I BALLARD & VAN GILDEH,
Stoui^s and Witwxm^t^
-A-SHEX^IXjXjE, I^T. O.
lAINTS, QILS, PINDOW fLASS, 8cc.,
Tin-Roofing, Plumbing, and Steam-Fitting.
W. S. CHILD, JR.,
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I INSURANCE AGENT, f
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OFFICE IN COURT-HOUSE,
Asheville, - - - North Carolina.
C. M. V/ILUAMS,
BIOKSEILER
^^
lE^LEADINC STORE IN^^
EAGLE BUILDING, ASHLY1LLE, N. C. '
THE LffiRARY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA
AT CHAPEL HILL
ITXjOOIKI'S
inerij
THE COLLECTION OF
NORTH CAROLINIANA
ENDOWED BY
JOHN SPRUNT HILL
CLASS OF 1889
:agle hotel,
north carolina,
VC971.11
A82d
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and the Finest Grades of
i
Silks, Satins, Flannels, Underwear,
Laces, Ribbons, Hosiery, Neck-Wear, Zephyrs,
Wools, Kid Gloves, Lisle-Thread Gloves,
AND A FINE STOCK OF;
MILLINERY GOODS
Under the management of a competent MilHner
from Baltimore.
WE CARRY THE;
Largest Stock of Gents' Furnishings
In the City ; also
An Excellent Line of HATS.
Agent for Harper's Bazar Patterns ; a large and complete
-^^'i^.
THE f ^.iKOLINA COLLECTION
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E. i. HOLMES &, CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED BRANDS OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SMOKING TOBACCO,
"GOLDEN LEAF,"
"LlliOFTIIESrilNI"PISKr
J.A.HENDERSON, GEORGE HENDERSON,
Danville, Va. Asheville, N. C.
HENDERSON BROS.,
DEALERS IN
LEAF TOBACCO,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Personal attention to all orders. Samples furnished
on applicatioxi. Satisfaction guaranteed. Smokers and
Bright Leaf a specialty.
W. T. ROBERTSON,
ASHEVILLE, N. C,
(P HO TOGRA.jp HER,
AND PUBLISHER OF STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS
OF SOUTHERN SCENERY.
-A. Xjax^ge Oollection on ZZctnca.— ^X.SO i^ex- dosEen.
ALL WOEK GUARANTEED.
Will go out with Pic-nic and Mountain Parties and make Groups and Views.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
DOORS, SASH, BLIXDS, &c., &c.,
NEW JOHNSTON BUILDINGS, PATTON AVENUE,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
EDWARD J. ASTON
REAL ESTATE
-AND-
Insurance Agent,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE WRITING.
PROMPT ADJUSTMENTS.
kimm Assets Representeil, - $120,00fl,0fl0.
CAROLINA LAND
WALTER B. CWYW,
LAND AGENT,
. ASHEVILLE, J^. C^
Grain, Stock, and Tobacco Farms, Mill Properly, Mines, Timber Lands.
Fire and l^tfe JitsitraiiGe*
THOS. W. BRANCH, Agent,
Office, South Main Street, ASHEVILLE, N. C.
INSUEANCE AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE AND LIGHTNING
TAKEN IN CITY AND COUNTRY ON ALL KINDS
OF PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL.
SHORT AND LONG-TERM POLICIES ISSUED IN A No. 1
COMPANIES, HOME AND FOREIGN,
AT FAIR RATES.
Life Policies issued in The Valley Mutual Life Associa-
tion of Virginia, which combines the guarantee feature of " old line "
companies at the cost of ordinary cooperative insurance, pronounced by its
policy-holders to be the safest and the cheapest. All parties wishing
insurance of any kind are invited to call at my ofHce on S. Main street.
THOS. W. BRANCH.
ONE-PRICE STORE.
H. Redwood & Co ,
Court-House Square, ASHEVILLE, IN. C,
DEALERS IN
DRY 600DS, FANCY GOODS, GLOTHINCf
BOOTS & SHOES, HATS, CARPETS, &C.
J. J. HILL & CO.,
DEALERS IN
CABINET FURNITURE,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, &.C.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
DEI GOODS, GLOTHIN&, NOTIONS, CARPETS.
GROCEHIES AND GENEPwAL MERCHANDISE,
PUBLIC SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, ]V. C.
W. O. MULLER,
DISTILLER OF
PURE'lOlimDEIil"CDIlNlliRYE1illJlSKIES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN ALL KINDS
BRANDIES, WHISKIES, WINES, LAGER BEER, CIGARS, &c.
AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
FOSS & SCHNEIDER CINCINNATI LACER BEER.
SOUTH MAIN ST, AND PATTON AVE., ASHEVILLE, N. C.
J.
NATT ATKINSON,
ATTORNEY AT LA^A^,
-AND-
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Office, Hazel Hill, West Asheville.
PRE-EMINENTLY POPULAR.
WHBELEE & WILSON'S
STANDARD SEflE MACHINE,
THE
QSl n a
UUBSTANTIAL ||Ui Ul
WHEELER & WILSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
NORTH MAIN STREET, ASHEVILLE, N. C.
GORENFLO & WEST,
.(inifiLiJiT
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED. SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED.
P. 0. Box 54.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
$2.00
$2.00.
HARNETT HOUSE,
Neat, clean, and attractive, centrally located and well kept, the popu-
lar Harnett House is doing a good business. It is connected by street
cars with all the depots, and offers the best of accommodations at ex-
ceedingly reasonable rates.
The only hotel in the city with a uniform rate of $2.00 per day.
TENNENX'S,
ON FEENCH-BKOAD KIVEK, NEAE ASHEVILLE,
ONE OF THE
MOST BILIQMTFUL PLJLCIS IM THE M0¥MTJl1MS.
A LIMITED KDMBER OF BOARDERS TAKEN DURING THE SUMMER.
Address G. B. TENNEJfT,
Asheville, or Best Post-Office, BUNCOMBE CO., N. C.
See engraving on page, 118.
S. R. KEPLER,
DEALER IN
FINE FAMILY GROCERIES,
CROCREBT AND GLASSWARE,
EXCURSION AND PIC-NIC SUPPLIES,
IMPORTED CIGARS, FINE CHEWING TOBACCOS, &c.,
South Main SI., ASHEVILLE, N. C.
.-^
FOR THE SALE OF
LEAF TOBACCO,
ASKEVILLE, N. C.
GRAND KE-OPENING FOR THE; SEASON OF 1883-'S4, BY
^^ sffii J- ^- WILDER,
^*'- --.s^ ^jjg pioneer warehouseman of Asheville.
WTAMPLI': ACJCOMMODATIONS. HIGHEST PRICES GUARANTEED.-=©ft
isriEJ'Vsraroisr, isroi&Ti3::.c.A.E,oXjiifrjL.
THETLEADING HOTEL OF THE CITY.
ELEGANT SAMPLE ROOMS FOR COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
FARE, FIRST CLASS. TERMS REASONABLE.
SHELTON, JORDAN & WORTH,
MANUFACTURERS OF
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SOLE PROPRIETORS OF "SPECKLE TROUT" SMOK-
ING. FANCY PLUG OF ALL KINDS.
jg^WE USE NO ADULTEHATION OS PEEFUMB.-^M
A KARE LUXURY IS
"Blac^ Mountaiq" ^mol^ing Tobacco,
FROM THE "LAND OF THE SKY."
MADE OF THE PURE LEAF OF WESTERN NORTH CARO-
LINA, FAMOUS AS THE FINEST IN THE
WORLD FOR SMOKING.
J. E. HAY, Mamifacturer, Asheville. N. 0.
H. M. PARKER,
LANDSCAPE GARDENER.
LAYS :OUT GROUNDS, SUPERINTENDS PLANTING OF OR-
NAMENTAL TREES AND LAWNS.
Address at AshevlUe, or Best Post-Offlce.
APPENDIX
TO ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY,
EMBRACING THE MOST RECENT BUSINESS CHANGES TO OCTOBER 1, 1883.
ACKER W. H., painter, Public Square, removed from city.
ALEXANDER J. M., grocer and saddler. Public Square, firm changed to Alexander & Pen-
land, and removed to Patton avenue.
BERRY W. T., of Berry & Co., removed from city.
BETHEL R. S., furniture dealer, n. Main, removed to Patton avenue.
BANKS A. A. (late of Silver Springs Hotel), restaurant, one door above post-ofiice, recently
established.
BROOKSHIRE J AS. M., late clerk J. E. Rankin & Co., now of Rankin & Co., Best.
BROOKSHIRE JOHN A., late clerk S. Van Gilder, now with J. E. Rankin & Co.
BURTON SOLOMON (col.), produce dealer and boarding, Pulliam st., removed to n. Main.
CAMPBELL & HARKEY, saddlers, s. Main, succeeded by W. A. Campbell.
CLEMMONS E. T., proprietor Eagle Hotel, succeeded by .1. W. Bradley.
COOKE & DILLON, carpenters, Willow street, recently established.
DE VAULT BROS., dealers in musical merchandise, s. Main, omitted by mistake.
DODGE W. S., auction goods, s. Main, recently established.
HALLYBURTON A. G., grocer and baker, n. Main, succeeded by J. J. Mackey.
HARRIS SALAMIS, steward Swannanoa Hotel, vice X. P. La Barbe.
HAYES J. A., general merchandise, n. Main, op. Farmers Warehouse, recently established.
HALL S. D., late clerk S. R. Chedester & Son, now with G. M. Roberts.
HESTON W. R., late clerk Van Gilder & Brown, now with Ballard & Van Gilder.
HONOUR T. A., Jr., bookseller and stationer, s. Main, recently established.
JONES & SORRELLS, liquors, s. Main, succeeded by Jones & Mclsaac.
LA BARBE A. P., late steward Swannanoa Hotel, now clerk Eagle Hotel.
MACKEY J. J., grocer and baker, n. Main, successor to A. G. Hallyburton.
MASON & CROFT, produce dealers, Public Square, omitted by mistake.
MOSELEY G. G., late clerk J. D. Brevard & Co., now with Van Gilder & Brown.
PAYSEUR G. F., furniture dealer, Eagle Hotel, recently established.
POOL Rev. SOLOMON, private school, Haywood street, recently established.
RHEA, CHAMBERS & CO., late proprs. Asheville Warehouse, succeeded by Chambers & Co.
SMITH T. S., insurance agent, Public Square, removed from city.
SORRELLS A. P., late of Jones & Sorrells, removed to Eagle-Hotel bar.
S'JDOCKTON J. A., tailor, s. Main, removed from city.
WEBB D. H., late clerk Jas. M. Alexander, now with G. M. Roberts.
WILDER J. D., late head bookkeeper Banner Warehouse, now proprietor Farmers Ware-
house, vice S. B. West & Co.
WILSON GEO. J., late proprietor Grand Central Hotel, now chief clerk Eagle Hotel.
THE
Asheville City Directory
AND
Gazetteer of Buncombe County
FOK
d 883-84,
Comprising a complete list of the Citizens of Asheville, with
Places of Business and Residence ; together with a list
OF Churches, Schools, Newspapers, Societies, and
Associations of the City and County; State,
County, and City Governments, &c.
ALSO,
J^ Commercial Dii^ecfoi'il of AjheVille @ Buncomie CountJ,
AND
A Directory of over 1000 Farmers, giving the number of
acres owned by each, with distance and direction
from nearest Post-Offlce. .;
AH HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASHEVILLE AND BtlHCOMBE COUNTY,
GIVIXG
The early annals of both, and showing their present advantages to the
health and pleasure-seeker, as well as to the capitalist
seeking profitable investment,
WITH AN APPENDIX,
Giving recent business changes in Asheville to October 1, 1883.
ILIiUSTKATED "WITH SEVERAL ENGRAVINGS.
Compiled by J. P. DAYISON.
PRICE, $2.50.
richmond, va. :
Baughman Brothers, Printers.
1883.
#■
INTRODUCTION.
In presenting to the citizens of Asheville and Buncombe county this vohime,
the first of its kind published in Western North Carolina, the publisher must
first return his sincere thanks to those who have so liberally patronized his
undertaking. He is happy to say that the business men of Asheville have
almost unanimously encouraged him from the start, not only with large orders
for books and advertisements, but with kind words and "pats on the back."
The people of Asheville must feel an honest pride in the contemplation of the
gratifying progress which this Directory shows the city to liave made in business
and population in the last few years. And it is still on a '' boom " which shows
no signs of weakening, but, rather, gains strength day by day.
The publisher has done his best in getting up this book ; and if an occasional
error be found, he trusts his generous patrons will remember the difficulties
attending the compilation of a work of its character. So many of the streets of
Asheville are still unnamed, and so much ground occupied by dwellings, not laid
out in streets at all, that it Avas found impossible to give the exact location of
every resident. The number of negroes, also, without settled homes or occupa-
tions, gave him a world of trouble in trying to discover their haunts, and he was
often obliged, at last, to give up, in despair of finding them. From the above
cfiuse, no doubt the names of many of this class will fail to appear in the
Directory. Happily, however, it is a small loss.
In the County Gazetteer, though the greatest care was exercised in arranging
the tables, no doubt some faults will be found with the distance and direction of
residences from the post-offices. This is to be expected, for hardly ever will two
men be found to agree upon the distance between places in the country.
In compiling the " Gazetteer " and historical parts of this book, tlie publislier
was much indebted to "The Heart of the Alleghanies" ; to the columns of the
Asheville Citizen and the Asheville News; to the editors of both journals, and to
many ladies and gentlemen, both in city and county, whose kindness he will
never forget, and to whom he again returns his earnest thanks.
The delay in the appearance of this volume was mostly due to causes over
which the publisher had no control ; but his inexperience, of course, had some-
thing to do with it. However, as the book went tlirough the press, he constantly
noted in its pages the various business changes of the city, and in the Appendix
will be found the very latest, down to October 1, 1883.
The undersigned hopes that a year or two hence he will be spared to under-
take a work similar to this ; and confidently prophesies that the increase in busi-
ness and population of the city and county will, by that time, justify the publica-
tion of a much more pretentious volume than that which, with all its imperfec-
tions, he now places before the public.
J. P. DAVISON.
Asheville, N. C, October 1, 1883.
l\ndL
CONTENTS.
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY.
PAGE
Abbreviations IV
Appendix (facing title) S
Churches, city and vicinity 68
City Government 67
Commercial Directory.. 59
General Directory of Names (Whites) 17
General Directory of Names (Colored) 46
Introduction 10
Schools 67
Societies and Associations 6S
Street Directory 13
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Alexander.
Alto
PAGE
... 70
... 71
Arden 72
Asheville (Farmers) 72
Avery's Creek 74
Barnardsville 74
Best 75
Black Mountain Station 76
Busbee 77
Cooper's 77
Democrat , 78
Fairview 78
Flat Creek 79
Foxville 80
Grantville 80
Harkins SO
High Knob 80
Hominy Creek 81
Leicester 83
Long's 85
Mitchell 85
Morgan Hill ^ 85
New Found 8-5
Ramsey 86
Refuge 86
Riceville 86
Sandy Mush.., 87
Silver Springs 87
Shufordsville 88
Stocksville 88
Swannanoa 89
PAGE
Turnpike 89
Vanceville 90
Weaverville 90
Churches 92
Corn Mills 94
Flouring Mills 93
Furniture Factories 95
General Merchandise Dealers 93
Hotels and Boarding Houses 95
Physicians 95
Saw Mills 94
Schools 93
Tanyards 95
Woolen Mill 95
Buncombe County Officers 97
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
PAGE
Federal Court 99
Inferior Court.. 99
Legislative 100
North Carolina Representatives In Con-
gress 100
State Government 98
Superior Courts 98
Supreme Court 98
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BUNCOMBE
COUNTY'.
PAGE
Introduction 101
Geographical and Historical 101
Farming— Culture and Manufacture of
Tobacco, &c 106
Internal Improvements, &c 109
" The Pioneers" 112
Eminent Sons of Buncombe 117
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASHEVILLE.
PAGE
Geographical 119
Historical 120
As a Summer Resort 123
Business, Population and Wealth, &c 125
Local Improvements— Streets, Bld'gs, &C...127
12
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Some Needed Improvements 129
Churches 130
Schools 132
Newspapers 134
Societies and Associations. 135
"To Asheville by Stage" 137
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY.
PAGE
Asheville Citizen 139
Asheville News 140
Aston E. J., Real Estate and Ins. Agt 2
Atkinson Natt, Lawyer and Land Agt 5
Ballard & Van Gilder, Stoves and Tinware,.
outside front cover
Ballard F. J., Florida Curiosities 143
Bethel R. S., Furniture Dealer 1
Brevard J. D. & Co., Gen'l Mdse,
outside back cover
Branch Thos. W., Insurance 3
Carter & Carter, Lawyers 143
Carter M. E., Lawyer 143
Chedester .S. R. & Son, Gen'l Mdse 142
Child W. S., Jr., Real Estate and Ins. Agt,
outside front cover
Farmers Warehouse 6
Fitzpatrick R. L., Painter _.. 144
Gorenflo & West, Builders 5
Gwyn Walter B., Lawyer and Land Agt.... 3
Hampton & Featherston, Liquors 112
Henderson Bros., Leaf-Tobacco Dealers.... 1
Hill J. J. & Co., Furniture 4
Holmes E. I., Tobacco Manufr 1
Johnston & Shuford, Lawyers 143
Kepler S. R., Groceries and Glassware 6
Levy I, & Co., Clothing, &c.,
outside back cover
Lindsey A. J. & Bro., Tinners 142
Muller W. O., Liquors 4
Murdoch & Colvin, Builders,
inside back cover
Oliver J. C, Baker, &c 141
Parker H. M., Land.scape Gardener 7
Ray J. E., Tobacco Manufr 7
Redwood H. & Co., Gen'l Mdse 4
Revel A. W., Painter 143
Robertson W. T., Photographer 1
Sawyer Jas. P., Dry Goods, Clothing, &c... 4
Swaimanoa Hotel outside back cover
Sheltou, Jordan & Worth, Tobacco Mnfrs.. 7
Taylor & Folsom Photographers 142
Walker R. P. & Co , Leaf-Tobacco Dealera..l43
Wagner Jno. A., Builder 141
Ware A. B., Dentist 143
West S. B. & Co 43
Westall T. C. & Son, Builders 141
Wheeler & Wilson Manufg Co 5
Whitlock S., Dry Goods.&c.inside front cover
Whitson W. R., Lawyer 143
Williams C. M., Bookseller,
outside front cover
Woody & Hatch, Carriage Makers 141
COUNTY.
Ashworth Jason, Fairview 96
Baird R., Alexander inside back cover
Garien J. R., Shufordsville 96
Porter T. M., Best inside back cover
Rankin & Co., Best 144
Rickman T. L., Arden 96
Teniient G. B., Best 6
Vandiver E. F., M'eaverville 95
Wing Dr. W. W., Weav(rville 96
FOREIGN.
Harnett House, Savannah ,5
" Heart of the Alleghanies,"
inside back cover
Youut's Hotel, Newton, N. C 6
A8HEVILLE STREET-DIRECTORY.
Academy — N from Haywood to limits.
Atkin — E from S Main to Beaucatcher mountain.
Bailey — S from Patton avenue to Town branch.
Beaucatcher Road — Continuation of College street S E
to Mountain Top.
Beaver Dam — N by E from N Main to limits.
Bridge — N from Woodfin to Orange.
Buttrick — N by W from junction Haywood street and
Patton avenue to Hill.
Charlotte — N from Woodfin to limits.
Cherry — W from N Main to Academy.
Chestnut — E from N Main to White Pine.
Church — S from Patton ave., turning S by W into S Main.
College — N E from Public Square to Town mountain.
Eagle — E from S Main to Valley.
Flint — N from Haywood to Cherry.
French-Broad Avenue — S from Haywood to limits.
Grove (formerly known as William street) — S from Pat-
ton avenue to first cross-street (unnamed).
Haywood — N W from Patton avenue to Flint, thence W
and S W to Patton avenue again, at Buttrick.
Hill— S W from Academy to Patton avenue.
Locust — N from College to Woodfin,
Mountain — E from White Pine to Beaucatcher road.
New — S from Poplar for about lOO yards, thence E to
Beaucatcher road.
14 ASHEVILLE STREET-DIRECTORY.
North Main — N from Public Square to limits.
Orange — E from Beaver Dam to Bridge.
Patton Avenue — W from Public Square to French-
Broad river.
Poplar — E from College to Beaucatcher road.
Pulliam— W from N Main to Haywood.
Roberts Avenue — S W from junction of Patton avenue
and Haywood to French-Broad river.
Short— N from Cherry to limits.
South Main — S from Public Square to limits.
Spruce — N from College to Woodfin.
Sycamore — S E from Main to Valley, thence E to Beau-
catcher mountain.
Valley — S by W from College to S Main.
Water — N from Willow st, turning N by E into N Main.
Walnut— W from N Main to Haywood.
White Oak— N from College to Woodfin.
White Pine — S from Camp Patton to Colored Baptist
church.
Willow — W from S Main to Church.
Woodfin— E from N Main to White Pine.
NOTE.
A. M. Academy — near, N, W, &c., of same. Used in this book to denote a
large area lying to the W, N, and N E of A. M. Academy, of which, however,
but a small portion has been opened out in streets, yet having a very considerable
population, mostly colored.
AcKE, The — A polite abbreviation of Hell's Half Acre, situated on the S E
corner of \ alley and Sycamore streets, and running along both streets for a short
distance. Its denizens are entirely of the African race.
"Beaucatcher" — A great number of people, i)rincipally colored, are scat-
tered all over the W face of the mountain of above name, and as very little of
the space they occupy has been laid out in streets, it was found impossible
to designate their places of abode more accurately.
ASHEVILLE STREET-DIEECTOEY. 15
Carter Building — Same as Legal Corner, south side Public Square.
Camp Patton— Used in denoting tlie residences of several people who live
near, (the only possible way, in fact,) as well as of those whose abodes are actually
in it. Camp Pattou is a tract of land embracing several acres, and is bounded
E by White Pine, W by Charlotte, and S by Chestnut. The northern boundary
is not clearly defined.
Doubleday's Addition — From one-iialf to one mile X of court-house, em-
bracing a large number of iiouses, and intersected by many streets, none of
which, however, have been named.
Legal Corner — Same as Carter Building, south side Public Scpuire.
Northern Limits — That portion of Asheville immediately outside the cor-
poration on the nortli, the inhal)itants of which, iiowever, find tiieir occupati(jns
within the city.
Public Si^uare -The geographical and commercial centre of the city; con-
tains the court-liouse and other county buildings.
Southern Limits — Just beyond corporation on the south.
GENERAL DIRECTORY
CITY OF ASHEVIL^L^E
IFOI^ 1883-'4:.
WHITES.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE DIRECTORY.
A F College, Asheville Fe-
male (College.
A M Academy. A.';heville
Male Academy.
advt, advertisement.
agt, agent.
av, aveuue.
bds, boards.
bet, betweeu.
bkpr, bookkeeper.
bldg, building.
cllv, clerk.
condr. conductor.
C H, Courthouse.
cor, corner.
dist, district.
E or e, east.
eng, engineer.
expr, express.
genl mdse, general merchan-
dise,
ins, insurance.
Int Rev, Iniernal Revenue,
lab, 1h borer.
U E, Methodist Episcopal,
mkr, maker,
mfr, manufacturer.
N or n, north.
N E or II e, northeast,
nr, near.
N W or n w, northwest.
opp, opposite.
P O, post-office,
pres, president,
prin, principal,
propr, proprietor,
pub, publisher or public,
res. residence,
rd, road.
ret, retail.
Rev, reverend.
S or s, south.
N E or n e, northeast.
sq, square.
St, street.
S W or s \y, southwest.
secy, secretary.
S & A R R, Spartanburg and
Asiieville railroad,
supt, superintendent,
treas, treasurer,
tel, telegraph,
tob, tobacco.
W or w, west,
wid, widow,
wks, works.
W N C R R, Western North
Carolina Railroad.
W H, Warehouse.
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Abbott Joseph, butcher, wks A G Osborne
Acker W H, painter, Pub sq, bds Mrs E S Goodlake
Akin F M, res Woodfin
Alexander J M, manfr saddles and harness and grocer, w side
Pub sq, res s Main
Alexander Mrs K F, wid, bds H C France
18 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Allison 'Jas, carpenter, wks Gorenflo & West, bds I H Gorenflo
Allred J J, shoemkr, wks I Levy & Co
Andrew E W, boot and shoemkr, w side Pub sq, res Doubleday's
addition
Arthur T S Jr, lumber dlr, bds Carolina House
Armstrong E J, Sampson & Armstrong, res cor College and
White Oak sts
ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, weekly and semi-weekly, Furman,
Stone & Cameron editors and proprs, s e cor Pub sq
ASHEVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE, Rev J Atkins Jr pres,
bet College and VVoodfin and White Oak sts
ASHEVILLE NEWS, weekly, C T C Deake editor, J W C
Deake pub, Malone bldg, n Main
ASTON EDWD J, real estate and ins agt, Aston court, s Main,
res Church st
Asheville Male Academy, S F Venable prin, Academy st
ATKINS Rev J Jr, pres A F College, res College-grounds
ATKINS B E, prof in A F College, res College-grounds
Atkin Mrs S G, dressmkr, s Main
Atkin G E, bar-tender Swannanoa Hotel, bds Mrs S G Atkin
ATKINSON NATT, lawyer and real estate agt, office at res,
Hazel Hill, w Asheville
BANNER WAREHOUSE, Drummond & Lipscomb props,
n w cor Walnut and Water sts
Baird E, elks S Hammershlag, res Woodfin
Baird Zeb, elks Jas P Sawyer
Baird A H, city marshal, res Bridge st
Baird Mrs L F, wid, res Charlotte
Barnet W S, dlr in fertilizers, office Central Hotel, bds same
BANK OF ASHEVILLE, Jas P Sawyer pres, D C Waddell
cashr, cor Public sq and s Main
BALLARD & VAN GILDER, W H Ballard and T I Van
Gilder, stoves and tinware, west side Public sq
. ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 19
Ballard W H, Ballard & Van Gilder, bds A Ballard
Ballard W C, elks Ballard & Van Gilder, bds A Ballard
Ballard A. res Haywood st c
BALLARD F J, Florida curiosities, at Van Gilder & Brown's,
bds A Ballard
c
Ballew Jas, wks J T Carter, bds same
Ballew VV F, carpenter, wks Gorenflo & West
Barnard W W, leaf tobacco and fertilizer dlr, res Spruce
Banks Mrs H H, wid, bds Mrs J E Hawley
Barrett R W, carpenter, res Short st
Baker H D, wagoner, res Butterick st
BARESDALE C H, dlr in and stripper of leaf tob. Walnut st
Barker W R, pharmacist, with H H Lyons, bds Miss Mary
Miller
Bagby Rev W H, pastor M E church, res n limits
BETHELL R S, furniture dlr, n Main, res Grove st
Bearden, Rankin & Co, genl mdse, s Main
Bearden M J, Bearden, Rankin & Co, res n Main
Berry Jas, tanner, res Sluder bldg, n Main
Berry & Co, geni mdse, Patton av
Berr}^ W T, Berry & Co, res White Pine st
Berry Jas F, Berry & Co, bds J II Carter
BELL R H, carpenter, res 2>^m Y.
Bise L P, bricklayer, res n Main
Birmingham L, lab, res with Jas Moore
Bird R W, elk J A Porter, bds Eagle Hotel
Blair W P, prop Central Hotel
Blair W A, elk Central Hotel
Blair A J, res cor n Main and Cherry
Bowles R E, painter R L Fitzpatrick, bds S Trivett
Boardman J H, machinist N W. Girdwood, res Bailey st
Boyd D L & Co, wholesale and retail flour and grain dlrs, n Main
BREVARD J D & CO, J D Brevard and R R Porter, dry
goods, clotnmg. groceries, &c. , w side Pub sq
Brevard J D, J D Brevard & Co, with C W Thorne & Co, Rich-
mond, Va •
20 ASHEVILLE CITY DIEECTOKY— Whites.
BROOESHIRE JAS M, elks J E Rankin & Co, bds Central
Hotel
BROOKSHIRE JNO A, elks S Van Gilder, res French-Broad av
Brown E L, elks Jas P Sawyer, res College st
Brown L V, Van Gilder & Brown, res Patton av
Brown T E, Van Gilder & Brown, res Grove st
Brown Mrs O K, wid, res Woodfin st
Brown Geo, Swink & Brown, bds L Swicegood
Brown J C, tinner Ballard & Van Gilder, res Haywood
Brown B F, bricklayer, res nr A M Academy
Branch Miss Mary S, res cor Woodfin and Spruce
BRANCH THOS W, leaf-tob dlr and ins agt, office and res s
Main
Branner J A, business supt A F College, res College-grounds
Branner Miss M Love, teacher A F College
Brand X & Co, X Brand and Jno W Starnes, undertakers, cor
n Main and Cherry
Brand X, X Brand & Co, res cor n Main and Cherry
Broyles Miss Delia, elk W & W Mfg Co office, bds E Sluder
Broyles J L, agt W & W Mfg Co, bds Central Hotel
Broyles J M, elks W T Weaver, bds Mrs T E Reynolds
Brandon J R, McDonald & Brandon, res Bailey st
Burnett J H, grocer, n Main, bds Central Hotel
Buchanan Mrs S E, wid, res s Main
Buchanan W A, bds Mrs S E Buchanan
Burgin R B, painter, wks A W Revel
Burroughs J A. physician, w side Pub sq, bds Eagle Hotel
BUNN ROLAND, bricklayer, res nr Charlotte
Bunn Albert, bricklayer, res Chestnut st
Bull Mrs Josephine, res Carter bldg, Pub sq
Buel Rev D H, principal R D T School, Church st
BUXTON Rev JARVIS, rector Trinity Episcopal church, res
Church st
BUTTRICK JAMES, planing-mill and builder, w end Patton
av, res w side French-Broad river
Buttrick J E, carpenter, wks Jas Buttrick, res Roberts av
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 21
Callaway Sanders, wagoner, n Main
Callaway Jas, wagoner, res n Main
Callaway Danl, wagoner, res Doubleday addition
GAIN D J, physician, office and res s Main
Campbell Jas E, lumber dlr, res Haywood st
Campbell J A, wks C H Barksdale, bds Jas E Campbell
Cameron J D, Furman, Stone & Cameron, res cor Woodfin and
White Pine
CAROLINA HOUSE, A J Dodamead propr, n Main
CARMICHAEL W C, Druggist, s Main, res s Main
GARTER J H, leaf-tob dlr. Willow st, res Grove st
Carter J T, butcher Jno Rich, res n limits
Carter Robt, butcher Jno Rich, bds J T Carter
Carter Thos D, res College st
Carter E D, lawyer. Legal cor, bds Central Hotel
GARTER J D, leaf-tob dlr, Asheville W H, bds J H Carter
GARTER H B, lawyer, Legal cor, up stairs, bds M E Carter
GARTER & GARTER, Melvin E and Arsemus L, lawyers.
