Essay, "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957", 1890/1957

Location of collection:

Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Special Collections and Archives

James G. Leyburn Library

Washington and Lee University

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Preferred citation:

"Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957", by Estelle V. Anderson, WLU Coll. 0664, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

African American BaptistsAfrican American Sunday schoolsSchoolsAfrican Americans -- SegregationAnderson family Cedar Hill Church (Rockbridge, Va.)Virginia--CollierstownBeal familyAlexander familyBoss familyCaruthers familyCook familyCrutchfield familyDavis familyGarry familyEvans familyJohnson familyMerchant familyMorrison familyParker familySpencer familyWashington FamilyCheckwood familyLee familyJackson familyBeal, LeeMorrison, SamBeal , LeroyMcCutcheon, Ophelia BealBeal, LilyMoore (Alice Morrison)McCown, Mary Montgomery

Summary

Extent:

1 Files

Creator:

Anderson, Estelle V.

Language:

Materials entirely in English.

Preferred citation:

"Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957", by Estelle V. Anderson, WLU Coll. 0664, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.

African American BaptistsAfrican American Sunday schoolsSchoolsAfrican Americans -- SegregationAnderson family Cedar Hill Church (Rockbridge, Va.)Virginia--CollierstownBeal familyAlexander familyBoss familyCaruthers familyCook familyCrutchfield familyDavis familyGarry familyEvans familyJohnson familyMerchant familyMorrison familyParker familySpencer familyWashington FamilyCheckwood familyLee familyJackson familyBeal, LeeMorrison, SamBeal , LeroyMcCutcheon, Ophelia BealBeal, LilyMoore (Alice Morrison)McCown, Mary Montgomery

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is comprised of an eight page typescript essay titled "Colored People in Buffalo District, 1890 - 1957" by Estelle V. Anderson. The essay was written in 1973 and details African American schools, churches, and families of the Buffalo District of southwest Rockbridge County, Va., one of six former magisterial districts which included such communities and locales as Collierstown, Bolivar Mills or Murat, North and South Buffalo, Black's Creek, and Kyger's Hill. The essay includes lists of family names and biographical sketches of a number of the African American community members. Churches mentioned are Cedar Hill Baptist Church, a church on Black's Creek, the former Collierstown Baptist Church, Oxford and Collierstown Presbyterian Churches. A number of former African American schools are also described.

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