R.W. Griffin's article, "The Textile Industry in Greene County, Georgia before 1860," was published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly issue of March 1964.
Griffin revealed that by 1847 a new four-story brick manufacturing building had been erected on a granite foundation in Scull Shoals, which had a water-powered cotton mill, running 2,000 spindles and looms.
Saw mills, cotton factories thrive in Scull Shoals
Bulloch History
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