Legal cor
Carter Arsemus L, Carter & Carter, bds M E Carter
Carter Melvin E, Carter & Carter, res cor French-Broad and
Patton avs
Carter R K, carpenter, bds J H Carter
Cauble W D, blacksmith, shop and res n limits
Case Mrs Sarah, wid, res New st
Carrington F N, Berry & Co, res Bailey st
Cannon Geo W, United States storekeeper, res Patton ave
Central Hotel, W P Blair propr, n Main
Child W S Jr, Martin & Child, res Camp Patton
Child Herbert D, elks Penniman & Co, bds Dr Millard
Chambers N T, Rhea, Chambers & Co, bds Western Hotel
Chambers E C, bkpr Asheville W H, bds Western Hotel
Chapman Mrs L, res s Main
Chilson C A, tinner, wks Ballard & Van Gilder, bds J R Rich
22 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
CHEDESTER S R & SON, S R and S H, genl mdse, Patton av
Chedester S R, S R Chedester & Son, res w end Patton av
Chedester S H, S R Chedester & Son, bds S R Chedester
Chunn A F, with Wallace Bros, Statesville, res Grove st
Chunn A B, boarding, l*atton av bet Bailey and Grove sts
Chunn J S, carpenter, res Haywood st
Clayton W B, agt W & W Mfg Co, res n Main
Clayton E S, carpenter, wks T L Clayton, res Spruce st
Clayton T L, contractor and builder and planing-mills, 2 m w
CLARK J ADGER, bds Swannanoa Hotel
Clapp Joseph W, cabinetmkr, res Hill st
Clemmons E T, propr Eagle Hotel
Clingman Thos L, lawyer, bds Eagle Hotel
Clyce Frank, carpenter, bds G W Goodlake
COOK W H, carpenter and builder, bds W A Israel
Cook J L, carpenter, res s Main
COOPER A D, dep collector int rev 6th Dist N C, office s Main,
res Haywood st
Cooper Joseph C, fireman W N C R R, res nr depot
Cobb R F, lumber dlr, Willow st, bds W M Weaver
Cocke & Jones, Wm M Cocke Jr and Johnstone Jones, lawyers,
office w side Pub sq
Cocke Wm M Jr, Cocke & Jones, res Maria av
COCKRUM J W, carpenter, res w side French-Broad river
Collins T C, Hughes & Collins, Silver Spgs, res nr depot
Collins J F, Bricklayer, wks Murdock & Colvin
Colvin Jas. Murdock & Colvin, res w side French-Broad river
COLE J B, moulder N W Girdwood, res Silver Springs
Coffin The Misses, boarding, Haywood st
CORPENING W G, railroad contractor, res Charlotte st
Cordell John, carpenter, bds W M Weaver
Corrie John J,supt Asheville green-houses, White Oak, opp A F
College
Cosby B H, jeweller, wks C Cowan, res Haywood
COWAN CANADA, watchmaker and jeweller, Patton av, res
Haywood
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 23
Cowan Jesse T, carpenter, res nr Hill st
Craig Locke, lawyer, office with A T Davidson
Creasman M A, carpenter, res Short st
Creasman W L. wagoner, res s Main
Creasman Mrs Albertine, wid, res with W L Creasman
Cravxford W R, carpenter, bds Harrison Howell
Crow L S, compositor Asheville Citizen, res Doubleday's addition
Cromwell Zeb, bar tender Eagle Hotel, bds same
Cunningham E L, carpenter, res Orange
CUNNINGHAM JASON F, carpenter, wks T C Westall .t Son
Cummings P A, Henry & Cummings, res Bailey st
CUSHMAN WALTER S, lawyer, res -y, m N W^
DAVIDSON A T, lawyer, C. H., res College st
Davidson Mrs H M, wid, res Spruce st
DAVIDSON & MARTIN, Theo F Davidson and Jas G Mar-
tin, lawyers, office in C H
Davidson Theo F, Davidson & Martin, res cor College and Val-
ley sts
DAVISON J P, publisher "Asheville Cit\- Directory and
Gazeteer of Buncombe Co," res 18,231 Hash av, Best
Davis John, driver E T Clemmons, res Walnut
Davis A C, grocer, n Main, res n Main
Davis T E, carpenter, res Haywood st
Davis J M, carpenter, res Cherry st
DEAVER & CO, W T S Deaver and W C Featherston. liquor
dlrs, n Main
Deaver W T S, Deaver & Co, res Water
DEAKE C T C, editor Asheville News, res -'Idlewild"
DEAKE J W C, publisher Asheville Nexus and postal-clerk W
N C R R
Deaver A E, res Charlotte
Despard Mrs Mary, wid, res cor n Main and Cherry
De Vault C W, druggist, s Main, res same
De Vault T M, elks C W De Vault, bds same
24 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOEY— Whites.
De Vault J D, elks C W De Vault, bds same
DODAMEAD A J, propr Carolina House
Donovan Mrs Mary, wid, res n limits
Donovan Miss Kate, domestic R R Porter
Donovan Miss Mary, domestic Jas E Reed
Donovan Miss Mattie, domestic C E Lee
DOUBLEDAY & SCOTT, U Doubleday and Geo F Scott,
lumber dlrs, Patton av
DOUGLAS B H, dentist, office s w cor Pub sq, bds Dr Summey
Drummond R F, Drummond & Lipscomb, res n Main
DRUMMOND & LIPSCOMB, R F Drummond and W T
Lipscomb, proprs Banner W H
DRUMMOND J A, leaf-tob dlr, bds A W Malone
Dukes T C H, bkpr Jas P Sawyer, res Short st
Ducket Thos, carpenter, res Butterick st
E
Eagle Hotel, E T Clemmons propr, s Main
Eaton John, plasterer, res Patton av
Earwood Henry F, retired produce dlr, res nr W N C R R depot
Edney 'I hos A, painter, res e side Pub sq
Edney H C, painter, bds Mrs E G Edney
Edney Mrs E G, wid, res n Main
Edney Miss A M, milliner at J P Sawyer's, bds Mrs E G Edney
Ervvin S Bulow, bkpr, res s Main
Erwin Jno B, express messenger R & D R R
Erwin W T, elks G M Roberts
Eubanks P R, student, bds Rev D H Buel
FAGG M J, railroad contractor and planter, res cor Beaver Dam
and n Main
Fagg H C, bds M J Fagg
Fagg J A, boarding, cor Bridge and Orange
Fain N W, wagoner, res Academy st
Falk C, prof in, A F College, res College-grounds
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOKY— Whites. 25
Fanning F A, elks J D Brevard & Co, res College st
FARMERS WAREHOUSE, S B West & Co proprs, n Main
Farnsworth .Geo W, bricklayer, res College st
Featherston W C, Deaver & Co, res cor Flint and Cherry
Featherston A A, Hampton & Featherston, res Water st
FITZPATRICK R L, painter, n Main opp P O, res Woodfin st
Finch R G, cabinetmkr, Haywood st, res same
Foster Miss Annie, domestic H S Harkins
Fowler Jno F, agt W & W Mfg Co. bds Central Hotel
Frank Jas, agt Reems Creek Woollen Mills, office n Main, res
White Pine
Franks C F, compositor Asheville Citizen, res Haywood
Franklin J H, shoemkr, wks A Freck, res College st
Frady John, wagoner, res s Main
Frady S L, res Church st
France P S, with W T Reynolds, bds Swannanoa Hotel
France Jno G, H C France & Co, bds H C France
France H C, H C France & Co, res Haywood
France H C & Co, leaf-tob dlrs
France W S, leaf-tob dlr, bds H C France
Freck A, shoemkr, s Main cor Eagle, res s Main
Fulton Mrs Mary, wid, res n Main
FURMAN, STONE & CAMERON, proprs Asheville QUzen,
s e cor Pub sq
Furman R M, Furman, Stone & Cameron, res White Pine
Furman R B, elks Jas P Sawyer, bds E L Brown
G
Gammon Rev J P, pastor Presbyterian church, res cor Haywood
and Flint
Gates Wm, baker F M Johnston, res Willow
Garren Leander, wks A Garrett, res nr A M Academy
Garren Wm, carpenter, res New st
Gherkins E A, composr Asheville Citizen^ bds Mrs M J Gherkins
Gherkins Mrs M J, wid, res n Main
26 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Gilbert S M, mfr boots, shoes, saddles, and harness, Patton av,
res Academy st
Gilbert M L, carriagemkr, s Main, bds Jas W Patton
Gillim J C, agt, bds F P Love
Gillim T J, agt, bds F P Love
Gilreath C H, gardener, res n Main
GIRDWOOD N W, foundry and machine-shops at W N C R R
depot, bds M E Carter
Glass D F, gardener, res College .st
Glenn E R. carpenter, PuUiam st, res Woodfin
Goodlake Mrs E S, boarding, s Main
Goodlake A M, carpenter, res French-Broad av
Goodlake J W, Swink & Goodlake, res Bailey st
Goodlake G W. family groceries, s Main, res s Main
GORENFLO & WEST, I H Gorenflo and A G West, contrac-
tors and builders
Gorenflo I H, Gorenflo & West, res s Main
Gouchenour H H, elks G M Roberts
Graham R L, elks H. Redwood & Co, bds Mrs A E Hall
GRAHAM C E, wholesale dry goods, boots, shoes, and cloth-
ing, n Main, res cor Patton and French -Broad avs
Graham W A. tobacconist, res n Main
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, Patton av, W^ater and PuUiam
sts. Geo J Wilson propr
Grant Wm, lab, res n limits
Grace J K, carpenter, res Doubleday's addition
Green Mrs M M, wid, res New st
Guinn D M, agt W & W Mf g Co, bds Central n'otel
GTJDGER H L, postmaster of Asheville, bds Central Hotel
GWYN WALTER B, lawyer and land agt, office in C H, res
Grove st
H
HALLYBTIRTON A G, agt W N C R R Co, and grocer n Main,
bds L V Brown
Hall S D, elks S R Chedester & Son
ASHEVILLE CITY DIEECTORY— Whites. 27
Hall Mrs E A, wid, res cor Haywood and Walnut
Hale Amie M, physician, office at res, I*atton av
Hammershlag S, genl mdse, n Main, res n Main
Hampton J E, Hampton & Featherston, res n Main
HAMPTON & FEATHERSTON, J E Hampton and A A
Featherston, wholesale and retail liquor dlrs, w side Pub sq
Hampton J H, carpenter, res s Main
Hampton C M. carpenter, res Bailey st
Hatch Walter S. Woody & Hatch, res s limits
Hare Mrs Sue A_ wid, res n Main
Hare R H, elks C M Williams, bds Mrs Sue A Hare
HARKINS H S, chief of police and United States dep marshal,
res Haywood st
Hart John, res n Main
Harkey J M, saddler, n Main
HARDT J G, physician, office and res Church st
Havener J M, carpenter, res Doubleday's addition
Havener R A, carpenter, res Cherry st
Hawkins G N, carpenter res w end Patton-av
Hawkins J A, tinner Ballard & Van Gilder, res Hill st
Hawley Mrs J E, wid, res cor Woodfin and Charlotte
Hawley Miss Mary F, teacher A F College, bds Mrs J E Hawley
Haynes A F, miller N W Girdwood, res nr W N C R R depot
Hege C L, telegraph operator W N C R R depot, bds Silver
Springs Hotel
Henderson Mrs Melissa, wid, res s Main
HENDERSON BROS, J A and George, leaf-tob dlrs, Walnut
Henderson George, Henderson Bros
Henderson J A, Henderson Bros, res Danville, Va
Henry Alex'r. res Orange st
Henry O H, with Wilson, Burns & Co, Baltimore, res Orange
HENRY & CUMMINGS, J L Henry and P A Cummings, law-
yers, s side Pub sq
Henry J L, Henry & Cummings, res Silver Springs
Henry I, bkpr S Whitlock, bds S Lipinsky
Herrell John, carpenter, wks Gorenflo & West, bds A G West
28 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
HERN'DON E W, elk Superior Court, office in C H, res Col-
lege st
Herndon Mrs H M, millinery s Main, res College st
HERRING J H, mngr W & W Mfg Co's office, bds J H Carter
Hess John, wagoner, res Water st
Hess Wm, wks E T Clemmons, res Water st
Heston W R, elks Van Gilder & Brown, bds J M Heston
Heston E E, bds J M Heston
HESTON J M, groceries and confectioneries, Eagle-Hotel block,
res n Main
Hester St Clair, student, bds Rev D H Buel
HILL J J & CO, furniture dlrs, n side Court sq
Hill J J, J J Hill & Co, res n Main
Hill C F, elks J J Hill & Co
HILLIARD W L, physician, office s Main, res s Main
Hilliard Chas E, elks W C Carmichael, bds Dr Hilliard
HILDEBRAND G A, dentist, office and res cor College and
White Pine
HILDEBRAND JNO Sr, res New st
Hildebrand Otto, cabinetmkr, bds Jno Hildebrand Sr
HOWELL J 0, genl mdse, n Main, bds Mrs T E Reynolds
Howell Harrison, wks Ray's livery, res Cherry st
HOWERTON Dr W H, propr Swannanoa Hotel
Holland W A, bkpr Bank of Asheville, res Woodfin st
Holland Mrs Susan, wid, res Woodfin st
HOLMES E I & CO, smoking-tob mnfrs, Church st
Holmes E I, E I Holmes & Co, res on Swannanoa river, 214 m S E
Hoyt Ike Will, wks Ray's livery
Hunt H C, boarding. Valley st
Hurt Jas C, agt W & W Mfg Co, res Sluder bldg, n Main
Hunt Wm. lab, res New st
HUGHES G A, carpenter, res Roberts av
Ingle Andrew, carpenter, res n Main
Inman S H, carpenter, res n limits
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 29
Israel W A, wagoner, res s Main
ISRAEL J M, tobacconist, res Woodfin st
JACKSON W W, carpenter and builder, res Bailey st
Jarrett R F, tinner Ballard & Van Gilder, bds J R Rich
Jenkins H M, carpenter, Pulliam st, bds C F Franks
Jenkins W H, carpenter, bds Mrs E S Goodlake
Jenkins C L, agt W & W Mfg Co, bds L F Sorrells
JENNISON SAM'L D, stonecutter, bds P C Shackelford
Jennison H S, photographer with W T Robertson
Johnston R B, farmer and fruit-grower, res n Main
JOHNSTON HUGH, res Patton av
Johnston Thos D, Johnston & Shuford, res Grove st
JOHNSTON & SHUFORD, Thos D Johnston and Geo A
Shuford, lawyers, Johnston bldg, s w cor Pub sq
Johnson F M, city bakery, n Main, res same
Johnson Mrs Lucy, wid, res Water st
Jones T Atkinson, elks R S Bethell, bds same
Jones & Sorrels, liquor dlrs and bowling alley, s Main
Jones H C, Jones & Sorrells, bds Slagle House
JONES R R, gentleman of leisure, res Academy st
Jones Johnstone, Cocke & Jones, bds Miss Mary Miller
Jones B M, real estate agt, office at R S Bethell's store, bds R S
Bethell
Jones W E, cabinetmkr, res Charlotte st
Jones J M, Zachary & Jones, res 4 m S W
Jordan J F, leaf-tob dlr, bds C E Lee
Jordan M I, Shelton, Jordan & Worth, bds Carolina House
Jordan John Y, elks Lee & Childs, bds Carolina House
Justice J C B, bkpr Asheville W H, bds C H Miller
Justice R B, surveyor, res s Main
Justice G W, carpenter, res n Main
Justice Terrell, wagoner, res College st
Justice Wm, farmer, res Poplar st
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30 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Justice W D, carpenter, n Main, res Doubleday's addition
Justice W V, painter, bds W D Justice
Justice Miss Dinah, dressmkr at Jas P Sawyer's, bds W D Justice
K
Kelly P W, painter W H Acker, bds Mrs E S Goodlake
Kennedy S D, physician, office over S R Kepler's, bds Swannanoa
Hotel
KEPLER S R, family groceries and glassware, s Main, res
Woodfin
Kepler W A, elks S R Kepler, bds same
King H L, professor in A M Academy, res i m s w
KLEIN M C, manager Swannanoa Hotel
La Barbe A P, steward Swannanoa Hotel
Lange J J. policeman, bds J H Lange
Lange J H, bar-tender W O Muller, res cor Haywood and
Academy sts
Larson F W, blksmith, wks N W Girdwood
LAW J H, china and silverware, opp Eagle Hotel, bds Eagle
Hotel
Ledford Benj,wks Holmes' tob factory, res nr A M Academy
Ledford Mrs Aveline, wid, res nr A M Academy
Ledford Wm, lab, res nr A M Academy
Ledford Mary, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth
Ledford Betty, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth
Ledford Allie, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth
Ledford Maggie, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth
Lee D U, pension agt, res n Main
Lee C E, Lge & Childs, elks C E Graham, res Flint st
LEE & CHILDS, C E Lee and L L Childs, grocers, n Main
Lee C C, wks Weddin's livery, res s Main
Lee Mrs Betty, wid, res cor Academy and Cherry sts
Leonard C B, carpenter, res s Main
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Levy I, I Levy & Co, res over store
LEVY I & CO, I and M Levy, clothing, boots, shoes, and
hats, n side Pub sq
Lewis Robt T, elks C E Graham, bds Carolina House
Lewis J D, rockmason, res New st
LINDSEY & BRO, A J and J G Lindsey, tinners, Patton av
Lindsey A J, Lindsey & Bro, bds H Lindsey
Lindsey J G, Lindsey & Bro, res Doubleday's addition
Lindsey H, res Doubleday's addition
Lindsey C L, carpenter, bds J G Lindsey
Lipinsky S, elks S Whitlock, res n Main
Lipscomb VV T, Drummond & Lipscomb, res Water st
Littrell Jno, wagoner, res Doubleday's addition
Long R A, elks Van Gilder & Brown, res College st
Love P I, elks C E Graham
Love F P, floor mngr Ray's W H, res 2 m S
LOWE W V, engineer W N C R R, bds Jas A Webb
Lippard Jas, carpenter, bds Mrs Josephine Bull
LUSK V S, mayor of Asheville and atty at law, office over
Van Gilder & Brown's, res College st
Lusk & Freeman, butchers, s Main
Lusk Jas; Lusk & Freeman, res n Main
LYMAN T B, res Haywood st
Lyman A J, brick mnfr, near W N C R R depot, res Haywood
Lynch S S, carpenter and builder, res n Main
LYONS H H, druggist and bookseller, w side Pub sq, res
Grove st
Lyon W H, auctioneer Rays and Farmers warehouses, bds Caro-
lina House
M
Mabry R G, condr W N C R R, bds Silver Springs Hotel
Mackey J J, res Haywood st
MALONE A W, res Water st
Malone C W, res Orange
MALONE W H, lawyer, Malone bldg, n Main, res Woodfin
32 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOEY— Whites.
Mann Horace, builder, res Hill st
Mann Mrs Horace, millinery s Main, res Hill st
Marrow J M, gardener, res Haywood st
Martin Mrs Nancy, wid, res Patton av
MARTIN & CHILD, Jas G Martin and W S Child Jr, real
estate and ins agts, office in C H
Martin Jas G, Davidson & Martin, res Cliestnut Wold
Massagee J F, carpenter, res 2 m s
McCarson David, gardener, res n limits
McCanless D M, plasterer, res Hill st
McCanless J M, carpenter and builder, res Academy st
McCarthy C C, leaf-tob dlr, bds Swannanoa Hotel
McConnell J H, produce dlr, res Doubfeday's addition
McDonald & BRANDON, G L McDonald and J R Bran-
don, grocers, s Main
McDonald G L, McDonald & Brandon, res Bailey st
McDowell W W, res Terrace mountain, s limits
McDowell Jas A, mechanic, bds W W McDowell
McDowell Geo M, civil engineer, bds W W McDowell
McDowell Jno H, elks Graham & Redwood, bds C H Miller
McDowell W G, grocer, s limits, res same
McDowell J Hamp, wagoner, res s limits
McDowell E E, carpenter, bds W W McDowell
Mclntyre F R, bricklayer, res Church st
Mclsaac H, corn and hominy steam-mill, Valley st
McKeown H B, painter, wks R L Fitzpatrick
McLoud Miss Laura E, teacher A F College, res in college
McLOUD & MOORE, C M McLoud and Chas A Moore,
lawyers, No 2 Legal cor
McLoud C M, McLoud & Moore, res n Main
McLauglin W W, city editor Asheville News, bds Eagle Hotel
Mears G A, genl mdse, s Main, res Water st
Merrimon J W, merchant, res Chestnut st
MERRIMON EMORY H, lawyer. Legal cor, res Bailey st
Merrimon The Misses, res cor Chestnut and Beaver Dam
Milam Mrs, housekpr A F College
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOKY— Whites. 33
Miller F M, elks Penniman & Co, res College st
Miller F B, elks H H Lyons
Miller T H, elks Powell & Snider, res s Main
Miller Miss Mary, boarding, Grove st
Miller C H, elks I Levy & Co, res Spruee
Miller Joseph A, earpenter, res Walnut st
Miller W S, earpenter Gorenflo & West, bds Mrs E S Goodlake
Miller Henry, painter R L Fitzpatriek, bds W M Weaver
Miller Rev G W, res Hill st
Miller G F, earpenter, bds G W Miller
MILLARD Dr D T, res eor Haywood and Pulliam sts
Mitchell T J, saddler, wks S M Gilbert, res Camp Patton
MITCHELL Rev JOHN, pastor Baptist ehureh, bds Dr D T
Millard
Monday A C, W O Muller & Co, res College st
Moore J C, eabinetmkr J J Hill & Co, res n Main
MOORE C B, ass't P M, bds Dr D T Millard
MOORE JAS, carpenter and builder, res French-Broad av
Moore Chas A, MeLoud & Moore, res Camp Patton
Moore J L, propr Railroad Hotel
Moody W W, ins agt with T S Smith, bds same
Morgan Dan'l, res Patton av
Morris Joel, moulder N W Girdwood
Morris T C, tobacconist. Banner W H, bds R F Drummond
Morris John, wks M J Fagg
Morrison Rev W N, res French-Broad av
MORRIS B W, propr Swannanoa Livery, Eagle st, bds Swan-
nanoa Hotel
MOSELEY G G, elks J D Brevard & Co, bds W T Lipscomb
MOSELEY CHAS A, bkpr C E Graham, bds W T Lipscomb
Moncure Dr C H, Wiseman & Moneure
MOUNTAIN ISLAND MFG CO, cor Walnut and Water sts
Moynihan M H, mngr Singer Mfg Go's office, bds J P Veatman
Mull D H, carpenter S S Lynch, bds same
MULLER W 0, retail liq dlr, s Main, res Charlotte st
MULLER W & CO, wholesale liquor dlrs, Patton av
34 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOKY— Whites.
Muller J D, professor of music res with W O Muller
Murphy W L, elks I Levy & Co, bds CaroHna House
MURRAY J L, grocer, s Main, res same
MURDOCH & COLVIN, John and David Murdoch and Jas
Colvin, contractors and builders
Murdoch John, Murdoch & Colvin, res w side French-Broad river
Murdoch David, Murdoch & Colvin, bds John Murdoch
N
Neighbors John, bricklayer, res Valley st
NELSON M L, physician, office at res, Woodfin st
Nix A, brick moulder, res French-Broad av
Noel Jonathan, butcher, res n Main
Noel Wm, shoemkr, res n Main
Noel Sylvester, shoemkr, res n Main
NORCOP PERCY T, F R C S, physician and surgeon, office
at res, Grove st
Norman W F, leaf-tob dlr, bds Eagle Hotel
Norvill T W. shoemkr, wks I Levy & Co, res College st
O'Bryon R C, elk Grand Central Hotel
Orr Thos, Teague & Orr, res n Main
Osborne Mrs Joseph, wid, res French-Broad av
Osborne A G, butcher and produce dlr, n Main, bds Carolina
House
Owenby George, wks Jas E Reed
Page G W, butcher, n Main, res Sluder bldg
Page A L, mechanic, res s Main
Page Miss Gary, teacher in A F College, res in college
Parker J H, tinner, n Main, res Doubleday's addition
Parks T C, wks Weddin's livery
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 35
Patton J A, carpenter, res Orange st
Patton Jas W, res s Main
Patton Thos W, res Charlotte st
Patton Mont, elk Inferior Court, office in C H, res s limits
Patton & Penland, W A and J R Patton and N L Penland,
butchers, s Main
Patton W A, Patton & Penland, bds J A Patton
Patton J R, Patton & Penland, res Orange st
PATTERSON J R, register of deeds, office in C li, res Col-
lege st
Patterson A C, carpenter, bds Grand Central Hotel
Payne R L, asst bkpr Banner VV H. bds W T Lipscomb
PEARSON RICHMOND, lawyer. Legal cor, res Richmond
Hill, 3 m N W
Penland Mrs M P, wid, res Water st
Penland W J, bar-tender Hampton & Featherston
Penland N L, Patton & Penland, res Orange
Penland W H, mill-owner, res Haywood
Penland J C, elks W O Muller & Co
Penland W C, carpenter, res Academy st
Penniman W R Sr, res s Main
PENNIMAN & CO, VV T and W R Penniman Jr, wholesale
and retail hardware, cor n Main and Pulliam
Penniman W T, Penniman & Co, res s Main
Penniman W R Jr, Penniman & Co, bds W R Penniman Sr
Penniman Chas F, elks Penniman & Co, bds W R Penniman Sr
PENLEY W P, elks J A Porter, res Doubleday's addition
Penley W K, elks A C Davis, bds W P Penley
Penley Joseph, wagoner, res Mountain st
PELHAM W E & BRO, W E and S D, druggists, No 2
Eagle Hotel block
Pelham W E, W E Pelham & Bro, res Newberry S C
Pelham S D, W E Pelham & Bro, bds Swannanoa Hotel
' Pelham Chas P, elks W E Pelham & Bro, bds Eagle Hotel
Perrow B M, leaf-tob dlr, bds Swannanoa Hotel
Pierce R H, blacksmith, wks M L Gibbert
36 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOKY— Whites.
Pierce & Welles, Chas F Pierce and E B Welles, proprs city steam
mills, s e of Pub sq
Pierce Chas F, Pierce & Welles, res cor College and Valley sts
Phillips Miss Ida, domestic Horace Mann
Pleasant Mrs C L, wid, res French-Broad av
Ponton W E, butcher A G Osborne
Ponder A, carpenter, res nr n Main
Porter R R, J D Brevard & Co, res Flint
PORTER J A, wholesale and retail genl nidse. Main st, res
Cherry st
Postell H W, elks J L Murray, res Bailey st
Postell T W, elks Swannanoa Hotel
Postell J C, student, bds Rev D H Buel
Postell J H, boarding, Orange st
Pope W S & Co, butchers, Parlor market, n Main
Pope W S, W S Pope & Co, res n Mam
Posey Wm, wagoner, bds Mrs Josephine Bull
Powell Geo S. Powell & Snider, res Haywood
POWELL & SNIDER, wholesale and retail grocers, n Main
Pressley Peter, wagoner, res White Pine
Pressley Mrs M M, wid, res s Main
Price T A, condr W N C R R, bds Eagle Hotel
PuUiam R W, bds Central Hotel
Pulliam Lawrence, ass't cashier Bank of Asheville, res n Main
Q
Quesenberry J B, shoemkr I Levy & Co, res College st
R'
Ramsey J F, dentist with R H Reeves, bds same
Ramsey Jno N, elks J A Porter, bds Central Hotel
Ramsour W S, tanner Bearden, Rankin & Co, res n Main
Railroad Hotel. J L Moore propr, W N C R R depot
RANEIN J E & CO, wholesale and retail genl mdse, n w cor
Pub sq
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 37
Rankin J E, J E Rankin & Co and Bearden, Rankin & Co, res
cor Beaver Dam and Orange sts
Rankin A, Bearden, Rankin & Co, res n Main
Rankin Mrs E L, wid, res n Main
Rankin Rev G C, pastor M E Church South, res cor Church and
Willow
Rash Mrs Jane, wid, res n w of A M Academy
Rash J L, blacksmith N W Girdwood, bds Mrs Jane Rash
Ray S W, elks J E Rankin & Co, res College st
RAY J E, manfr smoking tobacco, sample-office w side Pub sq,
res Chestnut st
RAY JAS M, propr Ray's W H and Excelsior Stables, s Main,
res one door south
Rawls R R, bds M E Carter
REDWOOD HENRY & CO, genl mdse, C H sq, res Grove st
Redmon Mrs Caroline, wid, res Doubleday's addition
Redmon Saml M, wagoner, res Doubleday's addition
Reeves R H, dentist, office n Main, res Spruce
REED JAS E, elk United States Circuit and District Courts,
office in C H, res n limits
REED SAM'L H, lawyer, office No i Legal cor, res Woodfin
opp A F College
Reed T J Jr, carpenter, bds J E Reed
Revel T J, elks J E Rankin & Co, res Bridge st
Revel O D, carpenter, bds T J Revel
Revel Mrs W J, wid, res Bridge st
REVEL A W, painter, res Doubleday's addition
Reynolds W T, livery, cor Pulliam and Water, bds Mrs J C Spears
Reynolds Mrs T E, wid, res n Main
Reynolds Miss Caroline, domestic V S Lusk
Reynolds Jesse, driver Reynolds livery, res Woodfin
Reynolds W A, machinist N W Girdwood
Reynolds Jas A, bds Central Hotel
Reynolds Daniel L, brick manfr. Camp Patton
Rhea, Chambers & Co, proprs Asheville W H
Rhea H K, Rhea, Chambers & Co, proprs Western Hotel
38 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Rich J R, butcher, s Main, res Haywood
