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county; but no definite information regarding the time and the 

 extent of their work has been obtained. 



The last whip sawing in the county of any note, was done 

 by Andrew Amos and Andrew Workman about the year 1880. 

 The lumber was used by L. M. and Geo. W. McClintic for the 

 construction of the Tea Creek Hunting House, at the mouth of 

 Tea creek. 



According to information obtained from Isaac McNeil and 

 others, a water-power saw mill was built by the McNeels some 

 years after their settlement in the southern end of the county 

 in the year 1765. It is probable that Charles Kennison, who 

 planned and worked on the fort in that section, helped to con- 

 struct the first saw mill. 



In 1778 Valentine Cackley settled at Millpoint and erected 

 a grist mill, saw mill, and tilt or forging hammer. He also 

 started a tannery, and in later years a store, making this the 

 central place of business in lower Pocahontas for many years. 

 Later the sons of Valentine Cackley, Valentine Jr. and Joseph, 

 succeeded their father and erected another mill, Valentine taking 

 the lower mill and Joseph the upper. Joseph Cackley afterward 

 sold his mill to Sampson L. Matthews who operated it for 

 several years. Only broken pieces of the old mills now remain. 



Thomas Casebolt built and operated a sash saw mill on the 

 headwaters of Locust creek about the beginning of the 19th 

 century. Shortly after this Josiah Beard Sr. built a saw and 

 grist mill on the same creek. Near this time, also, John H. Ruck- 

 man built a dam and erected a mill at the mouth of Stamping 

 creek, a tributary of Greenbrier river. 



About 1850 J ames F. Hill built a saw mill on Rush run be- 

 tween Jacox and Lobelia; and a little later the venerable Peter 

 Hill, to whom we are indebted for considerable information, 

 built a saw mill on Hills creek. Still a little later Morgan Ander- 

 son built a mill on Bruffeys creek, and about the same time 

 Henry N. Clark erected another on Robins fork of Spring 

 creek not far from the county line and the old Hudson-Martin 

 corner. 



Paul McNeel built and operated a saw mill on Spice run for 

 many years. This successful operation was east of the river and 

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