>>> ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO "GMA3." NOW TO THE OLDEST FUNCTIONING SCHOOL IN WEST VIRGINIA GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED FINANCIAL BOOST FROM A LOST TRUST FUND. >> IT WAS FOUND THROUGH AN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM, A LEGACY FROM A WOMAN WHO LOVED LEARNING. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI HAS MORE NOW FROM MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA. >> IN A TOWN LIKE MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, SURPRISES THIS BIG DON'T COME OFTEN. >> JUST OVER $1 MILLION. >> IT WAS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY OVERWHELMING, AND SO IT'S BEEN TAKING REALLY MOST OF THE DAY TO KIND OF GET USED TO THE IDEA. >> Reporter: MANNINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MELINDA BROWBROWN, KNOWS IT USUALLY TAKES A LITTLE HELP. >> IT'S BEEN THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS AND SOMEBODY'S LEFT THEIR LEGACY TO STUDENTS. >> Reporter: THAT HELP CAME IN THE FORM OF AN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY CHECK WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION TO THE DR. PHOEBE G. MOORE TRUST FUND. >> FULFILLING THE PROMISE. >> Reporter: WEST VIRGINIA STATE TREASURER, RILEY MOORE, SAYS HIS OFFICE HAS MORE THAN $300 MILLION IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. >> OUR JOB IS TO GET THAT MONEY BACK TO THE CITIZENS OF WEST VIRGINIA, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OR THE NEXT OF KIN. >> Reporter: UNCLAIMED PROPERTY INCLUDES SEVERAL TYPES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS LIKE UNPAID INSURANCE BENEFITS, FORGOTTEN BANK ACCOUNTS, AND EVEN UNUSED REBATE CARDS. >> WE SURE APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU A MILLION. >> Reporter: MOORE'S OFFICE CONTACTED PHIL, THE TRUST PRESIDENT, AND LET HIM KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDS COMING HIS WAY. AT FIRST, HE WAS CONFUSED. >> WE WERE KIND OF PUZZLED WHERE IT CAME FROM. >> WHAT WE FOUND WERE THERE WERE THESE SECURITIES THAT WERE TIED TO THIS TRUST. IT LED US DOWN THIS HISTORIC RABBIT HOLE, TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO STARTED THIS TRUST AND WHO IT BLONGD TO, AND THAT'S HOW WE DISCOVERED DR. MOORE. >> Reporter: PHOEBE MOORE GREW UP ON A FARM OUTSIDE MANNINGTON IN THE LATE 1800s, WHEN WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DECIDED TO OPEN ITS MEDICAL CLASSES TO WOMEN IN 1998, PHOEBE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO SIGN UP. THE MALE STUDENTS OFTEN BULLIED AND EMBARRASSED PHOEBE AND THE WOMEN, FORCING MANY TO QUIT, BUT PHOEBE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO FINISH. GETTING HER M.D. IN 1903 THANKS TO WHAT SOME SAY WAS HER YOU ARE THE UPBRINGING. >> SHE WAS A COUNTRY GIRL. >> Reporter: HE MET DR. MOORE AFTER SPRAINING HER ANKLE AS A TEEN. >> AS LONG AS THEY'RE GOING TO HELP ME, I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU'RE A BOY OR A GIRL. >> Reporter: HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE DR. MOORE HELPED IN HER 50 YEARS SERVING MANNINGTON AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. AMONG THE MANY CHARITABLE GIFTS SHE GAVE THROUGHOUT THEY ARE CAREER, SHE WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVE OF READING, DESIGNING A TRUST TO BENEFIT THE MANNINGTON SCHOOL LIBRARY. >> WE CAN BUY A LOT MORE BOOKS THAT STUDENTS WILL LIKE, OTHER THAN JUST PICKING THROUGH THE ONES THAT WE HAVE HERE. >> Reporter: AND WHERE IS SHE? >> SHE'S RIGHT UP HERE. >> Reporter: DR. PHOEBE MOORE PASSED AWAY IN 1953, BUT HER LEGACY CONTINUES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF MANNINGTON, YOUNG AND OLD. >> I'M GLAD THAT I LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING NICE FOR HER. >> LET'S BRING IN IKE, OUR FRIEND, NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY. IKE, WOW. WE WERE WATCHING THIS STORY. IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO, HOW CAN PEOPLE AT HOME CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAVE UNCLAIMED MONEY? WE ALL WANT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT THERE, RIGHT? >> DON'T WE ALL? AND THERE'S A CHANCE OUT THERE FOR ALL OF US, BUT HERE'S THE THING. ALL 50 STATES HAVE SOME KIND OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM, ESSENTIALLY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOG ON TO YOUR STATE'S TREASURY DEPARTMENT OR SIMPLY GO TO MISSINGMONEY.COM, AND THERE SHOULD BE A SECTION ABOUT UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. NEXT, JUST ENTER IN SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF, LIKE A FAMILY LAST NAME, AND THE WEBSITE SHOULD LET YOU KNOW IF YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAS UNCLAIMED PROPERTY WITH THAT STATE. AND OF COURSE, THE STEPS ON HOW TO RECLAIM IT. I ALREADY CHECKED EVERY STATE I'VE EVER LIVED IN, AND I WAS AWARDED A WHOPPING $4.32. DINNER IS ON ME. >> YOU COULD BUY A COFFEE. >> WE WERE JUST TALKING, YOU'VE LIVED IN SIX STATES. I LIVED IN SIX. WE