How Twas Done: Joseph Kershaw, The Rise of a Commercial Economy in South Carolinas Backcountry, and Its Implications

for Archaeology Kenneth E. Lewis Michigan State University

Kershaw & Companys Stores in South Carolina

Joseph Kershaws Network at Pine Tree Hill

Ancrum, Lance & Loocock - Supplied Capital and Expertise Samuel Wyly - Quaker Community and Catawbas John Chesnut - Scots/Irish Community Ely Kershaw - Anglican Community

Expansion of the Network Through Marriage

Ely Kershaw m. Sarah Cantey - Anglican Planters John Chesnut m. Mary Cantey - Anglican Planters Joseph Kershaw m. Sarah Mathis - Quaker Community

Chesnut, Kershaw & Companys Store at Rocky Mount

Ely Kershaw & Companys Store at Cheraw Hill

John Chesnut & Companys Store at the Congarees

Communities Served by Stores

Rocky Mount on Catawba River Scots/Irish in the Waxhaws Catawba Settlements Chatham on Pee Dee River Welsh Community Scots/Irish Community Anglican Planters at Cheraw Hill Moravians and Others in North Carolina Granby at the Congarees Germans at Saxe Gotha Scots/Irish on Broad and Saluda Drainage

Patterning on a Regional Scale

Store Locations Reflect Organization of Trade

Access was Key to Store Locations Capital and Knowledge were Needed to Acquire Store Tracts

Kershaw & Companys Stores in South Carolina

Patterning on a Settlement Scale

Settlement Hierarchy Reflects Organization of Trade

Hierarchy Evident in Size and Complexity of Structures Diversity of Activities Tied to the Functional Role of Settlements

Kershaw & Companys Store at Pine Tree Hill

Joseph Kershaws Mansion at Camden

Patterning on a Household Scale

Composition of Artifact Assemblages Vary with Distance from Center of Network

Composition of Artifact Assemblages can Identify Activities Linked to Settlements Role in Network