Mill, McNeill's Mill & Prattville. The Pratt Cotton Gins were sent to all cotton producing states and countries. Daniel Pratt's many factories were built to employ operatives and create a "Village of good morals and good society". The Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin Manufactory became the leading manufacturer of cotton gins, in the World, by 1860. The labor force of the Cotton Gin Factory was 31 in 1850 (Early Gin Factory located on the east side of Autauga Creek), 74 in 1860 (Gin Factory Location on the west side of Autauga Creek in 1854), 48 in 1870 and 192 to 278 in 1900. Another history reports the labor force in 1860 with 66 employed with 22% Slaves owned by Daniel Pratt or hired by Daniel Pratt from other owners (6 or more hired slaves each year from 1840-1845). Employee's and Slaves were paid "Overwork" money for extra hours. When built, the labor for the 1854 brick Pratt Cotton Gin Factory building was built under a design & direction contract with Daniel Pratt by T. B. Goldsby, A. J. Mullen, and Hiram Granger (all of neighboring Dallas County, Alabama) The Dallas county construction partnership used their own labor and construction works. Some histories tell us the 1848 building, near the dam on the Autauga Creek, was a water powered Flour & Grist mill when built as early as 1841, as some histories state. It is assumed the 1848 & 1852 buildings were built by Daniel Pratt and his skilled Workmen. The 1848 building, was used by 1856, as a Sash, Blind & Door factory and connected with an adjoining wall to the 1852 Machine Shop factory. Daniel Pratt was a master designer of homes, bridges and boats before 1833. He is also credited with the design of the second and present Montgomery State Capitol building. It is said that the Doors, Windows and Sash of the Alabama Capital were manufactured in the 1848-52 building. Daniel Pratt's connection with Horace King, the African-American architect, engineer and bridge builder is evidence in the Capitol Stairway. Daniel Pratt was also the designer and model builder of the Godwin & King 1832 built bridge of Columbus Georgia (History of Jones County GA). After the Civil War, the Daniel Pratt Gin factory was spared destruction and continued to manufacture cotton gins. King Cotton was still the dominate crop of the South, supplying textile factories and jobs in