Webbs Mills, New York

"Webbs Mill" redirects here. Not to be confused with John Webb's Mill, Thaxted.

Webbs Mills or Webb Mills[1] is a district of Chemung County in the state of New York. It is named after the Webb family who operated mills there.[2] Mills were first constructed on Seeley Creek by Hezekiah Dunham in 1835.[3] The property was then bought by Festus Webb and the Webb family expanded and improved the mills from the original two runs.[3] Henry Marvin lived there in the 19th century and kept a diary which has been preserved and published — The Plank Road Explorer.[4] The Plank Road was a toll road from Elmira to the state line with Pennsylvania which was surfaced with wooden planks. Henry was the great-grand-uncle of the actor Lee Marvin.[5]

  1. ^ Also spelled Webb's Mills or Webbs Mill.
  2. ^ Chemung County, its history, Chemung County Historical Society, 1961, p. 106
  3. ^ a b Ausburn Towner (1892), Our County and Its People: A History of the Valley and County of Chemung, from the Closing Years of the Eighteenth Century, D. Mason & Company, p. 437
  4. ^ Henry Marvin (2012), Plank Road Explorer, ISBN 9780983848707
  5. ^ More books about Elmira and Chemung County, Chemung County History