Richards Mrs Lucinda, wid, res cor Woodfin and Spruce
Richardson John, carpenter, bds Mrs Josephine Bull
Rice Miss Nancy, domestic Hugh Johnston
Roberts M E, elks G A Mears, bds same
Roberts Mrs S M, wid, bds E S Clayton
ROBERTS G M, genl mdse, W N C U R depot, res Patton av
Robertson J D, elks Bearden, Rankin & Co, res Beaver Dam
ROBERTSON W T, photographer, bds H G Robertson
Robertson J A, carpenter, res n limits
Robertson H G, res Academy st
Robison K W, elks Graham & Redwood, bds C H Miller
Robinson John, carpenter, res cor White Pine and Woodfin sts
s
Sampson & Armstrong, R A Sampson and E J Armstrong, brick
manfrs, White Pine
Sampson R A, Sampson & Armstrong, res cor College and White
Oak
Sams W C, elks J O Howell, bds Western Hotel
Sanders B G, carpenter, res nr W N C R R depot
Sawyer Miss Mary, select private school at res, n Main
Sawyer S B, painter, res n Main
SAWYER JAS P, wholesale and retail genl mdse, s e cor Pub
sq, res French-Broad av
SGHARTLE J W, merchant tailor, e side Pub sq, res one door n
Schartle F W, tailor J W Schartle, bds same
Scott J C, carpenter, bds Mrs Bettie Lee
Scott Jas, painter, wks W H Acker
Scott Geo F, Doubleday & Scott, res nr west end Patton av
Setzer J R, carpenter, bds W M Weaver
Sevier E, wagoner, res Hill st
Sexton Wm, farmer, res w of A M Academy
Sexton J C, blacksmith, res Charlotte st
Shackelford Mrs Addie, wid, res s Main
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOEY— Whites. 39
Shackelford G N, bricklayer, bds Mrs Addie Shackelford
Shackelford C D, bricklayer, res s Main
Shackelford P C, bricklayer, res College st
Shackelford W A, bricklayer, res s Main
SHELTON, JORDAN & WORTH, S C Shelton. M I Jordan,
and F A Worth, tob mnfrs, Beaver Dam st
Shelton S C, Shelton, Jordan & Worth, res i ^ m E
Sherrill R J, painter R L Fitzpatrick, bds S Trivett
Shipman Laura, domestic J E Rankin
Shipman J R, carpenter, res Sycamore st
SHOPE W L, elks S Hammershlag, bds Jno A Brookshire
Shroat B P, res s Main
Shuford Geo A, Johnston & Shuford, bds Mrs T E Reynolds
Singer mnfg Co, office n Main, M H Moynihan manager
SIMMONS G H, carpenter and builder, res Patton av
Skahan R C, baker A G Hallyburton, res n Main
Slagle J L L, propr Slagle House, cor Patton av and Bailey st
Slagle M M, carpenter, res Charlotte st
SLUDER E, broker, res n Main
Smith L H, mica miner, res Water st
Smith Stephen, wagoner, res n Main
Smith Mrs Julia, cook W C Carmichael
Smith W F & Son, leaf-tob dlrs
Smith Sterling, W F Smith & Son, bds J H Carter
SMITH T S, insurance agt, w side Pub sq, res Butterick st
Smith H M, stonemason, res Chunn's Cove
Smith T M, D L Boyd & Co, res n Main
Snider W F, Powell & Snider, bds Mrs T E Reynolds
Sondley F A, lawyer. Legal cor, res Cherry st
Sondley Mrs H E, wid, res Cherry st
Sorrells A P, Jones & Sorrells, res Cherry st
Southern Express Co, office Eagle Hotel block
Spain Jas M, farmer, res nr W N C R R depot
Spears Mrs J C, wid, res Woodfin st
Spears Jas W, carpenter, bds Mrs J C Spears
Sorrells L F, cooper, s of Pub sq, res Sycamore st
40 ASHEVILLE CITY DIEECTOEY— Whites.
Sorrells P B, cooper L F Sorrells, bds same
Starnes Jesse R, grocer, n Main, bds Central Hotel
Starnes Jno W, X Brand & Co, res Cherry st
Starnes Geo H, produce dlr, s Main, bds Western Hotel
Starnes T F, grocer, s Main, bds Western Hotel
Starnes T C, leaf tob dlr Banner W H, bds W T Lipscomb
Stansill Mrs S C, wid, res College st
Stansill Miss Florence, milliner Mrs Herndon.bds Mrs S C Stansill
Stansill Miss Jessie, librarian Asheville Public Library, bds Mrs
S C Stansill
Stepp J W, ins agt with T S Smith, res s Main
Steele Jno B, Edwin Bates & Co, Charleston, res White Pine st
Stikeleather F, agt Southern Ex Co, bds Eagle Hotel
STOCKTON J A, tailor, s Main, opp Swannanoa Hotel
Stone Jordan, Furman, Stone & Cameron, res White Pine
Stradley Jas, res n Main
Stradley J M, wheelwright, n Main, res same
Stradley Saml, res College st
Stroup S T, lab, res Valley st
Summey D F, physician, office at res. Walnut st
Summey D F Jr, elks J M Heston, bds Dr D F Summey
SUMMEY A T, justice of peace and U S commissioner, office
over Van Gilder & Brown, res Haywood
Summers Rev T P, prof in A F College, res in College
Surcey J W, barber, s Main, res same
SWANNANOA HOTEL, cor s Main and Willow, Dr W H
Howerton propr
Swicegood L, painter, Willow st, res s Main
Swink John, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth, res n Main
Swink Mrs Mary C, wid, res with John Swink
Swink Jas C, Swink & Goodlake, res s Main
Swink & Goodlake, blacksmiths, s Main
Swink Robt, Swink & Brown, bds L Swicegood
Swink &. Brown, painters, s Main
ASHEVILLE CITY DIKECTOEY— Whites. 41
Taliaferro H G, druggist with Wiseman & Moncure, bds Western
Hotel
Taylor John, lab, res n Main
TAYLOR NAT W, photographer, s Main, res same
TAYLOR S R, livery, n Main, bds Dr Nelson
Teague & Orr, grocers, n Main
Teague Robt, Teague & Orr, bds Thos Orr
Teague Wm, carpenter, res n limits
Tennent J A, architect and civil engineer, res Best
Thackam J R, elks Carolina House
TOPPINGS A J, dentist, s Main, bds Western Hotel
Townsend Mrs Cleopatra, wid, res n Main
Townsend Geo, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth, res n Main
TOWNSEND C F, res n Main
Townsend W W,wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth, bds C F Townsend
Townsend J C, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth, bds C F Townsend
Trader Mrs E K, res Orange
Tranham Geo W, lab, res Sycamore st
Trexler B C, blacksmith, res s Main
Trimmier Jas W, salesman J E Rankin & Co, res Woodfin
Trinks Henry, gunsmith, n side Pub sq, res same
Trivett S, boarding, cor French-Broad and Roberts avs
Turpin Isaac, carpenter, res s Main
V
Van Gilder & Brown, T I Van Gilder, L V and T E Brown,
wholesale and retail hardware, cor Pub sq and s Main
Van Gilder T I, Van Gilder & Brown, and Ballard & Van Gilder^
res cor College and Spruce
Van Gilder S, clothing, boots, shoes, and hats, s Main, res
Spruce st
Venable S F, principal A M Academy and city engineer, res
Academy st
Vining Howard, night elk Swannanoa Hotel
42 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
WADDELL D C, cashier Bank of Asheville, res cor n Main
and Woodfin sts
WAGNER JOHN A, architect and builder, res Woodfin st
Walker R P & Co, leaf-tob dlrs, under Farmers W H
Walker R P, R P Walker & Co, bds Carolina House
Walker J L, carpenter
WARE A B, dentist, n Main, res French- Broad av
Ware J F, grocer, n Main, bds Dr A B Ware
Ward Rev Wm, res Sycamore st
Weaver W T, genl mdse, n side Pub sq, bds C H Miller
Weaver W M, cooper, Willow st, res Sycamore
Weant H A, wagoner Van Gilder & Brown, res Spruce
WEBB W A, elks J A Porter, res French-Broad av
Webb D H, elks J M Alexander, bds Jas A Webb
Webb H H, res Patton av
WEBB JAS A, elks Van Gilder & Brown, res French-Broad av
Webb Isaac, res with Jas A Webb
Weddin W A, Eagle livery, s Main, res s Main
Weddin E, elks Eagle Hotel
Welborn Rev J M (M E), res Doubleday's addition
Weldon S G, mngr W U telegraph office, res s Main
Welles E B, Pierce & Welles, bds Chas F Pierce
West A G, Gorenflo & West, res s Main
West J S, elks S R Kepler, res French-Broad av
WEST S B & CO, tob mnfrs and proprs Farmers W H
ia
MOUNTAIN ISLAND MANUFACTURING CO.
CeleMei f esterii M\ Carolia Cliewiij & Smoiiiii Toteccos,
COR. WALNUT AND WATER STREETS.
FARMERS TVAREHOUSE,
FOR SALE OF LEAF.
DEALERS AND BROKERS IN LEAF TOBACCO,
COR. NORTH MAIN AND WALNUT.
S. B. '^^EST & CO.
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 43
West S B, S B West & Co, res Water st
West E R, Farmers W H, bds S B West
WESTALL T C & SON, T C and J M, contractors and build-
ers, Chestnut st
Westall T C, T C Westall & Son, res Chestnut
Westall J M, T C Westall & Son, bds T C Westall
Western Hotel, Pub sq, H K Rhea, propr
WHEELER & WILSON MNFG CO, office n Main, J H
Herring mngr
Wheeler A H, painter, wks A W Revel, res nr depot
Wheeler J C, saddler, wks J M Alexander, res Church st
Wheeler Wm, saddler, wks J M Alexander, res Church st
WHITESIDES, J B, carpenter, res Doubleday's addition
Whitesides E W, compositor Asheville Cifisen, bds W R Young
Whitson G W, dentist, cor College and Spruce, res 5 m S E
WHITSON W R, lawyer, office in C H
Whitson Geo M, school-teacher, bds J R Patterson
Whitson J J, carpenter, bds Jas W Patton
Whiten Frank, carpenter, res n Main
White Miss Lily, nurse S H Reed
WHITLOCK S, dry goods and fancy goods, Eagle Hotel block,
bds S Lipinsky
Wingate T C, confectioneries at Post-Office, res n Main
WILLIAMS C M, bookseller and news-dealer, Eagle-Hotel
block, res Woodfin st
Williams F M, elks C M Williams, res Short st
Williams Miss Florence, domestic W A Holland
Williams Mrs Rhoda A, wid, res s Main
WILLIAMS JOHN HEY, physician, office s Main, res cor
Haywood and French-Broad av
Williams Harry S, elks W E Pelham & Bro, bds Dr Jno Hey
Williams
Williams Mrs, housekeeper Swannanoa Hotel
Williams M L, carpenter, res i ^^ m N
Williams J C, leaf-tob dlr, bds Dr D T Millard
Williamson J F, carpenter Gorenflo & West, bds G W Goodlake
44 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites.
Williamson N D, carpenter Gorenflo & West, bds G W Goodlake
Willfong J T, carpenter, res s Main
Wilder J B, bkpr Banner W H, res s Main
Wilson J W, bds W T S Deaver
Wilson J C, carpenter Gorenflo & West, res n Main
Wilson J A, plasterer, res 23^ m S
Wilson Mrs S C, agt for " Peace in the Family " medicine, res
cor College and Valley sts
Wilson Mrs M J, wid, res Academy st
Wilson Marion, carpenter, res Short st
Wilson S W, carpenter, res Short st
WILSON GEO J, propr Grand Central Hotel
WISEMAN & MONCURE, F A Wiseman and C H Moncure,
druggists, s Main
Wiseman H A, Wiseman & Moncure, res Danville, Va
Wolfe W O, marble-yard, e side Pub sq, res Woodfin
Wolfe F T, wagoner, res Doubleday's addition
WOLFE W E, plasterer, res w end Patton av
Woodfin Miss Anna, res Woodfin st
WOODY & HATCH, J H Woody and Walter Hatch, carriage-
mkrs, s Main
Woody J H, Woody & Hatch, res Orange
Woody N J, blksmith Woody & Hatch, bds J H Woody
Worth F A, Shelton, Jordan & Worth, res Orange st
Worthen C S, compositor Asheville Citizen, bds S B West
Wright Joseph, lab, res n Main
Wright W F, lab, res n limits
Wright Wm, driver Weddin's livery
Wright J W, blksmith, res Carter bldg
Western Union Telegraph office. Eagle Hotel
Wynne L F, condr W N C R R, bds Silver Springs Hotel
Yeatman J P, agt Singer Mfg Co, res Cherry st
Yeatman C H, agt Singer Mfg Co, bds J P Yeatman
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Whites. 45
Yeatman T R, leaf-tob dlr, bds J P Yeatman
Young B F, bar-tender W O MuUer
YOUNG W R, sheriff of Buncombe co, office in C H
Young Thos B, dep sheriff, bds W R Young
Zachary & Jones, R H Zachary and J M Jones, grocers, n Main
Zachary R H, Zachary & Jones, res Haywood co
Zachary J R, elks Zachary & Jones, bds Central Hotel
Zachary W J, elks Zachary & Jones, bds Central Hotel
GEiNERAL DIRECTORY
OF THE
CITY OF ASHEYILLE
COLORED.
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored.
Adams Alfred, gardener, res Eagle st
Adams Angeline, wid, res Sycamore
Aiken Louvinia, cook Jas G Martin
Aiken Minnie, domestic Jas G Martin
Alexander Geo, farmer, res s limits
Alexander Rev Jordan, A M E church
Alexander Frank, lab
Armstead John, shoemkr, res Valley st
Avery Jason, lab, res Valley st
Avery Rolla, res at Jim Moorehead's
Avery Jane, domestic Jas G Martin
Bailey Jas, bricklayer, res s Main
Bailey Jas Jr, bricklayer, res s Main
Bailey Nelson, whitewasher
A.SHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored. 47
Baird Lee, lab, res Camp Patton
Baxter Lou, tobacco stemmer C H Barksdale
Beard John, head waiter Eagle Hotel
Belniore Burt, wks J H Carter, res s Main
Berry Jim, blacksmith, res n Main
Berry Rev S V, missionary Freedman's chapel, Episcopal, res
Valley st
Bouldin Sam, lab, res n of A M Academy
Bingham Lil, bricklayer, res rear of Eagle Hotel
Boseman Bluford, lab, res Valley st
Boyden Giles, lab, res Cherry st
Boyce Wm, lab, res n limits
Boyce Mitchell, domestic Eagle Hotel
Bradley Jeff, eating-house, near depot
Bradley Louisa, housemaid W W McDowell
Brooks John, livery, res White Pine
BROWN HARRISON, school teacher, res White Pine
Brown Jim, lab, res Academy st
Brown Danl, butcher, res n of A M Academy
Brown John, wks Shelton, Jordan & Worth, res n of A M
Academy
Brown Jesse, cook W A Weddin
Brown Wm, cook, res nr Cherry st
Brittain Irvine, lab, res Doubleday's addition
Brittain Geo, lab, res n of A M Academy
Bruton Henrietta, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
Bruton Aaron, wks W T Barnett, res the Acre
Bryant Sam, lab, res the Acre
Burgin Pinckney, porter S R Chedester & Son
Burgin Jane, domestic S R Chedester
Burgin Harriet, washerwoman, res Sluder bidg
Burgin Gaston, wagoner W H W^ebb, res Academy st
Burgin Alf, lab, res the Acre
Burton Solomon, produce dlr and boarding, Pulliani st
Burton Caroline, nurse, res Beaucatcher
Burton Maria, nurse Walter B Gwyn
48 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOBY— Colored.
Carson Fannie, domestic the Misses Coffin
Carter Joe, lab, res Sycamore st
Caldwell Mary, nurse M C Klein
Chambers Andrew, waiter
Chambers Kate, domestic Thos W Patton
Cisney Horace, wks John Brooks (col)
Cisney Isaac, lab, res Patton av
Clayton Lazarus, shoemkr, cor s Main and Eagle
Clayton Jesse, lab, res Beaucatcher
Clayton Jno C, carpenter, res White Pine
Commons Hen, butcher A G Osborne, res n w of A M Academy
Commons Maria, cook M J Fagg
Cobb Chas, bell-boy Swannanoa Hotel
Connally Vira, nurse Rev J P Gammon
Connally Thad, lab, res Academy st
Cope Mat, wks Bearden, Rankin & Go's tanyard, res Patton av
Cope Caroline, washerwoman, res n Main
Cook Martha, domestic A F College
Corpening Wesley, domestic Dr Norcop
Corpening Geo, waiter Eagle Hotel
Corpening Laura, domestic Rev J P Gammon
Crump Richd, lab, res Valley st
Culbreth Privo, lab, res n Main
Cummings Irvine, domestic Rev W N Morrison
Cummings Sally, domestic Rev W N Morrison
Davis Bob, blacksmith, res n Main
Davis Delia, chambermaid Eagle Hotel
Davis Tom, bricklayer
Davis Harriet, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
Davis Rowan, waiter Eagle Hotel
Davenport ToUiver, drayman, res Hill st
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored. 49
Day John, carpenter, res Sycamore
Day Thos, cabinetmkr, res College st
Day Ann, cook J R Rich
Diazud Ada, domestic B E Atkins
Dickson Isaac, domestic Rev D H Buel
Dobson Ben, carpenter, res Roberts av
Dobson Rufe, carpenter, res Roberts av
Doby Perry, lab, res nr depot
Doby Amelia, domestic Mrs Despard
Dooley Robt, lab, res Beaucatcher
Dooley Mat, cook
Drummond Perry, lab, res Valley st
Duncan Robt, domestic Jas G Martin
Earle Nancy, wid, res Sycamore st
Eddy John, bricklayer
Epps Jim, blacksmith
Ervin McDuff, lab, res Valley st
Erwin Eillmore, cook Wm High (col)
Evans Jesse, lab, res "White Pine
Farnsvvorth John, lab, res s Main
Flack Wm F, wks Taylor's livery, res n limits
Flack Wm Jr, wks Taylor's livery, bds Wm F Flack
Flack Elias, lab, bds Wm F Flack
Flack Hattie, nurse J H Carter
Fletcher David, wks A G Hallyburton
Fletcher Robt, hostler, res Hill st
Flournoy Dock, barber W H Martin
Foreman Wm, lab, res s limits
Foster Sandy, drayman, res Eagle st
Foster Adam, whitewasher, res rear of Eagle Hotel
, Foster Geo, harnessmkr, res with Jim Moorehead
50 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOEY— Colored.
Foster Lem, res White Pine st
Foster Joe, harnessmkr, wks J M Alexander, res Beaucatcher
Forney Clara, cook Thos W Patton
Fowler Sawney, lab, res the Acre
Freeman Rose, tob stemmer C H Barksdale, res the Acre
Freeman Alice, wid, res Beaucatcher
Friends J H, wks H C France & Co
G
Gaither Pleas, lab, res Patton av
Gardner Alex, lab
Gash Milas, waiter Carolina House
Gibbs Harvey, lab, res White Pine st
Goodwin Retta, cook Solomon Burton (col)
Goodwin Geo, carpenter
Goodwine P J, boarding, cor Pulliam and Water
Goodrum Maria, wid, res n of A M Academy
Goode John, stonemason, res Doubleday's addition
Goss Winslow, lab, res Church st
Grant Eliphar, lab, res Beaucatcher
Grant Trim, barber John Smith (col)
Green J H, carpenter, res Church st
Green Rev Henry, A M E church
Greenlee John, lab
Greenlee George, painter, wks L Swicegood
Greenlee Burt, eating-house s Main, res Patton av
Greenlee Ed, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Greenlee Wm, office-boy Eagle Hotel
Greenlee B J, drayman, res Church st
Greenlee John, gardener, res Hill st
Greenlee Rachel, wid, res Hill st
Greenlee Chas, drayman, res Hill st
Greenlee Saml, lab, res Patton av
Greenlee John P, lab
GREENLEE ALFRED, blacksmith, nr W N C R R depot,
res w side French-Broad river
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTOEY— Colored. 51
Greenlee Rufe, wks S R Chedester & Son
Greenlee Cindy, cook Rev J P Gammon
Greer Jas, lab, res Patton av
Grimes Felix, carpenter, res Beaucatcher
H
Haines Robt, res n Main
Haines Lizzie, domestic C M McLoud
Haines Liddy, res Beaucatcher
Hall Jno, domestic Eagle Hotel
Hardy Harriet, res Beaucatcher
Harris Isaac, shoemkr PuUiam st, res same
Harris Mahulda, wid, res New st
Harris Nelson, res Beaucatcher
Harris Henry, wks Morris' livery
Harris Jesse, drayman, res Patton av
Hawkins Sam, R R foreman, res Academy st
Hawkins Mary, domestic Eagle Hotel
Hays John, barber John Smith (col)
Hemphill Rufe, lab, res Sycamore
Hemphill Calhoun, wks W M Cocke Jr
Hemphill Tom, lab, res s Main
Herren J H, lab
High Wm, eating-house, s Main
Hicks Wesley, eating-house, nr depot
Holt Edmund, lab, res Willow
Holland Burrell, mechanic, res Patton av
Hooten Adolphus, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Hopkins Henry, lab, res the Acre
Howard Simeon, domestic E Sluder
Howell Mack, drayman, res Short st
Hudson Wm, blacksmith Henry Saxton, res Church st
Huggins Wm, lab, res Hill st
Hudgin Hillary, barber Swannanoa Hotel
Hunt Isaac, lab, res n w of A M Academy
52 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored.
Hunt Thos, lab, res n \v of A M Academy
HUMPHREY JOHNSON, barber Pulliam st, res same
Hunter John, lab, res in rear J H Carter's
Hunter Hannah, cook J H Carter
Hunter Katie, chambermaid J H Carter
Ingram Geo, wks C M McLoud
Irvine Henry, shoemkr Patton av, res Patton av
Irvine Adolphus, bricklayer, res nr A M Academy
Irvine Nelson, lab, res Charlotte st
Jackson Maria, domestic Eagle Hotel
Jarnochan Mary, domestic A W Wilson
Jinks Captain, office-boy Eagle Hotel
Johnson Chas, farmer, res s limits
Johnson T E, lab, res College st
Johnson Harvey, porter S R Kepler, res n of A M Academy
Johnson G W, lab, res Patton av
Johnson Rev Caleb (Baptist), res White Pine
Johnson Parker, wks W N C R R depot
Johnson Amy, washerwoman, res Patton av
Johnson Julius C, photographer, wks Natt W Taylor
Johnson Isaiah, lab, res White Pine
Jones Hoburn, lab, res Beaucatcher
Jones Sallie, cook J M Israel
Jones Haywood, wks C H Barksdale
Jordan Albert, porter Penniman & Co, res Sycamore
Kincaid Geo, wks Taylor's livery, res nr A M Academy
Kyle Diana, res Hill st
Kyle Albert, wks Jas G Martin
Kyle Wm, lab, res Roberts av
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored. 53
Latta Thos, elks Solomon Burton, bds same
Latta Hattie, nurse Dr D T Millard
Ledbetter Alfred, wks Thos W Patton
Ledbetter Henry, lab, res Beaucatcher
Ledbetter Rufe, lab, res Valley st
Ledbetter Tom, lab, res Valley st
Ledbetter Campbell, blacksmith Sycamore, res same
Lee Lewis, domestic A F College
Lee Jane, cook Thos W Patton
Letcher Rev C P (A M E church), res Beaucatcher
Levi Plum, barber Grand Central Hotel, res Church st
Long Robt, lab, res Eagle st
Long Moses, head waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Love Anderson, wks Dr Hilliard
Love Ann, cook Dr Hilliard
Love Robt, carpenter
Love Wann, lab, res Valley st
Lytle Julia, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Lytle Hattie, cook J D Robertson
M
Martin Angeline, cook E T Herndon
Martin Frank, lab, res Doubleday's addition
Martin Caler, lab, res nr Charlotte st
Martin Frank, rockmason
Martin W H, barber Eagle Hotel, res Mountain st
Mays Robt, bricklayer, res Valley st
MacCray Jas, lab, res nr Farmers W H
McDowell Charley, wks M J Bearden
McGimsey Demoriah, cook W W McDowell
Mcllroy Charley, lab, res Hill st
Mclntyre Louisa, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
54 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored.
Mclntyre Manson, plasterer, res nr A M Academy
McKinney J B, painter, wks R L Fitzpatrick
McKenzie , waiter A F College
McKesson Martha, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
McKesson Jerry, lab, res nr s Main
McLean David, blacksmith, res Beaucatcher
McMahon Jas, lab, res the Acre
McRea Jas, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Michael Vincent, cook, res Patton av
Midgett Bannister, res the Acre
Miller John, wks W W McDowell
Miller Henry, whitewasher, res Hill st
Mills Richd, lab, res s limits
Moody Tom, plasterer, res s limits
Mooney Henry, waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Moore G E, wks Bearden, Rankin & Go's tanyard
Moore Lizzie, domestic A D Gooper
Moore Ghas, blacksmith, res Beaucatcher
Moorehead Julia Ann, washerwoman, res Gollege st
Moorehead GoUins, carpenter, res Gollege st
Moorehead Jim, carpenter, res n w of A M Academy
Moorehead Addie, nurse W T Reynolds
Morris Geo, lab, res Academy st
Morris Wm, wks Hampton & Featherston, res Gollege st
Morris Gecilia, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Morris Susan, wid, res Sycamore st
Morris Jim, lab, res yalley st
Morris Louisa, washerwoman, res Patton av
Morris Sophy, res Beaucatcher
Murphy J G, waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Murphy Geo, wks T B Lyman
N
Neal David, rockmason, res nr Gherry st
Newland Isham, R R foreman, res Water st
ASHEVILLE CITY DIKECTORY— Colored.
O'Neal Henry, blacksmith, wks Alfred Greenlee
OLIVER J C, baker and confectioner, Patton av
Oliver Jas, bds J C Oliver
Omaniel Fayette, bricklayer
Opydike Canada, domestic S R Chedester
Patton Mary, washerwoman, res Water st
Patton Sally, cook E S Clayton
Pearson Sylvia, cook A F College
Penland Nellie, washerwoman, res n Main
Penland Philip, lab, res nr n Main
Penland Julia, cook S F Venable
Perkins Plarvey, lab, res Church st
Perkins Alex, wks Weddin's livery
Petty Moses, livery s e of Pub sq, res s Main
Petty Lucretia, cook S Van Gilder
Petty Felix, wks Moses Petty
Phifer Alfred, cook Solomon Burton
Pierson Martha, wid, res Sycamore st
Pinckney Abel, cook Swannanoa Hotel
Price Chas, waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Price Julia, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Porter Victoria, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
Porter Frank, cook, res Eagle st
Powell Robt, lab, res Sycamore
Ragdale Ben, shoemaker
Ragsdale Randall, lab, res Beaucatcher
Rankin Dick, lab, res Valley st
Ray Celia, domestic W A Weddin
Ray Isaac, drayman
56 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored.
Reddick Wm, blacksmith, res nr W N C R R depot
Redmon W R, janitor Asheviile Club-Rooms, s Main
Reed Nancy, wid, res n of A M Academy
Reed Florence, tob stemmer C 11 Barksdale
Roberts Wm, lab, res Water st
Robertson Henry, whitewasher, res the Acre
Robinson Frank, barber, res n of A M Academy
Rogers Dinah, domestic Solomon Burton
Rogers David, wks Hampton & Featherston
8
Sales Wiley, lab, res Valley st
Saxton H C, blacksmith, Water st
Scott Julia, waitress Dr D T Millard
Shepherd Newton, street foreman, res Hill st
Shuford Kate, chambermaid Dr D T Millard
Sigmon Burrill, lab, res White Pine
Silar John, lab, res Eagle st
Sisk Sarah, res Valley st
Singleton Emmanuel, produce stand, n Main
Skinner Robt, blacksmith, res White Pine
Slaughter Andy, lab, res the Acre
Smith Charlotte, washerwoman, res nr s Main
Smith Anna, washerwoman, res nr s Main
Smith Comfort, cook M J Bearden
Smith John, barber s Main, res Beaucatcher
Smith Fred, carpenter, res Willow st
Smith Silas, wks C H Barksdale
Smith Ambrose, lab, res Church st
Smith Robt P, porter Berry & Co
Smith Si, basketmkr, res Hill st
Smith Geo, lab, bds Burt Greenlee
Smith Louisa, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
Smith Charley, lab, res Eagle st
Sowell N W, lab, bds Moses Petty
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored. 57
Speights Harris, wks Asheville W H
Stevens Sam, lab, res Beaucatcher
Stokes Jesse, lab, bds Solomon Burton
Stroud Peter, lab
Summey Wm, waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Tate Wm, wks Weddin's livery
Tate Logan, lab
Taylor Elisha, lab, res Eagle st
Thomas John, waiter Swannanoa Hotel
Thompson Reuben, lab, res Valley st
Thompson John, lab, res Eagle st
Tucker Rhoda, cook S B Erwin
Turner Cal, lab, res Eagle st
Twitty T, wid, res Mountain st
u
Underwood Geo, wks Bearden, Rankin & Go's tanyard
V
Vandiver Daniel, tanner, res Eagle st
w
Wadlington John, wks Banner W H, res the Acre
Warren Wm, engineman Jas Buttrick
Warner Joe, lab, res Eagle st
Walker Amanda, res with Edmond Holt
Waters Allen, office-boy Eagle Hotel
Weaver Laura, cook, res n Main
Weaver Harriet, domestic Dr Gain
Wells Isaac, wks Reynolds' livery
Wells Ella, nurse S F Venable
Wheeler Leah, domestic E Sluder
58 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY— Colored.
Wheeler Alex, lab, res Beaucatcher
Whittaker Mitchell, drayman, res nr A M Academy-
White Hubbard, plasterer, bds P J Goodwine
Whitson Jas, lab, res the Acre
Whitson John, wks Jas G Martin
Wingate J P, school teacher, res Beaucatcher
Williams William, porter C E Graham
Williams Elias, lab, res Doubleday's addition
Williams Clara, wid, res Doubleday's addition
Williams Geo T T, foreman, res the Acre
Williams Silas, lab, res Sycamore st
Williams Jas, lab, res nr A M Academy
Williams Solomon, res Valley st
Williams Louvinia, tob stemmer C H Barksdale
Williams Belle, cook Eagle Hotel
Wilson Isom, shoemkr n Main, res Camp Patton
Wilson Isaac, well-digger, res Beaucatcher
Wilson Laura, cook S H Reed
Wilson Anna, domestic E Sluder
Wilson Jackson, lab, res Beaucatcher
Wilson Jas, lab, res Sycamore
Wilson Wesley, lab, res Sycamore
Wilson Lucy, wid, res nr A M Academy
Wilson Nancy, res Sycamore st
Wood Toby, waiter Dr D T Millard
Wood M L, wks Dr Jno Hey Williams
Wright Harriet, cook Dr Millard
Wright Rev J W, pastor Zion A M E church, res Cherry st
Wynne Rev M W, pastor Nazareth Baptist church, res White
Pine
Youno- Fannie, domestic Swannanoa Hotel
Young Leroy, wks J R Rich
Young Ed, carpenter, res nr A M Academy
ASHEVILLE
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY,
-EMBRACING-
A CLASSIFIED LIST OF ALL PROFESSIONS, TRADES, AND
INDUSTRIES OF THE CITIZENS OF ASHEVILLE,
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
Agricultural Implements.
PENNIMAN & CO., n Main
Van Gilder & Brown, s e cor Pub sq
Architect.
Tennent J A, Best
Attorneys.
ATKINSON NATT, Hazel Hill, w
Asheville
Carter E D, Legal cor
CAETER & CARTER, Legal cor
CARTER H B, Legal cor
Cocke & Jones, w side Pub sq
Craig Locke, office in C H
CUSHMAN WALTER S, res 2J m N W
DAVIDSON & MARTIN, C H
DAVIDSON A T, office in C H
GWYN WALTER B, C H
HENRY & CUMMINGS, s side Pub sq
JOHNSTON & SHUFORD, Johnston
bldg, s w cor Pub sq
LUSK VIRGIL S, office over Van Gil-
der & Brown's
MALONE W H, Malone bldg, n Main
McLOUD & MOORE, Legal cor
MERRIMON EMORY H, Legal cor
PEARSON RICHMOND, Legal cor
REED SAMUEL H, No 1 Legal cor
Sondley F A, Legal cor
WHITSON W R, C H
Bakers.
HALLYBURTON A G, n Main
Johnson F M, n Main
OLIVER J C (col), Patton av
Bank.
BANK OF ASHEVILLE, s Main, cor
Pub sq
Barbers.
Hudgins Hillary (col), Swannanoa Hotel
HUMPHREY JOHNSTON (col), Pul-
liam st
Levi Plum (col). Grand Central Hotel
Martin W H (col). Eagle Hotel
Sniitli John (col), s Main
Surcey J W, s Main
Baths.
Hudgins Hillary, Swannanoa Hotel
Blacksmiths.
Cauble W D, n limits
GREENLEE ALFRED (col), W N C
R R depot
60
ASHEVILLE COMMEECIAL DIRECTOEY.
Gilbert M L, s Main
Ledbetter Campbell (col), Sycamore
McDowell Bros, s limits
Saxton H C (col), Water st
Swink & Goodlake, s Main
WOODY & HATCH, s Main
Billiards.
Eagle Hotel
Acme Billiard and Pool Rooms, Eagle
Hotel
MULLER W O & CO, Patton av
SWAKNANOA HOTEL
Boardiug-Houses.
Chunn A B, Patton av
CoflBn the Misses, Haywood
Fagg J A, cor Bridge and Qrange
Goodlake Mrs E S, s Main
Hunt H C, Valley st
Miller Miss Mary, Grove st
Postell J H, Orange
Slagle House, Patton av, cor Bailey
Trivett S, cor Patton and Roberts avs
Weldon S G, s Main
[Note. — There are many more boarding-
houses in Asheville; above are given the
names only of those whose proprietors
wish their business announced in this book.—
J. P. D.]
Boarding-Houses.
(colored.)
Burton Solomon, Pulliam st
Goodwine P J, cor Pulliam and Water
Booksellers and Stationers.
LYONS H H, w side Pub sq
W^ILLIAMS C M, Eagle-Hotel block
Book and Job Printers.
ASHEVILLE "CITIZEN"
ASHEVILLE "NEWS"
Boot and Shoemakers.
Andrew E W, w side Pub sq
Clayton Lazarus (col), cor s Main and
Eagle
Freck A, cor s Main and Eagle
Gilbert S M, Patton av
Harris Isaac (col), Pulliam st
Irvine Henry (col), Patton ave
LEVY I & CO, n side Pub sq
Wilson Isom (col), n Main
Boots, Shoes, and Hats.
(wholesale.)
