West Virginia, Randolph County, Coalton
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Jimtown Formerly known as Fair Hope for one-room school located at the junction of Findley and Yeager Roads circa 1898 to 1953. Later named for James J. "Squire Jim" Phillips (1855-1937), a former Justice of the Peace. During the Civil War, his mother Margaret Scott Phillips served Southern troops as a courier and a guide while living on this farm.
(Education • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
Jimtown Formerly known as Fair Hope for one-room school located at the junction of Findley and Yeager Roads circa 1898 to 1953. Later named for James J. "Squire Jim" Phillips (1855-1937), a former Justice of the Peace. During the Civil War, his mother Margaret Scott Phillips served Southern troops as a courier and a guide while living on this farm.(Education • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
