August 9, 2014
The historical marker for the Laurel Grove Colored School and Church, located on Beulah Street. It reads, “Thornton Gray and William Jasper were focused on educating the children of the congregation. In 1881, Georgiana and William Jasper, a former slave deeded one half acre from their thirteen-acre farm to the segregated Virginia school system for $10.00. The school served the community until 1932.”
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