William Gregg was an ardent advocate of industrialization in the antebellum Southern United States and the founder of the Graniteville Mill, the largest textile mill in South Carolina during the antebellum period. Gregg was a revolutionary figure in the textile industry. His practice of having his employees live in company-owned homes became common.
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 2, 1800
- Died
- September 13, 1867, September 12, 1867
