Skennah Creek Mill
Fannin Co. | Georgia | USA
Watersource: Skeenah Creek
Skennah Creek Mill
From Morgantown, Ga. just south of US 76, go 11 miles south on Sh 60 and turn left on Skeenah Gap Road. The mill is also 15 miles NW of Suches, Ga. on Sh 60 and 4 miles W of Margret, Ga. on US 60.
Skeenah Creek Mill was built by Willis Rabun Woody in 1848 near the junction of Sh 60 and Skeenah Gap Road. Not quite a mile north along Skeenah Creek, a road branches to the left that soon follows a tributary to Skeenah Creek named Woody Branch, named after the builder of the mill.
Willis Woody moved his family to this beautiful valley known to the Cherokee Indians as Skeenah, meaning "Big Bear".
The mill is listed in "Historic Mills of America", pages 46 and 47.
The mill is located in the Skeenah Creek Campground, at the intersection of Hwy. 60 and Skeenah Gap. Rd., 15 miles north of Suches Ga.