Sawmills in Greene County, MS. By Tony Howe

Here is a list of every sawmill in Greene County that was large enough to
own a logging railroad and the dates they operated.
                      
R.C. Avent & Sons- Avent, Miss. 1905-ca. 1918
Bear Creek Mill Co.- Leakesville 1909-1925
J.H. Bearry Lumber Co.- Leakesville 1922-??
Colmer-Green Lbr. Co.- Colgreen 1918-1924
Colmer-Green Lbr. Co.- Byrd 1922-1924
L.A. Cowan Lbr. Co.- Reba 1919-??
Cowan Brothers Lbr. Co.- Grafton 1921-1925
Faulk-Christian Lbr. Co.- Leakesville 1906-??
Green Lbr. Co.- Garner 1920-1924
Green Lbr. Co.- Avera 1920-1925
Green Veneer Co.- Avent 1936-ca.1950
J.P. Griffin Lbr. Co.- Avera 1917-1920
Hempstead-Green Hardwood Co., Inc.- Avent ca.1924
J.M. Hemphill Lbr. Co.- Byrd 1918-1922
Hillman Lbr. Co.- Hillman 1907-1909
Howze Lbr. Co.- Howze (S. McLain) 1910-1914
Leaf Lumber & Veneer Works- Avent 1924-1929
Leakesville Lbr. Co.- Leakesville 1906-1908
Leakesville Veneer Co.- Dueitt c.1924-c.1949
McWilliams, Wells & Pearson- Grafton 1918-1921
Piave Mill Co.- Piave 1918-1920
Robinson Land & Lumber Co.- Bothwell 1920-1929
Stover Lbr. Co.- Wilson 1922-ca.1929
Thompson Brothers Lbr. Co.- Leaf 1902-1903
W.F. Green Lbr. Co.- Leaf 1903-1909
Turner Lbr. Co.- Avera 1918-1933
Virgin Pine Lbr. Co.- Piave 1920-1933
Mobile-Gulfport Lbr. Co.- Garner ca.1918-1920

The following mills were located in the section of Greene Co. that became
the northern part of George Co. in 1910.

Anderson Lbr. Co.- Eubanks 1903-1906
Koons Lbr. Co.- Eubanks 1906-1910
Eubanks Lbr. Co.- Eubanks 1901
Star Lbr. Co.- Eubanks 1901-1903
Diamond Lbr. Co.- Bexley 1901-1903
Greene County Lbr. Co.- Bexley 1903-1918
Rose Lbr. Co.- Merrill 1902-1910

The following companies had mills in other counties, but logged in Greene
Co.

Vinegar Bend Lbr. Co.- Vinegar Bend
J.M. Griffin Lbr. Co.- Nomac, later Blodgett 1913-1921
C&R Lbr. Co.- Blodgett 1921-1928
M.L. Davis Lbr. Co.- Oak Grove, Ala.
Richton Lbr. Co.- Richton 1904-1924
Canal Lbr. Co.- Benmore 1910-1925
F.B. Merrill Co.- Merrill
Tatum Lbr. Co.- Bonhomie (Hattiesburg) logged out from Denco
J.J. Newman Lbr. Co.- Hattiesburg logged out from Royce