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Members of the Thompson family were among the earliest lumber manufacturers in Texas, having begun operations with a small sawmill in Rusk County built by Benjamin P. Thompson and his sons. Eventually, the family moved their operations to Willard in Trinity County where they built a large mill. The family expanded their business to cover a large area of southeast Texas. Headquarters for the complex of companies in which the family was involved were finally established in Houston.
This collection consists of records relating to the business activities of the J. M. Thompson, Thompson-Tucker, Thompson Brothers, Rock Creek, Texas Long Leaf and Houston County lumber companies, and other small lumber companies in which the Thompsons had an interest. There are also records relating to the Thompson Brothers Mineral Company.
Related collections in this depository are the Thompson Family Lumber Enterprises Photo Collection, the Thompson Brothers Lumber Company Photo Collection, and the Thompson (Hoxie H.) Family Photo Collection.
Forest History [20-B, 51 ledgers]
1: J. M. Thompson Lumber Company, land record, contains lists of land
holdings, maps and other
information regarding land, includes an index, 1901-1907.
2: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, stock ledger, contains detailed
transfer of stock,
includes an index, 1888-1914.
3: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, minutes book, contains annual stockholders
meeting
minutes, 1888-1911.
4: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, minutes book, contains annual stockholders
meeting
minutes, 1911-1951.
5: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, financial ledger, contains accounts
of various
individuals, includes an index, 1892.
6: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, financial ledger, contains accounts
of various
individuals, 1906.
7: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, financial journal, 1906.
8: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, financial journal, 1907-1908.
9: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, cash ledger, contains cash paid
and cash received, 1907-1910.
10: Thompson and Tucker Lumber Company, ledger of field notes for Polk
and Trinity Counties, 1912.
11: Thompson and Ford Lumber Company, legal ledger, contains legal papers
pertaining to the company (charter, deeds, mortgages, etc.), 1907-1914.
12: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial journal, 1909-1911.
13: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, cash ledger, contains cash paid
and cash received, 1909-1911.
14: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, minutes book, contains annual stockholder
meeting minutes, 1911-1947.
15: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, ledger of field notes for Houston,
Trinity and Walker Counties, 1913.
16: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, ledger of field notes for Houston,
Trinity and Walker Counties, 1913-1914.
17: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), land account ledger, contains
individual land transactions, includes an index, 1914-1929.
18: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), land account ledger, contains
individual land transactions, includes an index, 1915-1939.
19: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), (?), accounts ledger, contains
financial information, 1919-1925.
20: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), accounts ledger, contains various
individual accounts with credits and debits, 1923-1928.
21: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, cash journal, contains log of receipts
and disbursements, 1924-1932.
22: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, recapitulation by surveys ledger,
1926.
23: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, recapitulation by surveys ledger,
1926.
24: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial ledger, contains various
expenses, includes an index, May 1929-February 1940.
25: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial journal, 1929-1936.
26: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial journal, 1936-1938.
27: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial journal, 1939-1942.
28: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company, financial journal, 1942-1946.
29: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), rental ledger, contains rent
prices per month for Block 136 and 296, ca. 1930.
30: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), year ending journal, contains
year ending accounts for oil and rents, 1934-1945.
31: Thompson Brothers Lumber Company (?), timbercut separate ledger, contains
pine, hardwood, ties, lumber, wood, acres, and average per acres totals,
1936-1939.
32: C. Bender and Sons Hotels, financial ledger, contains financial information
relating to East Texas business activities, 1895-1898.
33: C. Bender and Sons (?), account ledger, pertaining to the estate of
E. L. Bender, 1935-1948.
34: C. Bender and Sons(?), account ledger, contains various individual
accounts, 1942.
35: Sabine Lumber Company (?), financial ledger, contains financial information
and profit/loss information, 1919-1924.
36: Cattle sales/purchased ledger, includes date, description, brands,
price and the person who bought/sold the cattle, 1916-1932.
37: Ledger of expenses pertaining to an oil drilling operation, plus personal
expenses of H. B. Thornton, includes an index, ca. 1932-1933.
38: Alex Thompson, personal financial journal, 1919-1925.
39: Alex Thompson, personal estate journal, contains last will and testament,
detailed list of his estate, and other financial data, 1925-1927.
40: Alex Thompson, personal estate ledger, contains personal financial
information, 1925-1928.
41: B. F. Thompson, personal journal, contains a poem about the Confederacy
(the poet is not listed). The following pages are of detailed financial
matters, 1847-1863.
42: Mrs. Emma Holt Thompson, personal financial ledger, includes an index,
1924-1932.
43: Mrs. Emma Holt Thompson, personal financial ledger, contains copies
of last will and testament, with financial records following, 1924-1932.
44: Hoxie H. Thompson, personal financial journal, 1918-1923.
45: Hoxie H. Thompson (?), personal financial ledger, contains various
stock accounts, bonds, bills payable, and other personal financial data,
1919.
46: Hoxie H. Thompson, personal cash journal, contains a log of receipts
and disbursements, 1933-1938.
47: Hoxie H. Thompson, personal cash journal, contains a log of receipts
and disbursements, 1938-1944.
48: Hoxie H. Thompson, personal account ledger of receipts, 1945.
49: J. Lewis Thompson, personal accounts payable ledger, 1911-1912.
50: Mrs. J. M. Thompson, personal financial journal, 1910-1924.
51: Mrs. J. M. Thompson, personal financial ledger, contains personal
financial information, 1925-1928.
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