McKay & Neal (McKoy & Neal Drug Store)

McKay & Neal Drug Store was listed in the Green Book from 1948-1955 as “McKay & Neal” under “Drug Stores.” No address was listed. ¹ 

McKay & Neal Drug Store was not listed with an address in the Green Book but was located in Elizabethtown. The business has not been located in newspapers or other historical records.²

No African Americans were enumerated as druggists, pharmacists, or drug store owners in the 1950 federal census for Elizabethtown. Some grocery store owners also operated a drug store as part of their business, however, and several African Americans owned a grocery store in the 1950 census. They included: J.C. McCoy, George W. McDowell, Eliza McDowell, Joseph B. Lewis, Jerome Smith. An African American man named George H. Neal worked at a grocery store.³

Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022

Notes

1. Victor Green, 1948 Green Book, 62; Green, 1949 Green Book, 56; Green, 1950 Green Book, 62; Green, 1951 Green Book, 53; Green, 1952 Green Book, 53; Green, 1953 Green Book, 53; Green, 1954 Green Book, 52; Green, 1955 Green Book, 53.
2. 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “J.C. McCoy,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “George W. McDowell,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “George H. Neal,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Eliza McDowell,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Joseph B. Lewis,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; 1950 United States Federal Census, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Jerome Smith,” accessed from www.ancestry.com.