| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-216 |
| Corporate Name: | Peter Ellis Bean |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Peter Ellis Bean |
| Location: | On the upper Melrose road on Carriso Creek, about four and a half miles east of Nacogdoches |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1829 |
| End Year: | 1834 |
| Decades: | 1820-1829,1830-1839 |
| Period of Operation: | 1829 to 1834 |
| Town: | East of Nacogdoches |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber, plank, boards, scantling
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Pit and animal
| 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: | 500 |
| Capacity Comments: | Ca. 500 feet per day |
| 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: | None |
| Historicial Development: | According to Bennett Lay, Peter Ellis Bean “put a sawmill in 1831 and used the first lumber to build his home” in Nacogdoches. Texas Forest News reported that the mill was four and a half miles east of town.
According to Phil L. Sanders, in his article “Early East Texas Saw Mills,” Peter Ellis Bean built the county's first sawmill “in the winter of 1829” about four and a half miles east of Nacogdoches on Carriso Creek [now spelled Carrizo Creek]. The mill, located on the upper Melrose road, cut lumber for the residences of Bean and others. Bean moved the sawmill to LaNana Bayou about eight miles south of Nacogdoches about 1834. Sanders' research at the county court house revealed that civil suits for recovery of money by Bean against Colonel Jose de las Piedras noted that Bean was manufacturing lumber, scantling, boards, planks and other building materials. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-10-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |