ot Frederick J James, who owned it until 1813.

ot Frederick J James, who owned it until 1813. when it was purchased by William Bondurant. It remained in the Bondurant family until 1847. when John Bondurant sold it to Francis B. Dean. He, in turn, sold it to W H Rhodes and Benjamin H. Powell Later the Abrams fanvly acquired it. and still later the Hughes family came into possession of it. Andrew Floyd Moon purchased the mill in 1888 and sold it to his son-in-law. Marion E. Blanton, in 1930. Mr. Blanton is the present owner. The original dam—a wooden struc ture, a portion of which still re mains—was some 300 yards up the creek from the present dam. which was built by A. F. Moon shortly after he acquired the mill. Early History In the early days of the mill's history, sacks of wheat were “toted'’ up the long flights of stairs by slave boys, ft was ground on stone burrs then, just as corn is ground into meal now. These old burrs are still in the mill. In those days, flour was packed into barrels by hand with a large wooden plunger, mounted on a lever. This antique apparatus can also be seen by visitors to the mill. Even the barrels were made in a . cooper shop on the place ! Packet boats were towed up the Kanawha canal from Richmond, and flat boats or barges made their way up Muddy Creek and loaded ffour at the mill. The sill of the door where the barges tied up to receive their cargo is almost worn through from barrels being dragged across