Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: MA-75
Corporate Name: W. K. Henderson
Local Name:
Owner Name: W. K. Henderson
Location: Kelleysville, about ten miles from Jefferson
County: Marion
Years in Operation: 8 years
Start Year: 1884
End Year: 1891
Decades: 1880-1889,1890-1899
Period of Operation: 1884 until at least 1891
Town: Kelleysville, near Jefferson
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: Unknown
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: Railway and express at Jefferson
Historicial Development: This mill appeared in an 1884 railroad directory. W. T. Whiteman, later a partner in the Whiteman-Decker sawmill at Caro and the Blount-Decker sawmill at Alto, after the turn of the century, served his initial sawmill experience with Henderson, after Whiteman had finished college at Jackson, Louisiana, in 1891.
Research Date: MCJ 05-04-96
Prepared By: M Johnson