Welbourne Colored

WELBOURNE COLORED

(Likely Near Middleburg)

Sections:  1)  Discussion,  2) Instructors

1)  Discussion.

• More research is needed.  There is a Welbourne Farm in Loudoun, which used to be a plantation. “Welbourne was the home of Col. Richard Henry Dulany, C.S.A., the great-great-grandfather of the current innkeeper. Col. Dulany founded the nation’s oldest foxhunting club, The Piedmont Hunt, in 1840, and the oldest horse show, the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, in 1853. Visitors during the Civil War included Jeb Stuart and John S. Mosby. In the 1930’s F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe stayed at Welbourne. Both writers published stories using the house as the setting.”  I contacted Welbourne to see if they had some historical records that may be of value; but they never heard of the school. (Morrison, Nat, interviewed by Larry Roeder, 11/11/2014). This one of those mysteries, as you will see on the page.  I’ve chosen a picture of a horse to depict the area in order to convey the lifestyle.  We have more research to do to locate the physical structure.

2)   Instructors

•  1893/94:   Ms Lucy Garner of Middleburg was a “colored” instructor who operated on a third grade certificate.  Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (  18931894ColoredReel4418Census of Colored Teachers 1893/94 – March 30, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
• 1894/95:  Ms  Lucy Garner continued to instruct on a third grade certificate.  Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (  1895ColoredA Census of Colored Teachers 1894/95 – Done Dec 10, 1894), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
• 1895/96:  Ms. Lucy Garner continued to instruct. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1896ColoredCombined  Census of Colored Teachers 1895/96 – Done Dec 15, 1895), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.
• 1896/97:   Miss Lucy C. Garner of Middleburg was still teaching on  3rd Grade Certificate. Source: Lists of Teachers, 1892-1975 (1897ColoredCombined  Census of Colored Teachers 1896-97 – Done Dec 15, 1896), Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia Department of Public Instruction/Education.

Edited by Larry W. Roeder, Jr., MS  703 867 2056. South Riding, Virginia