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Abstract:
Colonel Jordan Jones purchased the old grist mill at Sandy Creek in Franklin County just after the Civil War and expanded its operation to include a water-driven cotton gin and yarn spinning operation. The Laurel Mills spinning operation flourished briefly with the northern post-war demand for cotton, but soon failed because it could not compete with newer businesses that had better access to shipping. The grist mill continued to operate commercially into the nineteen sixties.