Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	CK-78
Corporate Name:	Burke & Huddleston
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Burke & Huddleston, possibly later Burke & Rucker. Singletary and Huddleston.
Location:	Unknown
County:	Cherokee
Years in Operation:	6 years
Start Year:	1902
End Year:	1907
Decades:	1900-1909
Period of Operation:	1902 to 1907
Town:	Unknown
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	Unknown
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Rough and finished lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	Ames steam engine and boiler 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:	#3 sawmill, a 56-inch saw, and a 3-saw Tower edger. 1907: sawmill and planer.
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	Burke & Huddleston accepted a mortgage transfer to W. S. Johnston from Dilley in the amount of $2,116 in 1902 on their equipment. It included a #3 sawmill, a 56-inch saw, an Ames engine, an Ames boiler, a 3-saw Tower edger. This may be the C. M. and E. Burke sawmill. See entry in data base. In 1907, a mortgage record in the county registers reveals that a Burke & Rucker sawmill operated in Cherokee County. This is probably C. M. Burke and M. E. Rucker, the latter a major lumber factor in the area. The firm of Rucker & Burke mortgaged in April, 1907, with W. C. Smith for $2,500 a boiler, a steam engine, a sawmill, a planer and planer sheds, twelve oxen, and two log wagons. This equipment belonged at one time to the Singletary and Huddleston mill.
Research Date:	MCJ 1-24-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson