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 ninth 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.
- Jackson, Annie S., domestic, 618 East Green
- Jackson, Benjamin H., barber — W.M. Hines, 721 East Green
- Jackson, Elise, teacher, 618 East Green
- Jackson, Joseph S., laborer, 618 East Green
- Jacobs, Elizabeth, domestic, 302 North East
- Jacobs, Jesse, janitor, 303 Elba
- Jacobs, Lillie B., cook, 705 South Lodge
- Jacobs, Sarah, domestic, 303 Elba
- James, Mary, tobacco worker, 307 Stantonsburg Road
- James, Robert, tobacco worker, 307 Stantonsburg Road
- James, William, laborer, 201 Stantonsburg Road
- Jarvin, Clinton, laborer, 407 North Pine
- Jefferson, Charles, tobacco worker, 213 Stantonsburg Road
- Jefferson, John, carpenter, 521 South Spring
- Jefferson, Maggie, tobacco worker, 627 Wiggins
- Jefferson, Robert, laborer, 706 Walnut
- Jeffrey, Ethel, domestic, 912 Washington
- Jeffreys, Addie, cook, 310 Spring Street Alley
- Jeffries, Janie, laundress, 607 Spruce
- Jeffries, Kate, laundress, 600 South Daniel
- Jeffries, Mary, domestic, 507 Stantonsburg Road
- Jeffries, Nathan, drayman, 607 Spruce
- Jenkins, Frank, blacksmith, 404 East Hines
- Jenkins, Frank, tobacco worker, 317 South Goldsboro
- Jenkins, Tessie, tobacco worker, 306 Stantonsburg Road
- Jennings, Mary M., teacher, 307 Pender
- Johnson, Amos, laborer 609 East Nash
- Johnson, Beatrice, cook, 529 South Lodge
- Johnson, Bertha, tobacco worker, 510 South Goldsboro
- Johnson, Edward, grocer 708 South Goldsboro, 406 East Hines
- Johnson, Ella, laundress, 316 South Lodge
- Johnson, Frank, laborer, 515 Railroad
- Johnson, Jake, proprietor — Busy Bee Shoe Shine Parlor, 513 East Nash
- Johnson, Lee, shoemaker 517 East Nash, 206 North East
- Johnson, Lula, domestic, 506 Smith
- Johnson, Marjorie, tobacco worker, 207 South Railroad
- Johnson, Richmond, gardener, 911 East Vance
- Johnson, William, laborer, 506 Smith
- Johnson, William A., cook, 910 Mercer
- Johnson, Winnie, laundress, 529 South Lodge
- Jones, Charles, barber 914 East Nash, 912 East Nash
- Jones, Christine, tobacco worker, 1009 Mercer
- Jones, Edward, bricklayer, 202 Pender
- Jones, Edward, laborer, 107 West Walnut
- Jones, Elmira, tobacco worker, 1009 Mercer
- Jones, Estella, laundress, 513 Railroad
- Jones, Frank, laborer, 509 South Bruton
- Jones, Geneva, laundress, 506 Grace
- Jones, Harriet, domestic, 1000 Robinson [Roberson]
- Jones, Isaiah, butcher, 500 East Vance
- Jones, Levi H., proprietor — The Mayflower, 114 Pender
- Jones, Mack, drayman, 502 South Lodge
- Jones, Martha, domestic, 901 Stantonsburg Road
- Jones, Maud, cook, 207 South Bruton
- Jones, Melvin, tobacco worker, 708 East Vance
- Jones, Nannie, domestic, 621 East Vance
- Jones, Noel, farmer, 1009 Mercer
- Jones, Noel, tobacco stemmer, 409 Bank [Banks]
- Jones, Pearl, cook, 311 East Jones
- Jones, Roberta, cook, 404 South Bruton
- Jones, Sadie, domestic, 202 Pender
- Jones, Samuel, barber — The Mayflower, 500 East Vance
- Jones, Vicey, laborer, 505 Stantonsburg Road
- Jones, Walter, driver, 507 Grace
- Jones, Wesley, laborer, 901 Stantonsburg Road
- Jones, William H., teacher, 307 Hackney
- Jordan, Delia, domestic, 614 Wiggins
- Jordan, Mollie, tobacco worker, 628 Wiggins
- Joyner, Farrar, fireman, 418 Walnut Alley
- Joyner, George H., shoe repairer, 529 East Nash
- Joyner, Lou, tobacco worker, 406 South Goldsboro
- Joyner, Mazie, tobacco worker, 496 South Goldsboro
- Joyner, Thomas, porter, Atlantic extended
- Kenner, George, drayman, 528 East Barnes
- Kenner, James, driver, 528 East Barnes
- Key, Clarence, porter, 621 Suggs
- Killebrew, Needham, driver, 311 Hackney
- Kindell, Charles, janitor, 121 Pender
- Kindell, Jessie, domestic, 121 Pender
- King, Alberta, domestic, 203 North East
- King, Andrew, tobacco worker, 205 South Spruce
- King, Chaney, laundress, 205 South Spruce
- King, Ernest, driver, 316 Pender
- King, Henrietta, cook, 651 Wiggins
- King, Ludie, laborer, 203 North East
- King, Martha, tobacco worker, 649 Wiggins
- King, Mary, domestic, 203 East Spruce
- King, Mary H., laundress, 205 East Spruce
- King, William, farmer, 203 East Spruce
- King, William, laborer, 111 West Gold
- Kittrell, Letta, domestic, 807 Viola
- Kittrell, Mary, domestic, 708 East Green
- Kittrell, William H., brick layer, 708 East Green
- Knight, Ada, clerk — Nelson Green, 607 South Lodge
- Knight, Elsie, domestic, 112 Pender
- Knight, Frank, chauffeur, 112 Pender
- Knight, Frederick, laborer, 402 South Daniel
- Knight, James H., blacksmith — Thomas & Barnes, 607 South Lodge
- Knight, John, teacher, 704 Suggs
- Knight, Nancy, laundress, 607 South Lodge
- Knight, Rosa, tobacco worker, 209 North East
- Knights of King Solomon Inc., 205 South Stantonsburg Road, W.M. Pierce G.H.P., Amos Potts G.S.
- Kornegy, Bryant, pastor — Christ Disciples Church, Kinston N.C.
- Korney, Elbert, tobacco worker, 203 South Stantonburg Road
Notes:
- The Grand Scribe of the Knights of King Solomon was Amos Batts, not Potts.