| Historicial Development: | J. M. Kelly bought the J. S. (G. S.?) Wilson sawmill and planing mill near Appleby for $3,500, according to county records. The Wilson Kelly site soon came under the control of Thms. G. Whitton. On April 25, 1907, T. G. Whitton leased a boiler from Cason Monk & Co for five months to run his mill, located on the Kelly Wilson mill site ten miles northeast of Nacogdoches. The issue of January 4, 1907, The Weekly Sentinel, reports that Kelly sold it to Wilson, and the name of the community was Mt. Moriah.
On May 15, 1907, T. G. Whitton contracted to cut his lumber for Thompson and Morris in 1907 from his Kelly and Wilson mill site. He would ship the lumber on the railroad at Appleby.
J. M. Kelly appointed J. G. Wilson on May 14, 1907, as his attorney-in-fact to sell lumber from the former Kelly mill, located about ten miles northeast of Nacogdoches. Wilson would deliver to Kelly $7.00 per thousand board feet sold. Any funds in excess of that amount would be kept by Wilson. Should the lumber be lost or otherwise disappear, Wilson would owe Kelly the amount of the going rate, unless the lumber was burned by fire.
This may be the plant mentioned in the Nacogdoches newspaper of February 10, 1910, i n which it states “C. H. Crawford [of Mt. Moriah] sold his farm and has purchased a saw mill.” |