Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	PA-139
Corporate Name:	T. C. Davis
Local Name:
Owner Name:	T. C. Davis. Chas. D. Lacy. Possibly in the hands of the Louis Warner Sawmill Company.
Location:	Possibly near De Berry
County:	Panola
Years in Operation:	1 year
Start Year:	1915
End Year:	1915
Decades:	1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1915
Town:	Possibly near De Berry
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:	1915: Curtiss sawmill with and edger.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	On May 31, 1915, Chas D. Lacy sold his sawmill plant one-half mile south of Elysian Fields to T. C. Davis for $300 and considerations. Equipment included a 60-inch by 16-foot boiler, an 11-inch by 14-inch Ames steam engine, a Tower edger, a Curtiss sawmill and carriage with belting, pulleys, shafting, and buggies, a mill shed, etc. T. C. Davis was to move the sawmill to his site. Davis had been a part-owner of State Line Lumber Company almost a decade earlier. It had gone bankrupt and was sold off to Louis Werner Sawmill Co. It is possible that Davis moved the mill to his old site near the Sabine River, close to De Berry.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-08-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson