Silcott Springs Colored
8/23/2023
Opening and Closing
TBD
Physical and Map Location
Precise location. TBD. Silcott Springs was also a Quaker meeting location.
Petitions
Transportation
Walking was a common method of school transportation even before the creation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). It’s believed that students who lived within 3 miles of a school could walk from their home to school. The figure at https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31293 shows the location of the school with a circle representing the area from which students could have walked, back and forth from their home to the school. Travel by horse was also used and could have extended the travel distance.
History
Instructors
- 1893/94: Miss Luanna Tata of Silcott Springs was the colored instructor at the same location, carrying a Third Grade certificate: 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: Ms. H (or W) .A. Young of Snickersville was the colored instructor and operated on a Third grade certificate. Mr. J. Walter Brown of Silcott Springs instructed on a Second grade certificate. 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: Mr. J. Walter Brown of Silcott Springs instructed on a 2nd grade permit. 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: Note: By 1920, J. Walter Brown, then married with children, lived on Peaonian nd Hamilton Pike and was still working as public school teacher. Source: 1920 Federal Census for Jefferson District, Loudoun County.
- 1896/97: Mr. J. Walter Brown of Silcott Springs was still teaching on a 2nd Grade permit. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1897 Colored Combined Census of Colored Teachers 1896-97 – Done Dec 15, 1896), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
Insurance and Physical Description