City directories offer fine-grained looks at a city’s residents at short intervals. The 1922 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., directory reveals the types of work available to African-Americans during the booming tobacco era. This post is the third in an alphabetical series listing all “colored” directory entries for whom an occupation was listed. The address is the resident’s home, unless a business address is noted.
- Calvary Presbyterian Church, Green at corner of Pender
- Cannon, Charles, carpenter, 724 East Green
- Cannon, Lavalier, domestic, 724 East Green
- Cannon, Mack D., barber, 505 East Nash, (home) 201 Pender
- Cannon, Stattie, dressmaker, 724 East Green
- Carroll, Dave, plasterer, 113 South East
- Carroll, Lizzie, tobacco worker, 412 Spring Street Alley
- Carroll, Mack, chauffeur, 412 Spring Street Alley
- Carroll, William, gardener, 412 Spring Street Alley
- Carter, Clarence, laborer, 418 East Green
- Carter, Harry, drayman, East Nash extended
- Carter, Isabella, domestic, 904 East Nash
- Carter, Milford, cook, 905 Viola
- Carter, Robert, bicycle mechanic – C.H. Darden & Sons, 904 East Nash
- Carvit, Henrietta, cook, 610 South Spring
- Chambers, Peter, laborer, 314 South Lodge
- Chambers, Zeb, laborer, 200 West Lee
- Chambliss, John, tobacco worker, 137 Narroway
- Cherry, Henry, bellman, 411 East Green
- Chestnut, Ben, tobacco worker, 304 Spring Street Alley
- Chick, Cleveland C., barber – W.S. Hines, 311 Pender
- Chiney, Patience, cook, 109 West Gold
- Christ Disciples Church, 707 South Spring, Rev. Bryant Kornegy pastor
- Citizens Garage, East Nash Road extended, Joseph Williams proprietor
- Clark, Ada, domestic, 805 Wiggins
- Clark, Bettie, domestic, 606 East Green
- Clark, Flora R., student, 706 East Nash
- Clark, John H., carrier – Post Office, 706 East Nash
- Clark, Letha, dressmaker, 606 East Green
- Clark, Meta, tobacco worker, 805 Wiggins
- Clark, Mittie, cook, 607 West Vance
- Clark, Samuel, laborer, 810 Robinson [Robeson]
- Clark, Sarah, laundress, 606 East Green
- Clayton, Freeman, farmer, 515 Smith
- Clements, James, tobacco worker, 905 Robinson
- Clements, Mollie, laundress, 905 Robinson
- Cloffer, George, helper, 310 South Lodge
- Cobb, Arthur, laborer, 703 East Nash
- Cobb, Bettie, laundress, 1010 Robinson
- Cobb, General C., cook – Leonard C. Lewis, 1010 Robinson
- Cobb, Isaac, tobacco worker, 617 East Nash
- Cobb, Sherman, cook, 1010 Robinson
- Cobb, William, laborer, 416 South Lodge
- Cobb, Willie, domestic, 617 East Nash
- Cofield, Julia, tobacco worker, 410 South Lodge
- Coleman, Lucy, laundress, 611 East Nash
- Coleman, Samuel, tobacco worker, 611 East Nash
- Coley, Alonzo, plasterer, 915 Washington Avenue
- Coley, Eva J., teacher, 401 North Vick
- Coley, George, cook, 118 Ashe
- Coley, Henry, barber, 401 North Vick
- Coley, Jasper, bricklayer, 401 North Vick
- Coley, Laura V., teacher, 401 North Vick
- Coley, Maggie, domestic, 611 Gay
- Coley, Rosa, laundress, 708 Walnut
- Coley, Rufus, janitor, 1010 Atlanta [Atlantic]
- Coley, Victoria, domestic, 604 East Green
- Collins, Allie, domestic, 707 Suggs
- Collins, Esther, domestic, 212 South Reid
- Collins, Peter, porter, 707 Suggs
- Collins, Sun, drayman, 301 Stantonsburg Road
- Commercial Bank of Wilson, 426 East Nash, S.H. Vick president, J.D. Reid active vice-president, H.S. Stanback cashier, phone 982
- Connor, Flossie, domestic, 407 East Green
- Cook, Alfred, laborer, 615 Stantonsburg Road
- Cook, Cora, domestic, 605 Moore
- Cooke, Jerre L., clerk, R.M.S., 512 Hadley
- Cooper, Church, driver, 507 Hadley
- Cooper, George, tobacco worker, 419 South Goldsboro
- Cooper, Hazel, domestic, 407 South Railroad
- Cooper, Millard, laborer, 523 South Spring
- Cooper, Savannah, cook, 609 Spruce
- Cooper, William, gasfitter, 108 South Reid
- Coppedge, George W., plasterer, 200 South Vick
- Coppedge, Mittie, domestic, 200 South Vick
- Coppridge, Jane, domestic, 113 Manchester
- Council, Alberta, domestic, 710 Suggs
- Council, James, farmer, 710 Suggs
- Covington, Alice, domestic, 531 Smith
- Covington, Mary, laundress, 707 East Green
- Covington, Ruth, clerk, 724 East Green
- Coward, Bryant P., Rev., pastor St John A.M.E. [Zion] Church, 119 Pender
- Cox, Harrison, tobacco worker, 305 North East
- Cox, Lula, domestic, 111 South Reid
- Cox, William, laborer, 116 [sic] Viola
- Crank, Annie, tobacco worker, 519 Stemmery
- Crawford, Clarence A., bricklayer, 616 East Green
- Crawford, Daniel, watchman, 605 South Spring
- Crawford, Josephine, domestic, 206 North Reid
- Crawford, Theodore, student, 605 South Spring
- Crawford, W. Clyde, president – Wilson Building & Construction Company, 206 North Reid
- Crawford, Wilhelmina, teacher, 605 South Spring
- Crawford, Willard, student, 605 South Spring
- Creech, Haywood, tobacco worker, 416 East Green
- Crum, Julia, laundress, 209 Stantonsburg Road
- Currie, Nancy, cook, 304 East South
Notes:
- Who were W. Clyde and Josephine Crawford, and what was the Wilson Building Construction Company? The family is not found in a Wilson census record.
Page 27, Hill’s Wilson, N.C., City Directory 1922-23.