To readers of the 1860 census Burlington Co., NJ...many have expressed interest regarding the occupations of the citizens of Mt. Holly...so dusted off my History of Mt. Holly by Henry C. Shinn, published by the Mt. Holly Herald 1957, reprinted by Herald Printing House, 1977...and found these tidbits with some familiar names attached: "Chap. 2, p. 9--Had it not been for the enterprise of Edward GASKILL and his associates Mount Holly might have remained a small country village...Perhaps Gaskill had the water power in mind when he took the southern part of the tract as his share...he built a saw mill near the former office of the Mount Holly Water Co...but in 1723 Gaskill alluded to (the mill). OnJune 7 of the same year he sold the (land) to Thomas BRIAN." "June 23, 1723, Thomas BRIAN conveyed the entire property to EDWARD GASKILL, JAMES LIPPINCOTT, ABRAHAM BICKLY AND SAMUEL BRIAN. These men built the first dam...Bickly sold his fourth interest to Jonathan SLEEPER and JAMES LIPPINCOTT in 1725." "A new grist mill was built in 1735...(it) was rebuilt by Richard COX and Robert DAVIDSON in 1796 and destroyed by fire in 1910." MAHLON STACY, ISAAC PEARSON and JOHN BURR bought a tract of land south of the Rancocas in 1730, and erected the iron works on the bank of the creek just east of the Pine Street bridge. It employed many workmen and made camp kettles for the army during the Revolution..." "On May 29, 1730, Josiah WHITE, and experienced weaver from Salem County, purchased from Samuel GASKILL, son of Edward Gaskill, the fulling mill...It was in operation for more than 100 years, and was destroyed by fire April 9, 1881, while it was known asthe Halsey cotton mill." "The contract (to rebuild the dam) was signed by EDWARD GASKILL, JAMES LIPPINCOTT, EBENEZER LARGE, WILLIAM MURRELL, THOMAS SHINN as guardian of the son of Jonathan Sleeper, deceased; THOMAS WEBSTER, THOMAS ATKINSON, WILLIAM PARKER, JR., owners of the grist mill and saw mill; JOSIAH WHITE of the fulling mill, and ISAAC PEARSON, MAHLON STACY, AND JOHN BURR, owners of the irone works." "In 1811 RICHARD COX and CHARLES SHREVE moved the saw mill to the site of the destroyed iron works on Pine St. A new mill was built in 1869 by the Shreves,..." "Soon after the turn of the century a paper mill was established on Wall Street,...JESSE COX,...is said to have operated it at one time...the manager, SAMUEL T. LEVIS, then began the manufacture of paper in a building near the site of th original saw mill, and continued operations until 1856. That same year HULME and SHREVE, owners of the grist mill, erected a large fram building west of the Levis mill, which was occupied by SEMPLE, BURNETT& CO, manufacturers of cotton thread. The business prospered....employing 400 workers at one time. Eventually the mill became part of a large carpet mill..." MaisieAnn@aol.com