| Alpha-Numeric Key: | SA-29 |
| Corporate Name: | Boren's Mill |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | Boren's Mill |
| Location: | Five miles south of San Augustine on Highway 103 along Ayish Bayou |
| County: | San Augustine |
| Years in Operation: | 50 years |
| Start Year: | 1871 |
| End Year: | 1920 |
| Decades: | 1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1871 to 1920 |
| Town: | Massey's Crossing1920 |
| Company Town: | 1 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Lumber and cornmeal
| Sawmill |
 Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
| Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | 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 and grist mill |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Unknown |
| Historicial Development: | T. L. Bobbitt, in an oral interview with Vernon L. Beasley, recalled the Born sawmill and grist mill community, located about five miles south of San Augustine on Highway 103. Operating from before the turn of the century to the 1920s, the milling community was established by Bill Born. It eventually had a post office, commissary, and tenant housing. This is probably the “Boren's mill seat” recorded in a San Augustine County quit claim deed record of 1871 from individuals to Mary Herring, who then conveyed the property to William M. Boren. |
| Research Date: | MCJ 02-19-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |