James Poyas daybook, 1764-1766.

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James Poyas daybook, 1764-1766.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32139132

Volume provides an account of daily sales (1764 March 1 - 1766 December 31) for the Charleston, South Carolina drygoods store of James Poyas [although his name is not mentioned]. Entries record sales of shoes, clothing, cloth, buttons, ribbons, tea, food, rum, gunpowder, nails, books, paper, imported goods, and other items. Entries record sales to Elias Horry, John E. Poyas, William Chicken, John Murrell, and many other individuals.

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Horry, Elias, 1773-1834

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South Carolina plantation owner, businessman, mayor of Charleston S.C., and South Carolina state representative. He was the son of Thomas Horry (1748-1820), a plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator. His first wife was Harriet Vanderhorst (d. 1815), who was the mother of William Branford Horry (1799-1808), Thomas Lynch Horry (1806-1871), and Harriet Vanderhorst Horry (1808-1900), who married Edward Frost. From the description of Letters to Thomas Horry, 1807-1808. (The S...

Chicken, William, d. 1778.

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Murrell, John, fl. 1764-1766.

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Poyas, John Ernest, d. 1786.

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Poyas, James, d. 1799.

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Charleston, South Carolina drygoods merchant. James Poyas was the son of Jean Louis Poyas. From the description of James Poyas daybook, 1764-1766. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32139132 ...