Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World

Tabular Appendix

203 Tabular Appendix Table A.1. Population growth in selected British and British American towns Town Population ca. 1700 Population ca. 1800 Boston 7,500 24,937 Bristol 13,482 61,153 Charleston 1,500 18,824 Colchester 6,647 11,520 Glasgow 18,000 77,058 New York 4,500 60,489 Newcastle 11,617 33,048 Philadelphia 2,450 51,938 Shrewsbury 6,867 14,739 Sources: Nash, Urban Crucible, appendix (table 13); Clowse, Measuring Charleston’s Overseas Commerce, table A-11; Nash, “The Social Evolution of Preindustrial American Cities,” table 1; Langton, “Urban Growth,” 473–74 (table 14.4). 204 tabular appendix Table A.2. Origins and political roles of members of 1769 “Committee of Thirty-Six,” in response to the Massachusetts Circular Letter Origin Name Affiliations Planters Thomas Lynch — Wm. Williamson — Thomas Ferguson — Benjamin Elliot — John McKenzie — Peter Porcher Fellowship Society Barnard Elliot — Benjamin Huger — Wm. Moultrie — John Parker — Charles Elliot — Daniel Legare Magistrate Isaac Lesesne — Merchants John Neufville Committees; Magistrate John Edwards Committees; Magistrate John Laurens Committees Daniel D’Oyley Committees Thomas Shirley — Peter Bacot Committees; Magistrate; Fellowship Society John Ward Committees; Magistrate John Abbot Hall Magistrate John Coram Fellowship Society Aaron Loocock Committees Andrew Lord Magistrate Roger Smith Magistrate Wm. Price Magistrate Mechanics Daniel Cannon Committees; Magistrate; Fellowship Society John Price — Cato Ash Committees; Magistrate John Fullerton Magistrate; Fellowship Society Joseph Verree Committees; Magistrate Simon Berwick Fellowship Society John Matthews Committees; Magistrate Theodore Tresevant Committees; Magistrate; South Carolina Society Thomas Young — Tunis Thebout — Wm. Trusler — Sources: McCrady, History of South Carolina under the Royal Government, 651; Records of the Fellowship Society, South Caroliniana Library; St. Philip’s Vestry Minutes, 1742–83, South Caroliniana Library. My thanks to Rebecca Starr for providing the McCrady reference. Table A.3. Charleston households by occupation or status of household head, 1790  of total Number of Whites in Total number Charleston Occupation/Status households household Slaves Free blacks in household population Tradespeoplea 491 2,313 1,642 32 3,987 25.4 Merchantsb 394 1,591 1,399 31 3,021 19.3 Service providers and 255 1,361 1,310 30 2,701 17.2 government employeesc Widows or spinstersd 212 810 1,059 18 1,887 12.0 Planters 112 613 1,134 5 1,752 11.1 Free blacks 106 3 77 414 494 3.1 Unknowne 229 1,076 750 37 1,863 11.9 Total 1,799 7,767 7,341 567 15,705 100.0 Sources: Charleston County, Parishes of St. Michael and St. Philip, in U.S. Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1790. South Carolina; Charleston City Directory, 1790, Charleston County Public Library. a Tradespeople include men and women working in the following trades: apothecary, artist, baker, bandbox maker, blacksmith, blockmaker, bookbinder, brass founder, brewer, bricklayer, butcher, buttonmaker, bottlemaker, cabinetmaker, carpenter, carter, carver, chairmaker, chocolatier, cigarmaker, clocksmith, confectioner, cooper, currier, distiller, drayman, engraver, fisherman, fruitier, gardener, grocer, gunsmith, harnessmaker, hatter , liveryman, mantuamaker, milliner, musical instrument maker, painter, perfumier, perukemaker, printer, ropemaker, saddler, sailmaker, sawyer, scrivener, seamstress, ship chandler, shipwright, shoemaker, silversmith, staymaker, stonemason, sugar baker, tailor, tallow chandler, tanner, tinsmith, tobaconnist, turner, umbrellamaker, upholsterer, vintner, waggoner, and wheelwright. b Includes merchants, shopkeepers, or factors. c Includes the following categories: teacher, schoolmaster, boardinghouse owner, innkeeper, dancing master, music teacher, attorney-at-law, doctor or physician, members of the clergy (and their assistants), and any town dweller identified as holding a city, state, or federal government post. d Includes households where a woman is named as the head of household and is not assigned any other trade or profession. e Includes male heads of household and their dependents who are listed in the census but who are either listed in the city directory without a trade or profession or are not listed at all. 206 tabular appendix Table A.4. Size of artisan workshops in Charleston, 1790 Number of Number of Number of  of employeesa households potential employees total employees 1 99 99 3.8 2–4 207 566 21.7 5–9 111 738 28.3 10+ 74 1,207 46.2 Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States, Taken in the Year 1790. South Carolina; Charleston City Directory, 1790, Charleston County Public Library. Note: This table has been compiled by cross-referencing the...