Record #:

31002

Author(s):

Fetner, Kay

Abstract:

In January 1881, Thomas Benson Ledbetter purchased one-hundred acres and with his nephew, John Steel Ledbetter, as a partner, built South Union Mills in Rockingham, North Carolina. It was in operation until 1894 when the mill burned due to a lightning strike. The mill was rebuilt as Ledbetter Manufacturing Company, sold to Parsons Manufacturing in 1979, and later renovated into today’s upscale Carolyn’s Mill Condominiums.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 40 Issue 11, Nov 2008, p8, il

Subject(s):

Mills; Mills--History