Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: UP-182
Corporate Name: T. F. Patterson, Jr.
Local Name:
Owner Name: T. F. Patterson, Jr. First National Bank of Pittsburg. Patterson and Miller Lumber Company.
Location: Near Rosewood and about seven miles west of Gilmer
County: Upshur
Years in Operation: 2 years
Start Year: 1907
End Year: 1908
Decades: 1900-1909
Period of Operation: 1907 to 1908
Town: Near Rosewood
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Rough and finished lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Steam engine and boiler
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, planer, wagons, mules
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads: Unknown
Historicial Development: T. F. Patterson, Jr., and his wife had to resell to the First National Bank at Pittsburg their sawmill plant at Rosewood for $3,200 in indebtedness. The plant included the sawmill, the planer, steam machinery, nineteen mules, and six wagons (four logging and two road). Patterson may have been the namesake of T. F. Patterson, who with John Miller, owned the Patterson and Miller Lumber Company of Pittsburg, Camp County.
Research Date: MCJ 05-03-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson