Confederate Currency

 

 

 

(A story from “Historical Booklet of Greenbrier County)

 

An interesting financial story concerns an Old Man Broughy, of Pocahontas, who refused to lose faith in the Confederate Cause.  One day (following the Civil War)  he entered the office of the Greenbrier County Clerk, Col. Joel McPherson, carrying hundreds of dollars in Greenbrier County script for redemption.

 

After trying to reason with Broughy to no avail, Col, Joel finally said, “Why, my dear sir, I have no funds with which to pay you…Those things were to be paid in Confederate money, anyhow.”  (Confederate money, by then, was worthless.)

 

“Well, that’s what I want,” said Broughy.  “Old Confederate money is good enough for me!”

 

The Colonel sighed in relief, and in a few minutes the credit of the county was saved.