Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SA-151
Corporate Name:	Otho S. Wooley
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Otho S. Wooley and J. M. Baggett. Wooley and L. R. Bagwell.
Location:	Bland Lake
County:	San Augustine
Years in Operation:	2 years
Start Year:	1909
End Year:	1910
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1909 to 1910
Town:	Bland Lake
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Lumber and crossties 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:	Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Historicial Development:	Otho S. Wooley was a sawmiller from Shelby County. Morgan Lumber Company of Center sold some of its sawmill equipment, perhaps from either its mill at Neuville or at Clark's Switch, to L. R. Bagwell and Otho S. Wooley sometime in 1909. The equipment included the Morgan sawmill, one blacksmith shop, one engine, and seven boilers. By November of 1909, they were mortgaging 260,000 feet of lumber to S. H. Matthews. In the 1910 census, Otho S. Wooley is enumerated as a “sawmiller” at Precinct 2, residence 93, at Shelbyville. On 28 June 1910 O. S. Wooley took a mortgaged from J. M. Baggett on all the lumber and railroad ties at the sawmill site of Wooley's sawmill at Bland Lake, three yokes of (six) oxen, a wagon, and all the lumber to be cut.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-19-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson