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Union Mills Records

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

1408 THL

Scope and Content: This collection consists of a receipt book, 1812-1818, belonging to Nathan Parkins, owner of Union Mills in Frederick County, VA.
(1 box) Last updated 06/04.

Biographical/Historical: From 1836 to 1874, the Parkins family operated multiple flour mills on Abram’s Creek. In 1812 they were running three mills south of Winchester under the name “The Union Mills, Nathan Parkins & Co. Owners.”

Cite As: Union Mills Records, 1408 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Receipt book, 1812-1818, belonging to Nathan Parkins of Union Mills, 305 pages, manuscript