Paris' Mill

Before the Revolution, Francis Paris built interior Georgia's earliest industrial mills here, damming the creek with rock to power saw and grist mills. He sold out to Augusta's Seaborn Jones in 1796, and the spot became known as Millhaven.

Paris' Mill is a historical marker in Millhaven, Screven County, erected in 1953. It is one of 27 historical markers documented in Screven County, among 107 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.9336, -81.6500 near Millhaven. The nearest cataloged historic site is British Army Crossing (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lovetts Cemetery, Lines, Samuel Shepard, House, and Saint Paul Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.