sentences:  The county was the location for the Searcy & Moore arms factory, which was at Hogans Creek, a small village 20 miles northwest of Greensboro.The factory produced firearms called the "N.C. Rifle" for the Confederate States of America forces during the Civil War.Owned by Alexander M. Searcy and Dr. J. S. Moore, the small factory made hundreds of rifles for the South between 1862 and 1863.