Weston Circuit Court

Jackson’s Mill Farmstead was originally established by the first of the Jackson’s to settle here around 1800, a colonel in the Continental Revolutionary Army. Three generations of the family operated mills at this site which included saw and grist mills, a carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, quarters for slaves, numerous barns and outbuildings and a general store on approximately 1500 acres land. Six year old Thomas Jackson, later known as Stonewall, and his four year old sister Laura came here as orphans around 1830 to live with their step-grandmother. He lived here until leaving for West Point academy. The district of the farmstead is now owned by West Virginia university and now includes the Jackson Family Mill museum, the fully operational Blaker Grist mill, the McWhorter cabin, Mountain State Heritage center and the Mary Conrad cabin.