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Pub sq
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
GRAHAM C E, n Main
LEVY I & CO, n .side Pub sq
PORTER J A, Main st
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Pub aq
SAWYER JAS P, s 8 cor Pub sq
Boots, Shoes, and Hats.
(retail.)
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
Berry & Co, Patton av
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Sq
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
Hammershlag S, n Main
HOWELL J O, n Main
LEVY I & CO, n side Pub sq
Mears G A, s Main
PORTER J A, Main st
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Pub sq
REDWOOD H & CO, C H sq
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Pub sq
Van Gilder S, s Main
Brick Manufacturers.
Dedrick J C & Co, Valley st
Lyman A J, nr W N C R R depot
Reynolds Daniel L, nr Camp Patton
Sampson & Armstrong, White Pine
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61
Broker.
SLUDER E, n Main
Butchers.
Lusk & Freeman, cor Pub sq and s Main
Noel J, n Main
Patton & Penland, s Main
Osborne A G, n Main
Rich J R, s Main
Carpets.
Hammershslag S, n Main
HILL J J & CO, Court sq
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Sq
REDWOOD H & CO, C H sq
Carriage and Wagon Manfrs
and Dealers.
Gilbert M L, s Main
Van Gilder & Brown, cor s Main and
Pub sq (dealers)
WOODY & HATCH, s Main
China and Glassware.
KEPLER S R, s Main
LAW J H, opp Eagle Hotel
Clothing.
(wholesale.)
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Sq
GRAHAM C E, n Main
LEVY I & CO, n side Sq
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Sq
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Pub sq
Clothing.
(retail.)
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
Berry & Co, Patton av
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Pub sq
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
Hammershlag S, n Main
LEVY I & CO, n side Sq
PORTER J A, Main st
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Sq
REDWOOD H & CO, cor n Main and Sq
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Sq
Van Gilder S, s Main
WHITLOCK S, Eagle-Hotel block
Commission Merchant.
Berry W T, Berry & Co, Patton av
Confectioneries, Fruits, &c.
HALLYBURTON A G, n Main
HESTON J M, Eagle-Hotel block
Johnson F M, n Main
OLIVER J C (col), Patton av
Wingate T C, at P O
Cabinetmakers.
Brand X & Co, cor n Main and Cherry
Finch R G, Haywood
Hildebrand John Jr, 14 m e of C H
Stradley J M, n Main
Contractors and Builders.
BUTTRICK JAS, west end Patton av
Clayton T L, 2 m w of C H
COCKRUM J W
COOKE W H, s Main
GORENFLO & WEST, P O box 54
HUGHES G A, res Roberts av
JACKSON W W, res Bailey
Lynch S S, n Main
Mann Horace, res Hill st
MOORE JAS, res French-Broad av
MURDOCH & COLVIN
McCanless J M, Academy st
Shackelford Bros, s Main
WAGNER JNO A, Woodfin
WESTALL T C & SON, Chestnut
Coopers,
Sorrells L F, s e of Pub sq
Weaver W M, Willow st
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ASHEVILLE COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY.
Dentists.
DOUGLASS B H, s w cor Pub sq
HILDEBRAND G A, office at res, cor
College and White Pine
Reeves R H, n Main
TOPPINGS A J, s Main
WARE A B, n Main
Whitson G W, cor College and Spruce
Doors, Sash, and Blinds.
BETHEL R S, n Main (dlr)
BUTTRICK JAS, west end Patton av
(mnfr)
Clayton T L, 2 m w of C H (mnfr)
HILL J J & CO, C H sq (dlrs)
Dressmakers.
Atkin Mrs S G, s Main
Justice Miss Dinah, at Jas P Sawyer's
store
[Note.— Above are the names only of those
who gave dressmaking as their occupation ;
there are, no douht, many more in Ashe-
ville.-J. P. D.]
Druggists.
CARMICHAEL W C, s Main
DeVault C W, s Main
LYONS H H, w side Sq
PELHAM W E & BRO, No 2 Eagle
Hotel
WISEMAN & MONCURE, s Main
Dry Goods and Notions.
(wholesale.)
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Sq
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
GRAHAM C E, n Main
PORTER J A, Main st
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor C H sq
Dry Goods and Notions.
(retail.)
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
Berry & Co, Patton av
BREVARD J D & CO, west side Sq
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
Hammershlag S, n Main
HOWELL J O, n Main
LEVY I & CO, n side Pub sq
Mears G A, s Main
PORTER J A, Main st
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Sq
REDWOOD H & CO, n side Sq
ROBERTS G M, nr W N C R R depot
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Pub sq
Weaver W T, n side Pub sq
WHITLOCK S, Eagle-Hotel block
Express Go.
Southern, Eagle Hotel
Fertilizers.
Barnard W W, office at Powell & Snider's
Barnett W S, office Central Hotel
PORTER J A, Main st
Florists.
ASHEVILLE GREENHOUSES,
White Oak, opp A F College
PARKER H M, 3 m S E. (See Best P O)
Flouring Mills.
Hazel-Green Mills, R O Patterson, 2 m W
Patton's Mill, Cocke & Roberts, 5 m S E.
(See Best P O)
Van Gilder T I, 2 m N
Foundry and Machine Shop.
GIRDWOOD N W, W N C R R depot
Furniture Dealers.
BETHEL R S, n Main
HILL J J & CO, n side C H sq
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63
Grist Mills.
City Steam Mills, Pierce & Welles, s e
of CH
Hildebrand Jno Jr, li m E
Mclsaacs H, Valley st
Grocers.
(wholesale.)
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Fatten av
PORTER J A, Main st
POWELL & SNIDER, n Main
KANKIN J E & CO, n Main
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor Pub sq
Grocers.
(retail.)
Alexander J M, w side Sq
Bearden, Rankin & Co, s Main
Berry & Co, Patton ay
Boyd D L & Co, n Main
BREVARD J D & CO, w side Pub sq
Burnett J H, n Main
CHEDESTER S R & SON, Patton av
Davis A C, n Main
Goodlake G W, s Main
HALLYBURTON A G, n Main
Hammersblag S, n Main
HESTON J M, Eagle Hotel
HOWELL J O, n Main
Johnson F M, n Main
KEPLER S R, s Main
LEE & CHILDS, n Main
Mears G A, s Main
McDonald & BRANDON, s Main
McDowell Bros, s limits
MURRAY J L, s Main
PORTER J A, Main st
POWELL & SNIDER, n Main
RANKIN J E & CO, n w cor Sq
REDWOOD H & CO, C H sq
ROBERTS G M, W N C R R depot
SAWYER JAS P, s e cor C H sq
Starnes Jesse R, n Main
Starnes Geo H, s Main
Starnes T F, s Main
Teague & Orr, n Main
Ware J F, n Main
Weaver W T, n side Sq
Zachary & Jones, n Main
Grain Dealers.
Boyd D L & Co, n Main
Gun and Locksmith.
Trinks Henry, C H sq
Hardware.
(wholesale and retail.)
PENNIMAN & CO, n Main
Van Gilder & Brown, cor Public sq and
s Main
Harness and Saddle Manfrs.
Alexander J M, w side Public sq
Gilbert S M, Patton av
CAMPBELL & HARKEY, s Main
Hotels.
Central, W P Blair, n Main
CAROLINA HOUSE, A J DODA-
MEAD, n Main
GRAND CENTRAL, S R CHEDES-
TER & SON, Patton av, Water and
Pulliam sts
Eagle, E T Clemmons, s Main, Eagle
and Sycamore sts
SWANNANOA, Dr W H HOWER-
TON, s Main and WiUow
Western, H K Rhea, Pub sq
Ice.
CARMICHAEL W C, s Main
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ASHEVILLE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOEY.
Insurance Agents and Com-
panies.
ASTON EDWARD J, Aston Court, s
Main — representing the
City of London
Commercial Union
Fire Association, of Philadelphia
Georgia Home, of Columbus, Ga
German American, of New York
Hartford, of Hartford
Home, New York
Ins Co of North America
Liverpool and London and Globe
London and Lancashire
Lancashire
North British and Mercantile
Phojnix, of Hartford
Royal
Travelers, Life and Accident, Hart-
ford
Underwriters Agency, New York
BRANCH THOS W, s Main
senting the
Hartford Life and Annuity Co
Valley Mutual Life Association
Rochester German — Fire
Virginia Fire and Marine
Virginia Home — Fire
Phoenix Assurance Co, of London
GWYN WALTER B, C H-represent-
ing the
Agricultural, of Watertown
W S CHILD Jr, C H— representing
the
Lancashire Ins Co
London Assurance Corporation
Scottish Union and National
Western Assurance Co
SMITH THOS S, w side Pub sq— repre-
senting the
Great Eastern Mutual Life, Balti-
more
-repre-
WEST S B— representing the
Life Insurance Co, of Va
Jeweler.
COWAN CANADA, Patton av
Liquors and Wines.
(wholesale.)
HAMPTON & FEATHERSTON, w
side Sq
MULLER W O & CO, Patton av
Liquors and Wines.
(retail.)
DEAVER & CO, n Main, opp P O
Eagle-Hotel Bar
HAMPTON & FEATHERSTON, w
side Sq
Jones & Sorrells, s Main
MULLER W O, s Main
SWANNANOA-HOTEL BAR
Livery.
Eagle Stables, W A Weddin, s Main
EXCELSIOR STABLES, Jas M Ray,
s Main
Reynolds W T, cor Water and Pulliam
SWANNANOA STABLE, B W Morris,
Eagle St
TAYLOR S R, n Main
Lumber Dealers.
Arthur T S Jr, bds Carolina House
BUTTRICK JAS, west end Patton av
Campbell Jas E, res Haywood st
DOUBLEDAY & SCOTT, Patton av
Gilmore J R & Co, office in C H
Marble Yard.
Wolfe W O, e side Pub sq
Merchant Tailor.
SCHARTLE J W, e side Pub sq
ASHEVILLE COMMEECIAL DIEECTOEY.
65
Millinery.
Herndon Mrs H M, s Main
Mann Mrs Horace, s Main
SAWYEE JAS P, Pub sq
WHITLOCK S, s Main
Newsdealers.
LYONS H H, Pub sq
WILLIAMS C M, Eagle Hotel
Newspapers.
ASHEVILLE "CITIZEN," weekly and
semi-weekly, s e cor Pub sq
ASHEVILLE "NEWS," weekly, n
Main
Notaries Public.
ASTON E J, Aston Court, s Main
HEENDON E W, C H
WADDELL D C, Bank of Aslieville
Painters.
Acker "VV H, Pub sq
FITZPATEICK E L, n Main,opp P O
EEVEL A W, res Doubleday's addition
Swicegood L, Willow st
Swink & Brown, s Main
Paints and Oils.
BALLAED & VAN GILDEE, Pub sq
CAEMICHAEL W C, s Main
SAWYEE JAS P, Pub sq
Photographers.
EOBEETSON W T (stereoscopic views)
TAYLOE & FOLSOM, s Main
Physicians.
Burroughs J A, s w cor Pub sq
CAIN D J, at res, s Main
Hale Amie M, at res, Patton av
HAEDY J G, at res, Church st
HILLIAED W L, s Main
Kennedy S D, over Kepler's store
NELSON M L, at res, Woodfin st
NOECOP PEECY T, F E C S, at res.
Grove st
Sunjmey D F, at res. Walnut st
WILLIAMS JNO HEY, s Main
Planing Mills,
BUTTEICK JAS, w end Patton av
Clayton T L, 2 m w of C H
Railroads.
Western North Carolina, from Salisbury
to Paint Eock ; and Ducktown branch
of same, from Asheville to Pigeon
Eiver. Freight and passenger depots
at foot of Patton av, on French-Broad
river
Real Estate Agents.
ASTON EDWAED J, Aston Court, s
Main
ATKINSON NATT, at res. Hazel Hill,
w Asheville
GWYN WALTEE B, office in C H
Jones B M, at Bethel's store
CHILD W S Jr, office in C H
Sewing Machines.
"AMEEICAN" and "DAVIS," J A
Porter, Main st
DOMESTIC, S E Chedester & Son, Pat-
ton av
Singer Mfg Co, n Main, M H Moynihan,
mngr
WHEELEE & WILSON MFG CO, n
Main, J H Herring, mngr
Stoves and Tinware.
(wholesale and retail.)
BALLAED & VAN GILDEE, Pub sq
PENNIMAN & CO, n Main
Silverware.
COWAN CANADA, Patton av
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ASHEVILLE COMMEECIAL DIRECTOEY.
LAW J H, s Main, opp Eagle Hotel
Tanyard.
BEARDEN, RANKIN & CO, n Main
Telegraph Companies.
Asheville and Hendersonville, office
Eagle Hotel
Western Union, office Eagle Hotel
Leaf-Tobacco Dealers.
Barnard W W, Farmers W H
BARKSDALE C H, Walnut
BRANCH THOS W, s Main
CARTER J H, Willow st
CARTER J D, Asheville W H
DRUMMOND J A, Banner W H
France H C & Co, under Asheville W H
France W S, bds H C France
HENDERSON BROS, Walnut st
Jordan J F, bds C E Lee
McCarthy C C, bds Swannanoa Hotel
Norman W F, bds Eagle Hotel
Perrow B M, bds Swannanoa Hotel
Smith W F & Son
Starnes T C, Banner W H
Walker R P & Co, under Farmers W H
Williams J C, bds Dr D T Millard
Yeatman T R, bds J P Yeatman
Tobacco Manufacturers.
(chewing and smoking.)
MOUNTAIN ISLAND MFG CO, cor
Walnut and Water sts
SHELTON, JORDAN & WORTH,
Beaver Dam
(smoking.)
HOLMES E I & CO, Church st
RAY J E, sample-office Pub sq
Tobacco Stripper.
BARKSDALE C H, Walnut st
Tobacco Warehouses.
Asheville, s Main
BANNER, cor Walnut and Water
FARMERS, cor n Main and Walnut
RAY'S, s Main
Tinners.
BALLARD & VAN GILDER, Pub sq
LINDSEY & BRO, Patton av
Parker J H, n Main
Undertaker.
Brand X & Co, cor u Main and Cherry
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY.
City Government.
Mayor — Virgil S Lusk, ofifice cor Pub sq and s Main
Treasurer — F M Miller, office at Penniman & Go's
Chief of Police — H S Harkins
Marshal, and City Tax-Collector — A H Baird
City Engineer — S F Venable
Aldermen— F M Miller, Jno Hey Williams, Thos W Patton, H C
Hunt, Newton Shepherd
Fire Department.
Jas P Sawyer, Fire Marshal
J R Rich, Captain Volunteer Fire Company
Educational.
ASHEVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE,
\ College, Woodfin, and White Oak sts
Faculty — Rev J Atkins Jr, President ; Rev T P Summers, B E
Atkins, C Falk, Misses Laura E McLoud, M Love Branner, Cary
Page, and Mary F Hawley.
J A Branner, Business Supt
ASHEVILLE MALE ACADEMY,
Academy st
S F Venable, Principal ; H L King, Assistant
NEWTON ACADEMY.
G W Snelson, Principal, xyi m s of C H
RAVENSCROFT DIOCESAN TRAINING SCHOOL.
Rev D H Buel, Principal, Church st
PRIVATE SCHOOL.
Miss Mary Sawyer, n Main, opp Woodfin
68 ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY.
Churches.
Baptist — Cor Woodfin and Spruce, Rev John Mitchell, pastor.
Episcopal (Trinity) — Cor Church and Willow, Rev Jarvis Buxton,
rector.
Methodist Episcopal (South) — Church st. Rev G C Rankin, pastor
Methodist Episcopal — Corner Patton av and Bailey st, Rev W M
Bagby, pastor
Presbyterian — Church st, Rev J P Gammon, pastor
Roman Catholic — Valley st. Rev Mark S Gross, pastor
COLORED.
Baptist (Nazareth) — White Pine, Rev M W Wynne, pastor
A M E (Zion)— College st. Rev J W Wright, pastor
Episcopal (Freedman's chapel) — Cor Valley and Sycamore, Rev S V
Berry, missionary
CHURCHES IN VICINITY OF ASHEVILLE.
M E South (Bethesda)— 3^ m E
Methodist Episcopal (South) — 3 m N
Episcopal — 3 m N
Episcopal (Trinity) — 3^ m E
Secret, Benevolent, and other Societies and Associations.
Cyrene Commandery, No. 5. — A J Blair, Eminent Commander;
Jordan Stone, Secretary. Meets first Wednesday night in each
month in hall of Mt Hermon Lodge
Asheville Chapter, R A M. — A J Blair, High Priest; Jordan
Stone, Secretarf. Meets the second Wednesday night in each
month in hall of Mt Hermon Lodge
Mt Hermon Lodge, No 118, A F and A M.— J H Carter, W M;
Saml H Reed, Secretary. Meets the first Friday night in each
month in their hall over W T Weaver's, Pub sq
Swannanoa Lodge, K of H, No 646. — G L McDonald, Dictator ;
Jordan Stone, Secretary. Meets the first and third Monday nights
in each month. Hall in Sluder building, n Main
French-Broad Council, No. 701, R A.— John Hey Williams, Regent ;
ASHEVILLE CITY DIRECTORY. 69
Jordan Stone, Secretary. Meets in the hall of Knights of Honor
on the second and fourth Monday nights in each month
PiSGAH Castle, K G R. — J R Brandon, Commander; JWTrimmier,
Secretary. Meets first Wednesday of each month at hall of Knights
of Honor
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Waldo H Ballard, President ; Henry M Parker, Secretary. Rooms
on Patton av
ASHEVILLE DIVISION SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Officers elected quarterly. Meets every Tuesday night in hall of
Knights of Honor
ASHEVILLE CLUB.
Walter B Gvvyn, President ; Thos W Patton, Secretary and Treasurer.
Rooms over Carmichael's drugstore
BOARD OF TRADE.
Richmond Pearson, President ; J E Rankin and T I Van Gilder, Vice-
Presidents ; Jas P Sawyer, Treasurer ; Jordan Stone, Secretary.
Meets monthly at rooms of Asheville Club.
ASHEVILLE TOBACCO ASSOCIATION.
J H Carter, President ; M I Jordan, Vice-President ; E I Holmes,
Secretary and Treasurer. Meets first Monday in each month.
ASHEVILLE LIGHT INFANTRY.
W T Weaver, Captain ; S Whitlock, First Lieutenant ; Chas A
Mosely, Second Lieutenant.
Armory, third floor of court-house.
ASHEVILLE THESPIAN CLUB.
W R Bearden, President ; W C Ballard, Vice-President ; E E Heston,
Secretary and Treasurer. Rooms, s Main st.
ASHEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FREE READING-ROOM.
Open every day, except Sunday, from 9 a M to 6 p m. Rooms over
De Vault's drugstore, s Main
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Gazetteer of Buncombe County,
CONTAINING A FULL LIST OF CHURCHES, HIGH SCHOOLS,
SOCIETIES, &C. ; THE NAMES OF ALL
MERCHANTS, MECHANICS, MILL-OWNERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND
PROFESSIONAL MEN IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, OUTSIDE OF
ASHEVILLE— ARRANGED BY POST-OFFICES; THE
NAMES OF NEARLY 1,000 FARMERS, GIVING
THE NUMBER OF ACRES OWNED BY
EACH, WITH DISTANCE AND
DIRECTION OF RESIDENCE FROM NEAREST POST-OFFICE.
NOTE.
When no distance is given after a name, it will be understood that the party lives
either immediately at the post-office, or less than one mile distant from same— excepting,
in a few cases, where it was impossible to get the correct location.
The names of county subscribers are in no instance printed in capitals. But few
efforts were made to dispose of books in the county, the publisher relying on selling
most of this edition after publication; in such a case, it would be obviously unfair to
discriminate.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN BUNCOMBE-COUNTY GAZETTEER.
A, acres; col, colored; m, miles; N, north; P M postmaster; S, south; E, east; W, west.
t
ALEXANDER.
Ten miles N by W of Aslieville, on W
N C R R and French-Broad river ; the
village being built on both side.s of the
stream, and connected by a substantial
wooden bridge. Contains a first-rate
hotel, several stores and mechanics'
shops, and from 50 to 75 inhabitants. Is
the point for shipment of the tobacco,
produce, and lumber of a considerable
section. A warehouse for the sale of
leaf tobacco and farming produce is now
in contemplation, and is designed to be
ready for the crop of 1883. Alexander
has long been a celebrated summer
resort, and now, with railroad facilities
and large additions to the already com-
modious hotel, it is certain to become
more popular than ever. A Farmers'
Club and a Literary Society lend addi-
tional attractions to the social pleasures
of the place ; while boating, fishing, and
ten-pin rolling can be indulged in by
the lovers of more active amusements.
Mails daily— S H Liles, P M
Baird R, fancy groceries, produce, and
fertilizers
Blackwell D A, livery
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
71
Blackwell's "White Sulphur Springs, 4 m
W. Daily stages and mails. W L
McDowell, propr
Canby Wm, grist mill
Clontz J C, physician
Gettys J W, blacksmith
Liles S H, depot and express agt
McLellan D J, saw and grist mill, 4J m W
Morrison T S & Co, genl mdse. Nova
Scotia plaster, and guano
Peace Jas, shoemaker
Eeese A P, carpenter and builder
Robertson M W, bds Alexander's Hotel
Rudd Geo, carpenter
Shepherd J H, saw mill, 2 m E
Summer H A, carpenter
Smith B J, propr Alexander's Hotel
Wise Henry,wheeh\Tight and blacksmith
Churches.
French-Broad (union), li m W
French-Broad chapel (union)
Societies.
French-Broad Farmers' Club — N R
Blackwell, Pres ; F R Curtis, Secy and
Treas
French -Broad Literary Society — J C
Baird, Pres; M W Robertson, Secy
and Treas
Mag^istrates.
Peake Geo W
Revis Thos, 3 m N E
Rogers J E
Principal Farmers.
Alexander A M, 1140 A
Allman Lewis, 109 A, 3h m N
Barrett Wm, 45 A, 3 m N
Bassett W P, 100 A, 3 m N
Blackwell D A, 500 A
Brown Wm I, 79 A, 3 m W
Brown C C, 40 A
Euckner J R, 259 A
Clontz John, 110 A, 2i m N
Clontz Ged, 120 A, 2\ m N
Cole W O, 93 A, 4 m N E
Coleman Isaac (col), 157 A, 1 m E
Curtis F R, 500 A
Candler C G, 150 A, 4 m W
Embler F E, 109 A, 2 m S
Ensley Alfred, 75 A, 3 m S
Garrison W C, 275 A, 2 m N
Gwaltney J A, 300 A, 2 m S
Hughey J P, 94 A, 3 m N
Hunter R A, 350 A, 2A m N
Hunter W C, 42 A, 5 m N E
Hunter W H, 284 A, 21 m N
Ingram W T, 55 A, 2* m N
Martin A H, 97 A, 1| m E
Martin W Erwin, 128 A, 3J m W
Miles John, 120 A, 1 m w"
Paris Wm F, 88 A, 2 m W
Paris David, 130 A, 2 m S
Rector J P, 43 A, 3 m N
Revis Thos, 155 A, 3 m N E
Roberts J M F, 121 A, IJ m S
Rogers B F, 130 A, 2 m S
Rogers J N W, 114 A, 2i m S
Shepherd Henry, 1156 A, 3 m N E
Sluder Merritt, 161 A, 3 m S W
Sluder W J, 128 A, 3mS
Sluder Geo M, 26 A, 2 m W
Smith B J, 76 A
Sprouse Elias, 76 A, 1 m E
Sprouse E L, 127 A, 1} m E
Sprouse John, 160 A, 1 m N
Sprouse Y A, 109 A, IJ m N
Waggoner W M, 100 A, 2 J m E
White R W, 92 A, 5 m n"
White G M, 400 A, 5 m N E
White W H, 126 A, 3 m N
Woodson T S, 185 A, 3 m N
ALTO.
A farmers post-office, on S Turkey
creek, 15 m N W of Asheville. Stock-
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
raising is the principal industry of the
surrounding community. Alexander is
the nearest shipping point.
Mails weekly from Leicester — D B
Ford, P M
Rogers P A, grist mill, Ih m W
Trij^ett Elias, blacksmith, 1 m E
Churches.
Reynolds' chapel (M E South), 1 m E
Methodist Episcopal, 1 m S
Principal Farmers.
Culbertson M L, 116 A, 1 m E
Ford D B, 2iS A
Gillaspie J F, IGO A, 1 m E
Robertson RDF, 525 A
Robertson W L, 587 A
Swain AE, 195 A,lJmSW
Triplett T S, 229 A, 1 m E
ARDEN.
An incorporated village of about 100
inhabitants, on the proposed line of the
S and A R R, which is graded from this
place to Asheville Junction. The stage-
road between Aslieville and Henderson-
ville also passes through the village ; the
former town being 10 miles N and the
latter 11 miles S. Asheville Junction,
8 miles N, is the nearest shipping point.
Mails daily by stage — T L Rickman,
Mayor and P M
Arden-Park Hotel, Rev T A Morris,
propr, h m N
Clayton Robt, grist mill and blacksmith
shop, 2i m N W
Carland F B, shoemaker
Frady Silas, gunsmith, 2 m N E
Ford J M, carpenter, 2 m N
Fisher Squire, flouring mill, li m N W
Green Wm, blacksmith
Hill Wm (col), brickyard
Lance Bros, genl mdse, Ij m N W
Lance F A, saw mill, 2 m S W
Lance F A, magistrate, 2 m W
Pinner A W, carpenter, 1 m E
Rickman T L, genl mdse
Rickman Jolin, carpenter
Washington Amos (col), blacksmith
West .J T, carpenter
Churches.
Arden (Baptist) (col)
Mt Zion (Methodist), 2 m N
Principal Farmers.
Beale C W, 350 A, Arden Park
Brown W J, 500 A, 2 m N
Fisher Squire, 106 A, 1 J m N W
Frady N L, 184 A, 3 m N
Glenn E R, 132 A, 3 m N
Glenn R B, 74 A, 3 m N
Johnston T F, 50 A, IJ m N W
Johnston J V, 92 A, 3 m N W
Johnston W F, 250 A, 3 m North
Lance F A, 350 A, 3h m W
Lance J A, 350 A, ^ m W
Pinner Ben, 107 A, 2J m W
Powers W R, 180 A, 1 m N W
Rice Marion, 303 A, 3 m N W
Robertson J H, 490 A, 1^ m N
Robertson A, 1312 A, 2 m E
Robinson Thos, 150 A, 2 m E
Shuford M L, 259 A
Stroup Silas, 250 A
Sumner S L, 108 A, 2 m N W
Simmer J B, 150 A
Willis D S R, 90 A, 2J m W
Willis T L, 75 A
Asheville Farmers.
[Note. — In all eases the distance and direc-
tion is from the court-house square.]
Aiken J W, 421 A, 5 m N
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
73
Baird E, 300 A, 3^ m N
Keenan Hugh, 250 A, 2 ra N E
Baird J S T, 240 A, 4 m N
Killian C M, 260 A, 3 m N E
Baird I V, 206 A, 3 m N
Kimberley T M, 225 A, 3 m N
Baird Zeb, 280 A
Lange J H, 560 A
Ballard G W, 880 A
Lance P L, 90 A
Barnard J H, 100 A
Lindsey G W, 88 A, 3 m E
Barnard H E, 58 A, 1 ni N
Lusk Virgil S, 100,000 A
Bell J M, 104 A
Lyman T B, 170 A
Brookshire Jas M, 115 A
Martin Jas G, 286 A
Brookshire Jno A, 57 A
McCape E L, 450 A, 7 m E
Brand X, 400 A
McDowell W W, 175 A
Bryson J W, 78 A
McLoud C M, 180 A
Burnett J S, 70 A, 2 m N
Murphy Jno H, 200 A, 3 m S E
Buttrick Jas, 120 A
Orr Mrs M M, 200 A, 5 m S W
Chambers N T, 750 A
Orr Mrs S L, 150 A, 5 m S W
Cheesborough John, 5000 A, 3J m S E
Owenby Robt, 92 A
Clark J A, 100 A
Patton Mrs H K, 205 A
Connally J K, 1^ m S W
Penland J A, 116 A
Cocke W M Jr, 332 A
Pehland W H, 326 A
Cooper AD, 112 A
Pearson Richmond, 574 A, Richmond
Cordell Alsey, 150 A, U m E
Hill, 3 m N W
Cordell D L, 200 A, 4J m E
Reynolds Mrs S A, 140 A, 3 m N
Cowan Canada, 360 A
Reynolds W T, 242 A
Cusbman Walter S, 146 A, 2 J m N W
Rossell W H, 200 A, 2 m S
Corpening W G, 125 A
Reed Jas E, 775 A
Davis G W, 76 A
Sigglekow A W, 100 A, 5 m S W
Davis Asbury, 225 A, 6 m S W
Shelton S C, 150 A, U m N E
Falls of the Neuse Mfg Co, Sulphur
Sluder E, 1500 A
Springs, 967 A, 4 m W
Smith H B, 171 A, 2 m N
Fagg M J, 2000 A
Smith L H, 151 A
Franks Jas, 154 A, 3| m E
Smith W Marion, 182 A, 5 m W
Garrett A, 179 A, li m S W
Smith D V, 205 A, 4 m N
Greenlee Alfred (col), 190 A
Sondley Mrs H E, 385 A
Hardy Dr J G, 112 A
Starnes J H, 123 A
Hawley Mrs J E, 130 A
Stradley Rev Thos, 740 A, 5 m N
Hildebrand Mrs M A, 145 A, 2 m E
Stradley Joseph H, 350 A, 4| m N
Billiard Dr W L, 145 A
Tennent Mrs M J, 216 A, 6 m S W
Howell J L, 572 A, 2h m N
Vance R B, 750 A, 5 m N
Israel W A, 156 A
Van Gilder T I, 100 A
Johnston R B, 10,000 A
Way Mrs M H, 230 A, 3 m N
Johnston Thos D, 210 A
Wilson John W, 73 A
Jones J M, 157 A, 4 m S W
Webb Jas A, 250 A
Jones J A, 43 A, 5 m N
Whitson G W, 250 A, 6 m S E
Jones Stephen, 850 A
Young W R, 180 A
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
AVERY'S CREEK.
Farmers post-office on creek of same
name, 10 miles S W of Asheville. The
principal crops cultivated in this section
are corn, wheat, oats, and potatoes. Ashe-
ville Junction, Best F O, 8 m N E, is the
nearest shipping point.
Mails tri-weekly from Asheville by
horseback — Joel Ingram, P M
Cockrum Moses, saw and grist mill, 2 mW
Collins Tom, blacksmith
Ducker Wm, lawyer, 3 m W
Graham Milas (col), blacksmith, 3 m "\V
Glencoe Mills, saw, grist, and furniture
mfg, L M Hatch, propr, 4 m N W
Ledbetter Z T, genl mdse
Church.
Avery's Creek (union)
Magistrates.
Israel P J, 1 m S
Ledbetter R, 1 m N
Principal Farmers.
Bird T J, 126 A, 6 m N E
Cockrum Moses, 660 A, 2 m W
Cole Joel, 79 A, IJ m S
Creasman Wm, 125 A, 4 m N
Creasman N B, 60 A, 5 m N
Graham M W, 92 A, 2 m E
Glenn M S, 623 A, 3 m N
Israel P J, 238 A, 1 m S
Jones Thos, 563 A, 5 m N
Jones Russell, 225 A, 4J m N E
Lance M K, 178 A, 3 m W
Lance J R, 242 A, 3 m W
Ledbetter Richd, 480 A, 1 m N
Ledbetter Z T, 125 A
Ledbetter C W, 125 A, 1^ m S
Morris Wm, 500 A, 6 m N
Shipman W P, 239 A, 2^ m N
►Springs W T, 100 A, 4i m N E
Walker J W, 281 A, 3 m W
BARNARDSVILLE.
