Guilford County NcArchives History - Businesses .....Guilford County Businesses 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 10, 2007, 6:10 pm GAZETTEER OF GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C. Being an Alphabetical List of the Names of all Business and Professional Men (For List of Greensboro, see separate file.) (For List of High Point, see separate file.) (For Abbreviations see below.) Name Post Office Anthony G L, nursery Vandalia Apple J W, blacksmitn shop Company Mills Apple M, postmaster Company Mills Archer Wm, physician Hillsdale Armfield D A, physician Jamestown Armfield J S, gun smith Jamestown Barrow H W, general store Colfax Beard Wm S, grocer Westminster Bell E L, blacksmith shop McLeansville Bell Lee, blacksmith Pleasant Garden *Becvill A, blacksmith shop Hillsdale Bevill C A, general store Hillsdale Bevill C L, postmaster Hillsdale Bohannan B, general merchandise Colfax Boon A C, railroad agent Gibsonville Boon J, P, groceries Gibsonville Bowling A J, general store Oak Ridge Bowling H A, blacksmith shop Oak Ridge Bowman G W, pastor Methodist church Shaw's Mills Bradshaw W G, physician Jamestown Briggs Bros, carriage and buggy manufacturers Jamestown Brittain H C, postmaster Summerfield Brittain H C & Co, general store Summerfield Britton J, flour mill Oak Ridge Brown M V, general store Company Mills Buck J L, pastor Freedom church Gibsonville Causey D B, wagon maker Gilmer Store Causey Miss E N, postmistress Gilmer Store Causey Joseph, postmaster Chrystal Chilcutt B G, saw and grist mills Brown Summit Clapp Miss Georgiana, postmistress Brick Church Clapp L W, blacksmith shop Company Mills Clapp W, general store Brick Church Cobb P, grist mill McLeansville Coble H L, mayor Gibsonville Coble J O, blacksmith and wheelwright shop Gibsonville Coble W A, physician Brick Church Coble Dr W, dentist Pleasant Garden Coffin W S, grocery Sumner Conner T, saw mill McLeansville Connett A, minister McLeansville Cook S A, physician Oak Ridge Cook Thomas E, general merchandise Friendship Crawford Henry, carpenter Pleasant Garden Cummings D, carpenter Gibsonville Cummings J T F, physician Gibsonville Cummins & Neelley, saw mill Pleasant Garden Davis J D, general merchandise Colfax Davis J M, grist mills Centre Davis W C, physician Summerfield Dodson W P, general store Greensboro Doggett C R, saw and grist mills Brown Summit Donnell T B, rice and grist mill McLeansville Donnell W O, general store Oak Ridge Dudley & Hunt, general merchandise Friendship Dundas M, saw mill, lumber dealer and manufacturer bone fertilizer Jamestown Edwards B Y, post office, grocery, and blacksmith shop and wood worker New Garden Edwards D A, general store Jamestown Farington T P, shoe maker Friendship Fentress Dr R F, dentist Pleasant Garden Fisher & Millis Hill Mining Co, gold mining, six miles s e of Greenboro, Post Office Greensboro Foust D P, postmaster and general store Alamance Foust D Q, blacksmith shop Shaw's Mills Fox Millard, physician Tabernacle Fox M F, physician Gilmer Store Freeman & Boddy, woolen manufacturers and millers Freeman's Mill Friend's School, Jesse M Bundy supt, Mary Jane Bundy matron, Joseph Moore principal of the faculty New Garden Fryar B & Co, saw and grist mills Company Mills Garrett & Clapp, general store Brick Church Gilmer A L, genenl store McLeansville Gilmer, Scott & Co, steam grist mill Tom's Mill Gorrell Jas, postmaster McLeansville Gray B, groceries McLeansville Gray Claborn, physician Centre *Hairston W H, pastor M E church Summerfield Hanner N A, saw mill Gilmer Store Harden W D, general store Pleasant Garden Harris C F, pastor M P church Summerfield Henry E, general store McLeansville Hilton J J, physician Hillsdale Hodgin David S, wool carding Centre Hodgin J A, general merchandise Centre Hodgin R E, postmaster Sumner Holt J A, postmaster Oak Ridge Holt M, wagon maker McLeansville Holt T, blacksmith shop McLeansville Horney Duck, grist mill, saw mill and cotton gin Deep River Hubbard J Albert, shoe maker Friendship Huffman G, saw and grist mill Brick Church Hunt John D, postmaster Friendship Idol Wm H, miller Jamestown *Inghram Giles, barber Pleasant Garden James H, blacksmith shop Busick Johnson & Bro, grocers and shoe manufacturers Jamestown Johnston J H, general merchandise and hub and spoke factory and blacksmith Jamestown Jones J R, pastor Society of Friends Summerfield Jones J W, physician Brown Summit Keisler S, pastor Methodist church Busick Kennett J F, blacksmith Tabernacle Lamb Jesse, gun smith Jamestown *Lambeth Chas, blacksmith Friendship Lambeth J J, pastor Brown