Remembering Old Jamestown : A Look Back at the Other South

by Browning, Mary A.

• ISBN13: 9781596295919
• ISBN10: 1596295910
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-05
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Founded by Quakers in the late eighteenth century, Jamestown, North Carolina, has a rich heritage that distinguishes it from many neighboring Southern communities. From General Cornwallis in the waning years of the American Revolution to the flight of Jefferson Davis from the Confederate capital at Richmond with Union forces at his heels, history has not passed Jamestown by. The town has seen gold mines and gunsmiths, a forgotten school and a cotton mill from 1865 that's still spinning. Join local historian Mary A. Browning as she relates these short tales from the town's colorful past, drawn from her column in the Greensboro News Record. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Quaker Life
James Mendenhall House and Mills	p. 9
Pacifists Face Redcoats	p. 11
A Visit to "Old Jamestown" at the Annual Village Fair	p. 13
Jamestown Friends Meeting House	p. 15
Jamestown Quakers Walked the Walk	p. 18
Minerva's Ghost Walks	p. 20
This Old Book Is a Local Favorite	p. 22
Variety Added Spice
Baptists Built an Early Meetinghouse	p. 27
Some Methodist History Comes to Light	p. 30
Jamestown Female College	p. 32
An 1849 Visit	p. 34
Depression Years in Groometown	p. 35
These Places Still Stand
Will the Potter House Be Restored?	p. 41
Potter Farm Is the Keystone to Jamestown's Historic District	p. 43
Gardner-Wiley House	p. 46
Three Signs Down and Quite a Few More to Go	p. 48
Lindsay Medical Building	p. 51
Second Coffin House	p. 54
Davis House	p. 56
Old Store House	p. 58
The Dam	p. 60
Gone But Not Forgotten
What Would Ole Jimmy Parsons Think?	p. 65
Freeman Mill Revisited	p. 68
Old Hickory Club Became a Boy Scout Camp	p. 69
First Jamestown Public High School	p. 72
Menagerie and Circus Came to Town in 1842	p. 74
Union Hill School Will Be Back	p. 75
Foscue House	p. 78
George E. Matthews Left Stories and Memories	p. 80
The Ragsdale Collection	p. 81
Making a Living
McCulloch Gold Mill	p. 85
The First Jamestown Gold Miners	p. 88
Lindsay Mine	p. 90
Many Miners Followed the Gold	p. 91
Gardner Hill Mine	p. 93
Gibson Park Honors the Jamestown Rifle	p. 95
Florence Armory	p. 97
Beard's Hat Shop	p. 99
Benjie's Hat	p. 100
Thomas Cook, First Manager of Oakdale Mill	p. 102
Joseph S. Ragsdale	p. 104
Filming for the Oakdale Mill Project	p. 107
Bad Times Leave Their Stories Behind
Tragedy on a Sunday Evening	p. 111
Two Bright Spots in the 1933 Freight Train Accident	p. 113
A Stanley Family Story	p. 114
Where Jefferson Davis Slept	p. 116
New Information on Coffin's Guest	p. 117
Confederate Munitions Found in 1928	p. 119
Munitions Mystery Solved	p. 121
Selected Bibliography	p. 123
Index	p. 125
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