Hillsboro Colored

Photo 1940 By Thos E. Sims, Jr.   Source: Insurance Analysis and Permanent Record – Property of Loudoun County School Board: Garrett Insurance Company (Fireman's Fund Insurance Company), Leesburg, Virginia, October 1940. (Blue Insurance Binder, Box 11, EWP Archives.)

Opening and Closing

Built 1886 for $350 in the Jefferson School District. Source: Report of Survey Committee on Long Range Planning for Loudoun County, Jan, 1940. Location: EWP folder 2.2 County School Board, 1918-1952.

1947/48. Closed and students hauled to Carver. Source: 6.6 Hillsboro C

Physical and Map Location

15425 Ashbury Church Rd, Purcellville, VA 20132. Now a private home.

Petitions

Transportation

Transportation Video, Narrated by Nathan Bailey.

History

Spelled Hillsborough in 1893.  The structure stood south of Hillsboro in a historical Black enclave known as Short Hill. Segregated portions of the Loudoun communities mostly had their own names.

In 1938/39, the number designation for Hillsboro Colored was #10. Source EWP 1.7 1939 Socio Econ Study

Instructors

  • 1893/94: George Stewart of Hillsboro. Grade of Certificate 3rd.  Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1893 1894 Colored Reel 4418 Census of Colored Teachers 1893/94 – March 30, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1894/95: Mr. Stewart continued at Hillsboro. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 ( 1895 Colored A Census of Colored Teachers 1894/95 – Done Dec 10, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1895/96: George Stuart was still instructing on a 2nd grade permit. Hillsboro was also spelled Hillsborough. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 ( 1895 Colored A Census of Colored Teachers 1894/95 – Done Dec 10, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
  • 1916/17:  Erline Fox.  Of Leesburg.  3 years experience.
  • 1930/31: J.A. Arter was elected by the School Board. Source: Loudoun Times Mirror Staff. (1930, June 12). School Board Holds Its Regular Session. Loudoun Times Mirror, p. 1.
  • 1931/32 – 1940/41: Hannah E. Bacchus (Daniel after 1936). Term Reports, LCPS Archives. Born July 22, 1908. Lived in Hillsboro and Richmond prior to that. Graduated from Storer High School in 1930 and Storer College in 1932.  Source: Term Reports. Teacher Reports, LCPS Archives.
  • 1941/42 – 1942-44: Isaac J. Daniel. Born Feb 7, 1907.  Lived in Hillsboro. Graduated from Storer College and Virginia Union Univ. Source: Loudoun Times Mirror Staff. (1942, April 16, page 2). School Board.

Insurance and Physical Description

1 room school house. Frame construction.

1929:  Insured for three years.  Source:  LCPS Staff. (1924-1936). Insurance Record. Purcellville: LCPS. (Found in EWP archives Box 11.  Black Book with Red Spine and Corners)   Page 3/4.  

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