Hillman Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 35 & 40-lb rail Headquarters: Leakesville, MS Mill Location: Hillman, MS (Greene County) Mill Capacity: 30,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1904-1909 Miles Operated: 5 miles Locomotives Owned: 1	Equipment: 5 log cars	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: In 1904 the Hillman Lumber Company, a partnership, built a sawmill at Merrill, on the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad. This mill apparently did not have a logging railroad. The Hillman Lumber Company was incorporated "near" Merrill, Greene County, on July 7, 1906, by W. H. Rose, James Hillman, P. G. Hillman and Elijah Rose with authorized capital stock of $75,000. Elijah Rose was president, and J. W. Backstrom, secretary and treasurer. Backstrom was also mayor of Merrill at that time.  In late 1906 construction began on a new sawmill located about 4½ miles west of Leakesville. This mill, when placed in operation in mid-1907, had a cutting capacity of 30,000 feet per day. The old mill at Merrill was then abandoned.  On May 8, 1907, the company mortgaged all its property to the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company to secure a debt to them of $24,000. This mortgage went into default and the property was sold at public auction on October 25, 1909, for $1,865 to the L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company.
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:       Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   0-6-0                       64000   Unknown. Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, Anniston, AL (dealer). J. O. Acree, Mobile, AL Hillman Lumber Co., on 3/30/1907.   L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co., Moss Point, MS, on 10/25/1909.

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