City Directories and History: Three store ledgers were given to R&R in 2017, providing some of the earliest information on residents of the Prosperity area in antebellum, S.C. The earliest ledger is an account book from a general mercantile store, which changed legal ownership several times, with (H.P.) Wicker remaining as principal. The Kibler and Wicker Company account book dates from Jan. 1857 – Jan. 1860, offers a list of those with accounts – provided below. Along with the account book, the daily sales book for the same antebellum period is “partially” available as a PDF.
A much later account book from 1895-1904 is also available, most likely from the Morris and Wicker Company, it is associated with Mr. H.P. Wicker and offers an extensive list of account holders in the Pomeria area. All three books are available in enlargeable PDF format – listed below.
Be sure to open each of the account books and enjoy seeing the type business operations provided by these companies!
“Soon after Captain Hall built his store, David Killer opened a store near his house, on the site where A. M. Wyse (Wise) now has a beautiful residence. About this time Charles Stewart, a school teacher, came to Frog Level and taught school successfully. Unfortunately the poor fellow was addicted to strong drink and soon fell a victim to its influence. Samuel Moore, William Bridges, (Henkel), Mower, Wicker, L. C. Kibler and others followed in the mercantile business.
Information from: The Annals of Newberry Co., SC – O’Neall and Chapman, Aull and Houseal Publishers – 1892
A R&R NOTE: The journals and ledgers associated with this article are now permanently housed at the Winthrop University Pettus Archives in Rock Hill, S.C.
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KIBLER AND WICKER – 1857 ACCOUNT BOOK | |||
Name | Page | Note | |
B… | Daniel | 238 | |
Babb | Jacob | 277 | |
Bailey | Henry | 93 | |
Baker | E. B. Christian | 84 | |
Banks | Randall | 142 | |
Banks | Hames C. | 226 | |
Banks | G. L. | 226 | |
Beckly | Jamison | 252 | |
Bedenbaugh | Jos | 42 | Mom |
Bedenbaugh | William, Jr. | 74 | |
Bedenbaugh | Rachael | 79 | |
Bedenbaugh | Abraham | 83 | |
Bedenbaugh | Asbury | 87 | |
Bedenbaugh | Polly | 95 | |
Bedenbaugh | William | 117 | Wife |
Bedenbaugh | Jacob, Sr. | 112 | |
Bedenbaugh | Jacob, Jr. | 78 | |
Bedenbaugh | Andrew | 24 | |
Bedenbaugh | Littleton | 241 | |
Bedenbaugh | George | 351 | |
Bedenbaugh | John A. | 376 | |
Bedenbaugh | Andrew Furman | 387 | |
Berger | John S. | 263 | |
Boland | J. M. | 102 | |
Boland | Middleton | 111 | |
Boland | Matilda | 103 | |
Boozer | Frederick S. | 81 | |
Boozer | Samuel | 111 | |
Boozer | W. W. | 142 | |
Boozer | Adam | 138 | |
Boozer | Daniel F. | 24 | |
Boozer | Jacob | 33 | |
Boozer | F. A. | 138 | |
Boozer | B. B. | 221 | |
Boozer | John Cott | 287 | |
Boozer | Franklin | 347 | |
Boozer | Margaret | 327 | |
Boozer | Daniel | 294 | |
Boozer | Henry, Sr. | 45 | |
Boozer | Timothy | 77 | |
Bowan | Ginger | 25 | |
Bowers | Samuel | 48 | |
