1859 State Bank, South Carolina, 10 Dollars

Toward the end of the Civil War John W. Moran was at Augusta, Georgia.  This $10 bank note was probably part of his last pay from the Confederacy.  The note is signed by Benjamin M. Lee, a cashier at the State Bank of South Carolina and the president of the bank, Edward Sebring.

Sebring was a transplanted New Yorker to South Carolina.  In addition to other architectural endeavors, he built an amazingly beautiful Greek Revival style home in Charleston between 1838 and 1846.  In addition to being the President of the State Bank of South Carolina during the Civil War, his tombstone proclaims that he was one of the founders of Magnolia Cemetery and its first president.  At the time of his death he was president of E. Sebring and Company, an insurance and brokerage firm.  His first wife was Caroline Secress Miller.  In 1863 he married Gertrude Richards Jessep.

Benjamin Markley Lee was born in Charleston about 1809.  His tenure with the Bank of South Carolina was a long one.  He seems to have begun as an "outdoor clerk and porter" in 1836 and worked his way up to Cashier.  He married Eliza Broome in 1852.  Lee died in 1871 and like Sebring, is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Cemetery.

Gainesville Texas Court Square ca 1885

This image was taken about 1885 in Gainesville Texas.  I was able to identify the place using some of the names on the shop signs.   John Moran's sister Martha and her husband Rufus Franklin Scott moved from Dresden to Gainesville in 1858 in a "rockaway carriage".  In a letter posted here, one of Kent's relatives writes with the story of how Martha and Rufus made their way in a wagon train "manned by their three slaves".  There's a picture of the Scott family on that page as well.

Merchants:

Robert D. Gillenwaters was a grocer and the only one I've been able to positively identify at this time.  He was the son of Rev. Edward Campbell Gillenwaters who also was a furniture dealer in Gainesville. Robert's mother was Eliza Jane Harris Gillenwaters.  He married Camilla "Mela" Manion Elliott.  Robert died in September 1900.  His wife Camilla appears on the 1900 Census census rolls as an inmate at the State Lunatic Asylum in Austin.  Camilla was the daughter of Camilla Jane Manion and Dr. M.A. Elliott.  He served as 1st Asst. Surgeon with Co. E 9th Cav. Texas.

J.L. Noth & Co. Saddles and harness

Rubey's Shoe Store, boots, shoes & hats

Bone Bros. Dry Goods

Atkinson & Bro. Boots, Shoes.  Hats & Gents Furnishing Goods

Cheatham & Haley Drugs.

To the far left you can see the iron fence of the courthouse.

Tintype Unidentified Group of 6 Women

Most of the tintypes we have were found loose without a case.  This one is caseless and has sustained some damage over time.  The image on the left is the original scan.  The one on the left I've tinkered with to remove some of the scratches and discolorations. 

I'm wondering if the seated girl may be blind since she has, what appears to me, to be a walking stick.