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Brook Mill
Early records indicate that SandBrook began
it's existence as early as 1739 when there was a mill run by Henry Kitchen and
his son Samuel Kitchen. Early records identify the place as "Kitchen's
Mill." Later the Mill was owned and run by Hiram Moore.
Early picture of the Mill - off of Britton Road
Black
Smith Shop
Early
picture of Blacksmith, unidentified
East View down SandBrook-Headquarters Road
From
a newspaper article dated October 15, 1931:
It is true that the ring of the anvil is
still heard here; but somehow it has a more quiet ring. The genuine old
blacksmith, John Hoagland, who has been here since 1886, is still carrying on
the business, but he makes no nails or horseshoes, and shoes no horses-if he
can help it. He feels that he has done his share of that during his experience
of nearly three score years.
We find that the shop had several earlier
owners in quick succession. Among the previous owners were: George F. Green,
who conveyed it to Hoagland; Joseph H. Green; Lewis C. Crum, not a blacksmith;
Abraham Conover, who sold it to Crum in 1830; Margaret Taylor and Jonathan, who
coneyed it to Conover in 1871; John P. Moore, who bought of Charles W. Moore,
9.40 acres in 1870; and Ann Moore and others, who conveyed to Charles W. Moore,
March 27, 1858 a farm of 31.85 acres, including the shop and "excepting
the grave yard and the necessary privileges for repairing and maintaining the
mill dam."
The mill property was owned and the mill was
operated by Hiram Moore through the middle years of the past century. Feed was
ground there down to about 35 years ago. The foundation of the mill is still
standing, but with nothing to fix the date of erection. The frame mill has been
removed and is used for other purposes. In 1851 the place was recorded as
"H. Moore G. Mill." The large dwelling on this mill farm was built at
two periods - on the smaller part, at the western end. Is a stone marked
"H.M. 1834." The large part has a stone plastered over and scaled so
that the date cannot be read with anything like certainty.
End
of newspaper article - 1931.