The sawmill shed stood 30 feet upstream from the Jackson gristmill as a long one-story structure with a sloping roof. The Jackson sawmill played a significant role in the growth of the region as the first sawmill in the area and, for a time, the only source of sawn timber. It produced boards for construction of the gristmill and provided lumber for many nearby frame buildings, including those in the community now known as Weston. After Cummins died in 1850, the sawmill was probably never operated again. It stood until at least 1886, but the mill shed was probably dismantled shortly afterward, and the fate of the original saw is unknown. A similar saw, acquired from Forrest Hammer of Franklin, West Virginia, was moved to Jackson's Mill in 1949 and is now housed in the Jackson's Mill Museum.