This mill was built c. 1800 by Abraham Breneman,, who had moved to Virginia from Pa. A long mill race carried water from the west fork of Linville Creek. Breneman sold the mill to George Shaver in 1849. George sold it to his son, Peter.

Peter then sold it to his daughter and son-in-law John D. and Maggie Shaver Shirey for $1.00. The Shirey's sold it to E. M. Shaver in 1882, who defaulted on the sale.

The next owners were J. P. Swank who purchased it in 1887 and sold it to J. J. Hawse in 1892. Hawse sells it to C. L. Rhodes in 1896 and J. W. Stultz becomes the owner in 1904. On June 7, 1933, J. Howard Turner, who had been without a job for over a year, bought the old abandoned mill 'for a song' he said.

Breneman-Turner Mill, taken Nov. 2011

The mill continued to operate until 1988 using the same techniques as it did when it was built. One of Turner's 3 pair of burr stones has been in use since the mill was built.

The mill was never converted to the roller system. While the mill primarily ground flour, it was reduced to producing only animal feed in 1973 by ' the food laws ' Turner said. He sometimes would grind the feed very fine, like flour, but still called it animal feed.

Turner said he was always the only employee at his mill. He operated the mill in January of 1988. He became ill and passed away in Dec. of that year.