The Georgetown Colored school was one of two colored schools in Plains District. (see Broadway Colored). This school was located at Arkton north of the intersection of the Mountain Valley Road (Route 620) and Huff Trail (Route 798) east of Tenth Legion. The land for the Georgetown Colored Schol was deeded to the Plains District school board on January 8, 1876 by Daniel Beasley (The school was sometimes known as the Beasley school). The deed stated that the property would remain under the control of the Plains District Board as long as the property was used for school purposes and would revert back to the heirs of the original owner when it was no longer used for school purposes. According to William A. Good's Book, Shadowed by the Massanutten, the school building was originally located at the Toll Gate Farm north of Tenth Legion. The Martz family, the owners of the building, gave the building to Daniel Beasley and he dismantled and moved the building to Arkton and set it up again. The building was also used as a church. The building had a dirt floor until the county paid for a wood floor in 1881. The exact date of the closing of the school is unknown but it is not listed in the school board minutes of 1908. The school probably closed about 1906. Teachers known to have taught at the Georgetown Colored School were:

1880-81 Jane B. Lovett

1881-82 P. B. S. Bagnell

1883-84 Fannie Simms

after 1900 Fannie Wilson

Maria Grant

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