sentences:  This dominated the otherwise agricultural economy of Robeson County throughout the nineteenth century
  
  Lumberton was developed at a section known throughout that century as "Drowning Creek," a term still used for the headwater portions of the river.The first Robeson County courthouse was erected on land of the Red Bluff Plantation, donated for that purpose by Lumberton founder John Willis.Robeson County's post office was established in 1794.