This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CV4.2ACEB/241.1 Message Board Post: Owings Mills is named after a grandson of Capt. Richard Owings - Samuel Owings. Samuel operated three mills that he named ULM (Upper Lower Middle). Many townships began where milling activities began.