Impor tant part in the Prince Edward eebnop Wheat was a principal product. and flora a major income ; nai'Ce Another Alien s Mill Built Mop tails wen . includin' i.i . Allen’s Fei<1 on Ike App >• inat'o-:. also known as Allen's Mill. Benjamin and Charles Allen were ted tin permit for the mill. In a letter to Creed Taylor. John Hand, hilt wrote that an "Intoler able ‘■iiii uee w eld result ’P'la f hi- piaiiirl .Hili ii* a*a niatio a perfect highway both arms* the • iv» and to A lien's Mill Not a day a nip hi but four oi five strat-.f-”.- r.t through retd as often he L’tt’i s m e i- ft open " By IH20. t.he-i- we e :V2 mil's, and ■ :u hm tied m ,1. on the map drawn by J'-hu 'had. It lists an Allen's Mill, tins one in Brit ry River.
Fnoin il!(‘ Mre. l; L Gillispie and Mss Ruby Gillispie spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gillispie at Staunton. ' Rrtlr.ry Word, of Richmond, spent 'bo week end in the home of h> parents. Mr and Mrs. B H Word. M and M s Richard Dunevant r.' ted M and Mrs. Frank Derrcn baeker at Vvealthia Sunday. Mr and Mi - Henry Blanton, and ntv, 1> of Cumberland, visited Mr. and Mrs Richard Dunevant Sun day Mrs B. G. Ranson visited her 'is,ther. M s. W L. Robertson, Mon day ai Arcanum Mrs. R. P. Smith, and Johnnie, and M's. .John Word were in Farrn ville Tuesday.
Andersonville M • A S Ci'ii-im. Who has he--:, e---*--- mi '••• i . tune, missed away early M< nriay mern'ne. Hei dm1"' b": s *l0 he- many friends and neighbors M s« Beth Fo bes spent Thursday and Friday in Richmond attending a s'a*'* ■■ “dsnea conference. She also visited Mr and M s Archer at S r.y Creek for the week end. M'.-s S>Hw F'ttz. who has been spending the winter w th her s’stcr. M s FI c g H am. returned to Flo- ida Sunday F1 unces Seay and Ewell Morgan wee among the Buckingham Cen tral High School seniors who spent several days in New York last week. Thompsons Enlerttain M s. O. J. Thompson and M’-s. AI Wilson entertained their sisters and brothe s at the Thompson home Sunday The occasion was a birth day dinner for Miss Mae Barker, of Richmond Mr. and Mis. Elliott Vest wen week end guests of M s C. II. An
uerson. Ray C ews. of Portsmouth, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs Lewis Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Spencer, and Queenie and D ckey Spencer, visited Mrs. R I Morgan Wednesday, and on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Branch Rosen visited in the Morgan home. Ande-sans Have Guests Mr. and Mrs. John Wo”d ww supper guests of Mr and M's Hr ben Anderson Saturday. Miss Louise Morgan and R. M Morgan visited Mrs. C. B Morgan during the week end M:\ and Mrs Fred Flood are re ceiving congratulations on the brth of ,i son Michael Anthony, born April it-in Virginia Baptist If..spitel. Lynchburg. Ram Seay spent: last week with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs, R, L. Seay. Mrs. E. Cook Gilliam left Tues day to visit her daughter and son in-law. the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Vasiliou in St. Paul. M »n. Mrs R L Seay was hostess to tie AnJersoiiville Home Demonstra tion club Tuesday.
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