In 2006 the Readyville Mill was purchased by Tomm and Martha Brady, who then began its restoration.

History of the Mill

A brief history of the Mill, highlighting important events:

1802	Charles Ready relocates his family from Sumner County to land purchased on the Stone (named after Uriah Stone) River.
1812	Ready builds a water powered grist mill on the Stone River.
1829	Ready builds a brick home named “the Corners” across from the mill.
1842	Ready constructs a dam and raceway upstream from the mill, giving the mill greater power and more control over the water flow.
1859	The mill is purchased by Charles’s daughter Jane and her husband, Peter Talley, following Charles Ready’s death.
1860’s	The mill burns down, cause unknown, during the American Civil War.
1870's	Robert Carter is hired to rebuild the mill, which is the structure that stands today.
1884	Peter Talley dies, and the mill passes to Robert Carter.
1889	Carter sells the mill to W.B. Hayes, Hayes’ son Sam, and Arthur “Rat” McFerrin. Sam Hayes and Rat McFerrin add a sawmill to the mill, which provides much needed lumber to the community.
1900	Rat McFerrin builds an electric generator that runs off of the mill’s water powered turbine to power an ice making process; thereby the Icehouse, which stands today, is added to the facility. Later, electricity generated by the mill is distributed to local homes.
1934	Hayes dies and George and Leslie Justice purchase the mill.
1937	TVA purchases the mill’s small electric plant.
1970	Justice sells the mill to Gerald Flipse and his wife Mary.
1973	Readyville Mill is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1973	Wilford and Marie Carrigan purchase the Mill.
1977	Wayne Epperly purchases the Mill.
1978	The Mill closes.
2006	Tomm and Martha Brady purchase the Readyville Mill from the Epperly estate and they begin its restoration.
2009	The Readyville Mill opens it doors as a venue for weddings and other special events.