A farmers post-office on Big Ivy creek,
20 m N E of Asheville. Wheat, corn,
oats, and tobacco are cultivated in the
surrounding country, but the latter crop
leads all others. Alexander, 15 m dis-
tant, is the nearest shipping point
Mails semi-weekly— J D Barnard, P M
Barnard J D, mill and tanyard
Roberts J H & Co, genl mdse
Churches.
Big Ivy (M E South)
Big Ivy (Baptist)
Principal Farmers.
Anders Jno G, 200 A, 1 m S
Anderson A G, 800 A
Barnard J D, 223 A
Brigman Joel, 1350 A, 3 m S
Burlison J M, 225 A, 2 m S E
Burlison A J, 120 A, 5 m E
Burlison Jas W^ 300 A, 2 m E
Burlison J E, 125 A, 2 m E
Burlison A, 60 A, 2 m E
Burlison A W, 50 A, 2 m E
Buckner N T, 150 A, 2 m S
Carson N F, 75 A, 2 m E
Carter Jno H, 500 A, 1 J m S
Cole J R, 116 A, 1 m E
Cole G W, 292 A, 2 m N E
Cole A J, 442 A, 2 m E
Dewees Mrs Eliza, 325 A, 2 m N E
Dillingham T J, 716 A, 5 m E
Dillingham A B, 3000 A, 2 m E
Dillingham E F, 1325 A, 4 m E
Dillingham A G, 655 A, 4 m E
Dillingham W G, 1246 A, 5 m E
Harrall Martin, 748 A, 6 ra E
Hensley Jas A, 450 A, 6 m E
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
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Hurst W H, 2290 A, 2^ m N E
Hurst Jno M, 485 A, 1 m S
Hurst J E, 140 A, 1 ni S W
Hurst J C, 1200 A, 2^ m N E
Plyder W D, 70 A, 1 m N
Ingle A E, 200 A
Ingle A Erwin, 250 A, 3 m S
Liltlejolin E F, 200 A, 3 m N E
Maney J J, 665 A
McKinney J H, 50 A
Russell Mrs Jane, 387 A
Whittimore Martin, 450 A, 1 m N
Whittimore C C, 250 A, 2 m N
Williams S F, 500 A, 2i m S
Williams C F, 100 A
BEST.
Called Asheville Junction by the R R
Co and Swannanoa Bridge by nearly
everybody else, but Best by the Post-
Office Department. A station on West-
ern North Carolina R R, at the pro-
posed junction of tlie Spartanburg and
Asheville R R, 2 m S of Asheville
C H. Is the shipping point for a con-
siderable region to the S, S E and S W.
Extensive improvements in the shape
of new buildings, and the filling up of
Blowgun Gulch, long a dangerous pitfall
for the inebriated pilgrim — have lately
been originated. The Swannanoa here
runs through wide and fertile bottoms,
upon which almost any crop can be
grown with profit. The Post-Ofiice pays
more than any other in the county,
Asheville excepted
Mails daily— T M Porter, P M
Alexander B J, grist and saw mills, 3 m
SW
Alexander W J, grist and saw mills, 4i m
S W
Currie J H, division master W N C R R
Cocke & Roberts, flouring mill, 3 m E
Davison J P, publisher "Asheville City
Directory and Buncombe Co Gazet-
teer," res 18,231 Hash av
Neal T D, plasterer
Neal J R, plasterer
Pressley Jas, blacksmith
Parker H M, florist and market garden-
er, 1 m E
Patton H C, elks T M Porter
Penland N A, carpenter, 2 m S
Porter T M, genl mdse and livery
Reed Joseph, genl mdse, saw and grist
mill
Sales W C, saw and grist mill, 4 m E
Sigmon A Y, lumberyard
Smith A M, section master W N C. R R
Smith Mrs M A, hotel
Stevens D M, saw and grist mill, 3 ra S
Swannanoa Dairy, 1 m W
Tennent J A, architect and civil engineer
Tennent G B, summer boarding. Antler
Hall, 2^ m W
Webb Cha<, depot agent W N C R R, res
211 Hash av
West Alex, carpenter, 2 m S E
Whitson G W, saw and grist mills, 3 m E
Wilson J C, plasterer
Worley Geo W, carpenter, 3 m S E
Churches.
Gashes Creek (union), 3 m E
Shiloh (A M E), UmS
Swannanoa Hill (Baptist), 2 m S W
West's Meeting House (M E South), 2^
mSE
Magistrate.
Penland N A, 2 m S
Principal Farmers.
x\.lexander B J, 307 A, 3 m S W
Alexander W J, 400 A, 4 m S W
Bailey J N, 81 A, lA m S
Brookshire Mrs Mary, 30 A, 2 m E
Brookshire Thos J, 68 A, 2\ m E
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Cheesborough W P, 105 A
Cordell J H, 158 A, 5 m S E
Creasman L, 97 A, 1 m S
Davidson J C, 300 A, IJ m S E
Davis T K, 50 A, 1 m S
McDowell Mrs Julia A, 75 A, 1 m S
Patton T T, 128 A, 2 m E
Patton F P, 715 A, res 11 m S'
Parker H M, 40 A, 1 m E
Penland Harvey H, 113 A, 2i m S E
Penland N A, 190 A, 2 m S
Eandall F, 90 A
Reed Joseph, 1250 A
Reed M L, 470 A, 2^ m E
Reed T J, 100 A
Roberts Thos T, 150 A, 2 m S E
Sales Mrs Margaret, 250 A, 5 m S E
Sales W B, 44 A, 3J m E
Sales W H, 455 A, 5 m E
Sales Theo, 112 A, 3 m E
Smith Moses, 140 A, 4^ m E
Sievens R M, 254 A, 2 m E
Stevens Mrs Nancy, 126 A, 2 m S
Stevens D M, 117 A, 3 m S
Stevens F M, 384 A, 4 m S
Stevens T N, 275 A
Tennent Mrs E H, 120 A, 2^ m W
Weaver Dr J B, 224 A, 1 m E
West Geo W, 550 A, 2 m W
West Alex, 210 A, 2 m S E
Williams Robt, 300 A, 3 ra S E
Wilson T F, 440 A, U m S E
Worley G W, 114 A, 3 m S E
Worley R F, 325 A, 3 m E
Worley W C, 170 A, 3J m E
BLACK-MOUNTAIN
TION.
STA-
A station on W N C R R, 18 m
E of Asheville. Surrounded by a small
area of fine bottom lands, drained by the
waters of Flat creek. Is a point for the
shipment of considerable lumber.
Mails daily— J M Stepp, P M
Aldrich L S, engineer W N C R R
Bobbitt Jno W, depot and express agt
Brown T K, flouring mill, 1 m S W
Burnett M L, saw and grist mill, 4 m N
Burnett W H, hotel
Daugherty S F, genl mdse and boarding
Daugherty J W, grist mill
Daugherty J W, carpenter
Daugherty Nelson (col), blksmith, 1 m W
Kerlee C P, blacksmith
Kerlee E B & E R, carpenters
Kerlee Mrs L J, boarding
Knupp Wiley, carpenter
McKoy J M, genl mdse and boarding
Rymer T B, carjienter
Watkins J M, carpenter
Churches.
Tabernacle (M E South), Rev S S Weth-
erly, pastor, 2^ m W
North Fork (Baptist), Rev T K Brown,
pastor, 4 m N W
Magistrates.
Daugherty J W
McNair Jas, 1 m S
Stepp John, 1 m W
Principal Farmers.
Burnett M L, 300 A, 4 m N
Burnett Mrs Ann, 120 A, 4 m N W
Burnett T L, 191 A, 4 m N
Daugherty Lemuel, 543 A, li m S
Daugherty L L, 107 A, 1 m W
Daugherty S F, 260 A
Fortune Geo M, 219 "A, 2^ m S W
Fortune Thos A, 200 A, 3 m W
Goodson W E, 270 A, 2-1 m S E
Gragg W A Jr, 180 A, 3 m N
Gragg Allen, 50 A, 2 m W
Hamby A B, 130 A, 2 m W
Hemphill Mrs Lou, 150 A, 1 m W
Jones M, 112 A, 2 m W
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Kelly Wm, 230 A, 2 m N
Kerlee L J, 154 A
Kerlee E B & E E, 811 A
Lytle Geo L, 182 A, 2 m W
Lytle T L, 186 A, 2 m W
McNair Jas, 494 A, 1 m S
Mitchell S W, 167 A, 2i m W
Morris A F, 100 A, 2J m W
Padgett Jas M, 135 A, li m N E
Porter Mrs S M, 65 A, 3 m W
Stepp Mrs I A, 228 A, 4 m W
Stepp John, 880 A, 1 m W
Stepp J M, 285 A
Stepp A H, 250 A, IJ m N
Walker J H, 150 A, 3 m N
Walker J W, 125 A, IJ m N W
Walker Jas W Sr, 150 A, 4 m N
Watkins J M, 68 A
BUSBEE.
A farmers post-office, 7 m S of Ashe-
ville, on Heudersonville stage road, and
near the proposed line of S & A R E.
Wheat, rye, and corn are the principal
productions of the vicinity. On Squire
Murray's farm are found three distinct
varieties of mineral waters — chalybeate,
yellow sulphur, and a mixture of both.
Asheville Junction (Best P O), 5 m N, is
the nearest shipping point
Mails daily by stage— W R Murray P M
Churches.
New Salem (Baptist), 1 m S
Mt Zion (Methodist), 1 m W
Magistrates.
Eice J S, 3 m W
Johnston F M, 3J m W
Principal Farmers.
Bell G W, 150 A, 1 m S
Brown Burton, 160 A, li m N W
Bro^vn Nathan, 148 A, li m N W
Case A E, 105 A, 1^ m S
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Hampton C E, 147 A, 2 m S W
Lance M A, 125 A, 1 m S W
Merrill A, 552 A, 3 m N E
Merrill D, 820 A, 2 m E
Murray W E, 551 A
Murray S L, 100 A, 2^ m N
Murray U D, 50 A, 1 m N
Pinner Miss A, 233 A, 1 m S E
Pinner Leander, 1246 A, li m N E
Pinner Mrs Martha, 370 A, L] m N E
Pinner Monroe, 50 A, 1^ m E
Pressly W H, 122 A, 2 m W
Shroat P J, 206 A, 2^ m S E
Sumner J H, 125 A, 2 m N W
COOPER'S.
A station on W N C E E, 13 m E
of Asheville, close to Swannanoa river,
in the centre of a rich farming district ;
is the shipping point for a large sec-
tion of country. Contains a hotel, three
stores, several mechanics' shops, &c
Mails daily— Mrs A L Gladwell, P M
Clift Chas, physician, IJ m E
Cooper A D (Asheville), saw and grist
mill
Coggins J W, saw rnill, 5 m N
Denny J H, blacksmith
Daugherty Tom (col), blacksmith
Gladwell Mrs A L, genl mdse and hotel
Maynard John M, carpenter
Melton Berry, saw and grist mill
Muller W O (Asheville), distillery, 1 m
SE
Patterson R H, carpenter, 1 m N
Patton John M, carpenter, 2 m N W
Porter W Y, genl mdse
White J R & J J, carpenters
Wilson W H, genl mdse
Wilson R I, physician
Magistrates.
Patterson R H, 1 m N
Mitchell S W
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Churches.
Cooper's (Baptist)
Pine Grove (Presbyterian), Rev J P
Gammon, pastor, IJ m N W
Principal Farmers.
Alexander G N Jr, 421 A, 1 m E
Alexander J H, 100 A
Coggins J W, 1031 A, 5 m N
Davidson S W Jr, 174 A, 1 m N
Davidson S W Sr, 192 A, 1 m N W
Davidson J H, 80 A, IJ m N W
Davidson W F Jr, 80 A, U m N W
Hemphill W Mc, 872 A
Hemphill W C, 500 A
Patton Jas L Sr, 500 A, 1 ra N
Patton J M, 193 A, 2 m N W
Polk Thos J, 100 A
Porter W Y, 85 A
Smith Murray, 180 A
Sorrell M W, 215 A
Wilson R I, 425 A
Wilson J M, 300 A, 1 m E
White T L, 95 A, 1 m E
DEMOCRAT.
Farmers post-office 18 m N E of Ashe-
ville, on the Burnsville road. Wheat
corn, and tobacco are extensively culti-
vated in the neighborhood, but tobacco
is the leading crop ; as, indeed, it is of
this entire section of the county. Alex-
ander, 14 m distant, is the nearest ship
ping point
Mails daily from Asheville and Burns-
ville — Jno A Carter, P M
Carter's Mills, saw and grist, 1 m S E
Woodward Jas H, genl mdse, 1 m S E
Churches.
Pleasant Gap (Methodist Protestant), 1
mN
Antioch (Baptist), 1 m S
Principal Farmers.
Buckner J A Jr, 190 A, 1 m S
Carson M H, 90 A
Carter J S, 420 A, 1 m S E
Carter D W, 312 A, 1 m S
Carter Mrs Elvira, 290 A, 1 m S
Carter S P, 912 A
Carter Z J, 514 A, 1 m S
Carter Jno A, 1000 A
Dula Rev T M, 92 A, 1 m S
Forrester M O, 120 A, 1 m S E
Garrison T J, 560 A, 2 m S
Greenwood W, 1373 A, 1 m S
McKinney C W, 70 A, 1 m S W
McLean B J S, 188 A
Metcalf Q S, 130 A, 1 m S
Woodward J H, 98 A, 1 m S E
FAIRVIEW.
A farmers post-office in the beautiful
and fertile valley of Cane creek, 12 m
S E of Asheville, on the Rutherfordton
road. Asheville Junction (Best), 10 m
N E, is the nearest shipping point
Mails tri-weekly — Jason Ashworth,P M
Ashworth Jason, genl mdse
Callahan J H, cabinetmkr
Cooper R W, physician, 1 m W
Dalton Jas, blacksmith
Jay Mrs M J, grist and saw mill, 2 m W
.Jones Mrs M J, flour, grist, and saw mills
Merrill Saml, genl mdse
Miller J, grist and saw mill, 3 m N
Mitchell J W, saw mill, 2 m N
Pinkerton A H, saw mill, 3 m N
Sherrill Mrs, hotel, Hickorynut Gap, 3
mSW
Stroup W H, saw mill, 2^^ m W
Whittaker D F, saw and grist mill, 3J
SW
Magistrates.
Lanning L A, 3 m N W
Young T J, 3 m S W
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GAZETTEEK OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
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Churches.
Cane Creek (Baptist), Eev J M Hilliard,
pastor
Concord (Baptist), 5 m W
Dry Pond (Baptist), (col), 4 m W
Methodist (col), 4 m W
Tweed's chapel (M E South), Eev S S
Wetherley, pastor, 4J m S W
Sharon (M E South), Eev S S Wetherley,
pastor, li m W
Principal Farmers.
Alexander Jno B, 225 A, 1 m S W
Ashworth Johnson, 355 A
Ashworth Jason, 408 A
Ashworth Eufus, 110 A, 1 m E
Brank Eobt W, 500 A, 3 m S
Casey Henry, 928 A, 2^ m E
Clayton Eobt C, 125 A, 2^- m W
Clayton E, 70 A, 3 m N E
Cooper Alex, 361 A, 2 m W
Cooper Adam J, 175 A, 1 m W
Cooper Dr E W, 57 A, 1 m W
Ear wood Thos Sr, 1050 A, 4 m N W
Freeman Jerome B, 107 A
Garren Eiley, 258 A, 31 m S W
Garren Jesse, 196 A, 3 m E
Grant Henry, 229 A
Harper Peter, 196 A
Hambey Mrs L L, 188 A, 2 m N W
Jenkins Mrs Naomi, 150 A, 3 m W
Jenkins Julius L, 132 A, 3 m W
Jenkins Henry, 335 A, 2 m N W
Jones Mrs Mary J, 154 A
Lanning Jas, 135 A
Lanning J M, 312 A
Lynch Geo W, 371 A, 2 ra S E
Lytle Alberto, 710 A, 5 m S W
Lytle Littleton, 375 A, 2| m W
Merrill Saml, 165 A
Merrill Wm A, 150 A, 1 m E
Merrill Jno Mc, 141 A, 1^ m S
Miller Thos J, 1060 A, 2 m N W
MitcheU Jno C, 124 A, 1 m N
McBrayer Jno F, 260 A, 2i m E
Nesbitt Thos L, 575 A, 4 m N
Owenby Oliver D, 325 A, 2 m W
Patton Aaron F, 154 A, 3 m S
Pinkerton Jas, 1014 A, 3 m N
Pinkerton Alf H, 400 A, 2 m N
Eedmond Thos B, 240 A, 2 m N W
Eeed Mrs Mary, 462 A, 2 m E
Eight Eobt P, 355 A, 5i m N E
Eight Jno E, 235 A, 4 m N W
Sherrill John J, 130 A, 2 m E
Sherrill Jas B, 424 A, 3 m S E
Smart Thos L, 240 A, 1 m N W
Spivey Ben F, 439 A, 4 m N W
Toms Jas F, 628 A, 2 m S E
Trantham Jas, 231 A, 2 m N W
Whittaker Mrs Margaret, 200 A, 1^ m
NE
Whittaker Henry, 900 A, 1§ m N
Whittaker David F, 234 A, 4 m S W
Williams Sarah, 416 A, 3 m S
Williams Jesse, 60 A, 3 m S W
Young Mrs Eebecca, 207 A, 3J m S W
FLAT CREEK.
A farmers post-office, on creek of same
name, 11 m N of Asheville, on Burns-
ville road. Wheat, corn, oats, and to-
bacco are cultivated extensively in the
neighborhood. Alexander is the nearest
shipping point, 6 m distant
Mails daily— J E Brigman, P M
Anderson , blacksmith
Brigman Solomon, genl mdse and tanyard
Filer J C, blacksmith
Eller W C, magistrate
Watson S A, physician
Church.
Flat Creek (Baptist)
Principal Farmers.
Brank A M, 425 A, li m E
Chambers AV K, 392 A, 2 m E
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Cole M C, 250 A, 3 m E
Cole J M, 87 A, 2^ in E
Eller J C, 163 A
Eller J P, 202 A, 1 m W
Eller W C, 117 A
Fox J J, 154 A, 3 m N W
Fox J D, 79 A, 3 m N
Garrison W J M, 93 A, IJ m N
Garrison J W, 56 A, 1^ m N
Gentry J R, 46 A, 1 m W
Penland B F, 150 A
Penland T B, 75 A, 1 m W
Pickens R H, 127 A, 3 m N W
Ramsey Mrs Rena, 190 A, IJ m N E
Roberts Mrs Mary E, 157 A, IJ m W
Roberts H C, 120 A, 1 m E
Roberts J H, 158 A, IJ m W
Roberts W S, 215 A, 1 m E
FOXVILLE.
A farmers post-office on S fork of
Reems' creek, 12 m N E of Aslieville
Mails semi-weekly by liorseback from
Asheville— E M Jones, P M
Church-
South Fork
Principal Farmers.
Ballard David, 250 A
Ballard Jno H, 125 A
Jones E M, 180 A
GRANTVILLE.
A farmers post-office, 15 m N of
Asheville, at Forks of Ivy. Tobacco
and wheat are the leading crops raised
in the vicinity
Mails semi-weekly from Marshall,
Madison co, 10 m distant, the nearest
shipping point — A L Logan, P M
Buckner B F, genl mdse, blacksmith and
wagon shop
Deaver W H, flour, saw, and grist mills
Church.
Forks of Ivy (Baptist)
Principal Farmers.
Beachboard Jas, 51 A, 1 m S
Buckner B F, 100 A, 1^ m S
Davis W M, 61 A, 1 m S
Logan A L, 413 A
Sams L W, 250 A, 1 m S W
HAREINS.
A "catch" office on Ducktown Branch
of W N C R R, 6.] m W by S of Ashe-
ville. Situated on Ragsdale creek, a
branch of Hominy, in the centre of an
industrious farming community
Mails daily— T J Harkins, P M
Gudger David, physician, 2 m S
Harkins T J, carpenter
Hawkins Joseph, wagon shop
Norman S S, magistrate
Stevens S N, flouring mills, 2 m S E
Church.
Sand Hill (Presbyterian), 1 m S
Principal Farmers.
Candler T J, 270 A
Harkins T J, 83 A
Henry Mrs C C, 601 A
Hyatt Mrs M L, 150 A, 1^ m N
Jones Mrs M E, 127 A, 1 m N W
Lorick M C, 76 A
Nichols Jas, 81 A, 2 m S
Starnes A H, 280 A, 2 m N
Starnes J R, 210 A, 2 m N
Starnes C N, 154 A, 2 m N
Stevens S N, 220 A, 2 m S E
HIGH ENOB.
A farmers post-office on Turkey creek,
11 m N W of Asheville. In the sur-
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
81
rounding neigliborhood tobacco planting
is extensively pursued, and wheat, corn,
and oats are also cultivated to a consid-
erable extent. Alexander, 6 m E, is the
nearest shipping point
Mails semi-weekly from Marshall,
Madison co, by horseback — Miss M E
Hawkins, P M
Gudger A M, saw and grist mills, 1 m N
Ingle J P, carpenter
Ingle A M, carpenter
Teague & Hawkins, genl mdse, 1 m N
Churches.
Turkey Creek (Baptist), 1 m N
Penland's chapel (M E South), 1^1 m N W
Principal Farmers.
Filmot L D, 144 A, U m W
Hawkins T N, 165 A
Hawkins Ben J, 137 A
Hawkins J C, 167 A
Hawkins A B, 172 A
Hawkins Eobt, 155 A
HOMINY CREEK.
A station on Ducktown Branch of W
N C E R, 10 m W by S from Asheville,
on creek of same name. Is a place of
great resort for summer tourists, who
find here the very spot in which to re-
cuperate from the turmoil of city and
business life. Mt Pisgah, towering to an
altitude of nearly 6,000 ft, is a striking
object in the landscape ; the summit being
12 m S W from here
Hominy Creek contains a good hotel,
a store, a mill and tanyard, several me-
chanics' shops, &c. Is the principal
trading and shipping point for a large
section of fine farming country; the
leading crops cultivated being wheat,
corn, potatoes, and fruits ; stock raising
to a considerable extent is also indus-
triously pursued
Mails daily— J M Thrash, P M and
depot agent
Boyd Wilson, steam saw mill, 2^ m S
Candler W G, saw mill, 1 m W
Cathey J L, shoemkr, 4 m N W
Courtney J H, shoemkr, 1 m N E
Dryman & Netherton, saw mill, 5 m S
Herren H L, nursery, 4 m N
Jones R L, grist and saw mill, IJ m E
.Justice G B, wagonmkr, 1 m W
Justice & Co, saw mill, 3 m S W
Lindsey N F & Son, blacksmiths
Luther Solomon, hotel
Merrill A J, genl mdse, 1 m W
Sharp Elijah, grist and saw mill, 2 m N
Thrash J M & Co, genl mdse, flouring
mill, and tanyard
Thrash G H, physician, 1 m E
Thrash A B, nursery, 1^ m N E
Warren J M, saw mill, 6 ra S W
Warren R P, chairmkr, 1 m W
Warren Uriah, chairmkr, 3 m W
Warren Andrew, saw and grist mill, 4 m
SW
Young W H, painter, 2 m W
Churches.
Hice Hill (union), 2 m N
Hominy (Baptist), Rev W W Wells,
pastor, 2 m W
Montmorency (M E South), Rev W D
Akers, pastor, 1 m W
Pisgah (M E South), Rev W D Akers,
pastor, 6 m S W
Snow Hill (M E South), Rev W D Akers,
pastor, 3 m N
Stony Fork (Baptist), Rev E J Morgan,
pastor, 8 m S W
Trull's chapel (M E), 4 m N W
Zion (A M E), 2 m N E
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Magistrates.
Cole W V, 4 m N
Green W H, 2 m S W
Howell G W, 4 m S W
Morgan Jesse AV, H m S
Penley W D, 2 m N
Principal Farmers.
Alexander H N, 100 A, 4 m E
Boyd Wilson, 50 A, 6 m S W
Ballard T A, 400 A, 6 m S W
Brooks Chas, 500 A, 3 m N
Brooks Mrs Elizabeth, 175 A, 3 m S W
Brooks David, 115 A, 2 m N
Brittain T D, 352 A, 3J m S E
Candler W G, 1250 A, 1 m W
Clark W F, 112 A, 2^ m S W
Clark W P, 85 A, 1 m N W
Cathey J L, 145 A, 4 m N W
Cole J J, 150 A, 4 m N
Cole E C, 315 A, 4 m N
Crowell W W, 455 A, 2J m S E
Culbertson W H Sr, 45 A, 4 m N
Culbertson W H Jr, 100 A, 4 m N
Curtis G W, 174 A, 6 m S W
Curtis W H, 119 A, 4 m N W
Daves H W, 300 A, 5 m S
Davis J B, 358 A, 6 m S W
Davis H J, 1000 A, 8 m S W
Davis U W, 250 A, 7 m S W
Foster E C, 30 A, 6 m S W
Gaston J P, 883 A, 3 m S E
Green White H, 130 A, 1 m N
Green Williams, 327 A, 2 m S W
Gudger D M, 135 A, 4 m E
Gudger D F, 193 A, 2^ m W
Henry R N, 94 A, 1^ m N W
Herren H L, 150 A, 4 m N
Howell F B, 100 A, 1 m N
Howell G W, 325 A, 4 m S W
Holcome J H, 400 A, 3 m N
Hyatt R H, 260 A, 4^ m N W
Israel J T, 327 A, 4 m S W
Israel W L, 110 A, 6 m S W
Israel L Y, 100 A, 6J m S W
Jones R LaF, 600 A, 2^ m S E
Jones J R, 157 A, 3 m E
Jones W H, 112 A, 3 m W
Justice W T, 355 A, 2 m N W
Luther Solomon, 900 A
Luther H A, 273 A, 3 m N W
Merrill A J, 108 A, 1 m W
McAfee Ambrose, 100 A, 2 m N W
Miller J I, 195 A, 4 m S W
Miller Misses P A & E C, 120 A, 4 m S W
Miller Jacob M, 192 A, 3J m S W
Morgan J L, 140 A, 3 m N W
Morgan B L, 191 A, IJ m S
Morgan Wm, 200 A, 4 m W
Morgan E J, 69 A, 6 m S W
Morgan Rev E, 240 A, 4 m W
Morgan Jones H, 400 A, 5 m N W
Morgan W Y, 100 A, 2h m W
Morgan Jas M, 185 A, 6 m S W
Morgan A B, 690 A, li m S
Morgan S M, 1019 A, 2J m S E
Morgan J W, 215 A, IJ m S
Neal Thos, 95 A, 3 m S W
Penland G W, 183 A, 1 m E
Penley W D, 100 A, 2 m W
Peeples Wash, 265 A, 5 m S W
Peeples W L, 215 A, 6 m S W
Reeves T C, 125 A, 4 m S E
Reeves Larkin, 128 A, 2 m S
Rice Jas W, 200 A, 2^ m W
Robertson W J, 153 A, 8 m S W
Sharp J P, 132 A, 2J m N
Starnes T A, 214 A, 2 m S E
Smathers N A, 193 A, 4 m S W
Thrash G H, 200 A, 1 m E
Thrash J M, 106 A
Thrash D V, 172 A, 2 m N
Thrash A B, 169 A, IJ m S E
Trull B R, 103 A, 4 m N W
Warren Andrew, 253 A, 4 m S W
Warren W B, 188 A, 4 m S W
Warren J S, 45 A
Warren Uriah, 213 A, 4 m S W
Wolfe J P & Co, 175 A, li m N W
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Wright Wm, 227 A, 4 ra N
Young J L, 227 A, 2 ni W
Young S F, 200 A, 3i ra W
LEICESTER.
An incorporated village of about 200
inhabitants, 10 m W by N from Ashe-
ville. Situated on the waters of New
Found creek, in the midst of a fertile
country, which produces largely of wheat,
corn, and tobacco. The town was founded
about the beginning of the late war, and
is named in honor of Leicester Chapman,
who was the first to open business in the
place. It now contains seven stores, one
hotel, several mechanics' shops (all doing
a thriving business), a seminary, two
churches, &c. Leicester is very pleas-
antly located in a narrow valley, from
whose sides springs of living water gush
in great abundance.
Turkey-Creek camp-ground, 1 m W,
is the scene of an immense gathering an-
nually, in August, when a " camp-meet-
ing " is held under the auspices of the
M E Church South. Thousands of peo-
ple, including many of the summer vis-
itors, flock here on these occasions.
Leicester is remarkable from the fact
that it is the only town or village in all
Western North Carolina that doesn't
trouble itself about summer visitors and
has no hopes of a railroad. Alexander,
7 m distant, is the nearest shipping point,
but most of the wagoning is done by way
of Asheville
Mails daily from the latter place by
horseback — F F Brown, P M
B A Lowrance, Mayor
Alexander J F & Bro, genl mdse
Alexander J F, constable
Ball W W, carpenter
Brown & Hampton, genl mdse
Brown T C & Gudger, genl mdse
Brown T C »& Bro, family groceries
Brown T C, hotel
Brown T C, saw mill, 2 m W
Buckner Hiram, grist and saw mill, 5 m E
Candler C N, physician
Carpenter J C, drugs and groceries
Cassidy G D, blacksmith
Curtis B W, shoemaker
Embler John, distillery, 2 m E
Frisbee & Hampton, flour and grist mill,
3m E
Gilbert C F & H W, genl mdse
Lowrance B A, harnessmkr
Nelson H N, carpenter
Penland & Sluder, genl mdse
Penland W H (Asheville), flour and grist
mill and tanyard, 3 m E
Reynolds D W & J P, grist and saw mill,
3mN W
Shell Geo, painter, 2 m W
Skinner & IJobo (col), blacksmiths
Stevens J M, physician
Stevens J F, nursery
Sluder F, magistrate, 1 m E
Sumner Jas, carpenter
Churches.
Leicester (M E South), Rev D M Clayton,
pastor
Leicester (Episcopal)
New Found ( Baptist), Rev Joseph Miller,
pastor, 1 m E
Turkey Creek (M E South), Rev A W
Curtis, pastor, 2 m W
School.
Leicester Seminary, Prof H F Ketron,
principal
Principal Farmers.
