BERTIE COUNTY Business Directory 1877-78 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn McCarthy Lcmccarthy@aol.com PART I >From The North Carolina Business Directory 1877 and 1878, Edited by Rev. L. Branson, A.M. (Fifth Edition), Raleigh, N.C., L. Branson, Publisher and Bookseller, 1878. Pages 33 and 34 BERTIE COUNTY Population in 1870 12,950 White 5,313 Colored 7,437 County Seat Windsor Population 427 White 199 Colored 228 COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Superior Court W.P. Gurley Commissioners Wm. T. King, Chairman Jas. H. Holder Geo. Brown Wright Cherry George N. Green Coroner Joseph Bryant Register of Deeds Charles F. Lyon Sheriff F.W. Bell Solicitor Joseph J. Martin, 2nd Dis. Surveyor James H. Ward Standard Keeper---------- Treasurer John G. Mitchell COURTS Tenth Monday after fourth Monday in January and August. TOWN OFFICERS Windsor Mayor Aaron S. Roscoe Commissioners W.M. Sutton Chas. T. Harden M.E.G. Barrett TOWNSHIPS AND MAGISTRATES Windsor D. L. Cale C.T. Harden Peter Roscoe Moses Gillam Merry Hill Giles Donald J.C. Freeman J.B. Martin Mitchell's Starkin Coward Abram Jenkins J.W. Mitchell Roxobel H. Parker W.J. Capehart W.J. Bishop Woodville Watson Lewis Thomas W. Thompson J.S. Griffin White's Mark Law S.T. Hughes J. Thomas Rayner Snakebite W.J. Cherry B.F. King, Jr. Robert R. Taylor Colerain J. Wesley Greene Wiley D. Hayes Alpheus Nowell David A. Watford CHURCHES Names, Post Offices, Pastors and Denom. Holly Grove Harrellsvile Jno. Mitchell Bap. Cashie Windsor Jerry Bunch Bap. Capehart's Windsor Thomas Hoggard Bap. Coleraine Coleraine B.B. Williams Bap. Mars Hill Coleraine B.B. Williams Bap. Sandy Run Roxabel Jerry Bunch Bap. Republican Windsor Jerry Bunch Bap. Ross' Windsor Thos. Hoggard Bap. Canaritsy Hotel Thos. Hoggard Bap. White Oak Windsor David Harrell Bap. St. Francis Hotel R.N. Crooks Meth. Ebenezer Harrellsville R.N. Crooks Meth. White Oak Windsor R.N. Crooks Meth. Mount Goul Colerain R.N. Crooks Meth. St. Thomas Windsor Edward Wooten Epis. Grace Hotel Edward Wooten Epis. HOTELS &c. Names, Post Offices and Proprietors Hotel, Windsor J.W. Hall Hotel, Windsor Madison Outlaw LAWYERS Names and Post Offices Cherry Joseph B. Windsor Harrell H.P. Roxobel Spruill S.B. Colerain Taylor D.E. Windsor Winston D.C. Windsor Winston, P.H. Windsor Winston, P.H., Jr. Windsor PART II >From The North Carolina Business Directory 1877 and 1878, Edited by Rev. L. Branson, A.M. (Fifth Edition), Raleigh, N.C., L. Branson, Publisher and Bookseller, 1878. Pages 34 and 35 MANUFACTORY Manufactory, Post Office and Proprietor Buggy Factory, Windsor, E.S. Dail MERCHANTS Names, Post Offices, Line of Business Askew R.W., Windsor GS Barrett, M.E.G., Windsor GS Bell, F.W., Windsor Liq. Bayly Thomas, Merry Hill GS Capehart Wm. J., Roxobel GS Davis William M., Windsor GS Davis N. & Co., Windsor GS Gurley, Wm. P., Windsor GS Gurley Wm. P.Jr., Windsor Conf. Gillam Moses & Co., Windsor GS Gaskins & Webb, Merry Hill GS Johnson J.P., Lewiston GS Lewis & Bro., Lewiston GS Liverman & Bro., Roxobel GS Mountain Cado, Windsor GS Moody & Vick, Windsor GS Nicholls James B., Merry Hill GS Pritchard A.H., Windsor GS Perry, M.V., Windsor GS Rhea John, Windsor Ret. Liq. Roscoe J.P. & Son, Windsor GS Skinner Geo. F. & Co., Windsor Ret. Liq. Wilson Turner, Windsor