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W. J. Morgan

According to records for that census year, the W. J. Morgan steam-powered mill had $1,000 in pine logs and probably more than $3,000 in unmilled corn. It produced 400,000 feet of plank valued at $4,000 and milled 3,700 bushels of cornmeal valued at $3,700. He employed five men in the sawmill at a total monthly wage of $125 and one man in the grist mill at $25 monthly. The d value of the mill was d at $1,000 in the sawmill and $1,200 in the grist mill.

Mill Details

Alpha Numeric Key:

UP

Owner Name

W. J. Morgan

Location

Western District, 1860 U.S. Census

County

Upshur

Years in Operation:

2

Start Year:

1859

End Year:

1860

Decades:

1850-1859,1860-1869

Period of Operation:

1859 to 1860

Town:

Western District, 1860 U.S. Census

Company Town:

2

Peak Town Size:

Unknown

Mill Pond:

2

Mill Type
Product
Power Source
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