Quaker Branch Colored School (Federalsburg)

Other Names:  School No. 2

Earliest Documented:  1875

Latest Documented:  1928

Tags: Segregated Black Schools

Description

​Denton Journal 1896 numbering is for only one Fedaralsburg colored school. “A schoolhouse was built for them at Quaker Branch, where the Houston’s Branch road leaves town.” (Cochrane)

1875 Isler map shows Colored School where modern Houston’s Branch Rd crosses Tanyard Branch. Geo coords are for this location.

Categorized as Colored School in Denton Journal 1928. DJ 1896 list school no. 2. Located in 1896 Election Dist. No. 5.

Structure Exists:  Probably No

Primary Source:  1897 Saulsbury Map

Other Sources: Cochrane, pp. 320-346. Denton Journal 1928-10-20/page-4.
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Location Precision:  50 Meters

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