Evening star., 1936-04-05

that the mill was built about $50 years
ago. The date of the erection of the
mill had been rudely cut in the stone
of the foundation, but a long while
ago it had been so mutilated by some
boys from the Agricultural College
that it could not now be deciphered.
He had learned from his father,
mother, that an English family named
Scofleld moved into that part of the
country a good many years before
the American Revolution. and built
the brick house on the hill, the stone
house opposite the mill, and then the
mill. 1t was operated as Scofelds
mill Then another English family
by the name Of Logan acquired the
property. and the place was long
known as Logan's mill. The property
was next taken over by the Riggs
family, and sometime before the
Civil War it came to be known as
Riggs Mill. The milling business in
that part of the country began to
languish with the development of the
great milling industry in the West,
but the mill continued to struggle on
for existence until few years since"
IN 1890 there was Mrs. Casandra
Chew, living in Montgomery County,
who had two daughters and four
slaves. At that time there were also
residing in the same county Abraham
Shekles, two John Shekles and two
Richard Sheckles. Samuel Sheckles
was then a resident of Prince Georges
County. as were Joseph Schoolfeld, his
wife, six sons and two daughters. ANY
of these might have been related to
the early settlers around the Adelphia
Mill mentioned by The Rambler"
Naturally, there were not a large
number of residents in this part Of
Montgomery County when operations
at the Adelphii Mill were at their
height, but at the time of the Civil
War the population of Bladensburg
district, in which it was located,
showed a decided increase, and by
1879, according to Hopkins plat book,
considerable population was noted.
and We find residing near the mill. or
owning property in that neighborhood.
John Tomey, William H. Freeman, Co
lumbus Chew and George w. Riggs.
and those who we're interested in the
land lying west of the Northwest
Branch, to the District of Columbia
and Montgomery County lines, in the
general vicinity of Green Hill" were
William Metzerott. P. P. Gross, B. L.
and w. B. Jackson. L. H. Browns
store, johnson. John Powell, Albert
Charles. John Steiner (near another
| old mild, Andrew Powell, George
Neitzey, Robert Brown, James Brown,
Garfield, John Joy manager for Mr..
Riggs, Thomas Brown, j. E. Ray,
Albert Gleason, William Sibley, Thom-
as Miller, Mrs. Morrell, John Morrell,
Lewis Maurath, William r. McChes.
ney, Amos w. Souder, Thomas Murphy,
John Miller, John T. Barnes. Washing
ton E. Nalley, John Miller, James Mil
Ter, H. Hiden, Daniel Mehrline. Arthur
Cosack and John Saulsman.
MANY will recall the name Of
AA Washington e. NalleS. :he vell-
known pedagogue. here mentioned,
who died about 20 years ago. He was
product of the Maryland public
schools, and his career as an instruc-
tor began in 1867. Nine years later he
was appointed a teacher in the local
public schools, and his first work was
done in the school near Soldiers
Home, which was not far from Chill
lum, where he resided and where he
met and married Miss Miller, whose
people were pioneer residents of the
place. From the Soldiers Home
School he was transferred to the
Brightwood School, at first smaI
frame building on the Military road,
and later the present Brightwood
School, where he held the position Of
kprincipal until the time Of his deathf