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 tenth 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.
- Lafter, John, painter, 514 East Spruce
- Lamb, William, laborer, 519 South Lodge
- Lane, Frederick, laborer, 407 North Lane
- Lane, Lula, domestic, 501 South Railroad
- Lane, Rosa, domestic, 407 North Pine
- Langley, Jerry J., grocer, 901 Viola
- Lassiter, Dempsey, fireman, 106 South East
- Lassiter, Henry, carpenter, 518 East Nash
- Lassiter, Matilda, laundress, 415 South Railroad
- Lassiter, Sylvester, farmer, 415 South Railroad
- Leach, Bessie, domestic, 403 Spring Street alley
- Leach, Louisa, cook, 403 Spring Street alley
- Leavister, Bradford, helper, 404 East Bank[s]
- Leavister, Rayford, helper, 404 East Bank[s]
- Lee, Ada, tobacco worker, 514 Smith
- Lee, Fletcher, horseshoer — J.Y. Buchanan, 114 Manchester
- Lee, James, laborer, 402 South Daniel
- Lee, James, laborer, 531 Smith
- Lee, Mamie, domestic, 401 Viola
- Lee, Mary, domestic, 413 South Railroad
- Lee, Octavia, domestic, 114 Manchester
- Leggett, John, waiter, 121 Ashe
- Legion, Dicey, tobacco worker, 605 East Nash
- Lenzy, George, barber, 504 East Goldsboro
- Leonard, Annie, trained nurse, 117 Darden Alley
- Leonard, Samuel, laborer, 117 Darden Alley
- Lewis, Jane, laundress, 102 Pender
- Lewis, John, carpenter, 411 North Vick
- Lewis, John H., carpenter, 411 North Vick
- Lewis, Turner, laborer, 211 South Railroad
- Lewis, William, tobacco worker, 118 Ashe
- Lilly, Charles, laborer, 505 East Hines
- Lilly, Edna, domestic, 505 East Hines
- Lindsay, George, barber, 504 South Goldsboro
- Lindsay, Myrtle, laundress, 504 South Goldsboro
- Little, James, laborer, 618 East Vance
- Little, Lula, tobacco worker, 414 South Spring
- Lloyd, Henrietta, laundress, 102 Ashe
- Lovitt, Almus A., horseshoer — G.T. Pervis, 301 North Vick
- Lovitt, Letitia, dressmaker, 301 North Vick
- Lucas, Gertie, cook, 406 South Bruton
- Lucas, Henry, drayman, 307 East Jones
- Lucas, James, shoe polisher, 307 East Jones
- Lucas, John, porter, 114 South East
- Lucas, LeRoy, driver, 307 East Jones
- Lucas, Lucille, hair dresser — Carrie Strickland, East Jones
- Lucas, Luther, laborer, 1108 Wainwright Avenue
- Lucas, Polly, tobacco worker, 107 Manchester
- Lucas, Sarah, private secretary — Amos Batts, Elm City
- Lucas, Stanley, tobacco worker, 114 South East
- Lucas, Susan, cook, 316 Pender
- Lumsden, Creecy, domestic, 614 Wiggins
- Lyons, Lonnie, tobacco worker, 603 South Spring