Alexander J F, 244 A
Alexander M S, 95 A
Boyd R F, 240 A, 4 m E
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Brown John S, 291 A, 1 m N
Meadows Cyrus, 460 A, 5 J m W
Brown T C, 825 A
Hears J H, 150 A
Brown J E, 284 A, 2 m N E
Mears Wm G, 150 A
Brown Wiley B, 162 A, 3 m E
Moore E P, 200 A, 21 m W
Bridges Calvin W, 251 A, 3 m S W
Parham W H, 202 A, 2 m N E
Candler C N, 130 A
Patton W D, 100 A, 2 m W
Clark J M, 425 A
Penland E P, 225 A, 2 m S
Embler John, 309 A, 2 m E
Penland W M, 58 A, 3 m N
Embler Joseph, 137 A, 4 m E
Penland A M, 151 A, 3 m N
Erwin W T, 350 A, 3 m W
Plemmons J H, 292 A, 3 m E
Foster J M, 50 A, 1 m E
Plemmons Mitchell, 165 A, 1 m E
Foster J H, 113 A, 1 m S
Plemmons Mrs M C, 200 A, 3 m N
Frisbee J Marion, 270 A, 4 m N
Plemmons Mrs Mary, 124 A, 3 m N
Frisbee Mrs J A, 184 A, 5 m N
Plemmons J J, 100 A, 3 m N
Frisbee Wm, 349 A, 3 m S E
Plemmons J C, 121 A, 3 m N
Gilbert Henry W, 183 A
Pownders W E, 95 A, 21 m E
Gillaspie J A, 230 A, 5^ m W
Eandall J W, 192 A, 2 m W
Gillaspie Jno D, 450 A, 3J m W
Eatcliffe A, 360 A, 3 m E
Gillaspie W A, 81 A, 2 m W
Eatcliffe M I, 104 A, 2 m W
Gillaspie T F, 425 A, 6 m W
Eeynolds A A, 1591 A, li m W
Gillaspie J A, 309 A, 5J m W
Eeynolds B Wash, 491 A, 3 m W
Glance T C, 50 A, 1 m E
Eeynolds E Harley, 200 A
Gudger A M, 1793 A, 3 m N
Sluder Jas, 366 A, 3 m E
Gudger B G, 160 A, 2 m W
Sluder F, 900 A, 1 m E
Hampton G W, 589 A, 1^ m S
Sluder Jas E, 170 A, 3 m N E
Hampton Solomon, 230 A, 3 m E
Sluder Carr, 150 A, 3 m E
Hampton M F, 196 A, 2 m S
Sluder Jas E Jr, 178 A, 3 m E
Hawkins J F, 205 A, 3 m E
Sluder F Jr, 190 A, 3| m S E
Hawkins J Marion, 152 A, 4 m S
Sluder Merritt Jr, 141 A, 4 m S E
Hayes J Madison, 154 A, 3 m E
Sluder Wm, 265 A, 3J m S E
Hayes J M Jr, 165 A, 2i m N
Sluder Jno, 132 A, 3i m N
Hayes Kansom, 90 A, 4 m N
Sluder B E, 112 A, 1 m E
Hayes Jno N, 67 A, 3J m E
Sluder Levi, 141 A, 5 m N E
Ingle Frank P, 147 A, 4 m S E
Smith W D, 190 A
Ingle E S, 130 A, 4 m S E
Smith Andrew, 170 A
Ingle A A, 174 A, 3 m S E
Snelson Thos E, 100 A, 4 m N
Israel P, 318 A, 3 m S E
Snelson D H, 117 A, 4 m N
James T E, 313 A, 3 m W
Snelson N, 247 A, 4 m N
Jones E, 200 A, li m S
Swaim Jas, 106 A, 4 m S
Jones M M, 100 A, 1^ m S
Wells Jackson E, 200 A, 2 m W
Lee W I, 55 A, 4 m W
Wells WF, 220A, IJmW
Lunsford Amos, 173 A
Wells Lon, 87 A
Martin Jolin, 180 A, 5 m N
Wells J F, 700 A, 4 m W
Martin J B, 206 A, 6 m N
West E, 140 A, 3 m N
Martin L M, 132 A, 2 m N
Wild Morgan B, 120 A
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
85
LONGS.
A flag station on W N C R R, 8 m E
of Asheville. Tlie fertile bottoms of the
Swannanoa at this point are extensively
cultivated in cabbages and watermelons ;
many car loads of the former "fruit"
being annually shipped to the Southern
markets, where " Buncombe cabbage " is
preferred over all competitors
Mails daily — Alex'r Colvin, P M
Church.
Brush Hill (Methodist Protestant), 2J
mN
Principal Farmers.
Gash B S, 175 A, 1 m S W
Gudger J S, 138 A
Gudger W M, 155 A, 1 m N W
Hemphill J H, 365 A, 1 m W
Kimmell Wm Lambell, 1100 A
Long T B, 250 A
Moflatt G M, 98 A, 1 m N
Shope L E, 148 A, U m N W
MITCHELL.
A farmers post-office at the foot of
Black Mountain, 18 m E of Asheville,
and 10 m from the summit of Mitchell's
Peak. A hotel is kept here for the ac-
commodation of mountain tourists
Mails weekly from Black Mountain
station, onWNCRR,8mS, the nearest
shipping point — Miss Lizzie Patton, P M
Allison J E, magistrate, 1 m S
Daugherty, Burnett & Co, saw mill
Patton Mrs Sophronia, hotel
Principal Farmers.
Allison J E, 441 A, 1 m S
Burnett Danl, 100 A, 1 m S
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Cordell W R, 200 A, 3 m S
Patton Mrs Sophronia, 230 A
Stephens F M, 1000 A
MORGAN HILL.
A farmers- post-office, 15 m N by E of
Asheville, on Burnsville road. An excel-
lent school and several churches are in
close vicinity. Tobacco planting is the
Ijrincipal industry of the community.
Alexander, 8 m distant, is the nearest
shipping point
Mails daily— F M Stockton, P M
Lewellyn R P, cabinetmkr f
Morgan Jonathan, blacksmith
Church.
Morgan Hill (Baptist)
School.
Morgan Hill High School, Rev W C
McCarthy, principal
Principal Farmers.
Bell O T, 75 A, 1 m S
Buckner J .J, 90 A
Buckner J M, 50 A
Morgan T C, 825 A
Morgan J P, 75 A, 1 m S
Morgan S J, 112 A, 1 m N E
Morgan Stephen, 220 A, 1 m E
Sams J C, 340 A, 1 m S
Smith D L, 140 A /
Stockton F M, 60 A
Williams L .J, 40 A, 1 m E
Williams S R, 80 A, 2 m W
NEW FOUND.
A farmers post-office on creek of same
name, 11^ m W by N from Asheville,
the nearest shipping point. The people
of New Found section are noted alike
for industry and intelligence. The prin-
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cipal crops cultivated in the neighbor-
hood are hay and wheat ; stock raising is
also actively pursued, the animals being
of a superior grade ; and in dairy pro-
ducts the butter of New Found is quite
celebrated.
Mails four times a week from Marshall
and Pigeon river— Laura L Green, P M
Green J M, magistrate
Hutchison C P, blacksmith, I5 m S
Rhodes Abner, carpenter and propr saw
and grist mill
Wells T M, nursery, li m N
Church.
Zion Hill (union M E South and Bap-
tist)
Principal Farmers.
Brown J Lowry, 200 A, 1 m N
Coffee Mrs Em, 136 A, V^ m W
Cole G Wash, 333 A, 2 m S W
Cole Jesse H, 160 A, 1 m N
Cole W P, 135 A
Cole Joseph H, 231 A, 3 m N W
Cole J Valentine, 97 A, 3 m E
Cole David V, 104 A, 2 m N W
Green J M, 400 A
Herren E, 358 A
Jones A M, 206 A, 2 m W
Plemmons Levi, 547 A
Rhodes Abner, 110 A
Shook D H, 673 A, 1 m N W
Wells Gid C, 100 A, 2 m N
RAMSEY.
A "catch" office on W N CR R and
French-Broad river, 5 m N of Asheville
Mails daily— J E Ramsey P M
Church.
Macedonia (Baptist)
Principal Farmers.
Brookshire B F, 150 A
Fore Lewis P, 106 A
Gosnell G W, 222 A
Ramsey A G, 222 A
Ramsey J E, 54 A
REFUGE.
A farmers post-office, 13 m N by W
from Asheville, close to Madison county
line. Tobacco and wheat are raised ex-
tensively in the vicinity. Alexander, 3
m distant, is the nearest shipping point
Mails semi-weekly from Marshall —
Philip Hunter, P M
Churches.
Refuge (Christian)
Red Oak (Presbyterian), 1 m E
Principal Farmers.
Davis M C, 376 A, 1 m E
Draper M A, 108 A, 1 m S
Smith W B, 260 A
RICEVILLE.
A farmers post-office on the waters of
Bull creek, in a fertile valley, 7 m E by
N of Asheville
Mails semi-weekly by horseback — J C
Stevenson, P M
Burnett G W, genl mdse
Clark J C, saw and grist mill
Reed J A, gunsmith, 2 m S W
Principal Farmers.
Clark J C, 88 A
Glass J A, 100 A, 2 m N
Gragg C P, 125 A, 2 m N E
Hughey Saml, 183 A, 1| m N
Reed J A, 175 A, 2m SW
Rice A J, 100 A
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Shope W E, 350 A, 2 ni N
Shope B G, 130 A, 2 m N
Shope J M, loO A, 1 m N
Stroup S A, 85 A, 1 m W
Stroup S F, 100 A, 2 m N
Stevenson D C, 97 A
SANDY MUSH.
A farmers post-office on creek of same
name, 18 m \V by N from Asheville.
Tobacco planting and stock raising are
the leading industries in the country
around this office. Alexander, 14 m
distant, is the nearest shipping point
Mails tri-weekly by horseback from
Leicester — John Beeves, P M
Brown Frank, carpenter, 1 m S
Childs L L (Lee & Childs, Asheville),
genl mdse, 1 m W
Davis John, blacksmith, 1 m W
Furgusson Thos J, floui-ing mills, 3.} m W
Presswood J S, carpenter, 22 m S W
Reeves John, flouring and saw mills
Reynolds J H, physician, 1 m W
Sprinkles & De Board, genl mdse and
harnessmkrs, 1 m W
Wells A B, saw and grist mill, 4 m S W
Wilson J B, genl mdse, 1 m E
Magistrates.
Nash Wilson, 6 m S W
Wells Jno W, 3 m S
West Henry, 5 m S
Churches.
Big Sandy (union), 1 m W
Ebenezer (Baptist), 4 m S W
Principal Farmers.
Boyd E M, 300 A, 4 m W
Childs L L, 50 A, 1 m W
DeBoard T C, 60 A, 2^ m S W
Duckett D M, 230 A, 5 m S
Furguson T J, 250 A, 3J m W
Garrett John, 700 A, 3^ m W
Jones J F, 587 A, 3 m S
King M A, 200 A, 4 m S
King V T, G5 A, 3i m S
King J M, 160 A, 1 m E
Lowry J M, 40 A, 2 m W
Lunsford Henry, 200 A, 1^ m S
Payne W E, 200 A, 1 m E
Presswood I S, 66 A, 1 m S
Randall J L, 660 A, 2 m E
Eandall W E, 375 A, 1 m S
Reeves John, 250 A
Reynolds J H, 200 A, 1 m W
Robinson M L, 330 A, 3 m W
Robinson J D, 42D A, 3 m W
Robinson A C, 500 A, 3 m W
Surratt O W, 180 A, 4 m W
Wells J W T, 205 A, 3h m S W
Wells M C, 125 A
Wells Jno, 80 A, 4 m S E
Wells Jno W, 350 A, 3 m S
Wells A B, 300 A, 4 m S W
Wells D M, 270 A, 1 m W
Wells R C, 400 A, 4 m S E
Worley Henry, 56 A, 5 m S
Worley E J, 160 A, 2 m E
Worley W J, 1600 A, IJ m S
SILVER SPRINGS.
A suburb of Asheville, beautifully
situated on the W bank of French-Broad
river, which is here crossed by a fine iron
bridge. Contains a good hotel, two
stores, and several other industries
Mails daily— J B Cole, P M
Cole J B, grower of small fruits
Henry J L (Henry & Cummings, Ashe-
ville), attorney at law
Hughes & Collins, genl mdse
Knight St Clair, genl mdse
Lambert Thos, boarding
Silver-Springs Hotel, A A Banks, propr
GAZETTEEE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Churches.
Bethel (Baptist), 3^- m N W
Balm Grove (M E South), 1 m W
Episcopal (St Andrew's)
Methodist (col), 2 m W
Principal Farmers.
Brandt Jas, 96 A, 2 m W
Clayton E, 340 A, 1 m N
Collins T C, 61 A
Corn Wm, 67 A, 3 m W
Cowan Jas, 300 A, 4 ni N W
Henry J L, 300 A
Jarrett Jas M, 141 A, 2 m W
Ledford J M, 70 A, l.} m W
Loniinac Wm, 180 A
Owenby W N, 100 A, 3 m N
Parham A K, 212 A, 3 m W
Eeynolds Mrs D M, 116 A, 1 m W
Eeynolds F S H, 129 A
Eedmond Morgan, 181A, 3mNW
Eobertson M N, 350 A
Smith E S, 140 A
Taylor G N, 100 A, 3 m W
SHUFORDSVILLE.
In Henderson county, close to the Bun-
combe line, and is introduced here be-
cause it is the office where several farmers,
&c., of the latter county receive their
mail. Is situated 13 m S of Asheville
and 8 N of Hendersonville, the nearest
shipping point
Mails daily by stage— G W Fletcher,
PM
Garren J E, flouring mill, 3 m N E
Young J E, saw and grist mill, 3 m N E
Magistrate.
Garren J E, 3 m N E
Principal Farmers.
Garren D Sr, 260 A, 3| m N E
Garren J E, 162 A, 3 m N E
Gibson M A, 395 A, 4 m N E
Suttles J N, 135 A, 1 m N E
Tow E T, 135 A, 2 ra E
Tweed Jno F, 231 A, 4J m N E
Tweed Jas H. 233 A, 4^ m N E
Tweed Thos AV, 213 A,''4J m N E
Tweed Mrs Jane, 180 A, 4 m N E
Young J E, 250 A, 3 m N E
STOCKSVILLE.
A farmers post-office, 13 m N of Ashe-
ville, on the Burnsville road. Tobacco
and wheat are the leading crops culti-
vated in the vicinity. Alexander, 8 m
distant, is the nearest shipping point
Mails daily— H C Blackstocks, P M
Lockhart A, genl mdse
Eoberts, Blackstocks & Co, genl mdse
Church.
Sugar-Camp Branch (Baptist), 4 m W
Principal Farmers.
Bell J G, 65 A
Blackstocks E V, 1250 A
Blackstocks H C, 97 A
Brank J Phil, 120 A
Brown J Y, 60 A, 1 m N
Buckner J H, 113 A
Chandler Timothy, 76 A, Zi m N
Clinton M F, 143 A, 1 m N
Cole J D, 90 A
Dula T B, 88 A, li m N
Gentry G W T, 95 A, 1 m N
Gentry J H, 110 A, 1^ m N
Gentry E Y, 55 A, 1^ m N
Langford G W, 109 A, 1 m S
Langford E W, 71 A, 1 m S
Langford P, 43 A, 1 m S
Lockhart A, 80 A
Eoberts W J, 179 A, 3J m N
Eoberts A P, 123 A, 3^ m N
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Eoberts T O, 143 A
Sams J H, 222 A, 1 m W
Sprinkle Wm, 283 A
Sprinkle W M, 287 A, 24 m W
Sprinkle H, 120 A, 2 m W
Wild J G, 135 A, Um W
SWANNANOA.
A "catch " office on W N C R R, 10 m
E of Asheville. About 1 m S of the
most beautiful and fertile portion of the
Swannanoa valley
Mails daily— J F Pickens, P M
Burgin Butler (col), blacksmith, IJ m N
Creasman Abraham, magistrate, 2 m N W
Fortune A B, saw and grist mill, li m N
Hall Thos, blacksmith, 4 m N W
Pickens Bros, genl mdse
Pickens W C, blacksmith
Pitman John, blacksmith, 4 m N
Wilfong Danl, grist and saw mill
Churches.
Berea (Baptist), Rev J M Hilliard, pas-
tor, 3J m N
Davidson's chapel (M E South), Rev S S
Wetherley, pastor, 2 m N
Principal Farmers.
Alexander W E, 231 A, 3 m N
Alexander G N Sr, 300 A, 3i m N
Alexander A N, 170 A, 3 m N
Alexander P B, 150 A, 4 m N
Burgin B I, 150 A, 1 m N
Brevard Z B, 160 A, 2i m N W
Craig J A, 126 A, 4 m N W
Creighton Alex, 440 A, 3 m N W
Davidson W F Sr, 410 A, 2 m N
Davidson T F, 150 A, 1^ m N E
Fortune A B, 450 A, 1 m E
Fortune W P, 115 A
Fortune B F, 100 A, 1^ m N W
Harris T L, 225 A, 2^ m N
Merrill S A, 160 A
Patton E C, 177 A
Pickens J T, 170 A
Pitman Lot, 175 A, 4| m N
Porter W M, 250 A, 1* m S E
Redmond Taylor, 284 A, 2h m S E
Sherrill C L, 90 A, 1 m N W
Shope D V, 485 A, 4 m N
Shope H F, 160 A, 4 m N
Watkins Chas, 200 A, 1 m N
Wilson Joe Sr, 185 A, 1 m S E
Wilson J P, 400 A, 1 m S
TURNPIKE.
A station on Ducktown branch of W
N C R R, 15 m W by S of Asheville, at
the Haywood county line. Contains a
good hotel, store, several mechanics'
shops, &c. Is much frequented by vis-
itors in summer, and is certainly a very
desirable place to linger at during the
heated term. A fine spring of mineral
water, recently discovered, adds to its
many attractive features. Thompson's
Knob, the singular looking summit of
which is about three miles distant, affords
a delightful and extensive view, and is,
itself, a prominent feature of the land-
scape, being visible for 30 miles to the
eastward
Mails daily — J C Smathers, P M
Cui'tis J C, magistrate, 1^ m E
Miller W H, saw and grist mill, 2 m E
Smathers J C, hotel, genl mdse, black-
smith shop, &c
Smathers G H, lawyer
Church.
Pleasant Hill (M E South), 2 m N E
Principal Farmers.
Curtis J C, 218 A, 1^ m E
Joyce J P, 300 A, 2 m E
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GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Joyce Robt, 347 A, 2h ra S E
Miller W H, 144 A, 2 m E
Morgan P P, 295 A
Smathers J C, 190 A
Wilson F S, 124 A, 1 m E
VANCEVILLE.
Farmers post-office on Eeeras creek,
10 m N E of Asheville. The post-office
is kept in the house in which General
K B and ex-Governor Z B Vance were
born. Tobacco and wheat are the main
products of this section. The nearest
shipping point is Alexander, 8 m distant
Mails semi-weekly from Asheville —
Mrs S E Hemphill, P M
Ray Joseph, genl mdse
Church.
Hemphill (union)
Principal Farmers.
Arrowood S E, 94 A, 1 m E
Chambers J B, 475 A, 1 m E
Chambers J G, 725 A, 1 m N
Hemphill Jas, 300 A
Hemphill Mrs E W, 365 A
Hemphill J R, 100 A
Monday S M, 435 A, 1| m W
Penland S E, 150 A
Sawyer Jas, 260 A, 2i m E
WEAVERVILLE.
An incorporated village of about 200
inhabitants, situated on a plateau slightly
elevated above Reems creek, whose waters
wash its base ; 8 m N by E of Asheville,
on the Burnsville road, and 4 m E of
Alexander, the nearest shipping point.
Weaverville is very pleasantly located
for summer residences, and many fine
views of the surrounding mountains are
found within easy distance.
The town contains a hotel, several
stores, and mechanics' shops, «&c. Several
flouring, grist, and saw mills and a woolen
factory are in close vicinity.
Mails daily from Asheville and Burns-
ville by liorseback — J. W. Vandiver,
Mayor and P. M.
Brittain R P, carpenter
Branks R J, flour, saw, and grist mills,
2\ m E
Byerly E, genl mdse and blacksmith shop
Callaway J W, shoemaker
Coleman's Mills (flouring), W H Penland
(Asheville), propr
Eller W P, grist mill, U m N
Goolsby E M, lawyer
Joiner Jas, carpenter
McClure R H, agt W & W Mfg Co
Reagan House, D II Reagan, propr
Reagan J A, physician
Reems Creek Woolen Mills, Jno Cairns,
supt
Roberts, Blackstocks & Co, genl mdse
Vandiver J W, seed farm
Vandiver E F, genl mdse
Weaver W E, lawyer
Weaver H B, physician
Weaver W E, grist mill, 2 m N
Wing W W, physician
Churches.
Alexander's chapel (union), 3 m S W
Johnson's chapel (union), col, 2^ m W
Long's chapel (M E), IJ m S E
Pleasant Grove (union), 2 m S E
Union church, 1^ m N
Educational.
Weaverville College, Rev David Atkins,
prest
Masonic.
Blackmore Lodge, A F and A M— T H
Weaver, W M; John Cairns, S W;
Robert Weaver, J W^ ; J L Weaver,
secretary
Meets monthly
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Sons of Temperance.
Weaverville Division. Officers elected
quarterly
Meets weekly
Principal Farmers.
Baird W R, 600 A, 2 m S
Baird W A, 282 A, 3 m N W
Baird Z H, 300 A, 2 m S
Baird Miss Mary J, 103 A, 2 m S
Baird Miss M K, 300 A, 2 m S
Baker T W, 140 A, 2 m W
Brank R J, 200 A, 2 m E
Brank A M, 350 A, 3 m N
Brittain G W, 425 A, 2 m N E
Cairns John, 180 A
Chambers J K, 75 A, 3 m N
Chambers W R, 375 A, 2 m N
Coleman R L, 140 A, 1 m S W
, Cole T M, 240 A, 3 m N
* Davis J N, 200 A. 2 m E
Davis O F, 100 A, 2 m N E
DuBose J R, 308 A, 2J m S
Filer A F, 162 A, Im N
Garrison J W, 210 A, 2i m N
Garrison J B, 172 A, 2J m N
Garrison T M, 240 A, 1^ m N
Garrison Mrs Matilda, 100 A, 2^ m N
Gill J W, 100 A, 1| m W
Harris I A, 340 A, 5 m N W
Lyda W B, 139 A
Parker G A, 110 A
Parker J T, 300 A, 2 m S E
Parker J M, 247 A, 2 m E
Pickens R W, 160 A, 1 m W
Reagan J A, 210 A
Roberts F P, 97 A
Roberts J Wesley, 75 A, 3 m N E
Vandiver J W, 225 A
Waggoner W A, 1100 A, 1 m E
Weaver Mrs M M, 1000 A
Weaver H B, 250 A
Weaver T H, 245 A, 2 m N
Weaver W M, 320 A, 2 in N
Weaver R H, 100 A
Weaver T L, 135 A, 1^ m N
Weaver W E, 292 A
Weaver J L, 275 A, 2 m W
Weaver Rufus, 163 A, 1 m E
Weaver C P, 190 A, 2 m W
Weaver A S, 156 A, 1^ m W
Whitehead J A, 350 A, 2 m N E
A Classified Directory of Buncombe County,
EMBRACIXG A LIST OF
CHURCHES AND HIGH-SCHOOLS, MILLS, STORES, PHYSICIANS, &c.,
IN THE COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ASHE VILLE; ARRANGED
ALPHABETICALLY BY POST-OFFICES, WITH
DISTANCE AND DIRECTION
FROM SAME.
Churches.
BAPTIST.
Best— Bwannanoa Hill, 2 m S W
Black Mountain— North Fork, 4 mN W
Busbee^New Salem, 1 m S
Cooper's— Cooper's
Democrat — Antioch, 1 m S
Fairview — Cane Creek
" Concord, 5 m W
Flat Creek— Flat Creek
Grantville— Forks of Ivy
High Knob— Turkey Creek, 1 m N
Hominy Creek— Hominy, 2 m W
Stony Fork, 8 m S W
Leicester — New Found, 1 m E
Morgan Hill— Morgan Hill
Sandy Mush— Ebenezer, 4 m S W
Silver Springs— Bethel, 3^ m N W
Stocksville— Sugar-Camp Branch, 4 m "\V
Swannanoa— Berea, 3^ m N
Ramsey — Macedonia
CHRISTIAN.
Refuge— Refuge
EPISCOPAL.
Leicester — Leicester
Asheville— Beaver Dam, 3 m N
" Trinhy, 3J m E
Silver Springs — St Andrew's
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Alto— 1 m S
Hominy Creek— Trull's chapel, 4 m N W
Weaverville — Long's chapel, U m S E
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, SOUTH.
Alto — Reynolds' chapel, 1 m E
Asheville — 3 m N
" Bethesda, 3^ m E
Arden— Mt Zion, 2 m N
Barnardsville — Big Ivy
Best — West's meeting-house, 2j m S E
Black Mountain — Tabernacle, 2^ m W
Fairview — Sharon, IJ m W
Tweed's chapel, 4i m S W
High Knob— Penland's chapel, Ij m NW
Hominy Creek — Montmorency, 1 m W
" Pisgah, 6 m S W
" Snow Hill, 3 m N
Leicester — Leicester
Turkey Creek, 2 m W
Silver Springs — Balm Grove, 1 m W
Swannanoa — Davidson's chapel, 2 m N
Turnpike— Pleasant Hill, 2 m N E
METHODIST PROTESANT.
Democrat — Pleasant Gap, 1 m N
Long's— Brush Hill, 2^ m N
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PRESBYTERIAN.
Cooper's — Pine Grove, l^ m N W
Harkins — Sand Hill, 1 m S
Refuge — Red Oak, 1 m E
UNION.
Alexander— French Broad, Ij m W
" French Broad chapel
Avery's Creek — Avery's Creek
Barnardsville — Big Ivy
Best — Gashe's Creek, 3 m F,
Hominy Creek— Hice Hill, 2 m N
New Found — Zion Hill
Sandy Mush - Big Sandy, 1 m W
Vanceville — Hemphill
Weaverville — Pleasant Grove, 2 m S E
"VVeaverville — Alexander's chapel, 3 m
S W
Weaverville — Union church, Ij m N
COLORED.
Arden — Baptist
Best-Shiloh (A M E), U m S
Fairview — Dry Pond (Baptist), 4 m W
" A M E, 1 m W
Hominy Creek— Zion (A M E), 2 m N E
Silver Springs— A M E, 2 m W
Weaverville —Johnson's chapel (union),
2im W
Educational.
Leicester — Leicester Seminary
Morgan Hill— Morgan Hill High-School
Weaverville — Weaverville College
General Merchandise.
Alexander — Baird R
'•• Morrison T S & Co
Arden — Lance Bros, li m W
" Eickman T L
Avery's Creek — Ledbetter Z T
Barnardsville — Roberts J H & Co
Black Mountain— Daugherty S F
McKoy J M
Best— Porter T M
" Reed Joseph
Cooper's— Gladwell Mrs A L
" Porter W Y
Wilson W H
Democrat — Woodward Jas H, 1 m S E
Fairview— Ashworth Jason
" Merrill Saml
Flat Creek — Brigman Solomon
Grantville— Buckner B F
High Knob— Teague & Hawkins, 1 m
N W
Hominy Creek— Thrash J M & Co
" Merrill A J, 1 m W
Leicester — Alexander J F & Bro
" Brown & Hampton
" Brown T C & Gudger
" Brown T C & Bro
" Carpenter J C
" Gilbert C F & H W
" Penland & Sluder
Riceville— Burnett G W
Sandy Mush— Childs L L, 1 m W
Sandy Mush— Sprinkles & De Board, 1
m W
Sandy Mush— Wilson J B, 1 m E
Silver Springs— Hughes & Collins
" Knight St Clair
Stocksville — Lockhart A
" Roberts, Blackstocks & Co
Swannanoa — Pickens Bros
Turnpike — Smathers J C
Vanceville— Ray Joseph
Weaverville — Byerley E
" Vandiver E F
" Roberts, Blackstocks & Co
Flouring Mills.
Asheville— Patterson R O, 2 m W
Van Gilder T I, 2 m N
Arden — Fisher Squire, l.]m N W^
Begt- Cocke & Roberts, 3 m E
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GAZETTEEE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Black Mountain— T K Brown, 1 m S W
Fairview — Jones Mrs M J
Grantville — Deaver W H
Hominy Creek — J M Thrash & Co
Harkins— Stevens S N, 2 m S E
Leicester — Frisbee & Hampton, 3 m E
" Penlaud W H (Asheville), 3
mE
Sandy Mush — Beeves John
" Furgusson Thos J, 3 J m W
Shufordsville — Garren J N, 3 m N E
Weaverville — Branks K J, 2J m E
" Penland W H "(Asheville)
Corn Mills.
Alexander — Canby Wm
Alto— Rogers P A, IJ m W
Arden— Clayton Robt, 2^ m N W
Asheville — Hildebrand Jno Jr, Ih m E
Avery's Creek — Cockrum Moses, 2 m W
Glencoe Mills, 4 m N W
Barnardsville — Barnard J D
Best— Alexander B J, 3 m S W
" Alexander W J, 4 m S W
" Reed Joseph
" Sales W C, 4 m E
" Stevens D M, 3 m S
" Whitson G W, 3 m E
Black Mountain — Burnett M L, 4 m N
" Dougherty J W
Cooper's — Cooper A D, (Asheville)
" Melton Berry
Democrat — Carter's Mills, 1 m S E
Fairview— Jay Mrs M J, 2 m N
" Jones Mrs M J
" Miller J, 3 m N
" Whittaker D F, 3* m S W
Grantville — Deaver W H
High Knob— Gudger A M, 1 m N
Hominy Creek — Jones R L, IJ m E
" Sharp Elijah, 2 m N
Hominy Creek — Warren Andrew, 4 m
sw
Leicester — Buckner Hiram, 5 m E
" Frisbee & Hampton, 3 m E
Penland W H, 3 m E
Reynolds D W & J P, 3 m
N W
New Found — Rhodes Abner
Riceville— Clark J C
Sandy Mush— Wells A B, 4 m S W
Shufordsville— Young J E, 3 m N E
Swannanoa — Fortune A B, 1^ m N
" Willfong Dan'l
Turnpike— Miller W H, 2 m E
Weaverville— Branks R J, 2J m E
Filer W P, 1^ m N
Weaver W E, 2 m N
Saw Mills.
Alexander —Shepherd J H, 2 m E
McLellan D J, 4 m S W
Asheville — Hildebrand Jno Jr, li m E
Arden— Lance F A, 2 m S W
Avery's Creek — Cockrum Moses, 2 m W
" Glencoe Mills,'4 m N W
Barnardsville — Barnard J D
Best— Alexander B J, 3 m S W
" Alexander W J, 4 m S W
" Reed Joseph
" Sales W C, 4 m E
" Stevens D M, 3 m S
" Whitson G W, 3 m E
Black Mountain— Burnett M L, 4 m N
Cooper's — Coggins J W, 5 m N
" Cooper A D (Asheville),
" Melton Berry
Democrat — Carter's Mills, 1 m S E
Fairview — Jay Mrs M J, 2 m N
" Jones Mrs M J
" Miller J, 3 m N
" Mitchell J W, 2 m N
" Pinkerton A H, 3 m N
" Whittaker D F, 3J m S W
Grantville— Deaver W H
High Knob — Gudger A M, 1 m N
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
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Hominy Creek — Boyd Wilson, 2^ m S
" Candler W G, 1 m W
" Dry man & Netherton, 5 m S
" Jones R L, H m E
" Justice & Co, 3 m S W
" Sharp Elijah, 2 m N
" Warren J M, 6 m S W
" Warren Andrew, 4 m S W
Leicester — Brown T C, 2 m W
" Buckner Hiram, 5 m E
Reynolds DW&JP,3mNW
Mitchell — Daugherty, Burnett & Co
New Found — Rhodes Abner
Riceville— Clark J C
Sandy Mush — Reeves John
Wells A B, 4 m S W
Swannanoa — Fortune A B, 1^ m N
" Willfong Daniel
Turnpike— Miller W H, 2 m E
Weaverville — Branks R J, 2J m E
Furniture Manufacturers.
Asheville — Hildebrand John Jr, IJ m E
Avery's Creek — Glencoe Mills, 4 m N W
Tanyards.
Barnardsville — Barnard J D
Flat Creek — Brigman Solomon,
Hominy Creek — J M Thrash & Co
Leicester — Penland W H (Asheville), 3
mE
Woolen Mill.
Weaverville — Reems Creek Woolen
Mills.
Hotels and Boarding Houses.
Alexander — Alexander's Hotel
Alexander — Blackwell's White Sulphur
Springs, 4 m W
Arden — Arden Park Hotel
Best— Smith Mrs A M
Best— Tennent G B, 2^ m W
Black Mountain— Burnett W H
" Daugherty S F
" Kerlee Mrs L J
" McKoy J M
Cooper's— Gladwell Mrs A L
Fairview — Hickorynut Gap Hotel, 3 m
S W
Hominy — Luther's Hotel
Leicester — Brown T C
Mitchell— Patton Mrs S
Silver Springs— Silver Springs Hotel
Turnpike — Smather's Hotel
Weaverville — Reagan Hou|e
Physicians.
