| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-32 |
| Corporate Name: | C. M. Cook |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | C. M. Cook. R. L. “Tom” Hensley. J. E. McClung & R. L. Hensley. |
| Location: | On Murvaul Creek, near Gary |
| County: | Panola |
| Years in Operation: | 8 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1912 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1912 |
| Town: | On Murvaul Creek, near Gary |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | 341 in 1905 |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Rough and finished lumber
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Probably 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| 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 & Gulf |
| Historicial Development: | The firm of McClung & Hensley was listed at Gary as a sawmiller in the Reference Book of the Lumbermen's Credit Association for 1905 and 1907. They mortgaged “machinery” with Geo M. Dilley & Son on December 12, 1906. Panola County records reveal that the planing mill of R. E. McClung and R. L. Hensley was located at Murvaul, about two miles north of Gary. McClung sold out his interest in the planing mill to Hensley on February 16, 1907 for four cars of lumber and his [McClung] to R. E. Trabue.
The sawmill complex was probably “the Tom Hensley Saw Mill” referred to in an entry in the county's chattel mortgage registers on January 8, 1912. On that date, C. M. Cook mortgaged to J. E. Glover & Sons in the amount of $6,956.18 for the Hensley sawmill, log wagon, and other equipment. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |