| Alpha-Numeric Key: | WD-54 |
| Corporate Name: | Morris & Yarbrough |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Morris & Yarbrough |
| Location: | Twelve to thirteen miles northeast of Quitman on Shorts Creek |
| County: | Wood |
| Years in Operation: | 5 years |
| Start Year: | 1866 |
| End Year: | 1870 |
| Decades: | 1860-1869,1870-1879 |
| Period of Operation: | 1866 to 1870 |
| Town: | Northeast of Quitman |
| Company Town: | 2 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber and grain and cotton
 Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 26-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: | 1,500,000 feet of lumber, unknown number of cornmeal bushels, twenty tons of lint cotton, and forty tons of seed cotton. |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill, grist mill, and cotton gin |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | According to the Census of 1870, the sawmill firm of Morris and Yarbrough owned and operated a sawmill in Precinct No. 4 in Wood County. The capital investment, according to the enumeration, was d to be $4,500. Six men earned $2,000 at the sawmill in ten months; four men $300 in two months at the grist mill; and two men $500 in six months at the gin. Raw materials included 6,000 logs ($5000), unmilled grain ($1,500), and 120,000 pounds of cotton. The sawmill manufactured 1,500,000 feet of lumber valued at $30,000. The grist mill produced cornmeal valued at $2,200. The gin manufactured 40,000 pounds of lint cotton worth $8,000 and 80,000 pounds of seed cotton worth $300. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 04-22-96
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| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |