The earliest mill was built in 1789, a saw mill built by Andrew Herscher. A stone grist and saw mill 30'X 35', built by Christian Hershey in 1792, replaced the earlier mill. After eight years, Abraham Hershey(Herscher) bought the small stone mill in 1801, then the mill burned in 1814. The mill was rebuilt in 1814 by Abraham & Anna Hershey, still a fairly small 40'X 40' stone/frame mill of 2.5 stories. From 1821 to 1824, the mill was owned by (unknown) Bear.

Abraham Hershey owned two mills on Chickies Creek during the same time period; the other, was the Cassel Stone Mill(long gone), a 60'X 60'.5 stone/frame mill built c.1780 either a mile south of White Oak or a half mile north of Lancaster Junction. Some of the information is the same for both, adding to the confusion.

In 1864, it was Philip Smith and in 1875 & 1899, Joshua Smith were listed as owners. The mill burned in 1917, but was promptly rebuilt in 1918 buy Walter W. Ruhl to a 1.5 story stone/frame mill measuring 40'X 55'. The mill was well maintained in 1992, being used for storage.

Chickies Creek provided the raw water power through a 5000' headrace from the dam upstream, dropping 6' to the two overshot water wheels in the flour/grist mill which produced 8 barrels/day of product. The 1300' tailrace returned water to the creek.