The history of this mill starts with a land grant in 1830 to Peter Summey. He built a mill on Earle's Creek in Flat Rock and worked it for 16 years before selling the property to Jack Ramseir in 1846.

Ramseur then conveyed it to Alexander Ramseur in 1847. In December of the some year (1847), Andrew Johnstone and Judge Mitchell King bought the mill property.

Sometime later the mill property became part of a larger property which was acquired by Henry T. Farmer. His plans for the whole property did not work out; and thus, he set up a furniture factory in the old mill. He used the power of the water wheel to operate his saws and lathes. A man by the name of Wesley M. Justice worked for Farmer in the factory.

After the Civil War the mill, owned by the Smythe family, was re-converted to a grist mill. After the turn of the century, William C. Jordan was the operator of the mill. For over 50 years the mill was known as "Jordan's Mill." In 1916, the mill still being run by Jordan became known as "The Henderson County Flour Mill."

Jordan ground flour, meal, bran shorts, graham flour, chicken feed and other water-ground products. His business was so good that the undershot wheel could not supply enough power to the mill, so Jordan built a dam and installed an overshot wheel.

In 1921, Eugene Morrison bought the A. T. Smythe property, which included the mill property. In 1929, Morrison sold the mill to Mr. Jordan. Jordan continued to operate the mill and later his son-in-law, J. C. McFadden ran it until selling it to Mrs. Frank Sherrill in 1937. Although Mrs. Sherrill did not operate the mill, she did keep it in working order.

In 1949, the Sherrills traded the mill property to Eugene Brown, who wanted to make the mill his home. Upon removing the mill equipment he decided to use the mill for apartments. The property grew from one apartment building to 5 buildings, becoming the "Old MIll Apartments".

Ty and June Rhodes purchased the property in 1989. Robert and Nancy Kinney purchased it in 1995 and ran the property until April of 2003, when they sold it to the Horky Family. Parts of the old mill building are used today, in 2010, as what is known as the Mill House Lodge.

The old mill's history has been researched by Lenior Ray and copies can obtained at the lodge for the asking.GPS: 35? 16.33'N, 82? 26.17'W 2,175' elevation