Lower Mill White - Muscadine Wine PICK UP ONLY holiday drink The mill pond was the

The mill pond was the setting for local baptisms as well as a popular swimming hole for the Tison community

Inspired by the festive atmosphere often surrounding the turn-of-the century grist mill and its current application at Watermelon Creek Vineyard

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We are just a couple of retired born and bred Georgians

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Lower Mill White - Muscadine Wine PICK UP ONLY holiday drink The mill pond was theThe Lower Mill (todays intersection of Ga. Hwy. 144 and Watermelon Creek) was owned and operated in the 1860s by Charles Padgett and then with his son, Charles Columbus, until destroyed by a massive flood in 1925. The grist mill was central to the community as one could not only return home with the sacks of freshly ground flour and meal but also an abundance of local news and renewed acquaintances. The massive hand hewn and pegged timbers were