Patterson Mill (historic marker) — reports from local lore (again, not heavily documented online) talk about strange lights near the ruins, footsteps nearby, and the faint smell of smokight. ,mm,,22esßßsßßßs This marker is located on Lee Highway, 0.2 miles east of Goshen Valley Road / Old Main Street, on the left when traveling east. It is situated in Church Hill, Tennessee, in Hawkins County. Built about 1775.Robert Patterson built his mill on Patterson's creek, formally know as Fall creek. It served as both a fort and a mill. It was here that the settlers sought protection from the many Indian raids that occurred during the early settlement of the county. The little community took on the name of Patterson's Mill Plantation. Church Hill did not officially get its name until about 1840 when, according to tradition, it was named for a log church built on a hill in the community. Patterson Mill, a pre-Revolutionary Mill/fort offered a place of refuge against Indian Raids, because it had barricades. It was also a place where men went to register for military service. It has been known by several other names. It was destroyed by fire on Halloween Night, 1975 by vandals. Only the chimney and water-wheel were left standing. Patterson Mill (ruins) Neighbors claim the smell of smoke returns some nights, along with faint lights near the chimney ruins and the sound of someone walking where the floor once stood Historic Marker reads: On the site of this mill, Robert Patterson build a fort about 1775, shortly thereafter a mill. It was one of two stations at which the settlers took refuge during the Cherokee raid under The Raven in 1776.
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