Alexander — Clontz J C
Cooper's — Clift Chas, IJ m E
Wilson R I
Fairview — Cooper R W, 1 m W
Flat Creek— Watson S A
Harkins — Gudger David, 2 m S
Hominy Creek— Thrash G H, 1 m E
Leicester — Candler C N
" Stevens J M
Sandy Mush— Reynolds J H, 1 m W
Weaverville — Reagan J A
Weaver H B
Wing W W
E.F.VANDIVER,
WEAVERVILLE, B. C,
DEALER IN
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.,
P. 0. BUILDING.
96
GAZETTEER OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
Jason Ashworth,
FAIRVIEW, N. C,
DEALER IN
GROCERIES,
CLOTHING, NOTIONS, <£c.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE.
T. L. RICKMAN,
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
iLTOTioisrs,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, Sec.
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOB PRODUCE.
D?. W. W. Wljl^,
WEAVERVILLE, N. C.
LIMESTONE
J. R. GARREN, Proprietor.
MANUFACTURES FIRST-CLASS BRANDS
FAMILY FLOUR.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR WHEAT.
FLOUR ALWAYS ON HAND FOB SALE.
SHUFORDSVILLE P. 0.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY OFFICERS.
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT, - - E W HERNDON
CLERK INFERIOR COURT, - - MONT PATTON
SHERIFF, W R YOUNG
REGISTER OF DEEDS, - - - J R PATTERSON
TREASURER, J W HEMBREE
COUNTY SURVEYOR, , - - - AH STARNES
CORONER, - - - - - Dr J M STEVENS
TREASURER PUBLIC BUILDINGS, - W R WHITSON
SUP'T PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, - JNO W STARNES
SOLICITOR INFERIOR COURT, - H B CARTER
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
J. E. RANKIN, Chairman;
THOS W PATTON, T D BRITTAIN,
J G CHAMBERS, W F JOHNSTON
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
STATE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department.
Governor, Thos J Jarvis
Lieutenant-Governor, Jas L Robinson
Secretary of State, Wm L Saunders
Auditor, ------- W P Roberts
Treasurer, John M Worth
Superintendent of Public Instruction, - - Jno C Scarborough
Attorney-General, Thos S Kenan
Adjutant-General, Johnstone Jones
Supreme Court.
W N H Smith, Chief Justice
Thos Ruffin and Thos S Ashe, - - - Associate Judges
Thos S Kenan, Reporter
W H Bagley, .----- Clerk
Meets at Raleigh, the first Mondays in February and October
Superior Courts.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
J C L Gudger,
G S Furgeson,
Times of sessions, as fixed by act of General Assembly of 1882-83,
are as follows:
Judge
Solicitor
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
99
Buncombe county — 13th Monday after ist Monday in March and
August, and 3d Monday in November, to continue 4 weeks
E W Herndon, clerk
Cherokee — 9th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, 2
weeks
Clay — 8th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, i week
Graham — nth Monday after ist Monday in March and August, i
week
Haywood — 5th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, 2
weeks
Henderson — 3d Mondays in March and August, 2 weeks
Jackson — 6th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, i week
Macon — 7th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, i week
Madison — First Mondays in March and August, 2 weeks
Swain — 12th Monday after ist Monday in March and August, i week
Transylvania 4th Monday after ist Monday in March and August,
I week
Inferior Court.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY.
T F Davidson, - . . . .
J M Green and C B Way,
Mont Patton, - - . _ .
H B Carter, - - . . .
Meets quarterly
Chairman
Associate Justices
Clerk
Solicitor
Federal Court.
WESTERN DISTRICT.
RPDick,
James E Boyd, --....
Jno B Keogh,
Jas E Reed,
Meets semi-annually, at Charlotte, Greensboro', Statesville, and Ashe-
ville — at the latter place in May and November
Judge
District Attorney
Marshal
Clerk at Asheville
100
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT.
Legislative.
4OTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF BUN-
COMBE AND MADISON.
I N Ebbs, of Madison, Senator
C M McLoud and B G Gudger, E.epresentatives from Buncombe co
North Carolina Representatives in Gongress.
SENATORS,
Matt W Ransom,
Weldon
Z B Vance,
REPRESENTATIVES.
Charlotte,
ist district.
Lewis C Latham,
Greenville, Pitt co
2d
Orlando Hubbs,
Newbern
3d "
W J Green,
Fayetteville
4th "
W R Cox,
Raleigh
5th -
A M Scales,
Greensboro'
6th
C Dowd,
Charlotte
7th
Tyre York,
Gap Civil, Wilkes co
8th
R B Vance,
Asheville
R T Bennett, Congressman at large.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
BUNCOMBE COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA.
INTRODUCTORY.
In the prospectus issued by tlie compiler of this vohime, he did not promise
to give anything but a " sketch " of the history of Asheville and Buncombe
county. It would not be in keeping with a work of this character to attempt
more ; but he leaves to abler hands the task of collecting the abundant materials,
and compiling a history which shall be worthy of the tlieme.
The present imperfect sketch, however, will be, the author trusts, of some
interest and value to the citizens of his adopted county.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL.
^II^SJUNCOMBE County, the richest and most populous of
^JKjp]i| the counties in the western division of the State of
^^^ North Carolina, contains 620 square miles, or 400,000
acres. It is situated on the Southern Plateau of the Alleghanies,
and has a mean altitude of about 2,200 feet; the greatest eleva-
tion, Big Craggy, is 6,100, and only in the bed of the French-
Broad river does it fall so low as 2,000 feet above the tide.
The county was formed from Burke and Rutherford in 1791,
and was named in honor of Edward Buncombe, a gallant
officer in the war of the Revolution. Colonel Buncombe was
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102 HISTOEICAL SKETCH.
distinguished for his manly appearance, bravery, patriotism, and
hospitality. Over the door of his mansion, in Tyrrell county,
was inscribed the now celebrated couplet :
"To Buncombe Hall,
Welcome all ! "
The county which bears his name has never disgraced it, and
has always been renowned for the courtesy of her citizens to the
stranger and pilgrim ; like her illustrious god-father, Buncombe
county "always keeps the latch-string on the outside."
At the date of its formation the county included nearly all
that portion of North Carolina lying west of the Blue Ridge,
now embraced in thirteen counties, with an area of almost 6,000
square miles.
At this time all the present State of Tennessee was included
within the boundary of North Carolina; and a few years pre-
vious to the foundation of Buncombe county some daring spirits,
with Colonel John Sevier (afterwards elected first Governor of
Tennessee) at their head, organized a " State," composed of
about equal portions of North Carolina and what is now Tennes-
see, and named it Franklin, in honor of the distinguished
American philosopher — the North Carolina portion comprising a
territory almost identical with that which was soon to become Bun-
combe county. For four years there was contention between
the " government " of the new State and the authorities of North
Carolina ; Governor Sevier was arrested and brought to trial,
charged with " high treason," but was never punished. The new
State soon perished, and even its existence is now hardly a
memory. The erection of the " State of Franklin " is a subject
upon which historians are almost silent; but to the student it
would, no doubt, present an interesting theme, and its annals
should be preserved before it becomes too late, by the destruc-
tion of the few records which remain of a very interesting event
in our early history.
The first settlers of Buncombe countj^ were mostly of the
Scotch-Irish race ; sturdy, industrious, independent, and fearless.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY. 103
The latter qualification was needed most of all, for in those try-
ing times a frontiersman lived in constant danger from the
Indians, who gave him a world of trouble ; and woe unto the
unhappy pioneer who was caught napping by the ruthless
Cherokees. Often did the settler return from a hunt to find his
cabin a heap of smouldering ruins and his loved wife and chil-
dren murdered — their ghastly forms making a mute appeal for
vengeance.
Hunting was, of course, the principal, and indeed almost the
only, occupation of the early settlers. The woods abounded in
game of all sizes, and the rivers and creeks teemed with fish. A
little patch of corn and a few vegetables were cultivated in the
clearing around the cabin, but for sustenance the settler relied
chiefly on the chase. His clothing often was composed of the
skins of the animals which he trapped or shot, and happy his
wife if she could boast a calico dress. As time went on, a little
flax was grown, which, spun by hand and woven by the wife on
a rude loom of home construction, gave him the luxury of a
shirt. The wool of a few sheep, by the same process of manu-
facture, furnished all the garments which were required in
the primitive simplicity of these children of the forest.
For many years the progress made by this people was very
slow. The difficulties attendant on reaching the mountains
retarded immigration, notwithstanding the fascinating reports
which had gone abroad of the fertility and healthfulness of the
region. After 1820, when the attention of the Charlestonians
was first directed to the southern plateau of the Alleghanies as a
health and summer resort, more permanent settlers began to
arrive, numbers being from East Tennessee. The completion of
the Buncombe turnpike, in 1827, gave a fresh impetus to immi-
gration, and from that period to the present, notably since the
completion of the Western North Carolina railroad to Asheville
in 1880, the county has rapidly increased in wealth and popula-
tion.
To give an idea of the growth of population: In 1836 Bun-
combe county included, besides its present limits, territory which
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now comprises the counties of Henderson, Transylvania, Madi-
son, and a portion of Yancey. Owing to considerable politi-
cal excitement a very full vote was polled in the elections of
that year, and yet only i,8oo ballots were cast in the county.
This would indicate a population of about 10,000 ; the same
district to-day contains not less than 60,000 people. In 1850,
before Madison, her last child, was taken from her, Bun-
combe county, according to the United States census returns,
contained a population, including 1,825 ^^'^^ negroes and slaves,
of 12,738. At the census of 1880, 21,909 inhabitants were enu-
merated in this county alone, and to-day not less than 25,000 peo-
ple (21,000 whites and 4,000 negroes) call Buncombe " home."
The increase in wealth has been still more strongly marked. In
1870 the assessed value of real and personal property in the
county was ;^ 1,687,092 ; in 1882, ^3,333,305; and the present
year (1883), with a slightly higher ratio of valuation, it is esti-
mated at ;$4,750,ooo — an increase of 180 per cent, in thirteen
years.
Of the present industries of the county it is unnecessary to
speak here, as a perusal of the " Commercial Directory of Ashe-
ville " and the " Buncombe County Gazeteer," in other portions
of this volume, will give all needful information on the subject.
The county is drained by many creeks and rivers, which, with
the single exception of the French-Broad, are short and rapid,
and subject, like all mountain streams, to sudden rises, which
sometimes damage growing crops and wash off a few fences and
haystacks ; but no devastating floods, like those we read of visit-
ing other portions of the country, are recorded in the annals 01
this county. The only river of importance is the French-Broad,
which, rising in the Blue Ridge on the borders of South Carolina,
flows through Transylvania and Henderson counties, and reach-
ing Buncombe county, it cuts it into two almost equal parts, pre-
serving throughout a nearly northward course. For thirty miles
above Asheville this stream is, with the exception of a few unim-
portant shoals, as placid as a mill-pond, and is navigable, in high
water, for small steamboats, of which there are two now plying
BUNCOMBE COUNTY. 105
its bosom. The French-Broad fell in for a very small share of
the " river and harbor " appropriation ; but a force is now at
work deepening the channel, and it is expected in a few years
that enough work will be done to render the river navigable, at
all seasons, between Asheville and Brevard. Below the former
place, for fifty miles and more, this stream well earns the
title of " Racing River " given it by the Indians, its course
being a constant succession of rapids ; the fall is nearly one
thousand feet in the fifty miles intervening between this city
and Paint Rock, while in the same distance above Asheville it is
only one hundred feet. The Western North Carolina railroad
follows the French-Broad, in all its wanderings, from Asheville
to Paint Rock, crossing it three times in forty miles, and gives
the traveller an opportunity for enjoying some of the finest
river scenery in America. The Swannanoa is the next stream in
importance. Finding its source amid the rugged cliffs of the
Black mountains, this lovely river flows through a region of
unsurpassed beauty and fertility, and reaches the French-Broad
at a point near Asheville, forming at its mouth a portion of the
foreground of one of the grandest views on the continent. Cane
Creek, Hominy, Sandy Mush, Big Ivy, Reems' Creek, Beaver
Dam, and several other streams of lesser note, with innumerable
" branches," serve to make Buncombe well watered and rich in
fine bottom-lands. Springs of the purest water are found on
every hand, and no farm can be found without one or more.
Sometimes, when it is not convenient to the house, the water is
conveyed in "pump-logs" to the very door-step at a small
expense.
106 HISTORICAL SKETCH.
FARMING-THE CULTURE AND MAN-
UFACTURE OF TOBACCO.
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
§HE Farmers of Buncombe county, although but few of
them are rich, few are very poor, and they are, without
*'^''™^^^ doubt, thankful to that providence which has cast their
lot in a land so highly favored by nature. Though, as we have
said, not rich, they are. as a class, happy and independent. They
all live well, dress well, and, if there is any virtue in big feather-
beds, sleep well. What more, on earth, could man desire !
In this county can be grown all the cereals with the exception
of rice, and of vegetables and fruits an immense variety. The
apples of this and adjoining counties are unequalled in America ;
and peaches, though a somewhat uncertain crop, are very fine.
Potatoes and cabbages are now cultivated for the Southern mar-
ket, an industry which the advent of railroads has made profitable.
Although cotton cannot be grown, the climate is admirably
adapted for flax, a much more profitable crop ; however, little or
none is raised. The main products of the county are corn,
wheat, oats, potatoes, and tobacco. The latter is now very
exten.sively cultivated, some portions of the county having a
larger acreage than others, but the soil of nearly all the uplands
is well adapted to its growth. " Bright yellows," which rival the
famous Virginia leaf, is the leading variety ; and very fancy
prices, sometimes over one dollar a pound, are often obtained for
superior grades in the markets of Asheville and other cities. In
1882, 500,000 pounds of tobacco were raised in the county, and
the estimate for the present year is 700,000 pounds.
Conjecture is lost in the contemplation of what the tobacco
industry will do for this county in a few years, at the present
rate of increase. The culture on a large scale was only intro-
duced in 1869, by S. C. Shelton, a Virginian, and the first factory
(plug) was opened by the same gentleman the following year —
BUNCOMBE COUNTY. 107
associating himself with Messrs. Hunt and Buchanan in 1871.
Mr. Shelton, who is still engaged in the manufacture in Ashe-
ville, in connection with Messrs. Jordan and Worth, has been
identified with the tobacco interests of Asheville and Buncombe
county from the beginning; he was the first to introduce the
tobacco of this county into Europe, when, at the Vienna Expo-
sition of 1873, he received a medal. W. T. Dickinson, also a
Virginian, and R. V. Blackstocks cultivated some tobacco for
market as long ago as 1856 or '57, and manufactured a small
quantity of" smoking," sifted through a riddle, at the same time.
Some years still earlier, in 1 850, as found from the United
States census returns, 8,619 pounds of tobacco were given as the
product of Buncombe county ; this might, it is true, have been
raised within the present limits of Madison. Very little,
however, was done in the tobacco industry till within the last
few years. Captain M. J. Fagg began manufacturing smoking
tobacco in 1 871, on Valley street, and continued in the business
till 1874, when he abandoned the enterprise, to (as he says) his
everlasting regret. He received a handsome silver medal at the
State Fair, in 1872, over " Blackwell's Durham " and several com-
petitors from Virginia. Asheville now manufactures celebrated
and superior brands of smoking tobacco. In fact, the best judges
say that Buncombe smoking tobacco leads the world.
The first warehouse for the sale of leaf was opened, in 1879, t>y
J. D. Wilder and J. H. Carter, both Virginians. " The Pioneer "
was a frame building, 50 x 100, and handled its first season 600,000
pounds of tobacco. The present floor area of Asheville's four brick
warehouses is about 25,000 square feet, and the sales during the
last season (i882-'83) aggregated 1,500,000 pounds, at an aver-
age price of ^11.75 per cwt. The coming year it is anticipated
that not less than 2,000,000 pounds will pass under the hammers
of Asheville's glib-tongued auctioneers. Many buyers from
Winston, Durham, Danville, Richmond, and Lynchburg attend
the market, while the home dealers amount, in themselves, to a
considerable, force. What is needed most, however, to gain for
Asheville her proper rank as a tobacco centre is larger factories,
108 HISTOEICAL SKETCH.
or more of them ; not over one- thirtieth part of the tobacco pass-
ing through the hands of her warehousemen being now manu-
factured in the city.
Indeed, the manufacturing interests of Asheville and Buncombe
county, in spite of almost inimitable water-power, cheap labor, and
convenient raw material, are still in their tnfancy ; but a new era
is dawning, and soon we hope to see this most important interest
to the success of a people receive from our capitalists the atten-
tion which it deserves. The continued prosperity of our city
and county chiefly depends on a vigorous move in this direction.
The timber lands of Buncombe compose over one half the
area of the county ; an almost endless variety is produced, and
many of the woods, notably walnut and cherry, find a ready mar-
ket in the manufacturing centres of the North and of Europe.
It is a pity, too, that we should send our lumbef to Cincinnati
or Philadelphia, and have it returned to us, slightly increased in
value, in the shape of bedsteads and coffins, when those useful
articles might as well be made at home ! There are thousands
of dollars sent out of our county every year to purchase car-
riages and wagons, when there is timber enough in our own
mountains to furnish two or three States the size of this with
materials for vehicles and farming implements. Labor is abun-
dant and cheap, living is cheap, and all that is wanting is capital
and energy, and the "right men," to make " Buncombe wagons"
or "Buncombe plows" known all over the country. The num-
ber of carriages, wagons, and buggies annually purchased by
citizens of this county amounts to several hundreds, and why
should they not be made in Asheville? A finer opportunity
does not exist, in the opinion of the writer, for making a small
fortune than by the establishment of a manufactory of this descrip-
tion in our midst.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY. 109
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
RAILROADS, &c.
pHE Buncombe Turnpike was begun in February, 1826,
[^ and the first toll-gate opened in October of the year
following. This, the best pass of the mountains before
the advent of railroads, entered North Carolina over Saluda
mountain, and passing where Flat Rock and Hendersonville now
stand, reached Asheville, and thence wound its way, with the
tortuous course of the French-Broad, to Warm Springs, where,
leaving the river, it took a northerly route to Greeneville, Tenn.
Along the river bank it was constructed with great difficulty and
expense. The blasting of the solid rock, forming one side of the
French-Broad canon, saved the Western North Carolina rail-
road, which now occupies the bed of the old turnpike from
Marshall to Warm Springs, many a dollar in later years. The
wealthy residents of Charleston and other South Carolina cities
used this road in their annual pilgrimages to the Warm Springs
and other popular resorts of the mountains, driving in their own
carriages, generally in great state, followed by outriders and
baggage- wagons. The coast residents of South Carolina had,
however, discovered the attractions of our mountains, as a cool
and healthy summer resort, several 3^ears before the Buncombe
turnpike was built. To them, as well as to the wagoners who
spent weeks on the way between Asheville and Augusta with
their immense vehicles, drawn by six-horse teams, the comple-
tion of this undertaking was a god-send, indeed. But those days
are gone forever; the last toll-gate, which, after a checkered
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110 HISTOEICAL SKETCH.
career, signalized by many a tumult towards the close, had hung
on to the last, was abolished a year or two ago, and soon the
very name of this celebrated road will be forgotten. '
As long ago as 1835 a charter was granted to a company, with
General Robt. Y. Hayne, of South Carolina, at its head, to build
a railroad from Charleston to Cincinnati, by way of the French-
Broad valley and Cumberland Gap. The death of General
Hayne on the threshold of the enterprise threw the project into
confusion, and it was soon abandoned. Had not this unlucky
event taken place at such an inopportune moment, it is possible
that the railroad would have been completed at the time. Just
imagine what a city Asheville would have been by now had
this design been carried out ! With the completion of the Spar-
tanburg and Asheville railroad between the latter place and Hen-
dersonville, (twenty miles.) and the gap between Morristown,
Tenn., and London, Ky., (eighty-five miles,) filled out, the origi-
nal project would be a fact It is to be devoutly hoped that the
recent change in the control of the Western North Carolina rail-
road may quickly tend to this desirable consummation.
The Western North Carolina railroad was first projected more
than thirty years ago ; its inceptors embracing, amongst other
well-known gentlemen. Dr. Caldwell and Governor Moorehead.
The State authorized the issue of bonds for three-fourths the
stock, the remainder to be made up by private subscription. A
charter was granted in 1854, the first ground being broken the
same year. At the beginning of the late war Icard station had
been reached. After many halts by the way, Morganton in
1866, Old Fort in 1871, Henry's in 1876, and Asheville in Sep-
tember, 1880, successively heard the shriek of the " iron-horse "
for the first time. But a year and a half more elapsed before
connection was made at Paint Rock, the boundary line of Ten-
nessee and North Carolina, with the East Tennessee, Virginia,
and Georgia system of railroads ; and now, by the recent com-
pletion of the Knoxville and Ohio railroad, Asheville is only
twenty-one hours from Louisville. Eight years ago the writer
travelled one thousand miles, ahd consumed four days' time in
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Ill
making the same trip by railroad and steamboat, with twenty-five
miles staging from Old Fort at the latter end.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, ASHEYILLE.
[from a photograph by w. t. robkrtson.]
The main stem of the Western North Carolina railroad, 190
miles in length, was completed in the face of many difficulties
incident to want of capital and harmonious organization. The
original issue of bonds was for ^4,000,000, but ^^ 12,000,000
have been spent so far in the work, with a great portion of the
western branch to a junction with the Knoxville and Augusta
railroad, still to be built.
112 HISTOEICAL SKETCH.
"THE PIONEERS."
I^N compiling this sketch, it is proper that the names of a few
of those hardy pioneers who began the work of redeeming
our county from a wilderness, and who laid the foundation
of its present substantial prosperity, should not be omitted.
More names would be given had it not been impossible to obtain
the requisite data, although considerable trouble was taken with
that purpose.
Daniel Smith, who settled afthe mouth of Swannanoa in 1785,
was one of the first white men to press the soil of the present
limits of Buncombe county. He maintained a warfare, generally
single-handed, against the Cherokee Indians for many years, and
not less than one hundred are said to have " bitten the dust "
from the effects of his unerring rifle. The red-men firmly
believed that Smith bore a charmed life, and that it was impossi-
ble to kill him. Many a *' brave " has been heard to tell of the
number of times he had taken fair and careful aim, at short
range, with no effect, at the devoted form of the undaunted hun-
ter. That superstition which is characteristic of all savage
peoples, invested this wonderful man with a thousand traits which
he did not possess, and stories innumerable were related 'round
the fire of the Council Lodge, of the marvellous deeds of prowess
and cunning which he had performed. Traps were laid for him ;
parties were made up, sworn to take him alive or dead ; but,
though sometimes captured, he always made good his escape,
and lived to see the county of his adoption cleared of his natural
enemy. His son, the late Colonel James M. Smith (born 1787,
died 1856), was the first child born of white parents west of the
Blue Ridge, in the present limits of North Carolina. Another
son, Moses, is still living, at an advanced age, near Asheville,
and is celebrated for his remarkable skill as an angler.
John Patton, father of Montraville Patton, was born in
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Ireland ; he came to the United States about the close of the
Revolution, and settled within the present limits of this county
in 1790. He made his first clearing on the Swannanoa, near
where " Patton's mill " now stands. ' It is related that the
river on one occasion rose so rapidly that his wife, who was
preparing dinner, was obliged to flee from the cabin, leaving the
partly-cooked victuals to the mercy of the flood. The Swan-
nanoa sometimes goes on "a boom" even to this day; but there
is no instance recorded in its later history of its having been in
such a hurry about it. Colonel Patton purchased a tract of 300
acres near the mouth of the river, in 1795, from "Buncombe
Bill Davidson," (the first senator from the county,) and removed
to his new home the same year. A portion of this property is
^still in the possession of his descendants. The first court held
in the county met in a building on his place, still standing, and
now used as a stable. "To what base uses," &c. Colonel Patton
was the first county surveyor of Buncombe, to which office he
was elected at its organization ; he and his son, Fidelio, who suc-
ceeded him, filled the position for fifty years.
Samuel W. Davidson, another Scotch-Irishman, the ancestor
of a numerous body still living in this county, removed from
near Morganton, to the place now owned by A. B. Fortune, on
the Swannanoa, in 1786. His brother, James, whose lonely
grave, near the line of the Western North Carolina railroad, is
still pointed out to the traveller, was killed by the Indians soon
afterwards.
James Patton, many of whose descendants yet live in Bun-
combe county, was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the United
States in 1783, first settling in Virginia. He removed to this
county in 1792, and died in 1845, at the age of 90. He pur-
chased nearly all the ground upon which Asheville now stands
from James M. Smith for a small sum, little thinking how valua-
ble the investment would prove in after years to his children.
John Young, grandfather of Sheriff Young, settled on Cane
Creek, where he purchased 600 acres of land, about the year
1800. He afterwards bought i,6oo acres on the Swannanoa,
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where many of his descendants now live. He was a sturdy type
of the American pioneer, and died universally beloved and
respected, in 1845, at the age of 80. His mother lived to see her
113th year.
Zebulon Baird, father of " Uncle Joe " Baird, and maternal
grandfather of General R. B. and Senator Z. B. Vance, was born
in New Jersey. He came to Buncombe county in 1795 from
Augusta, Ga., in the first four-wheeled wagon to cross the moun-
tains. Cutting his way through the forests, he made a track
which was soon to become the main thoroughfare between
Tennessee and Augusta, from which city most of the merchandise
sold in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina was hauled
for the next sixty years. This pioneer wagon was loaded with a
stock of goods, including the first Jews-harps seen in Buncombe.
Mr. Baird built and occupied the first storehouse on the present
site of Asheville ; he also built the first court-house, the first jail,
and, indeed, made the first clearing where the city now stands.
His original grant of land, embracing fourteen square miles,
extended north to the mouth of Beaver Dam. Mr. Baird rep-
resented this county in both branches of the State Legislature
for many successive terms.
Colonel David Vance, grandfather of General R. B. and
Senator Vance, came from Virginia, and settled on Reems'
Creek, this county, very soon after the close of the Revo-
lution. His house, the same in which the post-office of Vance-
ville is now kept, was built by him nearly one hundred years
ago, and it is said that the covering has not been renewed to
this time. Previous to his settlement in Buncombe county,
Colonel Vance was present at, and took an active part in, the
battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780. He was a brave
soldier and a talented man. His sons — David, who married a
daughter of Zebulon Baird, and Robert, who represented the
Western District in Congress one term, and was killed in a
duel with Samuel Carson, of Burke county, in 1827 — lie buried
with him, in the family graveyard, on a hill overlooking the old
homestead, on Reems' Creek.
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It is related that his daughter, Miss Celia, who afterwards
married Colonel Ben Brittain, on one occasion having seen a
"muster," was so much taken with the warlike motions of the
troops going through their exercises, that she determined, on
reaching home, to try the "manual" herself An old shot-gun
entitled " Billy Craig," with a barrel six feet long, was procured,
and the young girl went through the manual of arms to the best
of her ability. When the command to "fire!" was given (by
herself), she pulled the trigger, when bang ! went the old gun,
(which, of course, " wasn't loaded,") tearing a hole in the corner
of the house large enough to put one's arm through. This hap-
pened eighty years ago, but the hole has never been repaired,
and can be seen to this day.
David L. Swain was born in Buncombe county in 1801, his
father having emigrated from Massachusetts a few years pre-
viously. The son of a poor frontiersman, by the exercise of
native talent and perseverance he elevated himself to the highest
rank as a statesman. His early education was received at New-
ton Academy, Asheville, since the alma mater of many distin-
guished North Carolinians. Afterwards graduating at Chapel
Hill, he lived to become Governor of the State, and closed- his
brilliant career as President of the University where he had
achieved distinction in his youth. Governor Swain built the
first brick house west of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina. The
building is still standing on south Main street, Asheville, and is
now, with a m(^dern fiont, occupied by S. R. Kepler as a store.
James Alexander was born in the north of Ireland. He settled
on Bee-Tree creek, a branch of Swannanoa, about ij^G. His
descendants at this day outnumber the scions of any other " first
family" in the county. His wife was also an Irish woman, and
was noted, like her husband, for many sterhng qualities of head
and heart.
James Weaver settled in this county very early in its history.
He entered a large body of land on Reems' Creek, near the
present site of Weaverville. His descendants, a numerous and
respectable body, still live in the vicinity.
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Wm. Whitson, grandfather of Dr. G. W. Whitson, was one of
the very earliest colonists of Buncombe county. Emigrating
from Virginia, he first pitched his tent near Morganton, where
he married. His father-in-law, a member of the McDowell
family, had entered land on the Swannanoa ; and long before any
permanent settlements had been made there, he was in the habit
of paying occasional visits to his property to enjoy the fine hunt-
ing and fishing which it afforded. On returning to his home he
would give such glowing accounts of the beauties of the Swan-
nanoa valley that Whitson at last determined to try his luck in
the wilderness. He built his cabin on the banks of the river,
(then rolling through a dense cane-brake,) near where John H.
Murphy now lives, and had many trials with his neighbors, the
Indians, before his life was made comfortable by their removal
further west.
Samuel Chunn, some of whose descendants are now living in
Asheville, came to this county in 1797. His house, one of the
first erected in the town, occupied the ground where the Brand
building, on south Main street, now stands. Mr. Chunn was one
of Asheville's first merchants, and was k very successful business
man.
James Brevard, grandfather of J. D. Brevard, came from
Mecklenburg county, and settled on Cane creek, at the place
now called Fairview, about the year 1800. The county seat of
Transylvania is named in his honor, and not, as is often sup-
posed, after Ephraim Brevard, his near relative, one of the
signers of the " Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence."
Mr. Brevard represented Buncombe county in the State Legisla-
ture several terms. He was a man possessed of many of the
highest qualities, and was renowned, like most of his fellow-
pioneers, for nobility and purity of character. Indeed, if any of
the early settlers of this county were possessed of traits which
their children do not delight to record, tradition fails to give the
particulars. Their vices must have been few and their virtues
many ; for it is a noteworthy fact that the men who first broke
ground in the wilderness, and laid the foundation of the great-
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ness and prosperity of our country, were invariably of simple
and religious natures. To this the pioneers of Buncombe
county were no exception —
" Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray."
EMINENT SONS OF BUNCOMBE.
Si^^UNCOMBE County has produced, in addition to many
^M^al "°^^ dead, several men, yet living, who have achieved
<3^^^ national reputations.
Senator Z. B. Vance was Governor of the State both during
and since the war, and is now a Senator of the United States,
and one of the most brilliant members of the Upper House. He
is the author of the celebrated' expression, " What the Governor
of North Carolina said to the Governor of South Carolina."
His brother, Gen. Robt. B. Vance, was a distinguished Confed-
erate officer, and has represented the Eighth District in Congress
several successive terms. He is now an eminent member of
that body, and is always one of the few sober men in the House
when Congress adjourns.
General Thomas L. Clingman, though not a native of this
county, has made it his home for over forty years, and can,
therefore, justly be claimed as a Buncombe man. He first
represented the Western District in the lower house of Congress
forty years ago, and served several terms with distinction. He
was also a United States Senator for one term. As a scholar
and scientist, he has few superiors in this country; and his
invention of an electric light is said to be superior to that of
Edison. During the late war General Clingman served gallantly,
and was wounded severely on the field of battle.
Judge A, S. Merrimon was born in Asheville, where several of
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his brothers and sisters are now living. He has filled many
offices of trust in the gift of the people, and was United States
Senator from 1871 to 1877. He has been lately appointed by
the Governor to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench,
caused by the resignation of Judge Thos. Ruffin.
ANTLER HALL, ON FRENCH-BROAD RIVER, NEAR ASHEVILLE,
RESIDENCE OF G. B. TENNENT.
Several others, of more or less distinction in " field " or
"forum," have honored this county with their birth; but space
forbids a mention of their deeds and virtues here. Their memo-
ries live in the hearts of their children, who, we hope, will strive
to emulate the actions of their fathers.
