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Early Merchants and Business in Greenville: A Brief History
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Edward and Robert Salter operated the first store in Greenville, originally called Martinsborough, in 1776. In Nov. 1778, George Wolfenden advertised he had erected a fulling mill to dye cloth about 10 miles above Red Banks. In the tour journal of William Attmore in 1787, he described Greenville as a village consisting of about fifteen families and a place of some trade. Merchants mentioned include Josiah Wright, James Easton, Reading Blount, Holland Johnston, Grove Wright, James Stewart, John A. Judkins, Franklin Gorham and Benjamin M. Selby. The article discusses other businesses that developed through the 1830s.
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