We would rather run slow than run wrong.
A line that stops for a bad board costs minutes. A truck of bad boards costs a customer.
Story · 1958 — today
A family
of rings.
Every log that crosses our deck carries its own record — dry summers, wet springs, the year a storm leaned it east. Elliott keeps a record too. It is sixty-eight rings wide.
1948ring 01 of 68
- 1948
Family roots in Estill
The Elliott family established a sawmilling operation in Estill, South Carolina, beginning a long tradition of producing quality Southern Yellow Pine lumber for the region.
- 1966
Formal incorporation
Elliott Sawmilling Co. was formally established, growing into a well-known local family business with both large and small log lines.
- 2000s
Capacity expansion
The mill expanded production capacity, becoming a significant producer of dimension lumber with annual capacity exceeding 210 million board feet.
- 2018
Canfor partnership
Canfor announced the acquisition of Elliott Sawmilling, completed in 2020, combining local expertise with the resources of a major forest products company.
- 2022
Modernization
Significant investment in modernizing the facility with advanced technology to improve efficiency and product quality.
- Today
Continuing the tradition
Elliott Sawmilling continues as a producer of premium Southern Yellow Pine, serving customers across the Southeast from our Estill location.
What we hold to
The log decides what it becomes.
We don't force a 2×12 out of a log that wants to be studs. The scanner reads it; we listen.
Nothing goes to the landfill.
Bark, chips, shavings and sawdust all have a buyer or a boiler waiting for them.
Neighbors first.
Our loggers, landowners and crew live within an hour of the mill. We plan like we'll see them at church.
Saw it straight, dry it right, and load it like your name is on the side of the truck — because it is.
The Elliott family — painted over the saw-filing room door, 1962
0people on three shifts
0with twenty-plus years on the floor
0generations of Elliotts at the desk
Elliott is still run from the same two-storey office above the planer mill. The door is open; the coffee is bad; the lumber is very, very good.
Rooted in Pell County
Every log comes
from within 80 miles.
140+
landowner families sell timber to Elliott, many for two generations.
3:1
seedlings funded for every acre our partner loggers clear-cut.
100%
of procured wood tracked to its tract through third-party chain of custody.