OLD ROADS: Highbrow it is

The conversation about "roads that aren't there anymore" continues.
Unionville native Laura Deckman confirmed that Highbrow was the name of the road that branched off Hilltop View Road in Newlin Township and eventually joined McCorkle's Rock Road.
She also writes, "Also you mentioned the road just north of Blow Horn. I do not have a name for it but the road went to Mortonville and there was a house in the field that was once called Green Lane school. So I have been told."
You're correct, Mrs. Deckman. West Marlborough's unofficial historian, Don Silknitter, tells me that the now-abandoned road was called Mortonville Road. It branched off Route 82 between William Hannum's grist mill (now "Blow Horn") and the home and office of Dr. Joseph Palmer. Dr. Palmer hosted the Doe Run Literary Society and the Farmers' Club, and the Doe Run Library was located in his office.
The Green Lane School, which operated in the early 19th century, was located a little farther east on Mortonville Road. One of the pupils was James Smith, whose grandson, William Gordon, went on to become a superintendent of the Coatesville schools. Moses Coates was the Green Lane schoolmaster; his family gave Coatesville its name.