South Carolina Occupation and Business Records

Cotton
The cotton industry was very important to South Carolina's economy. An 1880 directory describes the state's cotton mills:


 * The Cotton Mills of South Carolina. Their Names, Location, Capacity and History [From the News and Courier, of Charleston, S.C.] Charleston, S.C.: The News and Courier Book Presses, 1880. Digital version at Google Books.

Doctors

 * Waring, Joseph Ioor. A History of Medicine in South Carolina, 1670-1825. 3 vols. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1964-1971. FHL has vols. 1 &amp; 3:

Gunsmiths

 * Whisker, James B. Gunsmiths of the Carolinas, 1660-1870. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1993.

Lawyers
For a history, see:


 * Brooks, U.R. South Carolina Bench and Bar. Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1906. Digital version of Volume 1 at Google Books.

For biographies, see:


 * O'Neall, John Belton. Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina. 2 vols. Charleston, S.C.: S.G. Courtenay &amp; Co., Publishers, 1859. ; digital version of Volume 1 at Internet Archive; digital version of Volume 2 at Google Books. Ancestry ($) has created a database covering both volumes.

Metalworkers

 * Scarborough, Quincy. Carolina Metalworkers: Coppersmiths, Pewterers, Tinsmiths of North Carolina and South Carolina. Fayetteville, N.C.: Q. Scarborough, 1995.

Silversmiths
For a history, see:


 * Burton, E. Milby. South Carolina Silversmiths, 1690-1860. Charleston, S.C.: Charleston Museum, 1942.