Bowers | John | 50 | |
Bowers | Jacob A. | 101 | |
Bowers | John S. | 81 | |
Bowls | John | 10 | |
Bridges | Charles | 25 | |
Bridges | William | 47 | |
Bridges | Wiley | 135 | |
Bridges | Nancy | 114 | |
Bridges | William | 189 | Estate Of |
Brooks | Samuel | 217 | |
Brown | Jerry | 145 | |
Brown | George | 365 | |
Buzzard | Henry | 56 | |
Buzzard | Jefferson | 94 | |
Buzzard | Daniel | 94 | |
Buzzard | Williamson | 374 | |
Caldwell | Mary | 61 | |
Caldwell | William | 384 | |
Cameron | William | 103 | |
Cameron (?) | Poor | 350 | |
Cannon | James | 109 | |
Cannon | David | 19 | |
Cannon | James | 266 | Estate Of |
Carmichael | Robert | 188 | |
Carmichael | Joseph | 436 | |
Chapman | Archibald | 9 | |
Chapman | Ginger | 161 | |
Chapman | A. Brown | 166 | New ….. |
Charles (?) | Peter | 78 | |
Clapp | Carwick | 49 | |
Clark | Buckner | 51 | |
Coats | Boliver | 118 | |
Con…. (?) | J. A. | 284 | |
Cook | Jacob, Sr. | 63 | |
Cook | Christian | 117 | |
Cook | Jacob, Sr. | 6 | |
Cook | Allen | 35 | |
Cook | Jacob, Sr. | 272 | |
Counts | Wesley | 94 | |
Counts | Wesley P. | 236 | |
Crimm (?) | Pinckney | 110 | |
Cr—ler (?) | Caroline | 77 | |
Croft | R. A. T. | 116 | |
Cromer | William | 402 | |
Cromer | J. R. | 425 | |
Crossen | James N. | 138 | |
Crossen (?) | Thomas | 251 | |
Cureton | J. D. | ||
Cutty | Robert | 364 | |
Dawkins | Franklin | 113 | |
Dawkins | John | 153 | |
Dayly | W. B. | 349 | |
DeMint | Henry | 104 | |
Dennis | James | 39 | |
Dennis | Hawkins, Jr. | 76 | |
Dennis | Jesse | 134 | |
Dennis | William | 160 | |
Dewalt | Sarah | 156 | |
Dewalt | George | 308 | |
Dickert | William | 78 | |
Dickert | O. A. | 236 | |
Dominick | John, Jr. | 172 | |
Dominick | Ester | 73 | |
Dominick | Wesley | 84 | |
Dominick | Jessie | 96 | |
Dominick | Henry | 25 | |
Dominick | Wesley | 115 | |
Dominick | T. H. | 112 | |
Dominick | Jessie | 189 | |
Dominick | Betsy | 330 | |
Dominick | Aaron | 362 | |
Dominick (?) | Ginger A. | 9 | |
Duncan | George | 105 | |
Ellison | Thomas | 161 | |
Elmore | William | 273 | |
Enlow | Elizabeth | 19 | |
Enlow | Abraham | 51 | |
Enlow | J. B. | 80 | |
Enlow | Christian S. | 115 | |
Enlow | Noah | 86 | |
Enlow | A. Y. | 90 | |
Enlow | Hulach | 237 | |
Enlow | Elizabeth | 431 | |
Face (?) | Chiles | 368 | |
Fair | George A. | 123 | |
Fair | James | 109 | |
Fellers | Hamilton | 125 | |
Fellers | S…. | 131 | |
Fellers | Jacob | 150 | |
Fellers | Catherine | 157 | |
Fellers | Presley | 229 | |
Foot | Michael | 124 | |
Fulmer | W. P. | 37 | |
Fulmer | Jacob | 224 | |
Fulmer | I., Jr. | 239 | |
Fulmer | I., Sr. | 243 | |
Fulmer | John | 260 | |
Fulmer | Richard | 364 | |
G. A. C. Railroad | 344 | ||
Gallman | James | 97 | |
Gallman | Henry | 344 | |
Galloway | Johnathon | 352 | |
Gerger | A. Jenkins | 276 | |
Graham | D. C. | 55 | |
Graz (?) | Levi | 43 | |
Griffith | D. M. | 85 | |
Griffith | William W. | 142 | |
Gunter | Reason | 249 | |
Hain | Thomas | 158 | |
Hair | John | 89 | |
Hall | Matthew | 108 | |
Hall | J. S. | 263 | Doctor |
