This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/wQB.2ACE/1157.1 Message Board Post: Susan, From The Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy, June 1961, Pages 273, 274, 275, By Dr. Roy Hand. The Mills of East and West Creek. Jonas Hoffman's home was built about about 1777 across the road from Hoffman's Mill, (Later Hands) (There is a picture of the house) Jonas Hoffman son of Jonas and Eleanor inherited one-half of the sawmill (Built Before 1750) on West Creek. A deed recorded in Ohio 10-6-1826 conveys the Hoffman sawmill tract from Jonas and Levisy Hoffman to his nephew Eli Hoffman , son of Eli and grandson of Jonas and Eleanor. This deed was executed by John Hoffman with the power of attorney. Eli Hoffman, son of Jonas and Eleanor died in 1823 and his son Eli Hoffman petitioned the Cumberland County Court 9-27-1824 for a division of his father's estate. It was ordered and a report was made. Eli Hoffman sold the Hoffman sawmill and sawmill tract to his son Millman Hoffman 1-16-1834 for $4000. Joseph Mason of Belle Plain operated a mill on the site until about 1910. (There is a picture of the water wheel.) In Jonas Hoffman's will William Hoffman recieved 1/3 of the grist mill and it's privileges The Grist stone from Christopher Hand's Mill several years ago was located on a farm in Goshen.