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In May 1903, E. A. Blount loaned $1,750 on the �entire Lightfoot and Walden mill� including the plant, boilers, engines, wagons, sheds, blacksmith tools, and tenant housing.
The previous March the mill at Garrison was bankrupt, and the Trustee, Geo W. Eason, advertised that he would sell its assets on 11 March 1903. Assets included seven mules, a limited stock of commissary items, an 11-inch by 12-inch Ames steam engine, a 44-inch by 14-foot Ames steam boiler with two flues, all shafting and pulleys and belts, three log wagons, six tram cars. He advertised that �terms [were] cash, and sale must be made privately, and all property will be delivered on the mill site of said bankrupts in said Nacogdoches County, Tx.� In April, Blount advertised that he owned the mill, that it was located near Fitzie, that it could cut 25,000 feet daily, and that it could be purchased at easy terms and conditions.
M. A. Lightfoot and J. H. Walden were later the owner and the filer at the Lightfoot and Hornsby sawmill at Rush, Sabine County, Texas, in 1904 and 1905.
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Lightfoot & Walden
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Nacogdoches
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In May 1903, E. A. Blount loaned $1,750 on the �entire Lightfoot and Walden mill� including the plant, boilers, engines, wagons, sheds, blacksmith tools, and tenant housing.
The previous March the mill at Garrison was bankrupt, and the Trustee, Geo W. Eason, advertised that he would sell its assets on 11 March 1903. Assets included seven mules, a limited stock of commissary items, an 11-inch by 12-inch Ames steam engine, a 44-inch by 14-foot Ames steam boiler with two flues, all shafting and pulleys and belts, three log wagons, six tram cars. He advertised that �terms [were] cash, and sale must be made privately, and all property will be delivered on the mill site of said bankrupts in said Nacogdoches County, Tx.� In April, Blount advertised that he owned the mill, that it was located near Fitzie, that it could cut 25,000 feet daily, and that it could be purchased at easy terms and conditions.
M. A. Lightfoot and J. H. Walden were later the owner and the filer at the Lightfoot and Hornsby sawmill at Rush, Sabine County, Texas, in 1904 and 1905.