Webb & Whitted
Date founded:
January 1859
Date dissolved:
1867
Type:
Tobacco, drugstore
The company began in January 1859 under the name of Webb & Whitted (James Webb and James Y. Whitted). Webb & Whitted was the first commercial tobacco manufacturer in Orange County.
When the Civil War began in 1861, and with James Whitted joining the Confederate army, the company ceased operations. After the war, Webb & Whitted was a drugstore in downtown Hillsboro near the intersection of Churton and King streets.
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