Sherrill's Inn

SHERRILL'S INN COLLECTION M94.1.1-2
Sherrill's Inn, view of front and side, (ball2178), D.H. Ramsey Library, UNCA
Title	Sherrill's Inn Collection
Creator	Mrs. James McClure (Elspeth) Clarke
Alt. Creator	D.Hiden Ramsey
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/sherrills_inn/Default.html
Subject Keyword	Sherrill's Inn ; Hickory Nut Gap ; James McClure Clarke ; Elspeth Clarke ; inns ; travel and tourism ; stage coach ; Bedford Sherrill ;
Subject LCSH	Sherrill, Bedford Clarke, Elspeth McClure, Elizabeth Cramer Ramsey, D. Hiden North Carolina -- Travel and Tourism North Carolina -- History
Description	This collection consists of the original register books of a prominent stagecoach stop and inn operated by Bedford Sherrill, located in Hickory Nut Gap, at the upper, eastern end of the Fairview section [along the current U.S. highway 74], near the beginning of Hickory Nut Gorge. A short history of the inn, written by one of the donors of these register books, Mrs. James McClure (Elspeth) Clarke, is available in the Special Collections vertical file. There are three volumes of the original log books. Volume one includes dates from July, 1850 through May, 1865, as a guest register. Accounting entries previous to this time, beginning in 1842 at the front of the volume, are found throughout volume one. Volume two contains guest registrations beginning in 1870, continuing into 1898. The first half of volume two also contains accounting entries from the early 1840s. Guest registrations in volume three begin in 1897, continuing into 1907 (with a 1909 entry at the end). Accounting entries, found also in the first half of volume three, are from 1853 through 1855. The late D. Hiden Ramsey, a prominent Asheville newspaperman and writer on local history, provided typescript notes for the registers, originally bound into three small notebooks. The three older notebooks, due to their condition, have been combined into one new binder, divided by inserts to correspond to the original volume divisions. Each set of notes corresponds to a volume of the registers. Aside from two brief commentaries concerning place-names and transportation, the contents of the notes are biographical, concerning a selection of guests of the inn, and corresponding to the page numbers in each original register.
Publisher	D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 28804
Contributor	Clarke family ; Southern Highlands Research Center
Date	2001-05-20, Updated 2005-12-08 JW
Type	Collection ; Text
Format	2 manuscript boxes ; 2 cu. ft.
Source	M94.1.1, M94.1.2
Language	English
Relation	Book : Blackmun, Ora. Western North Carolina, its mountains and its people to 1880 "On the walls of a room in the original inn ... and reproduced as a color section in "Western North Carolina to 1880, Its Mountains and Its People" by Ora Blackmun." ; D.Hiden Ramsey Oral History ; D. Hiden Ramsey Collection
Coverage	1905 ; Asheville, NC
Rights	Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	Donor number 139
Acquisition	1994-06-01
Citation	Sherrill's Inn Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by	Southern Highlands Research Center staff 1994 ; Special Collections staff 2001

A History of Sherrill's Inn presented before a meeting of the Western North Carolina Historical Association, October 28, 1978, by Elspeth Clarke [Mrs. Jamie Clarke]. A Description of Sherrill's Inn included in the Historic American Building Survey, Department of the Interior.

Item List :

M94.1.1

1

Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 1 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 1 register. [2 items]

2

Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 2 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 2 register. [1 item]

3

Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 3 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 3 register. [1 item]

4

Notes removed from the registers and Ramsey's manuscript. Includes notes on Place Names and notes on Transportation. [2 items]

M94.1.2
LEDGER
Vol. 1

Volume One of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts and guest register, as noted above) [1 item]
Guests of note: F.W. Pickens : Governor W.B Seabrook ; I. Waddy Thomson ; Miss May Wheat ; Miss Susan Battle ; D.H. Jacques ; S. Westray Battle ; William H Battle ; Walter Leal Steele ; Miss M.A. Morrison ; Miss Eugenia Morrison ; General Stonewall Jackson ;Dr. W.L. Hilliard ; Genreal J.G. Bynum ; J.F.E. Hardy ; W.M. Hardy ; Arnold Guyot ; Bishop L.S. Ives ; Charles Ed Betchtler ; W.M. Shipp ; Joseph M.D. Carson ; Robert I. Johnston ; Reverend R.H. Chapman ; A.T. Sumney ; Reverand William Morrison ; Reverand S.C. Alexander ; Cadet Charles C. Lee ; Robert P. Dick ; James W. Patton ; George W. Logan ; Thomas S. Ashe ; Captain R.P. Campbell ; Mrs. Bishop Atkinson ; John W. Carlisle ; Augustus S. Merrimon ; Henry E. Colton ; MIllard Fillmore ; Zebulon I. Vance ; Marcus Erwin ; Goodson M. Roberts ; Washington Caruther Kerr ; W.S. Carmichael ; President Andrew Johnson ; George Davis ; James W. Osbonrn ; Lieutenant I. Randolph Mordecai ; Ellen Mordecai ; Pleasant Daniel Gold ; Charles W. Gold ;

