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Johnsontown WV427 Print E-mail
Founded by free African Americans, George W. & Betty Johnson, in 1848 on 12 acres, it was the first free black community in the state. Johnsons and other families built number of homes and a log, one-room graded school, which also served as a meeting place and housed religious activities until Zion Baptist Church was erected in 1898. Many burials in the adjacent cemetery represent former families.
Johnsontown Jefferson County West Virginia.
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