James Gadsden & Co.

On East Bay.

A listing proves a year, not a span. A house in the 1854 book and the 1858 Review was there in 1854 and in 1858. The years between are not evidenced here, and nothing on this page should be read as saying the firm traded through them.

1854

• Sea Island and Upland Cotton Factors; also General Commission Merchants No. 62 East Bay, opposite the Planters' & Mechanics' BankSouthern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, 1854, p. 337Col. James Gadsden; James F. Edwards; Richard E. Screven

1858

• Authorized agents for John S. Reese & Co.'s guanonamed in another city’s chapterDe Bow's Review, 1858, pp. 83, 84, 124named in an agents' list; cotton factors, 62 East Bay, in 1854

On Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a tertiary source. A link is given only where the article names this house or a principal of it in Charleston; it says nothing about the years the house traded. One sentence is quoted from the article as it stood on the date shown, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

• James Gadsden an article that names this house or its principal — the card names Col. James Gadsden as principal; the article does not name the firmIt is known that he was born in Charleston, South Carolina, during 1788, and that he was grandson of the American Revolutionary War hero Christopher Gadsden, for whom the Gadsden flag was named.Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-14, read 2026-09-01; CC BY-SA 4.0

Possibly the same house in the 1852 directory

Entries that share a surname with this firm on the same street. Matched on those two things only; the directory and the advertisement have not been reconciled, and a reader should compare the lines.

• James, Robert book publisher 103 & 105 East-BayJames, Robert book publisher 103 & 105 east-bay, 115 br'd
• Gadsden, James &co factors 62 East-Bay" James &co factors 62 east-bay
• Gadsden, James factor 62 East-Bay res. Ann St" James factor 62 east-bay, ann st
• Gadsden, F porter and out-door clerk bank state s c" F porter and out-door clerk Bank State S C

Possibly the same house in the census of 1861

Houses on the same street whose owner or occupant carries the surname. Ford’s register gives no occupation, so this is a name at a number and no more.