| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PK-63 |
| Corporate Name: | Jefferson Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Jefferson Lumber Company. James R. Freeman |
| Location: | Freeman, later New Willard, seven miles north of Livingston. |
| County: | Polk |
| Years in Operation: | 4 years |
| Start Year: | 1886 |
| End Year: | 1889 |
| Decades: | 1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | Freeman, 1886. Jefferson Lumber, 1887 to 1889. |
| Town: | Freeman, later New Willard |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | 50-horsepower steam engine
| 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: | Houston, East & West Texas |
| Historicial Development: | James R. Freeman located a sawmill a mile down the road from his Freeman Lumber Company plant at Leggett in 1886. The following year he sold it to Jefferson Lumber Company. The latter firm operated the mill until 1889.
Polk County Bill of Sale Record Vol A records that J. R. Freeman sold a steam sawmill to J. W. Temby of Harris County in 1887 for $10,000. The property included a 50-horsepower steam engine, boiler, pumps, shafting, etc., a steam locomotive, all rails on the tramway, three tram cars, twelve yokes of oxen, four cart two dry kilns, all lumber at the mill, and all the remaining timber on the John Bland league west of King Creek in Polk County that had bought by Freeman of George W. Davis.
When Thompson and Tucker moved from Willard to Freeman, the town was named New Willard.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 02-27-96, JKG 11-10-94 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson, M Johnson |