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As early as 1851, Greenville citizens, such as Dr. Noah Joyner, tried to raise tobacco in Pitt County. Leon F. Evans, however, is known as the true father of tobacco in Pitt County. While traveling in Nash County in 1885, he met Mr. J. T. Seat, a tobacco farmer near Rocky Mount, NC. Mr. Seat agreed to come to Pitt County to talk to the local farmers about raising tobacco. A. A. Forbes, Leon F. Evans, Jacob Joyner, G. F. Evans, and T. J. Stancill contracted with Mr. Seat for assistance the following year. The first curing barns were constructed by Leon F. Evans in 1886. At first, the farmers had to carry their product by wagon to markets in Henderson, Oxford and Wilson. R. J. Cobb and O. L. Joyner built the Greenville Tobacco Warehouse in 1891 to remedy this dilemma. O. L. Joyner and Alex Heilbroner built the Eastern Tobacco Warehouse in 1892. E. A. Moye and Ola Forbes built the Planters Warehouse in 1895, and C. D. Rountree, Wiley Brown and McG. Ernul built the Star Warehouse.
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30353
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The Village of Yesteryear began with a farm tool display at the County Fair by Connor Eagles during the Bicentennial. The display grew and along with Les Turnage expanded to include old buildings. The village grew to a collection of 19 farm and village buildings from 1840 to 1940, includes a general store, post office, schoolhouse, log church, farm house, train depot, tobacco museum, blacksmith shop, transportation museum and numerous other farm buildings. The buildings were damaged by the flood in the fall of 1999, the Village of Yesteryear reopened after being restored with money from FEMA and the State of North Carolina. The American Legion and the Fair Board wants the Village removed from their property and the Village of Yesteryear Board of Directors is seeking money, land and help to preserve the Village.
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