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    1. Peter Poythress Family and Bland's Mill
    2. Diana Diamond
    3. I found the inventory, if not the newsletter. This one was of particular interest to me. Peter Poythress and Richard Bland are part of my group. But there are other Poythress family members listed in this group http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/vhi.gateway?searchtype=keyword&searcharg=Poyth ress Diana RECORD NO. VHIR/22/0495 REPORTER Harrison, Jennie S. TITLE Bland's Mill : survey report, 1937 Sep. 22 / research made by Jennie S. Harrison. 3 leaves. NOTE Map location number: PG106 NOTE Class: Mill (site) NOTE Building date: Prior to 1690 NOTE Builder: John Tylor NOTE Building material: Frame NOTE Location: 7.2 miles east of Hopewell on Rt. 10. NOTE Primary owners: John Taylor, Peter Poythress family, Richard Bland, James Cooke, James Hargrave NOTE John Taylor supposedly built the mill between 1675-1690 and also owned Flower de Hundred plantation. James Cooke owned Bonaccord estate and operated the mill during the Civil War, when it received much damage. John Cole kept the mill running after the war, and it stayed operational until 1920. NOTE Includes description of the site. Only the foundation remains. NOTE Includes abstracts of title. NOTE Report accompanied by photograph: VHIP/22/0151. OTHER FORMAT Also available on microfilm. ISSUING BODY This write-up is a part of the Virginia W.P.A. Historical Inventory Project sponsored by the Virginia Conservation Commission under the direction of its Division of History. REPRODUCTION Computer file. Richmond, Va. : Library of Virginia, 1998. 3 image files --- From page http://eagle.vsla.edu/cgi-bin/vhi.gateway?bib=0007-01560&conf=010000++++++++ ++++++

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