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Rudolph Prince

Ms. Kathryn Johnson Hunter, Ms. Hazel Brown Kesinger, and Ms. Inez Brown Boatman lived their early lives at Prince's Mill. Rudolph Prince operated sawmills at four different sites in Nacogdoches County during the 1920s. Two of the sites were associated with Parkerville, along a dirt road that existed from Farm Market 789 and Goodman Bridge on the Angelina River.
This small mill was located along the Parkerville-Seedtick road, about two miles from Parkerville, the location of the main mill. The commissary, mill offices, tenant housing, and commissary were located at Parkerville.

Mill Details

Alpha Numeric Key:

NA

Owner Name

Rudolph Prince

Location

Two miles from Prince's Mill on the Seedtick-Parkerville Road

County

Nacogdoches

Years in Operation:

3

Start Year:

1926

End Year:

1928

Decades:

1920-1929

Period of Operation:

1926 to 1928. Moved from west of Douglas to Prince's Mill (Parkerville).

Town:

Prince's Mill

Company Town:

1

Peak Town Size:

Ten to fifteen tenant houses at Parkerville

Mill Pond:

0

Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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