Obviously a large operation in its time, Brown’s Mill is virtually unknown today. It’s quite rare to find mills with extant dependent structures in South Georgia today.
This vine-covered building looks like a store or commissary.
This granary was added in later years of the operation.
This was the home of the owner and millwright.
The mill pond is still a familiar sight on the Vienna Road.
There’s a story about a black man that got caught between the millstones and was crushed to death. They say his ghost haunts the mill to this day. All I can tell you is that 50 years ago there was good fishing at the mill.
this is where i was born i all most got eaten buy a big alligator crawling underneath the the bridge out at the road .i was a brave dumbass daddy. rip Ricky yevon Lambert.
My grandfather was Ira S Brown and owned the mill a long time ago. I have a couple of the old flour sacks! They are very dear to me. My mother and her sisters and brother were raised there. She lived to fish in that mill pond. As a child I remember being fascinated by all the water lilies! I assume this is the same place, the mill looks like the old photos that I have (none when it was in pristeen condition )but the house does not look like Papas. Very similar though Maybe you are my distant cousin?
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check out chappells mill in laurens county it operated for over 180 years and closed down 10 or so years ago
My grandfather grew up in Leslie, GA. He went there as a young man to take grain and wheat for flour. He said it was a big operation. It was the only corn and flour mill for miles. He also went to Chambliss Mill where he took corn to be processed and packaged for his grocery store. He has a lot of memories of that area if you would like to come and visit him.
Is the home inhabited presently?
Lovely home. Love those wrap-around porches.