| Alpha-Numeric Key: | PA-86 |
| Corporate Name: | Joe R. Pierce Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Joe R. Pierce Lumber Company. Joe R. Pierce and G. A. Smith. |
| Location: | On Loyd Thompson about six miles north of Carthage |
| County: | Panola |
| Years in Operation: | 11 years |
| Start Year: | 1919 |
| End Year: | 1929 |
| Decades: | 1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1919 to 1929 |
| Town: | Northeast of Carthage |
| 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: | Probably steam
| 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: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Sawmill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Texas & Gulf |
| Historicial Development: | Joe R. Pierce, J. K. Chamness, and G. A. Smith owned a sawmill three miles northeast of Carthage in 1916. By 1919, Pierce and Smith were in business with a sawmill about six miles north of Carthage. That year they sold milled lumber at $25.00 per thousand feet to the Boynton Lumber Company for a partial payment of $8,990. The next year, Pierce & Smith mortgaged their operation to O. S. Wooley, J. P. Wooley, and A. E. Morgan of Longview for $3,000.
By 1929, Joe Pierce owned the company outright. He had loaned money to B. J. Crawford of the Shreveport Lumber Company; Crawford was unable to satisfy the debt. Pierce turned the matter over to the First National Bank of Carthage. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-08-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |