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mills and two parcels of land, the same as to Jacob lulge and 

 Henry Miller ; and the said William Hammons by will o^ave 

 one-third part of said mill and tracts of land to his son, 

 Thomas, who devised the one-third part of said mills and 

 tracts of land to his wife, Susanna, and son, William, and 

 Susanna dying intestate, the whole descended to the said 

 William; and on the 28th of March, 1781, William Ham- 

 mons sold the third part to Thomas Bishop, so that the whole 

 of the mill and two tracts became united in Thomas Bishop. 

 " On the 29th of November, 17H5, by Proceedings in Par- 

 tition, the above described mill and tracts of land were 

 adjudged to Thomas Bishop, eldest son of Thomas Bishop, 

 deceased, and Thomas Bishop, by will dated 23rd of 2nd mo., 

 1833, bequeathed to his wife, Priscilla, this mill property with 

 other real estate. Priscilla Bishop, by will, 12th of 3rd mo., 

 1845, bequeathed to her son. Amor I^ishop, that portion of 

 her real estate designated as the mill property, and on which 

 he then resided; and Amor Bishop by will, 28th of July, 

 1856, bequeathed this same property to his son, Washington ; 

 and Washington Bishop and Louisa, his wife, conveyed, 21st 

 of March, 1862, the mill and a portion of his land to Joseph 

 I). \'elotte.'" 



On January ist. 1868, Joseph I). \'elotte and Catharine, 

 his wife, conveyed the mill property to William L. Lewis. 

 After the death of William L. Lewis, his son. William F. 

 Lewis, by deed from the other heirs, on March 22nd, 1869, 

 became the owner of the mill. William I'. Lewis held the 

 property until P'ebruary i8th, 1902, when he sold it to Jesse 

 W. Hoopes. Later the mill passed into the ownership of x\nn 

 Sharpless and Sarah T. Sharpless, and was by them conveyed 

 on December 23rd, 11)05, to the present owner, Mr. Battles. 



In 17 1 7 it was that John Edge, Jacob lidge and Henry 

 Miller formed the copartnership above mentioned for the pur- 

 pose of erecting a " water corn mill " and carrying on the 



