Sawmill DatabaseTexas Forestry Museum

Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:

CK-6

Corporate Name:

Wm M. and S. A. Elliott

Local Name:

Owner Name:

Wm M. Elliott and S. A. (Sam) Elliott. S. A. Elliott and B. S. Rogers. Mitchell & Scruggs.

Location:

Probably near Jacksonville

County:

Cherokee

Years in Operation:

3 years

Start Year:

1882

End Year:

1884

Decades:

1880-1889

Period of Operation:

1882 to 1884

Town:

Jacksonville

Company Town:

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

Type of Mill:

Lumber and cotton

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

Power Source:

Bay State 20-horsepower steam engine

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 and gin and Goodall-Waters planer-matcher

Company Tram:

Associated Railroads:

Unknown

Historicial Development:

Wm M. Elliott mortgaged to J. B. Scruggs in 1882 for $1,575 a Bay State 20-horsepower steam engine, a boiler, a Goodall-Waters Machinery [of Philadelphia] planer-matcher. S. A. Elliott and B. S. Rogers soon joined Wm. M. Elliott in business. In 1883 they mortgaged to J. B. Scruggs for $400 “one complete sawmill outfit.” Wm. Elliott mortgaged for $1575 a sawmill with a 52-inch saw, a planing machine, two boilers (one 15-horsepower and one 20-horsepower), and a 20-horsepower engine in 1884 from the firm of Mitchell & Scruggs. Later that year, Wm. and S. A. Elliott bought from Mitchell & Scruggs a gin house, a steam and boiler with machinery, a T. B. Bartlett 20-horsepower steam engine, four yokes of oxen, a carry log, a log wagon, a planer, and two horses.

Research Date:

MCJ 01-24-96

Prepared By:

M Johnson