GS White, T.J. & Co., Roxobel GS Wilson & Mizell, Colerain Retail Liquor and GS Williams, John, Sans Souci GS MINISTERS, RESIDENT Names, Post Offices and Denominations Bunch, Jeremiah Windsor Bap. Harrell, D. Windsor Bap. Williams B.B. Colerain Bap. Wooten, Edward Windsor Epis. MILLS Kinds, Post Offices and Proprietors Saw and Grist, Windsor, Mitchell & Staley Grist, Windsor, Craig & Gillam Saw and Grist, Windsor, Mrs. Burdan Grist, Windsor, Levi Hardin Saw and Grist, Mill Land'g and Windsor, Holly & Bagly Grist, Mill Land'g and Windsor, Aug. Holly Grist, Hotel,----------Dunning Grist, Windsor, J.P. Roscoe Saw and Grist, Windsor, Taylor & Worthington Grist (steam) Windsor, F.W. Bell PHYSICIANS Names and Post Offices Cotton Joseph Lewiston Capehart William R. Avoca Dunston H.V. Windsor Gilliam Francis Windsor Gurley Whitmel S. Windsor Hardy William A. Roxobel Smallwood Charles Lewiston Smith R.H. Colerain Sessoms Jos. W. Colerain Wilson Turner Windsor POST OFFICES Avoca Colerain Lewiston Roxobel Sans Souci Windsor (c.h.) SCHOOLS Names, Post Offices and Principals Windsor Academy Windsor Joseph Freeman Bertie Union Academy Lewiston Edward Wooten PART III >From The North Carolina Business Directory 1877 - 1878, Edited by Rev. L. Branson, A.M. (Fifth Edition), Raleigh, N.C., L. Branson, Publisher and Bookseller, 1878. Page 35 FARMERS Names and Post Offices Colerain J.H. Etheridge, E. Wilson, J.W. Perry, J.J. Perry, J.W. Beasly, J.P. Freeman, J. Mitchell, W. Mitchell, Wm. H. Taylor, J. White. Hotel J.J. Pugh, T.W. Thompson, M.A. Thompson, W. Watson, R.W. Smallwood, Wm. Walton, L.A. Thompson, C. Smallwood, Mrs. M. Shanock, J.R. Smallwood. Roxobel S.A. Norfleet, G. Bishop, R.H. Cox, H.P. Harrell, L. Cotton, J.H. Handy. Windsor T.J.P. Smallwood, J.P. Roscoe, M. Vanoy, Mrs. S. Carter, F. Gillam, J.J. Mizell, J. Bond, Wm. A Mebane, F.C. Miller, H. & J. Speler, J.G. Mitchell, W.L. Askew, T.B. Askew, P.H. Winston, G. Gray, K. Butler, J.R. Denis, Jas. Cherry, A.M. Craig, Mrs. E.M. Gillam, Wm. H. Bunch, Wm. P. Gurley, T. Wilson, William T. Gaskins, R.R. Taylor, J. Mitchell, L. Harden, J.H. Ward, W.T. Ward, B.A. Capehart, W.T. Luther, Jr., J.B. Nichols, A. Holly, D. Gaskins, J.W. Heckstall, C. Hoggard, Mrs. E.M. Mardre, J.W. Cooper, Mrs. H. Reditt, S.E. Mizell, L.J. Todd, T. Casper, F. Cherry, J. Bunch, E. Harmond, A. Cherry, G.S. Taylor, Wm. Pritchard, Mrs. M. Hyman, John A. Phillips. Correspondent of Agricult'l Dep't. D.C. Winston, Windsor Land, Live Stock and Values Land,-----Acres, 346,980; value, $974,616; Town Property, $73,105. Aggregate, $1,047,721. Stock.-----Horses, 1,590; Value, $92,089; Mules, 1,285; Value, $55,998; Jacks, 10; Value $650; Jennets 3; Value $83; Goats, 7; Value $7; Cattle, 7,872; Value, $47,968; Hogs, 17,114; Value, $26,218; Sheep, 3,818; Value, $5,639. ________ Surface-----Bertie is situated in the fork of the Roanoke and Chowan rivers. The land is low and level, the soil is generally good and quite productive when well drained. Staples-----Bertie is eminently adapted to the growth of cotton and corn---the great staples of the county. Sweet potatoes are also profitable. Shingles, staves and tar are exported in considerable quantities. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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