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The sawmill near the mouth of Crabby Creek was on the Davis property on the north side of Howellville (see 1847 map below). It was operated for over 100 years but little is known about it. A tax was first levied on the mill in 1767. In the 1850 manufacturing census it is described as having 2 saws and employing one person. The mill seems to have stopped operation around 1880.
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Map of Tredyffrin, 1847
Davis Mill marked as S.M. just north of Howellville
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A detailed timeline for the Mill
- 1760 Isaac Davis Mill (Tax)
- 1767 Isaac Davis Saw Mill, £6 (Tax)
- 1785 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; Tax
- 1786 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; Tax
- 1787 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; Tax
- 1788 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; Tax
- 1789 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; State Tax
- 1791 Jacob Baugh Saw Mill; Tax
- 1795 Jacob Baugh & Captain John Davis Saw Mill, $533 (tax)
- 1797 John Davis half a sawmill (county tax)
- 1798 Daniel, John & Jacob Baugh half a sawmill on 10 acres;
John Davis half a double geared sawmill (glass tax)
next to M. Howell. & David Wilson
- 1798 Jacob Baugh half a sawmill on 10a (county tax)
John Davis half a sawmill (county tax)
- 1799 John Davis sawmill (tax)
- 1800 John Davis sawmill (tax)
- 1801 John Davis sawmill (tax)
- 1802 John Davis sawmill (tax)
- 1805 John Davis esq. sawmill (tax)
- 1810 John Davis sawmill (county tax)
- 1820 John M. Davis sawmill (county tax)
- 1830 John M. Davis sawmill (county tax)
- 1850 Albert K. Davis Saw Mill 2 saws, 1 person employed (manufacturing census)
- 1873 Albert R. Davis Saw Mill, north of Walkerville (Witmer’s Atlas)
- 1878 Abram K. Davis, saw mill at Howellville, idle last year, in operation (newspaper clipping)
- 1883 Albert K. Davis, Grist Mill on 70 acres (Breou)
- 1897 Albert K. Davis estate (Atlas)
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