Some History about Chalk Level
Chalk Level “Chalk Level, which is a Summer resort for the wealthy colored people of Newnan, as we learned…” The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1865-1887, Sep. 15, 1881 “Black schools were established after the Civil War. Among the first was a school located near the depot in Newnan in a house belonging to the railroad. By 1881 a black school was established in Chalk Level, one of the wealthier black areas. Apparently, some slave owners had taught or hired teachers to teach slaves reading, writing, and mathematics. Some of those educated slaves were highly skilled craftsmen who were hired out by their owners to builders who constructed some of the fine homes in Newnan and Coweta County. W.B. Pinson’s skilled slave workers helped to build the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. In payment for their work Pinson received railroad stock, which is still held by his descendants.” (History of Coweta County, GA. Chapter XV) The Chalk Level area is located about three blocks from the Coweta Coun