This is interesting...
Listed in Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852, North
Carolina:
Franklin Co NC - General Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries Hardware, &c.
CHAMBLEE & PIPPIN
John Chamblee, son of James Chamblee & Nancy Pippin had a son who settled in
Franklin Co NC and descendents live there today. The son was John Chamblee
ca 1817-1880 who married Delaney Strickland & Frances A. Baker.
The 1850 Franklin Co NC census indicates John was a merchant, so his firm
obviously was "Chamblee & Pippin."
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/ncthom.htm
--DS