| Alpha-Numeric Key: | HD-81 |
| Corporate Name: | W. F. Horsey |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | W. F. Horsey, possibly affiliated with Kirby Lumber Company |
| Location: | Votaw, about five miles east of Fuqua |
| County: | Hardin |
| Years in Operation: | 4 years |
| Start Year: | 1904 |
| End Year: | 1907 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909 |
| Period of Operation: | late 1904 until at least early 1907 |
| Town: | Votaw |
| 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: | Unknown
| 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: | 6000: 1906 |
| Capacity Comments: | 6,000 feet daily (Horsey) in 1906 |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill only (Horsey) |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe |
| Historicial Development: | The W. F. Horsey sawmill at Votaw appeared in a Santa Fe railroad circular, dated March 28, 1904. It was a small mill, cutting only 6,000 board feet per day. It is possible that the Kirby Lumber Company was affiliated with this mill in some capacity from late 1904 until at least January 1907. The mill did not appear in a Kirby mills evaluation of February 1904. The Kirby Lumber Company, according to Lumbermen's Credit Association records, owned and/or operated some type of sawmill at Votaw from late 1904 until at least January 1907. The only Votaw mill listed in the Lumbermen's Credit Association's publications from 1905 to 1907 is that of the Kirby Lumber Company. Kirby set up a “branch commissary” at Votaw for use by the woods crew in 1909.
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| Research Date: | JKG 10-13-93, MCJ 03-13-96 |
| Prepared By: | J Gerland, M Johnson |