| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SH-139 |
| Corporate Name: | James A. Biggar Sawmill |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | James A. Biggar |
| Location: | Butler Creek, about four and a half miles northeast of Neuville |
| County: | Shelby |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1906 |
| End Year: | 1910 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919 |
| Period of Operation: | 1906 to 1910 |
| Town: | Near Butler Creek |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber, cotton, and possibly cornmeal
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Gasoline 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: | DeLoach sawmill, gin stand, and possibly grist mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | The James A. Biggar Sawmill was located where Butler's Creek crosses the Neuville-Shelbyville road, about four and a half miles northeast of Neuville and several miles south of Shelbyville. The mill was a combination mill, in that it ginned cotton and sawed lumber. His mortgage and loan records reveal a technological world combining the Texas of the past with that of the new: oxen and eight-wheel log wagons, a DeLoach sawmill, and a gasoline engine were all mortgaged at one time or another. The census records of 1910 reveal that he lived at Precinct 2, residence 258, on the Shelbyville and Neuville Road, and that he owned a sawmill.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 03-01-96 |
| Prepared By: | M Johnson |