Greer Lumber Company
Jasper County records reveal that the Greer Lumber Company was operating in 1912. That year it mortgaged to Jasper State Bank for four yoke of oxen, yokes and chins, and an 8-wheel wagon. Greer Mill, near Roganville, appeared in a 1915 directory of sawmills as having a daily cutting capacity of 30,000 feet. The mill cut pine and hardwoods, mostly into ties and timbers. The largest stock the mill could cut was 32-feet by 16-inches by 16-inches.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
JA
Owner Name
Greer Lumber Company
Location
Near Roganville (Rogan), same ? as Ohio-Texas Santa Fe tracks
County
Jasper
Years in Operation:
4
Start Year:
1912
End Year:
1915
Decades:
1910-1919
Period of Operation:
1912 to 1915
Town:
Roganville (Greer's Mill) (Rogan)
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
300 in 1902; 1000 by 1910s
Mill Pond:
2