Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: LE-16
Corporate Name: Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company.
Local Name:
Owner Name: Ogletree Hardwood Lumber Company. George Royden Ogletree and Seaborn Ogletree.
Location: Oakwood
County: Leon
Years in Operation: 1 year
Start Year: 1927
End Year: 1927
Decades: 1920-1929
Period of Operation: 1927
Town: Oakwood
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Probably 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: Unknown
Historicial Development: This sawmill site appears in a San Jacinto County mortgage register of 1927. A 1934 San Jacinto County deed record notes that other Ogletree mills were at Crockett, Shepherd, New Caney, Livingston, and Center.
Research Date: MCJ 03-11-96
Prepared By: M Johnson