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Johnson's Windmill

When the mill was built and how long it remained are now unknown. It is called Peter Johnson's windmill -- that is, the first Peter, the same who obtained the first grant of a mill privilege on Little river. In the inventory of his estate is mentioned "two-thirds of a windmill, £7."

The site is called "Windmill hill" in the Town Records, dated December, 1765, [p. 523.] and is now known as Johnson's hill (where Mr. George A. Johnson lives). The mill stood near the old oaks.

Hobbs' Windmill

When the "new road" was laid out, in the fall of 1852, an award was made to Dea. Jeremiah Hobbs, to remove his windmill, which is well remembered as a conspicuous object in the "great lots," through which the road was to pass. The mill was built by Deacon Hobbs' father, Capt. Morris Hobbs, on or near the site of a former mill, whose unknown history stretches still farther back. Standing in the midst of fields of corn and grain, Deacon Hobbs' mill was at once picturesque and convenient of access.

Berry's Steam Sawmill [See next chapter]

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