The first grist mill of which anything is known, was
built by Captain Dunn, in the year 1796, and was operated by him up to his
death a few years afterwards. For several years this was the only mill in
the settlement, and where it was located, or what character of a mill it
was, the records fail to explain. In Captain Dunn's old account book, a
little blank paper affair, with a thin, blue paper back, six inches long
and four inches wide, is to be found seven accounts against the following
persons, respectively: Richard Taylor, John Christian, Andrew Rowen,
Walter Thorn, Hugh Knox, Michael Sprinkle and Peter Thorn - all for
grinding and packing. His usual charge for this work was three shillings
sixpence per bushel. The charge for "packing" was taking the meal in sacks
on horseback from the mill to the home of the purchaser. So, from this, it
will be seen that the system of "delivering goods" was adopted at the Red
Banks as early as the year 1796.
History of Henderson County, Kentucky
by Edmund L. Starling
p. 97
published in 1887
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