Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: WD-73
Corporate Name: T. D. and J. F. Davis
Local Name:
Owner Name: T. D. and J. F. Davis
Location: Eastern part of Wood County
County: Wood
Years in Operation: 16 years
Start Year: 1905
End Year: 1920
Decades: 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929
Period of Operation: About 1905 to early 1920s
Town: Eastern part of Wood County
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 Everlasting Sand Bed": Cultural Resources Investigations at the Texas Big Sandy Project, Wood and Upshur Counties, Texas reported that T. D. and J. F. Davis owned a sawmill in the eastern part of Wood County from about 1905 to the early 1920s. This would coincide with the time that Davis Lumber Company owned a sawmill near Bettie, north of Gilmer, in Upshur County.
Research Date: MCJ 04-22-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson