| Alpha-Numeric Key: | CK-233 |
| Corporate Name: | John Barron |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | John Barron |
| Location: | Lone Star (Skintight), fourteen miles from Rusk. Enumeration District 17, 1880 Census |
| County: | Cherokee |
| Years in Operation: | 6 years |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1884 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889 |
| Period of Operation: | 1879 to 1884 |
| Town: | Lone Star |
| 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 |
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| Power Source: | 35-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: | Check Census Record |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Circular sawmill, no remanufactures |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Railway and express at Rusk |
| Historicial Development: | John Barron, a Justice of the Peace in Precinct 6 for the county, and living in residence 229, had $2000 invested in a thirty-five horsepower steam sawmill in Cherokee County in 1880. The mill ran year round from seven to ten hours per day during the census year ending May 31, 1880. Barron employed ten hands (five children under seventeen years old), and paid $1.00 to $2.50 per day in wages, totaling $1000 for the year. Barron did his own logging.
In 1884, Barron's mill was listed at Lone Star in the Rand, McNally and Company's Directory and Shipping Guide of Lumber Mills and Lumber Dealers.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 01-29-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |