[3] It was also known as Huntley or Huntston,[4] in honor of Abijah Hunt, who operated a store and the first cotton gin in Jefferson County in the area.

He fell in a duel with George Poindexter in 1811, and as he was a bachelor, his nephew, David Hunt, inherited his stores and gin and subsequently amassed a large fortune.

"[5] In 1803, multiple landowners (including Ferdinand Claiborne), donated land that became part of the town of Greenville, named in honor of General Nathanael Greene.

[6] According to one account "The general assembly of Mississippi passed an act on the first day of February, 1825, authorizing the selection of a location for the seat of justice for Jefferson county.

Two of his gang members, Peter Alston and Wiley Harpe, attempted to bring his head in to claim the bounty that Governor William C. C. Claiborne had placed on Mason.

[8] Old Greenville was at one point home to a large number of men who would hold important roles in the future state of Mississippi.

Cato West, Territorial Secretary, and at one time acting Governor, lived, died and was buried on his plantation, Sunshine, on Coles Creek.

[2] In 1849 a local historian commented that Greenville "was the seat of justice, and was the head quarters of the first lawyers and physicians, of the State—men who subsequently distinguished themselves at the bar, in the halls of Congress and in the Senate of the United States.

It then sunk to rise no more, and is now so wholly deserted that the traveler often pauses at McCullum's blacksmith shop to enquire the distance to Greenville.