During the 1860s, Robert expanded from tailoring into other businesses. 16 He also served very briefly during the Civil War, in the 5 th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves, before applying for and receiving an exemption. 17 After first supporting his wife’s Methodist activities, when Presbyterian businessmen offered him a real estate investment opportunity, he not only joined them but joined their church. 18 After the war, Robert bought a hotel near the railroad station. The family moved into the hotel and operated it for several years. Later known as Riley’s Hotel, the hotel was their last Greenwood home. Their sixth child was born there. 19 To be unanimously remembered as a founder, Caroline Rebecca must have been not only active and visible but also persuasive in promoting Methodist expansion in the village because she was a member of Greenwood Methodist Church for only 10 years, 1858-1868. During that time, led by her husband, little by little the family gravitated to Rock Presbyterian Church. In due course, in addition to interring their fourth child in that church’s cemetery, Caroline Rebecca and Robert had their three youngest children baptized in that church. 20 16 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, population schedule, Greenwood Post Office, p. 104 (penned), dwelling 767, family 742, Robt [Robert] H. Mounce; digital image, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 16 September 2015); citing FHL microfilm 805212. 17 Compiled service record, R.H. Mounce, Pvt., Co. B, 5 South Carolina Reserves (90 Days, 1862-3), Civil War; digital images, Fold3 (access through participating libraries : 9 June 2019), citing NARA microfilm publication M267, roll 0201. 18 “Acts Passed by the Legislature of South Carolina at the Regular Session of 1863,” The Charleston (South Carolina) Mercury , 8 January 1864, online archives (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 13 June 2019), p. 1, cols. 5-6. Also, Rock Presbyterian Church (Greenwood, South Carolina), “Session Book, 1858-1883,” p. 6, White Male Members, Robert H. Mounce, 27 July 1862; parish rectory, Greenwood. 19 Walker to Motes, letter and Mounce family group record, 9 May 1992. Also, “Old Riley Hotel, Landmark Here for 100 Years, Being Torn Down,” The (Greenwood, South Carolina) Index Journal , 21 February 1950, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com) : accessed 7 February 2018), p. 1, cols. 7-8. 20 Rock Presbyterian Church (Greenwood, South Carolina), “Session Book, 1858-1883,” p. 38, “Clarence Ramsy [Ramsey] infant son of Rob H Mounce & Rebecca Caroline his wife was baptised by the Rev. J M Lee,” 26 June 1864; parish rectory, Greenwood. Also, Rock Presbyterian Church (Greenwood, South Carolina), “Session Book, 1858-1883,” p. 66, “John Lee infant son of R H Mounce & Caroline Rebecca his wife was baptised by the Pastor,” 2 May 1869; parish rectory, Greenwood. Also, Rock Presbyterian Church (Greenwood, South Carolina), “Session Book, 1858-1883,” M, p. 280, Rock Church Family Register, Whitman Lamar [Mounce] . . . 29 March 1874, n.d. (after 1874); parish rectory, Greenwood.
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