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The
Greenville Tribune
Cherokees Cede Land to South Carolina
By Michael
Greenville County is part of the old
Cherokee hunting grounds. White men were strictly forbidden
in the area. The Cherokees finally ceded, or gave up the land
to South Carolina in 1777. A white settler by the name of Richard
Pearis came to Greenville County in 1765. He was the first settler
present here in Greenville. He married a Cherokee woman and
was honored by the Indians. The Cherokee tribe gave him ten
square miles of land. Pearis estate is called "Great Plains."
On part of this estate now stands Greenville and Paris Mountain.
Paris Mountain is named after Richard Pearis but when naming
the mountain, it was spelled differently. Finally, Greenville
County was established in 1784. Thousands of settlers migrated
to the area.
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The
Greenville Tribune
Land Contributor Named "Father
of Greenville"
By Michael
McBee is known as "The Father of
Greenville." He contributed to the land of the first four
churches and the first academies. He was a constructive thinker
and erected one of our earliest cotton mills. He moved Furman
University from Edgefield to Greenville in 1851 and secured
the first railroad for Greenville in 1853. The railroad went
from Columbia to Greenville. They soon realized that the Reedy
River could furnish the power needed for iron works, corn, and
cotton mills.
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The
Greenville Tribune
Greenville's Name Remains a Mystery
By Michael
The derivation, or origin of Greenville
County's name is said to come from an honored General in the Revolutionary
War by the name of Nathanael Greene. It is also said to come from
Isaac Green, an early settler. Greenville's derivation still remains
a mystery till this day.
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The
Greenville Tribune
Alston Comes to Greenville
By Michael
In 1788, Lemuel J. Alston came to Greenville
County. He bought four hundred acres and laid out a town called
Pleasantburg. He built a mansion to attract settlers to the area.
He also thought that the mountains, the possibility of cotton,
and a future mill would attract them also. In 1816 Alston sold
his holding to Vardry McBee.
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The
Greenville
Tribune
Pleasantburg Renamed
By Michael
Robert Mills contributed to the community
with its two taverns and its new courthouse. Pleasantburg, the
main town in Greenville County then had 500 inhabitants. Citizen's
then wished their county seat (the city with the county government)
to bear the name of Greenville. In 1831, Pleasantburg then became
known as the city of Greenville. Camperdown Mills took the young
people's favorite swimming hole across from Pearis's old mill.
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