Durham Sons and Company
The Durham family sawmilled in Cherokee County during the 1880s and 1890s. The men of the family were William W. Durham (1827-1910); sons Shelman Angus, William Singleton, Matthew Nathan, and John W. In the 1880 Census, they lived at precinct 8, residence 85. They lived on Larrimore Creek, seven miles south of Alto. The father soldiered in the Mexican War and in the Civil War, for the South, where he was wounded at Decatur, Alabama. William Singleton Durham was postmaster at Forest in 1889.
N. W., S. A., and W. S. Durham mortgaged in 1883 to A. S. Cole for $3,172 an “Ames steam saw & grist mill, engine & boiler, 1 carry log, 4 oxen & all lumber sawed.” The Durham Sons and Company sawmill at Alto appeared in an 1884 lumber directory at Alto.
W. W. Durham and his sons, in 1880, lived at Precinct 8, residence 85.
Durham Switch on the Cotton Belt probably was named for the family.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
CK
Owner Name
Durham Sons and Company. Shelman Angus Durham, William Singleton Durham and probably Nathan Matthew Durham.
Location
On Larrimore Creek, near Forest
County
Cherokee
Years in Operation:
5
Start Year:
1880
End Year:
1884
Decades:
1880-1889
Period of Operation:
1880s
Town:
On Larrimore Creek, near Forest
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2