Find the back story on your ancestors' daily lives in NC (c.1830-1900). The Branson's guides exist digitally in several places across the internet as well as physical copies in libraries and archives. This is a great resource for historical context.
Branson's North Carolina Business Directory - These guides exist at least from the 1830s to the early 1900's based on my search. The guides include alphabetized lists of North Carolina post offices and their location, railroad stops, voting stats and others. You may find valuable pictures of era in each publication.
Search Google for "Branson's NC directory" and you will find links multiple links to Digital NC, Internet Archive, DocSouth at UNC as well as old copies available for sale on Amazon. Plenty to get you started.
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