Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	NA-214
Corporate Name:	Payne and Blount
Local Name:
Owner Name:	E. A. Blount and Newton Payne
Location:	Northeast corner of the county near the tracks of the Houston East & West Texas
County:	Nacogdoches
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1900
End Year:	1900
Decades:	1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1900
Town:	Northeast corner of county
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Steam Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:
Capacity Comments:	Unknown
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Houston East & West Texas
Historicial Development:	Newton Payne and E. A. Blount had a sawmill site near the tracks of the Houston East & West Texas in the northeastern part of the county in 1900. Payne had been buying land in the T. S. Pullin survey (DR 31) in 1893 and in the Albert Emmanuel Grant (DR 31) in 1894. Payne and Blount were in business by 1900, for in February of that year E. A. Blount released a lien on 100 acres in the M. D. Castro Grant so that Newton Payne could sell the land to Tim Long and Tom Curry. In August 1900, R. H. Lee, for $3,820.50, bought 1529 acres of stumpage in Blocks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14 of the M. D. Castro grant, to the north and west of the Houston East and West Texas and mill site of Payne and Blount. Lee did not buy the mill site of Payne and Blount at that time.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-10-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson