Month: September 2024

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Images

This webpage showcases a photo gallery of rare images featuring ceremonial regalia, equipment, documents, and leaders associated with the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. While some images lack provenance, they offer valuable visual references for how members of the Blacksburg order may have appeared, especially since no living individuals can provide that information. (Many of these images were collected from eBay, Northern Star Lodge Facebook (No 715 NS) and other places.

Ceremonial Regalia and Equipment

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1894 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Order, Baltimore.
1894 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Order, Baltimore.

Buildings

Lockland Lodge No1710, 623 Maple St, Lockland, Ohio
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Washington, DC, No 715 NS
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Atlanta, GA, eBay
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Philadelphia, PA, eBay
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Innovative Preservation of GUOOF Sandy Spring Lodge No 6430, Sandy Springs, Maryland

Sandy Spring Lodge, No 6430

Sandy Spring, MD – The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 6430 has undergone a stunning renovation. Their mission-driven use of the building serves as an inspiring model that could be replicated in Blacksburg. The restoration of the building involved the Advisory Council of Preservation. Check out their Facebook page

Documents

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St Luke Bank and Trust Company, Richmond, VA

Who in Blacksburg was traveling by train to and from Richmond, carrying the financial transactions and funds collected by St. Frances Council No. 235.

Resources half million dollars. Depository for Gas and Water Accounts and Taxes of the City of Richmond. Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, Pres.; J. Thomas Newin, Z.D. Lewis, S.W. Robinson, Jr., and P.H. Ford, Vice-Presidents; Emmett C. Burke, Cashier; Melvin D. Walker, Asst. Cashier.
(Courtesy of William Shuman Collection of Richmond, Virginia Postcards, Accession Number 2004-09-12, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.)

Mrs. Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American woman to serve as a bank president in the United States. The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site in Richmond honors her remarkable life, legacy, and significant contributions to African American history, with her influence extending even to Blacksburg, Virginia.

St Luke Penny Savings Bank

Much has been documented about the creation and impact of the Penny Bank in Richmond. What remains to be uncovered is who in Blacksburg was traveling by train to and from Richmond, carrying the financial transactions and funds collected by St. Frances Council No. 235, established by Mrs Maggie Lena Walker, 4 August 1902.

Resources

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

On the Hunt for the Grant United Order of Odd Fellows Lodge in Pulaski County

The Lone Light #3026 Lodge existed in 1888 as noted in the book and the stamp. Where was it? Perhaps you know? Photograph?

1920 Sanborn Fire Map of Pulaski City (Radford) VA (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

The lodge is listed in the Official History and Manual of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in … by Charles H. Brooks on page 192.

Enslaved People Named in Wills: Enslaved by Michael Price (1718-1802, father) and Michael Price (1748-1839, son)

Michael Price (1718-1802) Will

Michael Price wrote his will on 11 June 1802, witnesses by Abram Trigg and John Gardiner. James Patton Preston and his sons, Jacob and Henry Price were his executors. The will was proved on 09 July 1802. According to the 1788 Tax list, Michale was taxed for two enslaved people.

Summary

  • Son David inherited an enslaved woman named Nall for $200.
  • Son Michael inherited a small girl, Lizey for $50
  • Son Jacob inherited Will, paying $133
  • Perry inherited Clary with her “increase.”

Michael Price (1748-1839) Will

Michael Price wrote his will on 12 March 1835. witnessed by Jacob Shell, Jacob Harless, and Samuel Smith. The executors were Alexander Price (son), David Keister, Phillip Harless, and Peter Keister, proved on 12 March 1839. According to the 1788 Tax list, Michale held no enslaved people.

Summary

  • Wife, Esther Francisco Price inherited Liz and her two children, Maria and Ben. Upon Esther’s death she may “dispose” of Maria and/or Ben, but Liz was to be retained by the family. Liz was given the choice of which child she would become property.
  • Son Alexander inherited David and Sam.

Livey was alive in 1802 and was passed to Michael Price’s son, also named Michael. When Michael Price died in 1839, a woman named Liv and her two children, Maria and Ben, were mentioned in his estate. After his death, Liv was inherited by Esther Francisco Price, who was living with her son, Alexander Price.

Further research is needed to trace the lives of those held in bondage by the early Price family.

1850 US Federal Census, Slave Schedule for Montgomery County, VA

Family Search version is free but have to create an account:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1420440

If you’re searching for a specific enslaved individual, please note that their names are generally not listed, except in rare instances. To browse the records, enter the names Preston, Hoge, or Wade (all enslavers), and then navigate through the document.

1860 US Federal Census, Slave Schedule for Montgomery County, VA

Ancestry.com Access A subscription is needed

Family Search version is free but have to create an account: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3161105

If you’re searching for a specific enslaved individual, please note that their names are generally not listed, except in rare instances. To browse the records, enter the names Preston, Hoge, or Wade (all enslavers), and then navigate through the document.

Primary Source Series: The First Negro Churches in the District of Columbia, 1922

https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/cromwell/cromwell.html

The First Negro Churches in the District of Columbia, John W. Cromwell, 64-106 p., Lancaster, Pa.; Washington, D. C.
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., 1917
From the Journal of Negro History 7, no.1 (January 1922), 64-106.
Call number E185 .J86 v. 7 1922 (Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Many names associated with Montgomery County, Virginia: Anderson, Bell, Green, Hunter, Johnson, Muse, Saunders, Stewart, Taylor, Walker

Odd Fellows as well as the history of the establishment of churches in the District of Columbia.

District Of Columbia Resources

https://matthewbgilmore.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/online-washington-dc-history-resources-city-directories-online/