The houses in Rossville were built on the same order as the slave’s houses in Roanoke, Virginia, on the John Randolph plantation. Rossville is the only surviving settlement of the three that were formed in the area by the Randolph slaves. The other two, Hanktown (near West Milton), and Marshall Town (near Troy) have long since disappeared, making the preservation of the Rossville Historic District and its listing on the National Register of Historic Places a priority of historic importance to Helen Gilmore and her supporters. The Rossville Springcreek Historical Society, Inc., was formed in 1978 by Helen Gilmore and Florence Scott.

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'Black History' segment written in June, 1998
by David Lodge