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Following the Civil War, Captain Christopher Columbus Grace, one of the Immortal 600, came to Screven and established himself in the turpentine, ginning and trade store business.
In 1877, he erected a sawmill that spurned the community ’ s growth.
In 1880, he was a founding member of the Screven Methodist Episcopal Church, the first church established in the town of Screven.
Other men of commerce came to join Captain Grace in the town of Screven.
J.
A. Hilton building the community ’ s first brick store and operated a hardware store in later years.
The J. H. Walker Company opened a mercantile business in 1876 and J. C. Hatcher opened a store in 1899.
In the mid 1890s's, the Royal family relocated to Screven to work with the Atlantic Coastline Railroad.

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