Secondary sources report that David G. Burnet had a mill established and running in 1831. Equipment had been shipped in on the “Call,” which ran aground in Galveston Bay. Burke's (1879) reported that although the ship nearly wrecked and the machinery was thrown overboard, the boiler floated in and was recovered at Edward's Point. With his partner, Norman Hurd, Burnett bought seventeen acres from Nathaniel Lynch in what is now Lynchburg. Gilbert Brooks, who arrived with the machinery, helped to build the sawmill. The mill and Lynch's dwellings were the only buildings in the area.
Almonte mentions a mill running on the San Jacinto in 1834 and that this mill was used for cutting boards. Stephen F. Austin's report coincides with that of Almonte's. After the Battle of San Jacinto, Mexican prisoners supposedly worked in the mill. The mill ran until it burned on May 23, 1845.