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1897 Map of Adair Co., KY sparks interest in Gentrys Mill

About: 1897 Map of Adair Co.,KY

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Thanks to Gene Jessee for that map, it is amazing to see what the towns and sites were called over 100 years ago! One thing that intrigued me was Gentry's Mill.

To me, that looks like it would be about the same site as Young's Mill?

In "The Brier Domain", the book written by Charles Garnett Young, Sr., he says that the Young's Mill was built during the civil war - which was 1861-1865, right - and originally built by William F. Montgomery and his brother Quintillan.

It was William F. Montgomery's daughter who couldn't find any white flour in the community to bake her wedding cake, and so the legend goes that her father built the mill. But, where was Gentry's Mill - does anyone know anything about it?

s/Carol Reeves Shaul




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