Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key: JA-94
Corporate Name: Thomas Beatty
Local Name:
Owner Name: Thomas Beatty
Location: Unknown
County: Jasper
Years in Operation: 6 years
Start Year: 1845
End Year: 1850
Decades: 1840-1849,1850-1859
Period of Operation: Late 1840s to 1850s
Town: Unknown
Company Town: 2
Peak Town Size: Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill: Pine lumber
Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill
Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper
Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown
Other
Power Source: Water
Horse Mule Oxen Water
Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown
Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band
Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity: 
Capacity Comments: 100,000 feet of lumber during the reporting period of the Census
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: The Thomas Beatty mill, valued in 1850 at $2,000, produced 100,000 feet of pine lumber valued at $1,000. It employed three men averaging $10 per month. Raw materials included 1,000 pine logs at $380. This mill may have been enumerated as the C. R. Beaty sawmill in the Census of 1860 in Jasper County.
Research Date: MCJ 01-08-96
Prepared By: M. Johnson