Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

PA-36

Corporate Name:

Cassity Lumber Company

Local Name:

Cassity Brothers sawmill

Owner Name:

R. V. Cassity. Cecil & Evelyn Cassity.

Location:

On the A. D. Anderson place, ca. four and a half miles northeast of Carthage

County:

Panola

Years in Operation:

1 year

Start Year:

1948

End Year:

1948

Decades:

1940-1949

Period of Operation:

1948

Town:

Northeast of Carthage

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Sawmill

Sawmill	Pine Sawmill	Hardwood Sawmill	Cypress Sawmill
Planer	Planer Only	Shingle	Paper
Plywood	Cotton	Grist	Unknown
Other

Power Source:

25-horsepower Buda engine and battery

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:

Lumber

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

Panola County records document that H. P. Danish sold a sawmill business to Cassity Lumber Company for $2,800 in January 1948. Equipment included the sawmill, feedworks, carriage, track, two-saw edger, a 52” saw, a mandrel, a twenty-five horsepower Buda engine and battery, two log wagons, and five horses and mules, plus other items. The equipment was located at the A. D. Anderson place, about four and a half miles northeast of Carthage. Cecil and Evelyn Cassity sold the sawmill firm to R. V. Cassity for $10.00 and other considerations.

Research Date:

MCJ 02-08-96

Prepared By:

M. Johnson