Logan Community Chapel
Logan Community Chapel was founded by freed slaves in 1865. https://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20170212/nonprofit-aims-to-preserve-logan-community-chapel
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Slaves in Clear Creek
William Mills, an early white settler who lived near Clear Creek, owned 20 slaves in 1800. Court records show that some of his slaves were sold to other local slave holders to settle debts and disputes among his heirs, http://hendersonheritage.com/black-history-in-clear-creek/
Oakland Cemetery (Flat Rock)
There are two Henderson County cemeteries named “Oakland” where Blacks are buried. This article provides details on the Oakland cemetery in Flat Rock that is affiliated with the Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church on Mine Gap Road in East Flat Rock http://hendersonheritage.com/oakland-cemetery-mud-creek-missionary-baptist-church/
Before 1865
Photo Credit: Slave Cabin at Rock Hill (Later called Connemara), Courtesy of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Before 1865
Mud Creek Missionary Baptist Church’s Struggle to Survive
The church’s dwindling membership has caused financial challenges. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2002-07-21-0207210176-story.html
Pre-School Education – Eula B. Owens Play School
The Eula B. Owens Play School was opened in 1955 and named in honor of a woman who taught at Sixth Avenue School and Ninth Avenue for over 30 years. It began with a vision of three people at the Star of Bethel Missionary Baptist …
The Ninth Avenue School
The Ninth Avenue School The Ninth Avenue School served African American students from Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties from 1951 until 1965. In May of 1950 a grant for “ninety-six thousand, six hundred dollars and twenty-nine cents from the School Plant Construction and Repair Fund …
The Sixth Avenue School
Although its resources were limited, the Sixth Avenue School had dedicated teachers. The school also served as a African-American community center from 1916 until l951. The Sixth Avenue School was constructed at the northeast comer of Sixth Avenue and Valley Street in 1916 on one …
Principal John Marable
John Marable was an innovative principal who instituted sports teams and a marching band, and led the transition from the Sixth Avenue School to the larger, better equipped Ninth Avenue School John Marable became principal of Sixth Avenue School in 1946, and during his thirteen …
Education in Henderson County From 1865 Until 1916
There are very few records for the Henderson County schools relating to Blacks, but it appears that education for Blacks in Henderson County had been going on in some form since the end of slavery. In the 1880’s and 1890’s Luella Montgomery was said to …