LEDGER
Vol. 2

Volume Two of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts, p. 1-156, and guest register, p. 1-150) [1 item; signatures begin towards the back of the book]
Guests of note: Hall Fletcher ; W. M. Cocke, Jr. ; Frances Fisher Tiernan ; Pete Wilson and Fanny Caldwell Hairston ; W. S. Carmichael ; Colonel A. H. Belo ; Colonel Allen T. Davidson ; E. H. Hazzard ; Colonel W. R. Young ; Wayne Ray ; A. C. Dixon ; M. H. Justice ; Mrs. W. R. Kenan ; Frank Coxe ; Dr. G. W. Whitson ; F. M. Miller ; W. H. Malone ; C. C. Blanton ; Thomas J. Rickman ; J. C. L. Gudger ; W. S. Bynum ; Curtis Bynum ; Randolph H. McKim ; Dr. G. W. Fletcher ; Otis M. Coxe ; Charles Dudley Warner ; T. R. Lounsbury ; W. A. Hoke ; Michael Hoke ; M. Cone [Moses Cone ?] ; Sol Lipinsky ; T. M. Emerson ; Ulysses Doubleday ; J. Evans Brown ; V. B. Bostic (Van Buren Bostic) ; J. T. Bostic ; N. A. Reynolds ; Frank M. Jordan ; Charles M. Stedman ; Eugene Douglas Carter ; Telman R. Gaines ; Eva Sales and Kittie Pamela Sales ; Karl Von Ruck ; H. A. Gudger ; Rev. Charles R. Erdman ; Charles Woolsey ; Miss Minnie Stephens ; Bessie Moody ; J. M. Campbell ; John P. Arthur ; Thomas A. Jones ; “Judge”Charles A. Webb; Robert Bingham ; Carl Reynolds ; Sneed Adams ; S. F. Chapman ; William B. Williamson ; Florence Stephenson ; J. B. Ivey ; Theodore F. Davidson ; Theodore Morrison ; J.C. Hemphill ; Chancey D. Beadle ; William Leroy Percy ; Miss Eliza Potter ; T. C. Smith, Jr. ; Jamie Sawyer ; Phi1ip Cocke ; Herbert Millard ; Herbert Child ; Haywood Parker ; A. J. Lyman ; Judge Charles A. Moore ; James H. Loughran ; H. J. Sage.

LEDGER
Vol. 3

Volume Three of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts, p. 1-198, and guest register, p. 1-69) [1 item; signatures begin towards the back of the book]
Guests of note: James H. Loughran ; Arthur M. Field and Isabella Rose Field ; Harmon A. Miller and Florence Griffith Miller ; Tench C. Coxe and Mrs. Tench C. Coxe ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Settle ; Mrs. C. P. Ambler ; S. [Sol] Gallert ; Professor A. C. Reynolds ; Miss Minna Bynum ; Dr. Archibald Henderson ; Kathleen Doyle and Helen Doyle ; Madelon Battle ; E. P. McKissick ; Miss Edith Randolph ; Dr. Louise Merrimon ; Dr. Louise Ingersoll ; Dr. L. B. Morse ; Mrs. Conally Coxe ; Mrs. V. S. Lusk ; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gudger ; Mr. and Mrs. Vance Brown ; J. R. Sandifer ; Curtis Bynum ; Dr. F. L. Clemenger ; Charles H. Honess ; W. F. Stoner ;

Sherrill's Inn Drawings from HABS project.

00001r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.
Description and site plan.

"Although much enlarged, Sherrill's Inn is an example of a Saddle Bag House...."

00002r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.
Plan

00003r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.

Plan

00004r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.
Plan

00005r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.