Ham | Daniel | 92 | |
Ham | William | 210 | |
Harmon | Mack | 1 | |
Harmon | J. W. P. | 130 | |
Harmon | Simpson | 138 | |
Harmon | W. P. | 143 | |
Harmon | Sarah | 246 | |
Harmon | W. P. | 343 | Per N. Rodgers |
Hartman | Rosannah | 120 | |
Hartman | Martin | 323 | |
Hawkins | E. P. | 64 | |
Hawkins | Harrington | 97 | |
Hawkins | Jacob | 119 | |
Hawkins | Allen | 19 | |
Hawkins | Mark | 257 | |
Hawkins | Drayton | 359 | |
Hendrix | Celia | 61 | |
Henry | James | 35 | |
Hiller | Jacob | 107 | |
Holloway | D. F. | 2552 | |
Huff | John | 113 | |
Hunter | Samuel | 196 | |
Huntman | Caroline | 116 | |
Husey (?) | James | 262 | |
Hutchison | James | 323 | |
K…. | Catherine | 108 | |
Karn (?) | Margaret | 108 | |
Kelly | J. M. | 123 | |
Kelly | Polly | 136 | |
Kelly | James | 272 | |
Kelly | J. M. | 292 | |
Kempson | Michael | 62 | |
Kibler | Elizabeth | 4 | |
Kibler | Levi | 5 | |
Kibler | Adam | 21 | |
Kibler | Calvin | 32 | |
Kibler | J. A. | 40 | |
Kibler | Hamilton | 52 | |
Kibler | Amos | 103 | |
Kibler | David | 124 | |
Kibler | William | 135 | |
Kibler | Drayton | 92 | |
Kibler | S. C. | 101 | |
Kibler | Levi, Sr. | 243 | |
Kibler | Levi, Jr. | 258 | |
Kibler | Augustus | 378 | |
Kibler | D. Wiley | 276 | |
Kibler | William Bridges | 276 | |
Kibler | Jacob | 443 | |
Kinard | Drayton M. | 27 | Junior (?) |
Kinard | David | 31 | |
Kinard | Jacob | 88 | |
Kinard | Polly | 99 | |
Kinard | Sarah | 124 | |
Kinard | Martin | 127 | |
Kinard | George | 121 | |
Kinard | Elizabeth | 139 | |
Kinard | Andrew | 137 | |
Kinard | A. S. C. | 147 | |
Kinard | T. B. | 75 | |
Kinard | Levi C. | 216 | |
Kinard | Jefferson | 385 | |
Kinard | Drayton, Sr. | 455 | |
Langford | Charles | 71 | |
Lester | James | 26 | |
Lester | Allen | 38 | |
Lester | Alfred | 72 | |
Lester | William | 347 | |
Limerick | John | 54 | |
Limerick | Mary E. | 83 | |
Lindsay | William R. | 91 | |
Livingston | Jacob | 45 | |
Livingston | Mark P. | 51 | |
Livingston | John | 65 | |
Livingston | Drayton | 66 | |
Livingston | Philip | 110 | |
Livingston | James B. | 137 | |
Livingston | Levi | 144 | |
Livingston | Sarah | 71 | |
Livingston | Solomon | 216 | |
Livingston | Daniel | 277 | |
Livingston | Marshall | 400 | |
Logan (?) | Mary | 152 | |
Long | Andrew | 105 | |
Long | William D. | 122 | |
Long | Henry | 48 | |
Long | Jefferson | 160 | |
Long | M. M. | 387 | |
Long | J. M. | 385 | |
Long | Jacob | 51 | |
Mathis | Joseph | 436 | |
Moffett | Clayton | 326 | |
Moore | Frederick | 380 | |
Moore | J. C. | 387 | |
Moore | Samuel J. | 316 | |
Morris | George, Jr. | 377 | |
Myers | Jacob | 396 | |
Myers | A. G. | 409 | |
Nates | Jacob | 102 | |
Neil or Neel | Robert | 59 | |
Neil or Neel | Calvin | 100 | |
Neil or Neel | Spencer | 129 | |
Neil or Neel | Sophia | 31 | |
Neil or Neel | Calvin | 336 | |
Nichols | Luke | 36 | |
Nichols | Andrew | 75 | |
Nichols | Allen | 129 | |
Nichols | Luke | 396 | |
Nobles | W. F. | 373 | |
Nobles | Margaret | 336 | |
Paysinger (?) | Samuel | 375 | |
