The following comes from the book - "Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina, copyright 1985 Orange Street was along the eastern boundary of the Orange Garden ( a public pleasure garden for conerts, etc.) Alexander Petrie divided the land in 1767. The street and garden were named for oranges which were planted there. (page 373) Be aware that many house numbers have changed over the years and there is no master list to determine what they are today. With that said - Current #9 Orange Street was part of a 3 1/2 story frame double tenement (built about 1770) (Note: being a frame building, the original structure might well have burned during one of the great fires of Charleston in the intervening years) South Bay was on, what was then, the tip of the peninsula according to the 1788 ichnography map. It ran from east to west between Meeting and Gibbes Wharf (just west of Logan Street). The tip of the peninsula was filled in in the early 1900s creating the area now known as Murray Boulevard. South Bay was further inland and likely part of what is known as South Battery today. ************* Fort Mechanic is a blank to me. Champney's Wharf was at the foot of Broad Street, behind the Old Exchange (that currently sits on East Bay at the east end of Broad Street. I don't know who your John Debow, silversmith is, but you might check with the Charleston museum. They have a collection of early silver and might be familiar with any local silversmiths. They are on Meeting Street. Another possibility is the Gibbes Museum (art museum), also on Meeting Street. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Russo <elizabethrusso@home.com> To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:51 AM Subject: [SCCHARLE] Charleston city directory questions; names I'm researching > A couple of weeks ago, I posted these questions/this info to the SCROOTS > list, with little reponse. So I'm posting here. > > I gleaned the following from the directories I found at the DAR library; > unfortunately, I did not copy title pages, so I do not know how to cite > these. Help appreciated. > > Also, none of the addresses listed stated whether they were business or > home or both. I am assuming the latter. > > Anyone know if any of these are still intact? I'll be there in April to > find out, but asking in the offchance anyone is from the neighborhood > and knows these places. > > I cannot find the streets on a modern map for those with a >> sign next > to them. If anyone knows about the address, please let me know. > > 1782: > > CARNE, SAMUEL, Merchant. 9 Orange St. (His father, Dr. Samuel Carne, > owned most of the surrounding area, and Orange St. was created after he > subdivided the lots and sold them off.) This was once a part of "Orange > Garden". Does that term have any meaning today? > > 1790: > > CARNES, JOHN. Apothecary. 119 Queen Street > CARNES, LAWRENCE, Shop Keeper. 41 Elliot St. > CARNES, SUSANNAH. 83 Tradd St. > > HUTCHINSON, JEREMIAH, Chair Maker. Meeting St. (no number) > HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, Sr., Planter. East Bay. (no number) > >>HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, Jr., Planter. 21 South Bay (Would this be the same as East Bay, but on the southern end?) > > 1794: > > DEBOW, JOHN, silversmith, 118 Queen Street. (anyone know who this is?) > HUTCHINSON, JOHN. Shop Keeper. 65 East Bay > > 1796: > > CARNE, JOHN. 32 Guignard St. > >>HUTCHINSON, ANN. Widow. Fort Mechanic (what/where is this?) > HUTCHINSON, JAMES. Baker. 91 King st. > > 1801: > > CARN, LAWRENCE. King St. (no number) > CARNE, T. WILLIAM. 11 Pinckney St. > CARNES, SAMUEL. Rope maker. 28 Beaufain St. > DUBOIS, PETER. Carpenter. 28 St. Philip's St. > >>HUTCHINS, HUGH. Mariner. 3 Champney St. > HUTCHINSON, ELIZABETH. 106 Meeting St. > > 1802: > > CARNE, THOMAS WILLIAM, Bookkeeper. 4 Anson St. > CARNES, SAMUEL. Rope maker. 28 Beaufain St. > CARNS, SUSANNAH. Widow & planter. 24 Hasell St. > > DUBOIS, L., Grocer. 32 Church St. > DUBOIS, PETER, House Carpenter. 22 St. Philip's St. > > ELFE, Thomas. House Carpenter. 17 Wentworth St. > > >>HUTCHINSON, Hugh. Captain. Champney's St. > HUTCHINSON, JEREMIAH, chair maker. 5 Archdale Street. > > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the Charleston County SC Genealogy Site > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3577 >