petition, County Wide League, Loudoun County, School Board, Gibbons Lot, Leesburg, Virginia, colored high school, community members, educational opportunities
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2.5.A Petitions (C) County Wide League—date unknown
Require approval of the Gibons Lot for colored high school in Leesburg
To the Loudoun County School Board
Gentlemen
We the members of the county wide league, and citizens of Loudoun County are
asking you to approve the Gibbons Lot in Leesburg Va. As the building site for the
Colored high school of Loudoun County.
We are working and still willing to work to raise all the money we can for this lot.
By order of County Wide League
John Wanzer President
Eva Sanford Secretary
Elizabeth Quisenberry Treasurer
P. S. The following names which you find inclosed are 100 per cent in favor of the
school being at Leesburg.
Hamilton Va
Eva Sanford
Howard Clark
Beaptis* Logan
Clarence* Clark
Loretta Logan
Ida Murray
Nannie Murray
Arthur Clark
Carrie* Clark
Waterford
Anna B. Ferrell
Tommey R. Ferrell
Mary V Lee
Jonathan B. Lee
Marie Jones
Elwood Jones
Myrtle Bently
Martha Parmes
Kate M. Mallory
Richard* Hill
Fred Lewis
Archie Jackson
Rose Waters
Electronic Location: \PetitionsColoredSchools\PetitionCountyWideLeagueUNK
Physical Location: 2.5.A Colored Petitions. County Wide League UNK
Middleburg
William Jackson
Mildred L. Jackson
John Washington
Willie Hall
Albert Hall
Leonora* Stewart
Frances Wanzer
Fannie Stewart*
Frances Turner*
Gurley Wanzer
Hay *
Etta Hall
Jack Turner
Purcellville
Florence L. Baker
Willisville
Dudley Gaskins
Harold Hampton
John Tolbert
John Colbert
Rock Hill
Carl Ford*
Ethel Brown
Pinkney* Brown
S* Ford
St. Louis
Clarence Jackson
Kate Grant*
Landon Smith
Willis* Adames
Edward* Pearson
Josie Pearson
Bull Run
Herbert Wilson
Si* Wilson
Wittard* Whitney
Annie Whitney
Charles Sh?*
Charles Willis
Elizabet Brown
Hillsboro
Rev. J. ?. Wallace
Jesse Moton
Leesburg
Wm H. Robert Sr.
Marie Corum*
Mary Jones
H* Jones
Electronic Location: \PetitionsColoredSchools\PetitionCountyWideLeagueUNK
Physical Location: 2.5.A Colored Petitions. County Wide League UNK
Laura J. Bigsby
Carrie V. Minor*
Daisey L. Allen
J. Monroe Allen
Amos G. Bigsby
Mary L. Lucas
Anna Stinger
Charles Stinger
Howard Lucas
John H. Jones Sr.
John H. Jones Jr.
Clara Ambers
Hilleary Ambers
Manzella Gaskins
Mary Hatcher
Alma Calvery
Nellie Sidwel?*
Liza Corum*
Mary V. Roberts
Willam Roberts Jr.
Janet W. Berry
Elizabeth J. Quisenberry
Cliff Winston
John Dean
Mable Dazier
Bernice Sewell
John Berry
Henry Berry
Amanda Mable*
Wilson Towson
Rachel Coe
Gertrude Ashton
Eva Hughes
Jeanie Winston
Charlotte Berry
Conrad Trus berry
Ann Coe
Louis S. Moore Jr.
William *
Robbie Diggs
Clarita McDaniel
Helen Brown
Rosa Jacksons
Jno C. Walker
H. B. Walker
Harriet E. Roach
William Williams
Mary V. Berry
William C. Harris
John C. Thomas
Augustus Valentine
Agnes L. Manly
Gracie Stinger
Eliza Johnson
Daniel W. Johnson
Lucy Williams
William Walker
Elizabeth Walker
Irene Roberts
Susie Mallory
Margaret Jackson
Cleo Robinson
M. B. Wright
Noble Coram
Robert Pinkney
Bertha Walker
Electronic Location: \PetitionsColoredSchools\PetitionCountyWideLeagueUNK
Physical Location: 2.5.A Colored Petitions. County Wide League UNK
Leesburg continued
Katie Gilbert
Herman Gilbert
Ann Griggs
Payne Griggs*
Fred* Williams
Ollie Williams
Sallie Jackson
Elizabeth Bryant
Arthur Griggsby
James Gaskins
Carrie Pollard
Earl Pollard
Violet Harris
Bertha Lucas
Nora Sewell
James Sewell
Christine Sewell
Henrietta Sewell
Florence Mason
Shirley L. Brown
Helen Chinn
Cassie* Speller*
Nora A. Hatcher
Joe* Hatcher
Viola Hart
Tina West
John Brown
C? Brown
Bernard Robertson
William Jones
Mary Hogan
Lucy F Smith
Sarah Jackson
Harriet Greene
Charles Lucas
Robert L. Hughes
Rebecca Hughes
Evelyn Jackson
Leroy Jackson
Thomas Moton
Laura Jackson
Walter E. Williams, minister Methodist Church (Colored)
St. Louis
Clarence Jackson
Kate* Grant
Landon Smith
Electronic Location: \PetitionsColoredSchools\PetitionCountyWideLeagueUNK
Physical Location: 2.5.A Colored Petitions. County Wide League UNK
Willis * Adams
Edward* Pearson
Josie Pearson
Electronic Location: \PetitionsColoredSchools\PetitionCountyWideLeagueUNK
Physical Location: 2.5.A Colored Petitions. County Wide League UNK
Larry Roeder <roederaway@gmail.com>
10:55 AM (0 minutes ago)
to Dave ,
aarciero ,
Mary
Dave,
In the colored petition 2.5.A Yr Unk County Wide League Peititon asking for acceptance of the
Gibbons Lot for the "colored" high school is the name Walter E. Williams, Minister, Methodist
Church (colored). Unfortunately, the papers don't clear note the year of the petition nor the city
Williams lived in.
My thought is that if you can figure out when Williams served as a Minister and where, the church
(if it still stands) might have records nailing down the date of the petition.
Here is some history to help. During the late 1930s the black community in Loudoun County
organized fundraiser events to purchase 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land on the east side of Leesburg from
W.S. Gibbons. The property was conveyed to Loudoun County for $1 on December 16, 1940.
In other words, the petition was done between when the Gibbons lot was made available and
when it was sold to Loudoun.
Note. Gibbons is spelled Gibons in the petition.
Thanks. Hope you can solve this mystery.
Mary Fishback
11:34 AM (35 minutes ago)
to
me
Rev. W. E. Williams was the pastor of Mt Zion Church in Leesburg from 1938-1943.
Source: Mt Zion 125th Anniversary booklet, Rembering our Legacy 1867-1992 by Rev.
Arthur L Holmes, Pastor
Hope this helps?
