North Carolina

I have been in North Carolina. I played poker in Charlotte, NC in the late 1960’s. The game lasted 8 days. You might get tired of me saying I have visited a state the chips in the posts are from. But in actuality, I have been in all 50 states at least once.

Enough of that:

Not much to show you from North Carolina.
Anyone got other North Carolina Illegal chips, they can show?

RSG Nevada Mold.
We believe this chip was distributed by Bill Borland.

Robert S Griffin
Blackjack and poker game operated 1970-2000
Wilson County, NC
Operated similar to the games Billy Speaks, Jack Briggs, and Ed Piper ran in the Lexington, KY area.
I have more info (100% confirmation) on this chip.

Briggs Hotel
Barcus & Graham
Wilson, NC
1947

Only 1 blue BG chip was found. Guess who got it?

Do not have a lot of info on the use of the chips by Jesse Barcus and Dan Graham, at the Briggs Hotel, Wilson, North Carolina. No doubt in my mind they had something going there. We were thrilled to get the South Carolina, and Five Points, Georgia use of the chips, and forgot about the North Carolina use. It is back on my list for more research.

These were part of the Sylcree Club, Five Points, GA big find of 12 different chips.
Entire Sylcree info was in “Illegal Of the day Georgia” posted on 11/20/10

The (remaining) BG chips are confirmed from the Taylor records as follows:
BG is 'Barcus & Graham', seemingly partners who operated two (at least) illegal clubs in Georgia and South Carolina.

1000 white chips w/gold monogram & 1003 w/blue monogram (different styles) were shipped to Jesse Barcus, Briggs Hotel, Wilson, NC on 6/20/47 and 8/14/47 respectively. On 6/14/47, other colors had been shipped to Don Graham, 604 Jefferson St, Albany, GA.

Jefferson St seems to be right in the 'middle of the action' as reported by Vic Smith (albeit many years earlier) and it could even be that these chips became part of RWW's 'empire' at a later time. As yet, no records or chips have been reported from any of the other establishments Mr Smith referred to, but who knows what the future may uncover?

I got this one in 2002. It is on my list to research.

LCC in Horseshoe
F.B. Bland
Kinston, NC
1934