The 1936 RH City Directory states J.D. Good sold cars @ Chatham Ave., near West White Street.
City Directories and History: 1917 – NA, 1946 – Good Motor Company and Catawba Finance Company, 1963 – Good Motor Company, 2021 – Demolished,
An ad in the Herald on Feb. 16, 1924 for Dixie Oil Company, believed to be at this address.
An advertisement in the Herald on April 5, 1925 announced that Sadler – Neely Motor Company would become a dealer for the Nash Automobile.
The north side of East White Street became a central point in Rock Hill’s history where livestock was traded and housed. Part of the lot between the Roach property and that of the Williford’s house site was also used as a stables and sales area for numerous concerns including H.G. Neely as well as J.D. Good. With the popularity of the automobile thus came the demise of livery stables which in many cases began dealing with car sales and repair. In both cases, the Neely family as well as the Good families became major automobile dealers in Rock Hill. These businesses all had their roots on this lot.
The White property just to the east of Mrs. Roach’s White Street lot was sold on July 19, 1869, by Mary E. White and others to J. C. Hoke and T. J. Wagner, probably on speculation. The price was $500.111 The back line of the lot abutted the property of Captain A. E. Hutchison, his homeplace tract. Hoke and Wagner built a large residence on the lot, and on September 10, 1872, they sold the house and lot to John S. Cureton of Lancaster County, S. C., for $2,500.112 This was a 1-acre lot. Then, on September 2, 1873, Cureton sold to Alexander Williford, for $2,500.113 Williford was a dealer in horses, a mill owner, and a planter. He was married to John Ratterree’s sister, Mary Maybin Ratterree. It appears that the Willifords occupied this house until 1881, when they removed to Winnsboro, S. C., following the tragic death of their son Churchill.
The Yorkville Enquirer of Jan. 10, 1878 reported – “Whitaker and Williford have opened a feed and livery stable at Yorkville and will sell horses and mules and will board stock. Mr. Whitaker is an experience horseman and honest dealer. Mr. Williford is the son of A. Williford of the Rock Hill stables.”
The Yorkville Enquirer contained an ad on Dec. 11, 1879 – “From A. Williford, I offer for rent for the year 1880 my dwelling house on a lot on White Street in Rock Hill containing one acre, and a good two story dwelling of six room. It includes all the necessary outbuildings, including a kitchen and a good well of water.”
On July 8, 1880 the Yorkville Enquirer reported – “The barn and stables of Mr. John Funk, who lives on Mr. A. Williford’s place were destroyed by a violent storm. The place is located about five miles south of Rock Hill.”
Alexander Williford sold his house and lot to James Lorraine Walker of Rock Hill on November 1, 1881, for $2,000.114 Mr. Williford took a loss in the deal, so anxious was he to leave Rock Hill and its people forever. After the death of Lorraine Walker, his heirs sold the property to Emma J. Erwin for $1,694 in 1883.115 In January, 1884, Emma J. Erwin sold the place to W. S. Creighton for $1,700.116 As the result of some type of financial squabbling involving several individuals and institutions, the house and lot on White Street came into the hands of Major John R. London, who signed over his rights in the property to Anna (Hope) Mobley, wife of Captain Frel Mobley.117 This took place in 1898. The writer had not followed the chain of title after that date.
[Information provided via Along the Land’s Ford Road – Vol. I, 2008 by William B. White, Jr.]
*** Also see Williford’s Livery Stables on South Congress Street in Winnsboro, S.C.
The Rock Hill Herald contained an advertisement from A. Williford on July 24, 1879 offering for sale his properties as follows:
1) The house and lot on East White Street in Rock Hill.
2) The livery and sales lot of one acre with stables and stalls for 36 horses, other stables for 25 horses, a good blacksmith shop, and comfortable small dwelling.
3) A farm of 42 acres on the new road leading from Rock Hill to Yorkville just outside the corporate limits of Rock Hill with a good dwelling house.
4) A plantation of 730 acres four miles south of Rock hill with a two-story dwelling, barn, stable, gin house and screw.
5) A plantation five miles south of Rock Hill adjoining #4 above of 344 acres with two good dwelling houses and out buildings.
6) A plantation seven miles from Rock Hill known as the Crawford land comprised of 400 acres with Fishing Creek passing through the land. Has a two-story dwelling, cotton gin and screw and outbuildings.
7) A plantation eight miles south of Rock Hill on the Saluda Road known as the Evans Tract of 325 acres. Located on Fishing Creek with three good dwellings.
8) A plantation in Chester County ten miles southwest of Rock Hill of 206 acres on the waters of Fishing Creek with a dwelling, barn and stables.
9) Fishing Creek Mills twelve miles southwest of Rock Hill on the Columbia Road, 14 miles from Chester. Has mills for grinding corn and wheat, machinery in good condition and powered by a turbine wheel. Also has a saw mill with circular saw. On a tract of 172 acres.
10) A plantation on Rocky Creek in Chester County known as the Potts Place. Located five miles south of Richburg and containing 300 acres and a good dwelling.
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The Herald reported on July 16, 1902 that the following address was offered for sale as a potential site for the new post office. This lot was offered by Mrs. Fred Mobley and was identified as the Creighton lot on White Street, opposite Friedheim’s stables. It measured 210 ft., by 210 feet.
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