Up in the hills 3-4 miles east, another black man named Andrew James, owned hundreds of acres of land.  Later, due to high waters and floods, the families begin moving from the Currie Jones bottom up into the hills.  Some of the black leading farmers were Ezekiel Mill, Will Stephen, Joseph Stephen, Robert (Bob) Roberts, Amos Miller, Isom Alston, Rev. Will July, Armster Gray, Bare Fields and Ark Harber.

Currie Jones had several sons that did farm work.  They rented and leased to other black farmers.  Andrew James sold homes and farm land to a lot of black farmers from Currie Jones bottom.  They were tired of loosing their belongings in flood waters.  Some even lost their lives.

As the community begin to grow and multiply, the people decided to name the community after a man that was kind enough and good hearted to come their rescue during the high waters.  They called it  “Jamestown”. 

Bob Roberts and his family was among the first settlers in Jamestown.  He built and operated the first black grocery and dry good store.   The community organized and built a Masonic lodge, a church and an elementary school.  The first church was named Bright Hill Baptist Church (established in 1870).  They only had one teacher, and school could only go on 3 to 4 months a year because the children had to work the farm.

The families that still owned land in the Currie Jones bottom would ride 3 to 4 miles each in their wagons to work on the farms. Mothers with large families would pack a basket of food and take vegetables to be cooked.  The men would make a rack to hang the iron pots on and make fires so the women could cook dinner.

Mary Sherrill-Miller, granddaughter of Mr. Currie Jones, owned property in the bottom until her heath in 1998.  Her granddaughter Sherrie Miller inherited the property.  Myrtle Roberts-Smith, granddaughter of Bob Roberts,  owned property until her death in 2001.  Her daughter and son-in-law Janet and Jeffery Mosley inherited her property.