I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in all). Thanks for any suggestions Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA

Sue, In early 1873, the Airline Railway was completed and the first trains came through Greer's Depot. The railway was built to accomodate shipment of cotton, phosphate (fertilizer) and to import staple and fancy goods to general merchants. It was called Greer's Deport for another 20 years ("and, by oldtimers, "Greer's" well into the twentieth century") (excerpt from Ray Belcher and Joada Hiatt's book "Greer, From Cotton Town to Industrial Center" published by Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc., 2 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC 29401) in 2003. (to order caLL 1-888-313-2665). The interesting thing is that the name "Greer" came from a man who never lived within the town area. Greer is on the line that separates Greenville and Spartanburg Counties and was originally the boundary between Cherokee hunting grounds and settlers. After the Revolution, the state government created a land commission to allot the territory to veterans and others. Colonel John Thonas and Henry Hughes were aong the most prominent early settlers of the area. The boundary was called the "Indian Boundary Line", then the "Old Boundary Line" and finally "Buncombe Road" with its terminus in Asheville, NC. Part of the area that later became Greer was owned by James Manning Greer, who swapped his land to the railroad for a team of mules and wagon with an agreement for the right of way. Actually the man who did the most to establish Greer, except give it his name, was William Terry Shumate, a wounded veteran, former sheriff, businessman, and a railroad speculator. After buying the land from Manning Greer, he divided his tract into lots and offered them to the public (1873). IN OCT. 1873, Greer's Depot was established, consisting of a two-room depot, house, barn, and outbuildings built by James Blakely. All of this info. is from the book mentioned above. Also, there is a pictorial book, "Greer" under "Images of America" which was done by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and which includes pictures of Drace Studies, Charles Drace"s home and also Charles and Fanny Drace. The Drace's were a family of well-known photographers. I don't know if any of the Drace family are still in the photo business but my Mother lives in Greer and I can find out from her, if you like. Hope this helps. I was born and raised in Greer. Born a Dillard. Barbara Bell On May 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sue & Jack wrote: > I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but > probably > related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and > more. > There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one > photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end > of the > city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know > if > this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying > people > in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to > open it > if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 > photos in > all). Thanks for any suggestions > > Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sue, You may want to contact the Greer Heritage Museum here in Greer. I think they may be interested in those photos. Me and my wife were in the museum recently and they are working hard to build Greer's history and I was impressed with their displays and so forth. My wife is helping them with history of the old Greer Drive Inn. Greer Heritage Museum 215 Trade Street Greer, SC 29651 864-877-3377 http://www.cityofgreer.org/About/History.aspx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue & Jack" <jmcope@cox.net> To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:09 AM Subject: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC >I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably > related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. > There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one > photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the > city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if > this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people > in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it > if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in > all). Thanks for any suggestions > > Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/794 - Release Date: 5/8/2007 2:23 PM > >