{"id":3225,"date":"2012-12-09T00:13:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T05:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=3225"},"modified":"2020-12-23T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T19:52:20","slug":"mills-of-washington-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/mills-of-washington-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills of Washington County"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wheat<\/a>

Wheat Shocks
by Joan Russell<\/p><\/div>\n

Numerous mills existed in Washington County since the arrival of the early settlers. Some mills were short lived; others have lasted as much as 200 years of continuous operation. The Resources of Tennessee, 1874 <\/em>listed 52 flour mills in Washington Co.* These were mostly gristmills. No specific effort was made to identify other types of mills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Mill Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Approximate Location<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Adams (Worley) Mill<\/td>\nnr TN 107 & Painter Creek Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allison Mill<\/td>\nBrushy Creek nr Watauga<\/td>\nAlso called Star Mill and White Star<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
B and M Milling Co.<\/td>\nLimestone<\/td>\nLeonard Bales and Johnny Mitchel operated the feed mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bashor Mill<\/td>\nBroylesville<\/td>\nBuilt abt 1860, 3 story frame with limestone foundation; another earlier mill used the foundation. Later known as Taylor’s Mill or Broylesville Mill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bashor (Henry) Mill<\/td>\nJohnson City, Denny Mill Rd & Oakland Ave<\/td>\nBuilt about 1840; still standing in 2007, but in poor condition; also called Knob Creek Roller Mill; used until 1951; currently owned by Dr. Donald Tarr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bashor-Keys Mill<\/td>\nSulphur Springs, Pleasant Valley on Muddy Creek<\/td>\n1912 John C Bashor and wife sold to L.B. Bashor; 1916 LL.B. Bashor and wife sold to O.P. Keys and wife; 1912 converted to a roller mill; ran until 1945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bean (William) Mill<\/td>\nFlourville community on Boones Creek<\/td>\nBuilt in 1790: helped establish Flourville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowman Mill<\/td>\nBoones Creek, Flourville community<\/td>\nBuilt by John Bowman abt 1799, passed on to his sons in 1838; still producing in 1880; also called Flourville Mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowman (Dave) Mill<\/td>\nnr Bowmantown Rd & Providence Rd.<\/td>\ngrist mill that served for over 100 yrs; 4 storied of hand made bricks in 1833 by Daniel Bowman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brabson Mill (Horace Gray)<\/td>\nnr Bowmantown Rd & Carson Creek Rd<\/td>\nBuilt in 1811; later owned by the Williams and Squibbs; Horace Gray was the owner when it closed in 1990.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown’s (Jacob) Mill (Dr. Irwin)<\/td>\nnr Treadway Trail & Bacon Br. Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown (Vestal) Mill<\/td>\nLimestone nr Probst Rd. at Greene Co. line<\/td>\nThe mill burned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Broylesville Mill (J. H. Taylor)<\/td>\nBroylesville<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campbell’s Mill<\/td>\nnot on map<\/td>\nLocated on Clear Springs Rd., in Greene County, Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carmichael-Taylor Mill<\/td>\nnr Bowmantown Rd & Armentrout Lane<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson (Courtney) Mill<\/td>\nCarson Creek nr Armentrout Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carson (John Ross) Mill<\/td>\nBig Limestone nr Mtn. View Rd.<\/td>\nWas called Mill Creek, then Mill Brook and now Carson Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charleston Mill<\/td>\nnr Bowmantown Rd &Old Stage Rd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cox Mill<\/td>\nnr Elmer Walker Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cox (Harry) Mill<\/td>\nBoones Creek<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cox (John D.) Mill<\/td>\nUpper Dry Creek community<\/td>\nCox owned a cotton mill and flourmill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deakins (Jim) Mill<\/td>\nat Locust Mount<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dickison Bros. Mill<\/td>\nSulphur Springs, Pleasant Valley on Muddy Creek<\/td>\nFormerly Bashor-O.P. Keys Mill; owned by Howard and Oscar Dickison; closed in 1956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Douglas Shed (Charlie Sproles)<\/td>\nRed River, nr Sally Ford Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dove Mill<\/td>\nGreenwood Dr. & Embreeville Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dungan (Jeremiah) Mill<\/a><\/td>\nWatauga Rd. nr Carter Co. line<\/td>\nBegan operation in 1778; now operated by the St. John family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Morgan Mill<\/td>\nJeroldstown Rd & Tucker Hollow Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eureka Roller Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone Creek, Telford<\/td>\nPurchased by W.A. Maloney in 1894, operated until 1986. Building burn 2002.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flourville Mill<\/td>\nFlourville community<\/td>\nBuilt in 3 phases-1890-1894, 1930s and 1940s; 4 story frame building with pressed metal siding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galloway Mill<\/td>\nnr Floursville Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garber Mill (Campbell) (Robinson)<\/td>\nLittle Cherokee nr Garber\/lamar<\/td>\nBegan in 1820s; still operating in 1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glendale Mill<\/td>\nat Glendale Rd. & Blackley Creek Rd.<\/td>\nGristmill that ground corn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graham (John) Mill<\/td>\nKeplinger Branch nr Conklin Rd.