Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1655 WFCHS
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains the account book of the business transactions of Daniel T, Wood, the owner of the Spout Spring Mill, between April, 1889-February, 1915. (1 box) Last updated 08/08.
BIOGRAHICAL/HISTORICAL: Daniel T. Wood inherited the Spout Spring property, including the mill, from his father Isaac Wood upon his death in 1855. Wood lived at the estate, which he renamed Millbank, until his death in 1915. Because of his loyalty to the Union and his membership in the Society of Friends, the mill was spared by the Union army during the Valley Campaign of 1864. After Wood’s death, his two unmarried daughters, Clara and Mary Wood, lived at the estate until Mary’s death in 1959.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Quarles, Garland, Some Old Homes in Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, Winchester, VA,
Cite As: Spout Springs Records Collection #1655, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Box 1
Account Book – April, 1899-February, 1915