Summit Leadbetter E A, postmaster and general store Westminster Lee J I, blacksmith Jamestown Lewis A M, general store Brown Summit Lindley J Van, PropY Pomona Hill Nurseries, office and nurseries at Salem Junction Lindsay Wm, minister Alamance Loman R J, general store Brown Summit McCrackin J T, general store New Garden McDonnell A P, physician McLeansville McLean J A, physician McLeansville McNairy W H, physician Shaw's Mills May A, chief of police Gibsonville Mebane W N, postmaster Shaw's Mills Mebane W N, general store Shaw's Mills Mendenhall Samuel, postmaster, grocery, tanyard and saw mill Deep River Mendenhall & Welch, gristmill Deep River Milloway J A, general store Oak Ridge *Mitchell A, blacksmith Colfax Mitchell J J, postmaster Brown Summit Mitchell S S & Bro, general store Brown Summit Moore Mrs M A, grist mill Summerfield Moore R A, general store Oak Ridge Morgan E, general store Colfax Neece & Co, general store Tabernacle North State Gold and Copper Mining Co Jamestown North State Mining Co, gold mining, post office Jamestown Oakdale Manufacturing Co, cotton factory and millers Jamestown Oak Ridge Institute, J A Holt and M H Holt Oak Ridge Ogburn J L, saw mill Summerfield Osborn Obed, blacksmith and wheelwright Centre Owen M M, station agent Brown Summit Parish C, wagon shop Summerfield Phipps L A, physician and dentist Shaw's Mills Pomona Hill Nurseries, J Van Lindley propr, nursery and office at Salem Junction Potter Henry, railroad agent Jamestown Ragsdale J S & Bro, nursery Jamestown Reed H W, spoke factory Jamestown *Reid J, blacksmith shop Summerfield Reid W F, shoe maker Westminster Reynolds W, postmaster Tabernacle Reynolds W & Co, steam grist, saw mill and cotton gin Tabernacle Richardson J A, carriage maker Jamestown Riley P M, general store Pleasant Garden Robinson Dr A, physician New Garden Russell C H, railroad agent Pleasant Garden Rust Henry, nursery Greensboro Scott A H, postmaster Tom's Mill Securest Samuel, postmaster Colfax Smith E L, hotel Gibsonville Smith G J & Co, general store Summerfield Smith Robert, postmaster Plains Smith S W H, general store and tannery New Garden Stanley Isaac H, postmaster Centre Starbuck M H, blacksmith shop Oak Ridge *Stedman Milton, blacksmith Centre Steele A, wagon shop Gibsonville Steele W H, general store Gibsonville Strosler G, cotton gin Gibsonville Sullivan & Bro, shoe shop Gibsonville Tabernacle School, _____Crutchfield principal Tabernacle *Taylor Geo, general mcrchardise Colfax Tillett Rev John, pastor Methodist church Pleasant Garden Warner J & Co, steam saw mill Gibsonville Wall P, postmaster, general store Scalesville Wall P & Co, general store Summerfield Ward S H, gunsmith Jamestown Ward & Young, nursery Greensboro Watson Mrs Elizabeth, postmistress Pleasant Garden Walker G W, pastor German Reform church Shaw's Mills Wharton J M & Co, general merchandise Jamestown White B F, nursery Jamestown Whitesell J L, general store and postmaster Gibsonville Wiley Wm M, general merchandise Jamestown Williams J R, physician Jamestown Willis H, physician Summerfield Winslow Cyrus, grist mill Friendship Winters Mebane, shoe maker Deep River Woody N D, saw and grist mills Gilmer Store Wright Mrs J B, postmistress Busick Wright N, blacksmith New Garden Additional Comments: ABBREVIATIONS admr administrator agt agent bet between cor corner e east exr executor guard guardian jr junior mdse merchandise mfg manufacturing mfr manufacturer n north opp opposite pres president propr proprietor s south sec secretary sr senior st street supt superintendent treas treasurer w west * colored Extracted from: CHAS. EMERSON'S NORTH CAROLINA Tobacco Belt Directory EMBRACING THE COUNTIES OF ALAMANCE, DURHAM, FORSYTH, GRANVILLE, GUILFORD, ORANGE, ROCKINGHAM, VANCE AND WAKE. GIVING THE LOCATION OF ALL BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN, A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL LAND-OWNERS, NUMBER OF ACRES OWNED, AND P. O. ADDRESS OF EACH. A POST-OFFICE, TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS OFFICE DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. A MAP OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, CITY, COUNTY AND STATK GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER INFORMATION. PRICE $3.00. CHAS. EMERSON. GREENSBORO, N. C, Publisher and Compiler. PROF. CHAS. A. HORNER. ASSIST. COMPILER. PRESSES OF EDWARDS, BROUGHTON & Co., RALEIGH, N. C. 1886. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/guilford/directories/business/1886/guilford114gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 22.2 Kb