City Directories and History: The location where the pharmacy is currently operated, 2014, was also used as the Gray Court Post Office, Cannon Funeral Home and small business offices.
Gray Court originally named Dorrohville in honor of David R. Dorroh, a prominent citizen and one of the first inhabitants of the area. In 1894 a post office was established and the daughter of Dorroh was made postmistress. In 1886 the first train came through the town on the newly-constructed Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad. One of the engineers, whose name is not known, observed that the town reminded him of the lovely little town of Gray Court in his native state of New York. He also had developed a great respect for the depot agent, R.L. Gray, a member of one of the old families of Dorrohville. The engineer suggested to some of the citizens that they rename their town Gray Court. Some years later petitions were circulated to change the name of the town while others circulated in favor of retaining the original name. After a close contest the name Gray Court was adopted on October 17, 1899. In the Gray Court area is the small community of Green Pond. Prior to the adoption of this name the upper part of the community was known as Babbtown after Thaddeus Babb who ran the post office while the lower part was named Woodville after the Wood family. Following a dispute over schools, the inhabitants split into two groups. The upper area now became known as Greenpond, after a frog pond of stagnant green water located in front of the home of Talmage Kellet. The lower part was known as Edens after the name of the Robert Adams plantation, “Garden of Eden.”
(Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)
Post Offices via Elmer Parker’s S.C. Post Office History Book, 1989 states: Greenwood PO, later renamed Woodville PO, operated from 1825 / 1850 with Samuel B. Lewers – Postmaster. The Palmetto Post Office ran from 1851 / 1852, George W. Connors – Postmaster (later named Woodville PO operated from 1850 / 1851).
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