Mathews and Brooke, on two separate notes, in 1882 and 1883, acquired an Ames Engine No. 5 on portable skids (for $683.34), and land, mills, livestock, and equipment (for $752.00 plus interest). The term sawmill is not mentioned expressly in the documents. However, the early sawmillers of San Augustine County often performed multi-milling operations (corn, cotton, and lumber) with the same engines and boilers running all equipment. A question mark next to Mathews reflects the researcher's inability to read the clerk's writing in the register.