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ASHEVILLE,
BUNCOMBE CO., NORTH CAROLINA.=^=
GEOGRAPHICAL.
_lS!\^jSHEVILLE, the seat of justice for Buncombe county,
W^ the metropolis of Western North Carolina, and justly-
styled the " Queen City of the Mountains," is situated
near the confluence of the French-Broad and Swannanoa rivers ;
272 miles west of Raleigh, 495 southwest of Washington, and
297 miles northeast of Charleston. The city, built at the edge
of an extensive basin, on a series of undulating hills running
back eastwardly from the French-Broad, is about two miles long
by the same distance in width, and contains a population of over
4,000 souls. Its mean elevation above the river-bed is 300 feet,
and above sea-level 2,360 feet, which insures a dry and bracing
atmosphere, extremely favorable to health. The mean annual
temperature of Asheville, from observations conducted during
six and one-half years by the State Geological Survey, is found
to be 54° 3'; ranging from a minimum of 7° above zero in win-
ter to a maximum of 86° in summer ; the average spring
temperature is 53°; summer 72°, autumn 54°, and winter 38°.
The extremes of heat and cold are never oppressive, and even in
the warmest part of summer the nights are delightfully cool.
* For description of other post-offices and towns of Buncombe county, see "The Gazetteer,"
beginning on page 70 of this volume.
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Asheville received its charter as a city from the General As-
sembly of i882-'83, under the auspices of C. M. McLoud, Esq.,
one of the present members of the House from this county.
The Western North Carolina raih-oad passes through the city,
giving it unbroken communication with Eastern and Western
points ; and with the completion of the Spartanburg and Ashe-
ville railroad, which now lacks but twenty miles (ten of them
being graded) of reaching Asheville, a near outlet to the South
will also be secured. A branch of the Western North Carolina
railroad is graded for seventy miles due west of Asheville,
twenty miles of this distance being open for traffic, and is designed
to connect with the Knoxville and Aug-usta railroad.
HISTORICAL-1798-1865.
,Ti^^^|t^fSHEVILLE came very near not being built where it
4a|(j^g now stands. It seems the commissioners appointed to
6^L-e/.. select a location for a county-seat had agreed upon a
spot about three miles south of the present site of the city; but were
afterwards so well treated to " mountain dew " by the proprietor
of a tavern and store, which stood near what is now the court-
house square, that, mellowed by the soothing influences of the
liquor, they unanimously changed their minds, and, acceding to
the wishes of the tavern-keeper, decided " the best place for a
town to be, was where good whiskey was plenty." This event
took place about 85 years ago. The town was at first called Mor-
ristown, but the name was afterwards changed to its present title
in compliment to Governor Samuel Ashe. It remained but a
small and straggling village for a long period ; and sixty years
ago most of the ground on which the city is now built was in a
chinquapin thicket. At this time three or four stores, a hotel,
(still standing, and but little changed in outward appearance.) the
offices of a few lawyers and physicians, a blacksmith and carpen-
ter-shop, and about a score of dwellings, composed the town.
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The population in 1830, two years before the first charter of
incorporation was received, numbered about 350, one-third being
slaves; by 1840 it had grown to 500 — the same relative propor-
tions of whites and blacks being still preserved.
In 1845, the mercantile business of Asheville was conducted
by Ja*s. M. Smith, Jas. W. Patton, Roberts & Williams, Joseph
Dunlap, Alfred B. Chunn, and Montraville Patton ; the two last-
named are yet living in Asheville. The physicians were Thos.
C. Lester and J. F. E. Hardy ; the latter gentleman, the father of
Dr. J. G. Hardy, of this city, died in 1882. The legal fraternity
was represented by Joshua Roberts, N. W. and John Woodfin,
Thos, L. Clingman, and B. M. Edney; of these, all men of fine
talents, General Clingman alone survives. The Presbyterians,
Baptists, and Methodists all had places of worship ; but the
only religious edifice now standing, which was then in exist-
ence, is that of the Presbyterians. Two hotels — the Eagle, kept
by Jas. W. Patton, and the Buck, (now the Central,) by Jas. M.
Smith, — sufficed for the wants of the travelling public. There was
also, at this time, a large hotel, since destroyed by fire, at the
Sulphur Springs, four miles west of town, where a great number
of visitors assembled during the summer.
From old files of the Highland Messenger, the first newspaper
published in Asheville, and its successor, the News, some
interesting facts concerning the village at this period were
gained. In the volume of the Messenger for 1844 we find a
" Sketch of the Life and Public Services of Henry Clay " run-
ning through several issues, which tends to prove the " Great
Commoner " to have been a favorite in Buncombe. In the same
volume the "Augusta Prices Current," for August 9, 1844, in-
forms us that bacon (hog-round) was worth 6 to 6^ cts. per lb.,
and hams from 7 to 8 cts. ; Rio and Laguayra coffee from 7 to 10,
Java from 14 to 16, and Mocha from 18 to 22 cts. per lb. Corn
is quoted at from 50 to 62^20. per bushel, flour from $4.50 to
$6. 50 per bbl., Liverpool salt 5 5 to 5 8 cts. per bushel ; North Caro-
lina tobacco 8 to 15, and Virginia tobacco 15 to 50 cts. per lb.
(They can't beat us so badly as that now ! ) New Orleans sugar
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is quoted from 6 to 8, and " double-refined " 14 to 17 cts. per lb.
The " Charleston Prices Current," in the issue of the News for
January 24, 1846, quotes corn 65 to 70, and oats 46 cts. a bushel ;
peach brandy |i, and " Northern whiskey " 26 to 27 cts. a gallon !
In the summer of 1845, the proprietor of the Warm-Springs
Hotel. Jno. E. Patton, (still living, near Asheville,) takes a full-page
advertisement in the A^^wi-, printed in large letters, leaving out the
column-rules, in which he announces that the rates for board will
be 75 cents a day, or ^5.00 a week, during the season. (N. B. — The
above prices are somewhat lower than those now charged at
this famous watering place.) Mr. Patton also announces that he
has engaged the services of a brass band for the season. Daily
stages and mails are among the inducements held out to the
health and pleasure seeker ; and the use of " common tene-
ments " is offered gratuitously to those who wish to secure the
benefit of the waters, but who are unable to pay for accommoda-
tions at the hotel.
In the issue for June 6, 1845, the latest news from New York
is dated May 20 ; and by the " remarkably fast passage of the
Brittania, only 16 days from Liverpool," the news of Europe to
May 4, is secured. This must have seemed phenomenal to the
citizens of Asheville at that day — the same when Horace Greely,
Jas. Gordon Bennett, and Henry Raymond, were such rivals in
their enterprising efforts to get the first news from the incoming
European steamers. In the same issue we also see that O'Con-
nell and "Repeal" were raising a stir in Ireland— that sweet isle,
which hasn't yet stopped furnishing exciting intelligence to the
world ; only we get it a little fresher now than then.
From the advertising columns of the same paper, we find the
rates for board in 1850 at the Asheville Hotel, now the Carolina
House, were ^7.00 to ^8.00 per month, and that candles and
fuel were " extras." From this year up to and during the war,
very few copies of the Asheville Neivs are in existence ; which is
a great pity, and will prove an irreparable loss to the future
historian of the city and county.
At the breaking out of the late war, in 1861, Asheville was the
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home of a large number of men of standing and influence, who
all acted with a common impulse in furthering the cause of the
South. Company after company was formed, organized, and
equipped for the service ; and not a few of the brave boys of
Asheville and Buncombe county were destined soon to give up
their lives, fighting for their homes, on the battle field. The first
company to leave for the scene of strife was the Buncombe
Rifles, W. W. McDowell, captain ; and the second, the Rough
and Ready Guards, with Z. B. Vance (now Senator) at its head.
During the sanguinary struggle which laid waste some of the fair-
est portions of the South, Asheville was but little troubled by the
invading armies. In the spring of 1865, a party of about 1,500
Yankees, attempting to enter the place, was met and routed,
after a sharp skirmish, at the Woodfin farm, on the French-
Broad, two miles north of town, by the Confederate forces then
stationed in Asheville. Stoneman and Brown, with their com-
mands, passed through the town in the May after the Surrender,
and Northern troops, under various commanders, were stationed
at Camp Patton (which had been used as a place of encampment
at various times by the Confederates during the war,) for a year
afterwards ; but no fighting was done, and Asheville happily
escaped the bloody scenes witnessed by so many Southern cities
during the progress of the fratricidal strife.
SINCE THE WAR.
ASHEVILLE AS A SUMMER RESORT.
^URING the war business suffered, of course, for the men
^ were all in the field; but with the cessation of hostilities,
things again took an upward turn, and prosperity soon
began to dawn — a prosperity which has suffered no retrocession
since. In 1850 the population of Asheville was about 800; in
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i860, 1,100, and in 1870, 1,450; the rapid increase being largely
due to the fame the town was acquiring abroad as a resort for
health and pleasure seekers. Thousands of strangers from the
South, besides numbers from the North and East, now visit
Asheville every summer, to enjoy the fine breezes of the moun-
tains, and the social pleasures of the city, which is fast taking
rank as the leading summer resort of the Southern States.
Three large, elegant, and well-kept hotels, capable of accom-
modating from 150 to 300 guests each; three others, with
capacities ranging from 50 to lOO guests; besides boarding
houses innumerable, serve the wants of the army of tourists
who flock here during the heated term.
Another hotel, to cost $100,000, exclusive of furniture, is to
be ready for the season of 1884. It is now under way, in the
midst of an extensive park, on an eminence, in the centre of the
city, and is designed to accommodate from 500 to 600 guests.
It will be, when completed, one of the largest and most magnifi-
cent hotels in the South.
The livery service of Asheville is unsurpassed, yet it is taxed
to its utmost capacity during the season. The delightful drives
along the shaded banks of the French-Broad and Swannanoa
rivers, and the roads to celebrated "views" and mountain peaks
in the vicinity, are thronged with carriages and equestrians every
day. Carriage and horseback riding seem to be the principal,
and, indeed, almost the only, open-air pleasures indulged in by
our summer visitors. They seldom fish ; they never hunt, and
the bare thought of a pedestrian tour through the mountains
would strike a chill of horror to the heart of many a gallant
"carpet knight." Almost every night during the season, balls
are given at some one of the principal hotels, with fine bands of
music in attendance; everything being free to all devotees of
Terpsichore, as well as to the guests of the house. Skating
rinks, billiard halls, and the Public Library reading room are all
places where the long hours can be made to drift pleasantly into
the past. Indeed, the visitor to Asheville need never suffer for
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lack of amusements ; for, in addition to those already named,
the trout-fishing and hunting within easy distance is superb, and
parties to " rough it " in the grand old mountains, by which the
city is surrounded, can always be made up. Mt. Mitchell, 6,711
feet, the highest peak in the United States east of the Rocky
Mountains, and celebrated as the scene of the tragic death of
Dr. Elisha Mitchell, who was the first to make accurate surveys
of elevations in the Southern Plateau of the Alleghanies, is within
a day's ride of Asheville ; and Craggy, Pisgah, and other noted
peaks and mountain ranges can be reached in less time.
i^o
THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY— ITS POPULATION AND
WEALTH— ITS FUTURE.
^HE business men of Asheville are an active and enter
prising body; ever ready to embark in a paying invest-
ment; ever honorable in their transactions with their
customers, with each other, and with the wholesale dealers and
manufacturers from whom they purchase their stocks; so, at
home and abroad, the character and credit of our merchants
stand deservedly very high. The amount of capital at present
invested in all branches of business in the city, does not fall far
short of ^1,500,000.
A glance over the first parts of this book will show in detail
the number and variety of the industrial pursuits of the citizens
of Asheville; but a partial recapitulation here will not be out of
place. We find in the city between 40 and 50 stores where
general merchandise is sold; 8 or 10 doing a jobbing in addi-
tion to a retail trade. Only one house does an exclusively
wholesale business, but its transactions are very large. Two
wholesale and retail hardware houses, both dealing also in agri-
cultural implements ; i wholesale and retail dealer in stoves and
tinware, and 3 tinner's shops. One jeweler, 2 dealers in silver-
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ware, 2 in china and glassware, and i in Florida curiosities ; 4
millinery establishments, and 4 dealers in sewing machines ; i
bank, 5 real-estate and insurance agents, representing twenty-
eight first-class companies, and over ;^200,ooo,ooo of capital ; 6
liquor dealers, 2 being wholesale and retail, and 5 druggists ; 3
booksellers and news-dealers, and 2 newspapers. We also find 2
manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds, and 2 dealers in the
same ; 3 lumber yards, 6 brick-yards, (not including places
where builders make their own brick,) i foundry and machine
shop, 2 planing mills, 2 corn and 2 flouring mills ; 2 carriage
and wagon manufacturers ; 8 blacksmiths, 2 coopers, 4 painters,
and 15 firms of contractors and builders. There are 3 furniture
dealers, 4 cabinetmakers, i undertaker, and i marble yard ; 8
shoemakers, 3 saddlers, and i tan yard. There are 3 bakers, 5
butchers, 5 dealers in confectioneries and fruits; 6 hotels, about
50 boarding houses, and 6 livery stables. The tobacco interest
is represented by 4 warehouses, 4 factories, and 18 firms of leaf-
dealers. Of professional men, there are 6 dentists, 10 physi-
cians (one being a lady), and 21 firms of attorneys.
Of course it will be understood that in the above list no
mechanics but those running shops or employing workmen are
included; there are several hundred journeymen mechanics in
Asheville, most of them being skilful artisans.
The population of the city at the various decennial periods
from 1830 to 1870 has been already given. By the census of
1880, 2,616 inhabitants were returned. In April of the present
year (1883), the publisher of this work took a careful census,
and found that there were 3,874 residents in Asheville : white
males 1,235, white females 1,173; total whites, 2,408; colored
males 717, colored females 749; total colored, 1,466 — grand
total, 3,874; showing an increase of 1,258, or 48. i percent in
the 22 months which had elapsed since the census of June,
1880. Now, allowing for a proportionate growth in the five
months from April to September, 1883, (and this no one will
gainsay,) we have to-day 4,160 inhabitants in the city.
The increase in wealth has more than kept pace with the
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growth of the population. In 1873 the total valuation of real
and personal property in Asheville was about ;$300,ooo. In
1874 it was $422,316; in 1875, $486,871 ; in 1876, $581,834; in
1877, $634,144; in 1878, $691,491 ; in 1879, $810,464; in 1880,
$904,428; in 1 88 1, $1,003,248; in 1882, $1,220,727; and the
estimate for the present year, from nearly complete returns, is
$1,500,000. Thus, while the population in thirteen years has
increased about 200 per cent., the wealth of the city has in ten
years been augmented 400 per cent. Truly this is a sign of
abundant prosperity. And still the boom continues. Strangers
with capital are arriving every day — for the fame of Asheville,
as the future great city of the State, is being sounded abroad.
With the completion of the Spartanburg and Asheville railroad,
giving us unbroken communication with Charleston, Atlanta,
and other South Carolina and Georgia cities ; and the western
branch of the Western North Carolina railroad finished to its
meeting point with the Knoxville and Augusta railroad, bringing
to our doors the untold mineral and agricultural wealth of a
hitherto undeveloped region of our State, Asheville's future as a
railroad centre will be secured. Her magnificent water-power,
availability of raw material, and other superiorities, destine her
to become ere long a manufacturing centre as well. As a sum-
mer resort she stands unrivalled, and her mercantile trade is al-
ready large. Who can foretell what the city, with her great
natural and artificial advantages, will become in another decade!
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS— STREETS, BUILDINGS,
WATER-WORKS, &c.
l^,j|,.MsHE dwellings and business houses of Asheville will com-
' ^ pare favorably with those of some far larger cities. Most
of the mercantile establishments are of brick, from two
to four stories in height, and many of them are distinguished by
imposing fronts of glass and iron ; the few old frame stores yet
128 HISTORICAL SKETCH.
remaining are being rapidly replaced by handsome brick build-
ings, and soon the last will have disappeared.
Asheville is adorned with many fine private residences, and
both in the city and its suburbs are found some mansions and
villas of surpassing elegance. The churches of Asheville are a
credit to its people ; the hotels are renowned for size and beauty,
and the tobacco-warehouses are all brick structures of spacious
extent.
At this date (September, 1883,) over one hundred buildings,
including fifteen large brick storehouses, from two to five stories
high, are in course of erection in the city, at a total cost of not
less than ^150,000.
In noticing the buildings of Asheville, special mention must
be made of the Buncombe-County court-house. It is situated in
the exact centre of the city, on the Public Square, and is one of
the finest edifices of the kind in the State ; it was completed in
1877, at a cost of ;^33,ooo. The United States Circuit and Dis-
trict Courts are held within its walls, in addition to the regular
courts of the county. A handsome opera-hall, with well-arranged
stage, scenery, &c., having a comfortable seating capacity of 400,
occupies the third floor.
City Water-Works. — This great enterprise, which is des-
tined to be of such inestimable benefit to the people of Asheville,
was inaugurated in 1882, and is to be completed the present
year, at a cost of ^$20,000. The reservoir, having a capacity of
nearly 1,000,000 gallons, is situated on the mountain-side,
near the eastern limits of the city, with an elevation of 150
feet above the Court-House Square. The water, gathered from
numerous springs, is conducted through terra-cotta pipes a dis-
tance of two miles, with a gradual fall along the mountain-slope,
to the reservoir, whence ten-inch iron mains carry it to the Pub-
lic Square ; from here six-inch pipes branch in all directions over
the city, carrying the precious fluid to its remotest parts. The
city is the owner of the system, and only a sum sufficient to
guarantee a small interest on the outlay will be charged house-
holders for the use of the water.
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Within the past year ;^20,ooo have been expended in improv-
ing the streets of Asheville ; six miles have been macadamized in
that time ; besides new sidewalks laid down, old streets widened,
and new ones opened to the public. Before long Asheville will
be as distinguished for good highways as she formerly was for
bad ones.
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SOME NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.
!7|.SHEVILLE is at present lighted with the old-fashioned
kerosene lamp ; but the march of progress demands its
speedy abolition ; gas or the electric light must inevi-
tably take its place, ere long, in our growing city.
An ice-factory is a much-needed enterprise in our midst; for
in this region ice is gathered about one year in every two, and is
never a certain "crop." A machine capable of turning out suffi-
cient for the wants of the city would cost but little in comparison
with the profits which the investment would guarantee. Ashe-
ville every summer uses an immense quantity of ice, and the
home supply, when there is any at all, hardly ever lasts through
August. During several months it is brought here from the
Kennebec river, at a heavy expense for freight, and must be sold,
to realize a living profit, at a price far above that at which it
could be afforded, if we manufactured it ourselves.
A street railway from the depot to the centre of the city is
another undertaking which would pay handsomely in Asheville,
Extra horses or an " inclined plane " could be used to surmount
the hill rising from the river ; indeed, the grade, though heavy
for horse-power, is so slight for an inclined-plane railway that the
same cars could make the entire distance, and the only extra
expense be for the stationary-engine and cables.
This enterprise would work a revolution in the carrying trade
of the city ; for, freight as well as passenger cars being employed,
most of the present multitude of wagons and omnibuses would
130 HISTOEICAL SKETCH.
no longer be required. The result would be cheaper and quicker
transportation of passengers and goods, and consequent great
benefits to the citizens and the travelling public.
A coal and wood yard, a telephone exchange, an extensive
carriage and wagon factory, and a national bank are also much
needed, and would be sure to pay in Asheville.
CHURCHES.
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m,
.VjSHEVILLE is well supplied with places of religious
siffi;
ICJJSMK worship, under the charge of able and eloquent minis-
ters. Nine churches, six white and three colored, are
open every Sunday to the public, and are generally thronged
with worshippers.
The Presbyterian Church was organized about sixty-five
years ago by Rev. George Newton, the first pastor ; he was fol-
lowed by Rev. Mr. Bradshaw. For several years the congre-
gation worshipped at Newton Academy; but in 1825, the
present building was erected, the ground being donated by
James Patton. The present pastor is Rev. James P. Gammon,
and the membership is about 125.
Baptist. — This church was constituted December 6, 1829;
the first pastor being Rev. Thomas Stradley, who filled the pul-
pit for the next forty-six years. Mr. Stradley, who is still living,
came from England, and settled in Buncombe county in 1826.
He bought the ground on which the present church edifice
stands, in his own name, and was, indeed, the principal agent in
its erection; previously the place of worshijD had been on the
west side of French-Broad river. Peter Stradley, who died at
Hendersonville in 1883, was the first clerk. This church has
had but three pastors in fifty-four years: Revs. Thos. Stradley
and A. C. Dixon, and the present incumbent, Dr. John Mitchell.
The number of names now on the church books is 225.
The Episcopal Church was founded in Asheville in 1846,
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at that time having only three communicants. Dr. Jarvis
Buxton, the present incumbent, was the first rector. The
membership is now 125, and three chapels — St. Andrew's,
Beaver Dam, and Haw Creek, — also belong to the parish. The
elegant and commodious structure now occupied by this church
was finished the present year, at a cost of nearly ^8,000.
Methodist Episcopal, South. — This church was founded in
Asheville many years ago, but was not organized into a separate
pastoral charge until 1848 — with the Rev. J. S. Burnett as
pastor. Its beginning was feeble, but it has continued to de-
velop in strength and character, until it has become one of the
most prosperous churches in the city. It has now a membership
of over 300, and an imposing building. Rev. G. C. Rankin is the
present pastor.
Roman Catholic. — There are now very few communicants of
this church living in Asheville. The building, a neat brick
structure, situated in a beautiful grove, on a swelling eminence,
was erected about fourteen years ago. Services are held
monthly ; Rev. Mark S. Gross, of Hickory, pastor in charge.
Methodist Episcopal. — This church was established quite
recently in Asheville, and the membership now amounts to
about 30. Rev. T. Clayton was the first pastor, succeeded by
Rev W. M. Bagby, who is at present in charge. The church-
building, corner of Patton avenue and Bailey street, was erected
in 1882, and cost about ;^2,ooo.
Colored Churches. — Of these, there are three in Asheville :
Episcopal, (Freedmen's Chapel, under the patronage of Trinity
Parish,) Baptist, and African Methodist Episcopal. All have
goodly lists of members, and the places of worship are very
creditable buildings. The Methodists are now building a very
neat edifice of brick, at a cost of ^^2,500, to replace the old
church on College street.
132 HISTORICAL SKETCH.
SCHOOLS.
5HIS city is rich in good schools ; numerous institutions of
learning, with able teachers, giving her youth unequalled
opportunities for acquiring knowledge.
Newton Academy. — This school, at which Governor Swain,
General R. B. Vance, and other distinguished men received their
early education, was founded during the closing years of the last
century. B. Smith was the first principal, followed by Rev. F.
Porter, who was in turn succeeded by Rev. Geo. Newton, (the
founder of the Asheville Presbyterian church,) who gave his
name to the institution. After a long and successful career,
Newton Academy was suffered to fall into decay. The school
was suspended in consequence of the dilapidation of the building
and lack of patronage, but was afterwards revived, and the pres-
ent commodious brick structure erected. It is situated within
100 yards of the old log school-house, and ly^ miles south of
Asheville court-house. G. W. Snelson is now the principal.
Asheville Male Academy took the place of Newton Acad-
emy, at the period of its temporary suspension, nearly forty
years ago. It was at first conducted in one of the brick build-
ings now forming a part of the Asheville Female College. The
first principal was J. H. Norwood, aided by Colonel Stephen
Lee, The latter afterwards conducted a school in Chunn's Cove,
1% miles east of Asheville, for over thirty years. Asheville
Male Academy is now situated in the northwest portion of the
city, and is presided over by Professor S. F. Venable, a very
successful educator.
Asheville Female College. — This celebrated seat of learn-
ing has been in operation since 185 1; in which year it was
chartered under the auspices of the Holston Conference, Method-
ist Episcopal Church, South; the Rev. Erastus Rowley being
the first president. The spacious grounds, 12 acres in extent,
in the very heart of the city, were given many years before, by
ASHEVILLE. 133
James Patton, for educational purposes, and are still occupied
by the college buildings, including boarding houses, and the
residences of the professors.
Before the war as many as 300 young ladies, from all parts of
the South, received instruction at this institution. Long before a
railroad had got within lOO miles of Asheville, these pupils,
generally the children of wealthy parents, came in their fathers'
carriages, and very often remained the four years required to
complete the course. During the war the college was deserted,
but of late years it has been making rapid steps towards regain-
ing its pristine vigor. In the session of i882-'83, 149 students,
representing 12 different States, from Maine to Florida, were in
attendance, and a large increase is expected the coming term.
An able faculty is at present engaged. Rev. James Atkins, Jr.,
President.
Ravenscroft Diocesan Training School is under the au-
spices of the Episcopal church, and was established several
years ago as a theological seminary. The .spacious buildings
and grounds on Church street are owned by Trinity parish,
Asheville. Rev. D. H. Buel, Principal.
Since the first parts of this book were printed, two new edu-
cational enterprises have been inaugurated in this city :
Asheville Grammar and High School, Cassimar Falk, late
a professor in the Asheville Female College, Principal; Robert
P. Pell, A. B., assistant; and
Oak-Hill Seminary, a school for young ladies, with an able
corps of lady teachers, consisting of Misses M. R. Goodloe, F.
E. Buxton, and H. A. Champion. Miss F. L. Patton is Superin-
tendent.
There are also, in addition to the above, free schools for white
and colored, and several private educational establishments in the
city.
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134 HISTORICAL SKETCH.
NEWSPAPERS.
pHE first journalistic venture in Asheville was the High-
|i land Messenger, started in 1840 by Christian McNally^
who was soon succeeded in the control of the paper by
Rev. Thos. Atkin. The name was subsequently changed to the
Asheville Nezvs, and under this title published by Mr. Atkin up
to and during the war. The Spectator, the Expositor, the Joitr-
nal, the Pioneer, and various others, including a religious weekly
and a very short-lived " daily," have since seen the light in our
town, have led more or less checkered, and longer or shorter
careers, and died.
At present there are two newspapers published in Asheville,
the '^Citizen'' and the "News"; both enterprising sheets, with
large and growing circulations.
The Weekly Citizen was founded in 1871 by R. M, Furman,
who was joined by Jordan Stone in 1876. These gentlemen, in
association with Colonel John D. Cameron, formerly of the
Durham R,ecorder, are the present editors and proprietors. In
January, 1882, this firm issued the first number of the Semi-
Weekly Citizen, a very successful venture. The Citizeji is the
ofificial organ of the Democratic party of the Eighth Congres-
sional District. The weekly edition has a circulation of 1,500,
and reaches the remotest parts of Western North Carolina.
The Asheville News was founded by its present enterprising
proprietors, the Messrs. Deake, in August, 1880; and, though
Republican in politics, has a large circulation among the Demo-
crats of the city and county. The News is one of the leading
Republican newspapers of the State, and is distinguished for
liberality of tone in its editorials and the perspicacity of its local
columns.
A city with Asheville's advantages should support a daily
newspaper. It is true the population is small yet, but our mer-
chants and business men are proverbially liberal advertisers ; and
the immense influx of strangers to the city at all seasons, but
ASHEVILLE. 135
especially in summer, would materially help to swell the circula-
tion. Besides, there are no " dailies " published nearer than
Knoxville or Charlotte, and all Western North Carolina, west of
the Blue Ridge, would, in any event, be tributary to Asheville
for the daily, as it now is, principally, for the weekly, news. We
shall gladly hail the hour, and trust it is not distant, when
Asheville can boast a daily paper of her own.
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
jOUNT HERMON LODGE, No. ii8, A. F. and A. M.,
was chartered in 1847, with 30 members. The first
officers were : Joshua Roberts, W. M. ; Erastus Row-
ley, Secretary; M. W. Alexander, S. W. ; J. W. Norwood, J. W.;
Jas. W. Patton, Treasurer ; Geo. W. Shackelford, Tiler.
At present there are 62 attending, and about 100 non-affiliating,
members.
Asheville Division Sons of Temperance was organized in
the spring of 1883, and is under the auspices of the Grand
Lodge of the State. It is composed of a large number of citi-
zens and many ladies. This society supplies a long-felt want in
our midst, and is sure to prove a great boon to the community.
The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in
Asheville in 1882. It is composed of a number of young men
of sterling religious character, and has already been productive
of much good.
The Asheville Club, founded in 1881, now comprises about
50 of our citizens, and was organized for the purpose of advanc-
ing the social and literary tastes of its members. Spacious
apartments have been fitted up as reading, billiard, and con-
versation rooms, where the leisure hours can be made to drift
pleasantly away.
The Asheville Public Library is the outgrowth of the
old " Asheville Reading Club " founded many years ago. To
136 HISTORICAL SKETCH.
Dr. J. G. Hardy, of this city, more than to any other man, does
Asheville owe the organization of this elegant Hbrary, which
now contains over a thousand volumes, embracing all branches of
literature. A reading room, supplied with the leading news-
papers and magazines, is in connection, and is free to all.
The Board of Trade was organized in January, 1882. The
entire business community, of every vocation, is represented;
and it is one of the best agencies in our midst for furthering the
general interests of the city.
The Asheville Tobacco Association is composed of the
leading men engaged in the business in the city. It is an organ-
ization which has its fellow in all towns where tobacco is manu-
factured or sold; and its purpose is to promote the best interests
of the planter as well as those of its members.
The Asheville Thespian Club was founded in 1876, and
has at present twenty members, comprising the best local
talent. The Club occupies commodious and handsomely fur-
nished rooms on south Main street, and gives performances, at
intervals through the season, in the Asheville Opera-House.
The " Thespians " have a fine set of costumes and properties,
and their acting is said to be very good.
The Asheville Light Infantry is a military company com-
posed of about fifty young men of the city, and was organized
the present year (1883). It is well equipped with arms and hand-
some uniforms, and presents a brilliant and warlike appearance
on parade.
There are also several societies, secret and benevolent, amongst
the colored people of Asheville.
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"TO ASHEVILLE BY STAGE."
^0^\\7>SFIEVILLE was at one time the centre of one of the
JjR^ife most extensive systems of stage routes east of the Rocky
6^^T^^ Mountains. Valentine Ripley, of Hendersonville, was
a famous "stage-man" between the years 1840 and 1865. His
lines branched from Asheville in every direction : To Mt. Ster-
ling, Ky., through Cumberland Gap, 245 miles ; to Greeneville,
Tenn., and Greenville, S. C., each 60 miles, making a continuous
route of 120 miles; to Warm Springs, 37 miles; to Salisbury,
140 miles, and to other points. To operate the business
required an army of men and horses, from 100 to 150 of the lat-
ter being about the average number in use, with from 15 to 20
coaches ; but in some busy summer-seasons 300 to 400 horses,
100 to 150 men, and from 50 to 60 coaches, were necessary to
accommodate the travelling public.
As railroads approached nearer to Asheville the staging inter-
est grew less year by year. On the retirement of Mr. Ripley,
Blair & Hankins ran the lines from Greeneville, Tenn., to Green-
ville, S. C., via Asheville ; from the latter place to Morganton,
(then the terminus of the Western North Carolina railroad ;) to
Warm Springs, and to several other points, for some years.
In 1 87 1 E. T. Clemmons began running sundry lines radiating
from Asheville : To Wolf Creek, Tenn., via Warm Springs ; to
Old Fort (the terminus of the Western North Carolina railroad
from 1 87 1 to 1876); to Greenville, S. C, and many other places.
He was succeeded by Weddin & Bailey in 1876, who ran but a
few routes in comparison with their predecessors ; for, by this
time, the railroads were closing in on every side. At present
the only stage-line entering this city (once such a celebrated
" staging centre," but now soon to become a railroad centre
instead,) is that from Hendersonville, 20 miles distant. Even this
solitary relic of the past will soon follow its companions into
oblivion ; when the Spartanburg and Asheville railroad is com-
pleted, its days of usefulness, too, will have been numbered.
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