Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	SJ-23
Corporate Name:	Frank Greenaway
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Frank Greenaway F. T. Woodward
Location:	Shepherd
County:	San Jacinto
Years in Operation:	4 years
Start Year:	1907
End Year:	1910
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1907 to 1910
Town:	Shepherd
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	278 in 1906
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished lumber, shingles, cotton, cornmeal Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Steam engine 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:	Curtis F portable sawmill, Curtis F shingle mill, one drag saw, one cutoff saw, planer, grist mill, cotton gin
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	In 1907, Frank Greenaway purchased from F. T. Wood, on a mortgage to San Jacinto State Bank, a Curtis F portable sawmill, a Curtis F shingle mill, a drag saw, a cutoff saw, a side-crank stationary steam engine, a planer, and a 45-horsepower locomotive steam boiler. The following year he renewed his mortgage with the bank. Greenaway had apparently purchased the equipment of Shropshire & Daughtery sawmill firm, located on the Ruth Miller League sawmill near Evergreen, in 1909. Whether he ran the S & D sawmill or moved it to his complex at Shepherd is not known. He mortgaged more sawmill machinery, an engine, and a boiler to the Bank in June, 1909. In 1910, he mortgaged a Penitentiary (Star State) steam engine to the Bank. His complex consisted, besides the sawmill facility, a cotton gin, a grist mill, and a syrup mill. Greenaway had another sawmill at Evergreen.
Research Date:	MCJ 02-23-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson