History of Braxton County by John Davidson Sutton
" It is very probable that John Haymond was the first man, residing in what is now Braxton County, whoever sat in the Virginia Legislature. John Haymond was in the Senate of Virginia in the sessions beginning 1797, 1798, 1799, 1800, and 1801, the last session in which he served beginning on the 7th day of December 1801 and ended January 2 1802. Haymond's History of Harrison County, states that John Haymond was born in 1765 in Maryland, and came with his father to near Morgantown in 1773, and that about the year 1807 he moved to little Kanawha. We know that this John Haymond located at Bulltown and established the salt works there. It may be that John Haymond did not move to Braxton County until after the expiration of his term of office as a member of the Virginia Senate, but probable he was still a member of that body when he moved to Bulltown.
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"One of the first grist mills was built in the year 1810 by Colonel John Haymond, the founder of the 'Bulltown Salt Works'. It was a small round log structure, a tub wheel being the propelling power. The buhrs were gotten out on Millstone Run. The bolting was done by hand. This primitive mill continued to do the griding until 1833 when a much better structure was erected instead. "
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"Haymond's Mill, seventeen miles northeast of Sutton on the Little Kanawha River, was built by John Haymond in the year of 1808, and was for many years owned by William Haymond who was one of the country's best known citizen. This mill was equipped with buhrs, carding machine and saw. It was run by an overshot wheel, and was considered a very valuable property. It did more business than any other mill in the county. This property has fallen into different hands since the death of Mr. Haymond. "
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