New Town Neighborhood, North of Blacksburg, 1916

Noted as the Mayor’s Docket List of 1916 (origin unknown)

The following African Americans were listed in this list as living in Newtown (one word): William Green, Preston Mayse, John Paige, John Vaughn, William Young, Blanche Lavender, A.M.E. Parsonage, John D Smith and B. Rollins.

William Palmer Green, Preston Mays/Mayse, John Vaughn, William Young, Blanche Lavender, AME Parsonage, John D Smith and John B. Rollins are found in the various US Population Census.

1900 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1900 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1910 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1910 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1920 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1930 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1930 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
1940 Population Census, National Archives & Records Administration
Early 1900 Map of Blacksburg and New Town

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