NC Business History
Nov. 1926 for original mill site; destroyed by fire 1871, rebuilt : 1837 December: Salem Manufacturing Co. 1836 owned by Moravian Church, Francis Fries (agent) Cotton yarn: Salem steampowered: Stokes (became Forsyth Co.) sold on March 21, 1854 to Gov. Morehead; his soninlaw Rufus L. Patterson ran mill. 1838 January