<\/td>\nGround flour, meal and cattle feed; millrace still visible 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gray Mill<\/td>\nnr Oakland<\/td>\nnot on map; operated between 1870-1900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grist Mill (McFall)<\/td>\nBoones Creek nr<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hale (Buck) Mill<\/td>\nnr Bristol Hwy, Knob Creek\/Austin Springs community<\/td>\ngrist mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamilton Mill<\/td>\nFall Branch, nr Ridge Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hartsell (Isaac W.) Mill<\/td>\nnr Cherokee & Oliver Edwards Rd.<\/td>\ngristmill; operated for over 50 yrs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyder Mill<\/td>\nAustin Springs Rd. nr Watauga River<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kincheloe Mill<\/td>\nKendricks Creek, Harmony Rd.&Hunt Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maden (Lloyd) Mill<\/td>\nGray<\/td>\nBuilt in 1913 owered by gasoline engine; became a feed mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maloney(W. A.) Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone, Telford, Telford Rd<\/td>\nAlso called Eureka Roller Mills (Telford Foundry)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin (Hacker) Mill<\/td>\nCedar\/Ford Creek nr Gray Sta. Rd.<\/td>\nBuilt by Dove family abt 1800; operated until 1924 by Alexander Isenberg followed by John Isenberg and sister Dolly Isenberg Campbell until 1940s; Theodore Hacker Martin operated it until 1951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin Mill<\/td>\nnr Sulphur Springs Baptist Church<\/td>\nBuilt in late 1800s, operated by JC Osborne; gristmill and sawmill; later remodeled to a roller mill that ground flour for White Lily Co. of Johnson City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthews Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone Ck & Glaze Rd.<\/td>\nBuilding torn down in 2013.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauktown Mill<\/td>\nnr TN 107 & Bill Mauk Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May Mill<\/td>\nTelford Rd & McCarty Hollow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller (Nat) Mill<\/td>\nCherokee Creek, off TN 81<\/td>\nat one time a cotton mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Model Mill<\/td>\nJohnson City, W. Walnut St.<\/td>\nLater known as General Mills<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Mill<\/td>\nBehind Cannon house on Hominy Branch, Washington College<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osborne Mill<\/td>\nSulphur Springs, West Ridge Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paris Hilbert Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone nr Old St Rd 34<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter Range-McAfee Mill<\/td>\nBoones Creek<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Range (Peter Sr.) Mill<\/td>\nnr E. Oakland Ave & Knob Creek<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruble Mill<\/td>\nKeplinger Branch, Conklin community<\/td>\ncloser to the Nolichucky River than John Graham mill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. John Mill<\/a><\/td>\n3191 Watauga Rd.; Barnes community<\/td>\nPurchased from Henry Bashor by George W. St. John 1866; passed down to son and subsequent heirs; still in operation 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott (John) Mill<\/td>\nLittle Cherokee nr Oliver Edwards Rd.<\/td>\nSupposedly the first gristmill on Cherokee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sevier Mill<\/td>\nTelford, New Victory<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simpson Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone nr Franklin Heights Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star Mill (Allison Mill, White Star Mill)<\/td>\nBrushy Creek, 1 mi upsream from Dungan Mill dam; Barnes community<\/td>\nOwners include Henry Bashor (the builder, bef 1860), James M. King & John T. Hodge (1876), Charles G. Lilly (1895), Landon C. Allison (1905), Dr. Preas (1912), Dr. Smathers (closed the mill)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevenson Mill<\/td>\nMuddy Fork & Keys Dr.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stunns Mill<\/td>\non Keplinger Branch or Nolichucky River; SW Conklin community<\/td>\nOn an 1828 Washington Co. map<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor (Charlie) Mill<\/td>\nSulphur Springs, Clear Fork, nr Shipley Rd.<\/td>\nFirst turbine water wheel in Sulphur Springs. Also known as Walnut Grove Roller Mill<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor’s Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone nr Powell Rd.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telford Mill<\/td>\nLittle Limestone, Telford, Old St Rd 34<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Williams Mill<\/td>\nnr US11E & Opie Arnold Rd. next to Lone Oak Hotel in Limestone<\/td>\nOperated by Williams brothers, maker of Magnolia Flour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Contributed to the Washington Co. TNGen Web site by Margaret W. Hougland<\/a>, Sep 2007. Many thanks to W. Eugene and Joyce Cox.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Upper East Tennessee Section, Local Planning Assistance Office. Mill Locations, Washington County, Tennessee Map<\/em>, Rev. 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington Co. Historical Association, Joyce and W. Eugene Cox, eds. History of Washington County, Tennessee<\/em>. Johnson City: Overmountain Press, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watauga Association of Genealogists. History of Washington Co. Tennessee 1988<\/em> (out of print)<\/span><\/p>\n

* Cited by Washington Co. Historical Association, Cox and Cox, eds. p. 786.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Brabson-Gray<\/a>

Brabson-Gray Mill
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