Charleston City Directories; some questions - ELIZABETH RUSSO
Subject: Charleston City Directories; some questions
From: ELIZABETH RUSSO
Date: January 19, 2000

I copied some pages from a book containing Charleston City Directories
for 1782 to 1802, but did not copy the introduction or other information
(oops.)

I have some questions.

General:

Are these directories listing the person, their occupation, and then
their home address, or their shop address?  If the former, was it
typical in this time period to live above the shop with your family?

Specific:

Here are some of my family members or possible family members and their
addresses. These are all within a few blocks of each other.  Anyone know
if these were houses or shops or combination of both for the years
stated? 

Anyone know if any of these are still intact?  I'll be there in April to
find out, but asking in the offchance anyone is from the neighborhood
and knows these places.

I cannot find the streets on a modern map for those with a >> sign next
to them.  If anyone knows about the address, please let me know.

1782:

CARNE, SAMUEL, Merchant.  9 Orange St.  (His father, Dr. Samuel Carne,
owned most of the surrounding area, and Orange St. was created after he
subdivided the lots and sold them off.)  This was once a part of "Orange
Garden".  Does that term have any meaning today?

1790:

CARNES, JOHN.  Apothecary. 119 Queen Street
CARNES, LAWRENCE, Shop Keeper. 41 Elliot St.
CARNES, SUSANNAH. 83 Tradd St.

HUTCHINSON, JEREMIAH, Chair Maker. Meeting St. (no number)
HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, Sr., Planter.  East Bay. (no number)
HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, Jr., Planter.  21 South Bay  (Would this be the same as East Bay, but on the southern end?)

1794:

DEBOW, JOHN, silversmith, 118 Queen Street.  (anyone know who this is?)
HUTCHINSON, JOHN. Shop Keeper.  65 East Bay 

1796:

CARNE, JOHN.  32 Guignard St.
HUTCHINSON, ANN.  Widow.  Fort Mechanic (what/where is this?)
HUTCHINSON, JAMES.  Baker.  91 King st.

1801:

CARN, LAWRENCE. King St. (no number)
CARNE, T. WILLIAM. 11 Pinckney St.
CARNES, SAMUEL.  Rope maker. 28 Beaufain St.
DUBOIS, PETER.  Carpenter.  28 St. Philip's St.
HUTCHINS, HUGH. Mariner. 3 Champney St.
HUTCHINSON, ELIZABETH.  106 Meeting St.

1802:

CARNE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Bookkeeper.  4 Anson St.
CARNES, SAMUEL. Rope maker.  28 Beaufain St.
CARNS, SUSANNAH.  Widow & planter.  24 Hasell St.

DUBOIS, L., Grocer.  32 Church St.
DUBOIS, PETER, House Carpenter.  22 St. Philip's St. 

ELFE, Thomas. House Carpenter.  17 Wentworth St.

HUTCHINSON, Hugh. Captain.  Champney's St.
HUTCHINSON, JEREMIAH, chair maker. 5 Archdale Street.

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