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C. E. Ford
C. E. Ford had $1250 invested in a 16-horsepower water-powered sawmill on Beans Creek in Cherokee County in 1880. The mill ran eight months during the census year ending May 31, 1880. Ford employed three hands (one under the age of sixteen), and paid $0.50 to $2.00 per day in wages, totaling $200 for the year. The average work day was ten hours. Ford did his own logging.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
C. E. Ford
Location
West half of Beat no. 1, Enumeration District 11, Bean's Creek, 1880 Census
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1879
End Year:
1880
Decades:
1870-1879,1880-1889
Period of Operation:
1879 to 1880
Town:
Beans Creek
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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