Dave Meigs
Dave Meigs operated a combination mill at the old Boren site from approximately 1897 to some time after 1905. The Meigs mill could cut 4,000 feet and gin ten bales daily in 1905. A Jasper County Historical Commission history records that David Meigs water-powered mill in 1900 manufactured lumber, cornmeal, and ginned cotton. Its original water-wheel of the ‘tub' type was replaced by a turbine. The mill produced about 250,000 butt feet for 1904 and seventy-six bales of cotton. Meigs manufactured coffins for the community.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
JA
Owner Name
First mill built by W. W. Boren in 1844 and later became the site of the Dave Meigs mill (1897 to 1905)
Location
One half-mile from Brookeland on Mill Creek
County
Jasper
Years in Operation:
9
Start Year:
1897
End Year:
1905
Decades:
1840-1849,1850-1859,1860-1869,1870-1879,1880-1889,1890-1899,1900-1909,
Period of Operation:
Built in 1844 by Boren; 1897 to 1905 at least under Meigs
Town:
One-half mile from Brookeland
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2