Elevation

00006r.jpg Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior.
Elebation

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M94.1.1	1	Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 1 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 1 register. [2 items]
	2	Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 2 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 2 register. [1 item]
	3	Biographical notes on visitors to the Inn from Vol. 3 of the registers; written by D. Hiden Ramsey. Notes correspond to page number of Vol. 3 register. [1 item]
	4	Notes removed from the registers and Ramsey's manuscript. Includes notes on Place Names and notes on Transportation. [2 items]
M94.1.2	LEDGER Vol. 1	Volume One of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts and guest register, as noted above) [1 item] Guests of note: F.W. Pickens : Governor W.B Seabrook ; I. Waddy Thomson ; Miss May Wheat ; Miss Susan Battle ; D.H. Jacques ; S. Westray Battle ; William H Battle ; Walter Leal Steele ; Miss M.A. Morrison ; Miss Eugenia Morrison ; General Stonewall Jackson ;Dr. W.L. Hilliard ; Genreal J.G. Bynum ; J.F.E. Hardy ; W.M. Hardy ; Arnold Guyot ; Bishop L.S. Ives ; Charles Ed Betchtler ; W.M. Shipp ; Joseph M.D. Carson ; Robert I. Johnston ; Reverend R.H. Chapman ; A.T. Sumney ; Reverand William Morrison ; Reverand S.C. Alexander ; Cadet Charles C. Lee ; Robert P. Dick ; James W. Patton ; George W. Logan ; Thomas S. Ashe ; Captain R.P. Campbell ; Mrs. Bishop Atkinson ; John W. Carlisle ; Augustus S. Merrimon ; Henry E. Colton ; MIllard Fillmore ; Zebulon I. Vance ; Marcus Erwin ; Goodson M. Roberts ; Washington Caruther Kerr ; W.S. Carmichael ; President Andrew Johnson ; George Davis ; James W. Osbonrn ; Lieutenant I. Randolph Mordecai ; Ellen Mordecai ; Pleasant Daniel Gold ; Charles W. Gold ;
	LEDGER Vol. 2	Volume Two of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts, p. 1-156, and guest register, p. 1-150) [1 item; signatures begin towards the back of the book] Guests of note: Hall Fletcher ; W. M. Cocke, Jr. ; Frances Fisher Tiernan ; Pete Wilson and Fanny Caldwell Hairston ; W. S. Carmichael ; Colonel A. H. Belo ; Colonel Allen T. Davidson ; E. H. Hazzard ; Colonel W. R. Young ; Wayne Ray ; A. C. Dixon ; M. H. Justice ; Mrs. W. R. Kenan ; Frank Coxe ; Dr. G. W. Whitson ; F. M. Miller ; W. H. Malone ; C. C. Blanton ; Thomas J. Rickman ; J. C. L. Gudger ; W. S. Bynum ; Curtis Bynum ; Randolph H. McKim ; Dr. G. W. Fletcher ; Otis M. Coxe ; Charles Dudley Warner ; T. R. Lounsbury ; W. A. Hoke ; Michael Hoke ; M. Cone [Moses Cone ?] ; Sol Lipinsky ; T. M. Emerson ; Ulysses Doubleday ; J. Evans Brown ; V. B. Bostic (Van Buren Bostic) ; J. T. Bostic ; N. A. Reynolds ; Frank M. Jordan ; Charles M. Stedman ; Eugene Douglas Carter ; Telman R. Gaines ; Eva Sales and Kittie Pamela Sales ; Karl Von Ruck ; H. A. Gudger ; Rev. Charles R. Erdman ; Charles Woolsey ; Miss Minnie Stephens ; Bessie Moody ; J. M. Campbell ; John P. Arthur ; Thomas A. Jones ; “Judge”Charles A. Webb; Robert Bingham ; Carl Reynolds ; Sneed Adams ; S. F. Chapman ; William B. Williamson ; Florence Stephenson ; J. B. Ivey ; Theodore F. Davidson ; Theodore Morrison ; J.C. Hemphill ; Chancey D. Beadle ; William Leroy Percy ; Miss Eliza Potter ; T. C. Smith, Jr. ; Jamie Sawyer ; Phi1ip Cocke ; Herbert Millard ; Herbert Child ; Haywood Parker ; A. J. Lyman ; Judge Charles A. Moore ; James H. Loughran ; H. J. Sage.
	LEDGER Vol. 3	Volume Three of the Sherrill's Inn register books (ledger of accounts, p. 1-198, and guest register, p. 1-69) [1 item; signatures begin towards the back of the book] Guests of note: James H. Loughran ; Arthur M. Field and Isabella Rose Field ; Harmon A. Miller and Florence Griffith Miller ; Tench C. Coxe and Mrs. Tench C. Coxe ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Settle ; Mrs. C. P. Ambler ; S. [Sol] Gallert ; Professor A. C. Reynolds ; Miss Minna Bynum ; Dr. Archibald Henderson ; Kathleen Doyle and Helen Doyle ; Madelon Battle ; E. P. McKissick ; Miss Edith Randolph ; Dr. Louise Merrimon ; Dr. Louise Ingersoll ; Dr. L. B. Morse ; Mrs. Conally Coxe ; Mrs. V. S. Lusk ; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gudger ; Mr. and Mrs. Vance Brown ; J. R. Sandifer ; Curtis Bynum ; Dr. F. L. Clemenger ; Charles H. Honess ; W. F. Stoner ;
		Sherrill's Inn Drawings from HABS project.
	00001r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Description and site plan. "Although much enlarged, Sherrill's Inn is an example of a Saddle Bag House...."
	00002r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Plan
	00003r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Plan
	00004r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Plan
	00005r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Elevation
	00006r.jpg	Sherrill's Inn Drawings from the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) project. United States Department of the Interior. Elebation

SHERRILL'S INN COLLECTION