Sixies Mill / Cresham's Mill
Cherokee Co. | Georgia | USA
Watersource: Toonigh Creek
Sixies Mill / Cresham's Mill
While traveling south on US 575, three miles south of Holly Springs, Ga. exit US 575 at exit 11 and travel northwest on Sixies Road about 0.5 miles to the mill at Toonigh Creek.
Sixes Mill is the site of one of the earlist settlements in north Georgia. The area was settled by gold miners as early as 1819. The earliest grist mill was probably built after the gold land lottery around 1831-32.
The mill survived the Civil War without being burned. As the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad began to rebuild and expand from Knoxville to Marietta, the mill that stands today was rebuilt. This being between 1878 and 1880 to take advantage of the improved shipping facilities provided by the railroad.
The mill is located in Cherokee County, Ga. near Holly Springs. The mill is on private property and currently not open to visitors.