Home| Af-Amer |Cemetery|Census| Church| Deaths| Deeds | Family |History| Lookups|Maps| Marriage| Military| Newspaper|Research|Societies| Tax| Wills
Chatham County NCGenWeb
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CHATHAM - 1867
With Annotations by Sue Ashby@2009
Remember that these directories were subject to human
error in spelling.
Population of Chatham County, NC, in 1860 - 19,101
County Seat - Pittsboro
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Attorney - Benj. J. House (This man is supposedly from the town of Haywood but, he is not in the 1860 or 1870 census of Chatham. I find one Benj. in Pitt Co. in those time periods. So, it may be that the County Attorney was not required to live in the county?
Clerk Co. Court - R. C. Cotton (This is Richard C. Cotton)
Clerk Superior Court - J. A. Thompson (Should be Joseph)
Chairman Co. Court - __
Clerk & M. Eq. Court - H. Merritt (William Henry or Henry William)
Coroner __
Register - Wm. Hatch
Sheriff - G. W. Williams George W.
Deputy Sheriff - I. Neal (I find no "I." Neal in Chatham in the time period. Younger Neal is a possibility but, he is 69 in 1867. So maybe not.)
Standard Keeper ___
Surveyor ___
Trustee - G. J. Williams
Constable - J. M. Blond ( There is no "Blond" in
Chatham. should be John or Joseph BLAND)
SCHOOLS
Scientific Academy, Pittsboro - C. B. Denson (Claudius Denson is in Chatham in 1870 of the right age)
Female Academy, Pittsboro - Rev. R. B. Sutton (Cannot find him in any census of NC as R. B., .in fact can find no Sutton in Chatham Co.)
Haywood High School, Haywood - L. Holmes ( John Holmes is in 1860 census but, find no L, except for a Letha)
Mt. Vernon Seminary, Mt. Vernon - Monk & Emerson
CHURCHES AND PASTORS
Episcopal
Pittsboro - R B. Sutton
Methodist
Pittsboro - J. B. Martin (Maybe James, in Chatham, 1860)
Haywood - J. B. Martin
Pleasant Hill - J. B. Martin
Hickory Mountain - J. B. Martin
Mt. Vernon - J. B. Martin
Brown's Chapel - J. B. Martin
Chatham Church - J. B. Martin
Mt. Zion - J. B. Martin
Mt. Pleasant - O. J. Brent ( Osco J. Brent, of Hillsborough, Orange Co.)
Cedar Grove - O. J. Brent
Shady Grove - O. J. Brent
Merrit's Chapel - O. J. Brent
Ebenezer - O. J. Brent
Buckhorn - J. W. Avent (John F.? Avent in Buckhorn, in 1870)
Asbury - F. H. Wood
Shilo - F. H. Wood
Fairpromise - F. H. Wood
Meroney - F. H. Wood
Baptist
Shady Grove __
Gum Springs __
May's Chapel __
Emmaus __
Olive Chapel __
Rock Spring - Wm. Lineberry
Pittsboro - Wm. Marsh
Rives Chapel - Wm. Marsh
Mt. Gilead __
Lystra - J. P. Mason
Mt. Olive - __
Pleasant Grove __
Moore's Chapel __
Bear Creek __
Mt. Pisgah - J. C. Wilson
Mineral Springs __
Love's Creek __
Cedar Falls __
Rocky River __
Fall Creek __
Presbyterian
Pittsboro - Nathan Paton
Haywood - Nathan Paton
Protestant Methodist
Center - __
HOTELS & BOARDING HOUSES
Haywood Inn, Haywood - R. Faucett, Sr.
Eagle Hotel, Pittsboro - N. A. Ramsey
Burk's Hotel, Pittsboro - H. H.
Burk
LAWYERS
Haywood - Ben. J. House
Pittsboro - James Headen
Pittsboro - L. J. Merritt
Pittsboro - John Manning
Pittsboro - J. J. Jackson
Pittsboro - M. W. Waddell
Pittsboro - London, H. A. Jr.
MANUFACTORIES
Egypt Mining Co., Egypt - Robert Payton, Engineer
Foundry & Machine Shop, Lockville - Silas Burns
Iron Manufacturing Co., Egypt - Clegg,
Dennis & Co.
MERCHANTS
Brown & Russell - Dry Goods, &c., Egypt
Clegg, I. N., - Dry Goods, &c., Lockville
Durham, F. R. - Saddle & Harness Shop, Haywood
Farrar, J. H. - Watch Maker & Jeweler, Haywood
Fichet, M. L. - Shoemaker , Haywood
Headen & Bynum - Dry Goods &c, Pittsboro
Headen, A. G. - Dry Goods, &c, Pittsboro
Long, J. A. - Dry Goods, &c, Lockville
Long, Edwin - Dry Goods, &c., Pittsboro
London (H.A.) & Son - Dry Goods, &c., Pittsboro
Marsh & Jessup - Dry Goods, &c., Egypt
McArthur & Davis - Dry Goods, &c., Egypt
Moore, F. M. - Dry Goods, &c. , Pittsboro
Nash, W. A. - Dry Goods, &c., Pittsboro
Patterson, Wm. - Dry Goods, &c., Pittsboro
Poe & Hanks - Dry Goods, &c., Pittsboro
Scott, J. W. - Dry Goods, &c., Haywood
Vestal, N. - Dry Goods &c., Egypt
Womac & Hill - Dry Goods &c., Pittsboro
Womac, J. A. - Dry Goods &c., Pittsboro
Yarborough, A. M - Dry Goods
&c., Glenaloon
MINISTERS
Sutton, R. B. - Episcopal, Pittsboro
Holmes, L. - Episcopal, Haywood
Bobbitt, W. H. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Martin, Jos. B. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Taylor, Wm. P. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Johnson, Minton - Methodist, Pittsboro
Farrar, Thos. B. - Methodist, Bellevoir
Cotton, James - Methodist, Martha's Vineyard
Snipes, Wm. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Barnett, F. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Barnett, L. - Methodist, Pittsboro
Long, J. - Methodist, Grove
Mann, Henry - Methodist - Bellevoir
MILLS AND MILL OWNERS
Burns' Mill , Pittsboro - R. Burns
Bynum's Mill, Pittsboro ____
Hadley's Mill, Pittsboro, - W. P. Hadley
Haughton's Mill, Egypt, - Haughton & Harriss
Clegg's Mill, Haryood, - I. N. Clegg
Heck's Mill, Lockville - Heck, Clegg & Co.
Love's Mill, Hadleys, - Robt. Love
Julia's Mill, Pittsboro, - Mrs. Julia
Moore's Mill, Pittsboro - G. P. Moore
Paschal's Mill, Pittsboro - Paschall & Newlin
Taylor's Mill, Pittsboro - W. P. Taylor
Thomas' Mill, Haywood - B. Thomas
Womble's Mill, Pittsboro - T. W. Womble
Green's, R. N. ____ Beaumont
PHYSICIANS
Berry, Wm. F., Pittsboro
Buchanan, W., Martha's Vineyard
Hanks, J. A., Pittsboro
Newby, S. C., Egypt
Waddell, D. S., Pittsboro
Wyche, R. A., Haywood
Parmer, A. W., Gulf
Note: I've been told by a descendant that this
should be: PALMER, Archibald William (1828-1892)
POST OFFICES & POSTMASTERS
Pittsboro - Mallory, John T.
Egypt - Muse, H. L.
Haywood - Drake, J. B.
Glenaloon - Yarborough, A. M.
Hadley's - ____
Updated 02/17/2019