Brownsville African American Population in the 1872-1873 Directory
Transcribed by Barbra Jean Hathcock about 2001.
Source: City Directory of Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN, 1872-1873
Haywood County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records, W. P. A. Records Transcribed by Sallie Hayes
Barbra Hathcock’s Note: “Care has been taken to copy each page exactly as original, some things will be capitalized one time and then the next it will not, this is the way the original reads.”
Important caveat: The original volume uses an antiquated term, “col’d” in the text to indicate persons of color. The TNGenWeb Project does not support use of such terms on its domain. However, for contextual accuracy, the term has been maintained in this data.
Abbreviations used
| ab = above | n.e. = northeast ag’t = agent | n.w. = northwest |
| al = alley | P.O. = postoffice | ass’t = assistant |
| pres’t = president | av = avenue | r = rear |
| bds = boards | Rev. =reverend | clk = clerk |
| sq = square | com mer = commission | s = south |
| mer = merchant | s.e.= southeast | cor = corner |
| s.w. = southwest | e = east | sec = secretary |
| lab = laborer | sup’t = superintendent | mnfr =. manufacturer |
| treas = treasurer | manf’g = manufacturing | nr = near |
| wid = widow | n = north | w = west |
Bennett, Sam drayman, r. Washington
Bond, M. lab. r. Jefferson 7 doors e. M. &. O. R. R.
Bond, Ned P. r. w. Main near s. College
Bond, George lab. r. n. Main
Bond, Jeff. drayman r. Margin
Bradford, Ned lab. r. Wilson cor. Hatchie
Brather, Anderson carpenter, r. Lafayette cor. College
Brown, Thomas barber, 14 Depot up stairs
Burns, Nat lab. r. n. Main
Byass, Wm lab. r. Lafayette cor. Washington
Capel, euben, barber, r. w. Main near R. R.
Chilton, John lab. r. w. Main cor. R. R.
Clark., Allen lab. r. Margin near Church
Claborne, Harriett wid. r. Lafayette cor. College
Claborne, Thos. mec. r. Lafayette cor. College
Claborne, Robt. mec. r. Lafayette cor College
Clemons, Nute lab. r. College cor Hatchie
Cooper, John lab. r. Margin foot Hatchie
Coleman, W. lab. at Bradford & Wilson’s mill
Cox, Henry, carpenter, r. Hatchie cor. College
Currie, W. lab. r. Lafayette cor. Washington
Day, James, wagonmaker, r. College near Lafayette
Davis, Wm. lab. r. in al. bet. w. Court and Hatchie
Estes, Carey, barber, r. Park av. cor. Cherry
Farrington, Wm r. w. Main cor. Thomas al
Faust, J. A. restaurant at depot near N. O. R. R.
Ferrell, Aaron porter for R. F. Louis, 11 s. Court
Freeman, Dick cook for Head & Sherman
Freeman, Ed. barber, r. 25 w. Court square
Gause, Jack, lab. r. n. Main
Gracey, Jackson drayman, r. Raidroad near College
Griggs, John lab. r. Bradford av
Hamon, Lewis, machinist, r. Bradford av
Hamon, Lewis, blacksmith, Hatchie cor. w. Main
Howell, Walter, hostler, r. Jackson cor. e. Main
Jones, Chess. lab. r. Margin near Railroad
Jones, Page, lab. r. w. Main cor. Railroad
Leigh, Wm. lab. r. n. Main
Leigh, Wm. lab. at Bradford & Wilson’s mill
Longley, Robert, barber shop under C. H.
Maclin, Tom r. w. Main near s. College
Mann, P. barber shop under C. H.
Mann, Pinch, lab. r. rear Male College
Moore, H. minister, Depot 4 doors s. depot
Nixon, H. grocer, Depot near Jefferson
Odell, Sam blacksmith, r. Hatchie cor. w. Main
Read, Wm (ic) lab. r. w. Main
Read, Jim lab. r. w. Main cor. S. College
Read, Douglass, mec. r. w. cor Railroad
Reaves, B. carpenter, cor. Haywood and Sherman
Rhodes, F. shoemaker, Jefferson 4 doors s. Jackson
Sanford, R. (sic) laborer, r. near Railroad
Scott, J. school teacher, r. Monroe
Sevier, Wm. laborer at depot
Smith, Green, drayman, r. Margin near Railroad
Smith, H. grocer, Hatchie av. near depot
Spruel, Oliver (sic) laborer, r. Railroad near Margin
Stynax, Thos. (sic) laborer at Bradford & Wilson’s mill
Taliaferro, Ed. lab. r. Margin near R. R.
Taliaferro, Jos. lab. r. Bradford av.
Taylor, Hark. – lab. r. Washington cor. Lafayette
Taylor, B. – lab. bds. on Railroad
Taylor, H. L. – lab. Jackson cor. Washington
Taylor, D. – steward Exchange Hotel
Taylor, J. – waiter Exchange Hotel
Wade, Henry porter Exchange Hotel
White, John barber, r. Main nr. Hatchie
Williams, M. mec. r. cor. Lafayette and Washington
Williams, James lab. r. e. Margin nr. e. Main
Willis, Alfred, carpenter, r. College near Church
Williams, M. mec. r. cor. Lafayette and Washington
Williams, John lab. r. e. Margin near e. Main
Wilks, R. farmer, r. Haywood 1 door e. Sherman
Winston, C. restaurant, n. Main near Court
Wood, Miller laborer r. Margin
Wood, Pat. laborer, r. College near Depot
Woods, Sydney wagonmaker, College near Lafayette
Thanks Taneya for providing this information. It provides a brief glance into the livelihood of our forefathers and an idea of how their lives were regimented. Saw only 1 reference to an educators, none for a doctor, though there must have been several fulfilling these roles. Seems there were several business owners. Good to know. Thanks again. Enjoyed the historical view.
So glad you found it helpful. It definitely does provide a glance and their lives!
Notice that there were seven barbers. Back in those days, barbers – whether black or white – were often expected to perform some minor medical and dental work, such as pulling teeth. So even if Brownsville didn’t officially have black “doctors,” barbers often fulfilled that role.
The first black surgeon in Brownsville was Isham Henry Anthony, son of a local farmer who got a bachelor’s degree at Fisk University in Nashville and then a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1890s.