Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	CK-122
Corporate Name:	Earle's Mill
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Earle's Mill
Location:	Unknown
County:	Cherokee
Years in Operation:	2 years
Start Year:	1909
End Year:	1910
Decades:	1900-1909,1910-1919
Period of Operation:	1909 to 1910
Town:	Unknown
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:	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:	An Earle's Mill existed in Cherokee County in the early 1900s. A. A. Atkinson, a prominent, local sawmiller, factored 100,000 feet of lumber for Earle's Mill in June 1909. A Cherokee County chattel mortgage records that on March 22, 1910, the firm of R. C. Earle and T. W. Earle mortgaged to the First National Bank at Jacksonville for $275 “6 mules, 3 log wagons, 1 sawmill.” Other county mortgage records reveal that a R. C. Earle was selling crossties in the early 1890s along the International & Great Northern. Whether or not this is the same R. C. Earle is not clear. The Earles, on October 28, 1910, R. C. Earle and T. W. Earle mortgaged to the First National Bank at Jacksonville for $300 “6 mules, 3 log wagons, 3 road wagons, 1 sawmill.”
Research Date:	MCJ 01-25-96
Prepared By:	M Johnson