1844                Rooms at the Walker House, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

1851                Rooms at the Masonic Hall, Laurens, South Carolina.[1]

F. A. Hoke appeared in one advertisement that was recorded on September 25, 1844 in The Spartan (Spartanburg, South Carolina).  Photographic Miniatures.  F. A. Hoke, of Lincolnton, N. C., has taken lodgings at the Walker House, in this place, for the purpose of taking Miniatures by the Daguerreotype process, with the latest improvements.

Ladies and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call and examine specimens. 

F. A. Hoke is recorded in other photographic directories as being active in Laurens, South Carolina in 1851.

[1] Partners with the Sun South Carolina Photographers 1840-1940.