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Underwood & Overton
The Underwood & Overton sawmill (worth a capital investment of $6,000) as recorded in the 1870 Census employed eight men for twelve months at a total wage of $2,000. With raw materials including $2,000 in oak logs, the plant produced 250,000 feet of oak lumber worth $5,000.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
SM
Owner Name
Underwood & Overton
Location
Starrville Beat, U. S. Census, 1870, fifteen miles northeast of Tyler
County
Smith
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1869
End Year:
1870
Decades:
1860-1869,1870-1879
Period of Operation:
1869 to 1870
Town:
Starrville Beat
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2
Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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