Cartmell's book, listed below, has a whole chapter on mills, including some of the early ones. Of course, there were probably countless early mills that are undocumented. And many failed, changed hands, were flooded out, burned down, etc. in natural disasters and wars. They were often small family operations. Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley pioneers and their descendants : a history of Frederick County, Virginia (illustrated) from its formation in 1738 to 1908, compiled mainly from original records of old Frederick County, now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Federick. unknown: unknown, c1909 See also: Norris, J. E. History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke : their early settlement and progress to the present time, geological features, a description of their historic and interesting localities, cities, towns and villages, portraits of some of the prominent men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens. Chicago: A. Warner, 1890 --- robert perry <raider6066@yahoo.com> wrote: > Can anyone direct me as to where to find info on > a flourmill in Hampshire Co. between 1805 - > 1830. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com