Perkins | Elihu | 230 | |
Perkins | Lewis A. | 409 | |
Perkins | Jacob, Jr. | 452 | |
Powers | J. H. | 190 | |
Pres…. (?) | David | 90 | |
Preston | Frank | 136 | Wife |
Preston | Spencer | 132 | |
Preston | Sarah | 259 | |
Ramsey | J. E. | 153 | |
Rankin | George | 257 | |
Reaves | Harriett | 359 | |
Reid | William | 129 | |
Richardson | Peter | 140 | |
Rikard | Michael | 68 | |
Rikard | Mary | 82 | |
Rikard | Levi W. | 104 | |
Rikard | David | 133 | |
Rikard | Mary Ann | 88 | |
Rikard | Michael | 204 | |
Rikard | Rhoda | 213 | |
Rikard | Levi | 234 | |
Rikard | Betsy | 167 | |
Rikard | S. C. | 215 | |
Rikard | David | 262 | |
Rikard | Elizabeth | 447 | |
Rodgers | Hugh | 167 | |
Ruff | H. L. | 114 | |
Schaffer | A. Lony | 281 | |
Sellers | Lewis | 127 | |
Shealy | Adam | 30 | Sheley |
Shealy | James | 77 | |
Shealy | Michael | 380 | |
Shealy | George | 392 | |
Shephard | Levi | 128 | |
Shephard | James R. | 61 | |
Shephard | A. Mary Ch… | 166 | |
Shumpert | Simon | 126 | |
Shumpert | Jessie | 258 | |
Shumpert | John | 383 | |
Singly | Matthias | 84 | |
Singly | Martin | 123 | |
Singly | Jacob | 135 | |
Singly | G. M. | 234 | |
Singly | George | 228 | |
Sligh | Jefferson | 20 | |
Sligh | Philip | 245 | |
Sloan | Samuel | 142 | |
Sloan | J. G. | 357 | |
Sondley | C. A. | 312 | |
Spencer | John | 115 | |
Spencer | Mary | 270 | |
Spencer | Sarah | 368 | |
Spencer | Elizabeth | 437 | |
Spencer | Samuel | 423 | |
Stilwell | Thomas | 264 | |
Stockman | George A. | 7 | |
Stockman | Wiley | 112 | |
Stockman | B…. | 55 | |
Stockman | Harrison | 57 | |
Stone | Henry | 22 | |
Stone | Daniel | 134 | |
Stone | Catherine | 132 | |
Summers | John | 28 | |
Summers | Sarah | 98 | |
Summers | John | 286 | |
Sutton | Robert | 400 | |
Taylor | Simon | 144 | |
Taylor | Jefferson | 255 | |
Taylor | Matthew | 266 | |
Taylor | Simon P. | 266 | |
Taylor | Calvin | 271 | |
Taylor | Rachel | 362 | |
Thomas | Wesley | 161 | |
Thomas | Polly | 421 | |
Troutman | Paul | 86 | |
Turner | H. G. | 62 | |
Waits | Drayton | 70 | |
Waits | Emanuel | 71 | |
Waits | Samuel | 115 | |
Waits | Rosannah | 225 | |
Waits | Rosannah | 355 | |
Waits | Samuel | 333 | |
Warner | Jacob | 402 | |
Wertz | Henry | 33 | |
Wertz | Simon | 133 | |
Wertz | William | 95 | |
Wertz | Henry D. | 62 | |
Wertz | Middleton | 70 | |
Wertz | Hillard, Jr. | 284 | |
Wheeler | Lewis S. | 264 | |
Wheeler | Middleton | 332 | |
Whitman | John | 44 | |
Wicher | Drayton | 49 | |
Wicker | Hiram | 11 | |
Wicker | Mathias | 15 | |
Wicker | Jefferson | 67 | |
Wicker | Michael | 93 | |
Wicker | D. M. E. (?) | 85 | |
Wicker | Anderson | 96 | |
Wicker | Jacob | 150 | |
Wicker | James W. | 458 | |
Wilson | Nancy | 374 | |
Wilson | Charles | 340 | |
Wilson | Margaret | 250 | |
Wilson | H. C. | 264 | |
Wilson | H. C. | 353 | |
Wise | John A. | 256 | |
Wood | Polly | 207 | |
Wood | James | 211 | |
Wood | Betsy | 283 | |
Yon | John | 31 | |
Young | Thompson, Jr. | 53 | |
Young | Thompson, Sr. | 119 |
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