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Adam Rickabaugh purchased a farm to the west side of North Valley Road in 1767. Valley Creek flows through the property. Oil, hemp and saw mills first appear in the tax records for 1788 and 1791. They were in operation until his death in 1823. After that time only the sawmill was operated. The mill stopped operating around 1880.
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A detailed timeline for the Mill(s)
- 1788 Hemp Mill (tax)
- 1791 Saw Mill, 1 Oil Mill (tax)
- 1795 Saw Mill (tax)
- 1796 Oil & Saw Mills, $400 (tax)
- 1797 Oil & saw mill, $150 (county tax)
- 1798 saw mill & stone oil mill on 174 acres adjacent to William Rowlands. (Glass tax)
- 1798 Oil & saw mill (county tax)
- 1799 Oil, hemp, & saw mill, $450 (county tax)
- 1800 Oil, hemp, & saw mill,(county tax)
- 1801 Oil, hemp, & saw mill,(county tax)
- 1802 Oil, hemp, & saw mill (county tax)
- 1805 Hemp & saw mills (county tax)
- 1810 Oil & saw mill,(county tax)
- 1820 Adam Rickabaugh, 50 acres + 28 acres hill land, oil & sawmill,(county tax)
- 1823 Adam Rickabaugh died
- 1825 David Rickabaugh sawmill (county tax)
- 1830 David Rickabaugh sawmill (county tax)
- 1835 Adam Rickabaugh sawmill (county tax)
- 1838 Adam Rickabaugh sawmill (county tax)
- 1860 Sawmill (Kennedy’s atlas of Chester County)
- 1873 George Clemens’ sawmill (Witmer’s Atlas)
- 1878 Heirs of George Clemens to Jacob Clemens, mill (deed B9-154)
- 1883 Jacob Clemens (Breou’s Atlas); no mill
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