This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hall, Burnaman/Burnum/Burnam, Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0d.2ADE/1359.1.1 Message Board Post: A kind soul e-mailed me this, so I thought I would quote some of the email & plug Grady Co. Historical Society's cookbook/history book mentioned: "In 1900, Cairo was in Thomas Co., (in 1906, Grady Co. was formed, this included Cairo and all the towns of the stills to follow in story.) I just helped publish a cookbook for Grady County Historical Society and we included more than recipes - remembrances of early times in the county, photos of homes that would have been constructed in early 1900's and other - outhouse, barns, farm equipment, grist mill and various cooking related items (all sketched for the book). We also included a short story on turpentine stills and a tree with cups attached. "Turpentine was made by collecting gum from pine trees and distilling it. ... "There were, at least five "stills" in the county: Harrell's Still (north of Whigham), Peebles' Still (northwest of Cairo), Prince's Still (Spence Community), the still at Pumphrey (northeast of Reno) and Kemp's Still in Cairo (on 1st Ave. S W near the railroad where Campbell Soup was later located, then moved about 2 miles further west but still adjoining the railroad.)" "... [re Prince's Still in Spence]: there is also the commissary [where] the workers would purchase their goods and groceries which is still standing and this building and the home of the Princes is in the cookbook." If I find the woods rider I mentioned is indeed my great-grandfather, I'll certainly get a copy of the book. Thought I'd plug it for anyone following this thread who also had relatives in the turpentine industry. Thanks for the enlightening replies! Liz