| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-30 |
| Corporate Name: | Williams and Sons |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Buck Williams and sons Grover, Houston, and Elmer along with J. L. Dedman |
| Location: | Caro: intersection of 814 and 815, north of Southern Pacific tracks |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1936 |
| End Year: | 1943 |
| Decades: | 1930-1939,1940-1949 |
| Period of Operation: | 1936 to 1943 |
| Town: | Near Caro |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Steam
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | 25000: 1939 |
| Capacity Comments: | About 25,000 feet daily |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & New Orleans |
| Historicial Development: | Buck Williams leased from Jno. C. Saner the old site near Caro known as the “Planer pasture” of the Saner-Whiteman Lumber Company, its old planing mill area, for a period of three years from January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1938. It was near the area of the former Galloway and Garrison Lumber Company sawmill site of thirty years earlier. Williams intended to build a sawmill, a commissary, and tenant houses. Saner permitted Williams to renew the leases for five years on December 28, 1938. Williams was in partnership with J. L. Dedman in the Garrison Lumber Company at the same time. He also was running a small sawmill near Patroon in Shelby County.
Claude Bryant referred to this mill in his book as the “Dedman Mill at Caro (Caro Lumber Company).” As Dedman and Williams relationships went back to Upshur County at least fifteen years earlier, as they were involved in other sawmills in Nacogdoches County during this period, and as Dedman is not but Williams is listed in county records with a mill at Caro, it follows that Williams and Sons at Caro also had J. L. Dedman involved in some capacity there.
After World War II, Williams and his sons moved their operations to Orange County. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |