On Feb 11, 2005, at 2:32 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Looking for references to a (Old) Mount Olive School, around 1900. It
> was a
> small rural school for African American children in southern
> Northumberland
> County, or northern Lancaster County, VA. The school may have been
> affiliated
> with Mount Olive Baptist Church in Wicomico Church, Northumberland
> County, VA.
First place I'd look would be the 15 Minute USGS Quad Sheet series. The
schools were usually listed by name. The Library of VA has the entire
set on microfilm.
Lyle Browning
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