Churchill-Milton Lumber Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Louisville, KY Mill Location: Greenwood, MS (Leflore County) Mill Capacity: 100,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1917-1920 Miles Operated:  Locomotives Owned: 2 known	Other Equipment:	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: The Churchill-Milton Lumber Company, was organized at Louisville, KY in 1914 by John Churchill and T. Smith Milton. Churchill was president and Milton, secretary and treasurer. The company first operated a wholesale lumber yard at New Albany, IN. In 1915 they purchased a hardwood mill at Glendora, MS. The output of this mill was too small, so in November 1916, the company began construction of a double-band hardwood mill at Greenwood in Leflore County, MS. The Greenwood mill was completed and placed in operation in June 1917. Cutting capacity was about 100,000 feet per day. The company also operated an older hardwood mill at Glendora, MS. T. Smith Milton died on October 14, 1917, of typhoid fever and malaria, contracted while visiting the Churchill-Milton mills in Mississippi. He was 38 years old. Soon after Milton’s death, company headquarters were moved to Greenwood, MS from Louisville, KY. This move was short lived, because in July 1919, company headquarters were moved back to Louisville, KY.  Logging of the Greenwood mill was initially done by river, using the company’s own barges and boats, but in the spring of 1919 the company purchased the logging railroad and equipment of the Garrett-Turpin Lumber Company at Greenwood.  According to the Mercantile Agency Reference Book, the Churchill-Milton sawmill at Greenwood operated through 1920, then shut down. The Glendora mill closed about 1919.
	July 1920 FOR SALE By CHURCHILL-MILTON LBR. CO., Louisville, Ky. Located at our plant Greenwood, Miss., in first-class condition 1 Derrick 1 two drum American derrick engine 1 American get back log loader 1 Fairbanks-Morse 40 hp. Motor
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:    Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   ?   24-2 Shay   Lima   2056   11/1908   3-8x8   26½   53000   J. J. McCaskill Co. #1, Freeport, FL Choctawhatchee Lumber Co., Freeport, FL Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1176 Mayo Lumber Co., Milton, FL, on 11/19/1917. Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1306, on 5/27/1918. Garrett-Turpin Lumber Co., Greenwood, MS, on 7/22/1918. Churchill-Milton Lumber Co., in 1919.   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1256 Standard Cooperage Co. #1, Standard, AL, on 12/10/1919. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1570 Ray-Cox Lumber Co., Sumatra, FL, on 10/30/1933. E. M. Walker, Sumatra, FL, ca. 5/1937.   ?   0-4-4F   Rhode Island   748   2/1879   10x16   42   37900   New York Elevated R.R. #117 Manhattan Ry. #117, in 9/1879. Rebuilt by Manhattan Ry., 5/9/1894 to Class D1. Allis-Chalmers Co., Milwaukee, WI, on 9/23/1902. Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1245 Churchill-Milton Lumber Co., on 10/6/1919.   Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1462 W. E. Hyde, Ellmel Station, LA, on 4/7/1923.

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