Dorchester County Commercial Directory
Williamsburg 1908-1909
“Is on Line of the Camb.& Seaford Div, Phila, Balto & Wilm RR, in Dorchester
County, 20 miles east of Cambridge. Hurlock, 2 ½ miles distant, is the nearest
bank. Population 180. Nellie M. Corkran, postmaster
Beauchamp, J.H., flour mill Local Farmers, contd.
Hill, B.S., hotel Lawrence, J.
Marine, E.J., grocer Lord, James
Messenger & Church, canners Lord, W.D.
Morgan, L.B. Rev. Lowe, William
Nichols, Jasper, justice of the Majors, John
peace Murphy, Joseph
Noble, Alexander, canning factory Nichols, J.
Noble & Kennedy, canners and Paul, J.M.
saw mill Payne, B.M.
Pegelow, Herman, railroad, express, Payne, J.E.
& telegraph agent Payne, Joseph
Richardson, F.H., produce Pitts, P.E.A.
Smith, W.D., genl store Poole, Robert
Todd, W.W., blacksmith Richardson, F.H.
Wright, E.E., fertilizer Stevens, S.
Todd, Frank
Local Farmers: Turner, Charles
Brown, Charles A. Whitely, O.
Cannon, J.L. Williams, J.H.
Christopher, J.L. Williams, Twilford
Collins, W. Wooders, Joseph
Corkran, O.W. Williams, Mrs. Geo.
Coulbourn, Charles Wright, E.E.
Coulbourn, W.A. Wright, John W.
Covey, Allie Wrightson, William
Dean, F.M.
Fisher, John (note: this P.O. first opened on 11/13/1858,
Gallagher, Joseph with Isaac W. Lowe as P/M.. It then closed on
Hallowell, John 9/19/1861, and then reopened on 3/18/1868.)
Harker, Raymond
Harper, Joseph
Hill, B.S.
Henry, James
Hulbert, Edward
Hubbert, Henry