First seat of Wayne County, incorporated 1787. The town died after the county seat was moved to Goldsboro in 1850. Site is here.
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Governor, 1901-1905. Crusader for public education. Birthplace stands 2/3 mi. east.
On January 2, 1926, the Mt. Olive Pickle Company was formally incorporated by local business people in Wayne County.
Perhaps North Carolina’s best known woman suffrage leader, Gertrude Weil came from a long line of social, religious and political activists.