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Grayson County


Grayson County African -American
Local Information

Grayson Co. African- American Cemeteries & Mortuaries African - American Death Notices Grayson County Plat Book, 1904 ~ Colored Patrons Find the name and then look for the plat map Cemeteries that are known to be African- American in Grayson County.	Afrotexan -Grayson County African - Americans in the local News "Negroes Have Distinct Role in Denison History" Buffalo Soldiers~ Grayson County Buffalo Soldiers African American Historical Places in Texas African -American Churches Grayson County Colored Old Settlers, 1906 Celebrations Legacy Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Park African - American - Grayson - Photographs 1st All African- American Scout Troop in Texas
Mosaic Templars of America	International Order of Twelve Knights & Daughters of Tabor
Emancipation Association, 1908	Polar Star Lodge #33 ~ Masons  | African American Masons Sherman,1874
Emancipation Day, 1892	City Directories are on the Research Page(IN PROGRESS)
Juneteenth ~ History	Local Records of Slaves in Grayson County
Colored State Fair Association
Arnold Gragston - Escape from slavery & the Underground Railroad	Men and women in the Armed Forces from Grayson County (WWII)  The 'Negro' section of the book.
Horrible Story of the Hudson Slaves Eisenhower State Park

Terrell High School Denison	Schools & Education
Terrell School   Terrell School Page Terrell High School -Faculty	Meharry College, Nasville, Tennessee ~ Class of 1894   J.T.M. Lindsay, who later became Principal of the 2nd Ward colored school at Denison, Sept 1897 Booker T. Wasington Elementary & Junior High ~ Van Alstyne
Fred Douglass School - Sherman	African American Alumni Association Denison, Texas
Price vs Denison ISD ~ 1965 Brownville School Denison	Early History of Negro Schools in Denison Anderson School ~ Denison Bethel School District #48 ~ Bells  Whitewright Negro School Carver School ~ Sherman Walton Elementary School Wims Elementary School History

African - American
 Biographies & Article Notes

Mattie Alexander	Dinah Boyd	Laverne Marguerite Bradshaw	Clora Bryant	Levi Burton Sr
Price Childs	Helen P Cole	Precious Bell Craft (pdf)	Joseph Davis	Bill Douglas
Dupree Family Tree	William J Durham	Chester & Clara Franklin	George F Franklin	Eddie Gentry
Eli & Lucy Gentry	Annie A Green	Allen R Griggs	Sutton Elbert Griggs	Noah Guinn
Gladys Riddle Hampton	Samuel H Haywood	Henry and Rosa Hill Family	Oliver Hilliard	Jack Horton
George Hughes	Ida Mae Jones	John J Joshua	Professor George P Lewis	Lott Family
Jim Love	Phil McDade	Lynwood McKinney	Thomas Theodore McKinney	Joseph H Owens
George Patterson	Cookie Lee Paul	JoAnn Perkins	Pollard Family of Denison	Phillip Denver Pollard Sr
Riddle Family	Walter Potts	A W Roberson	Rev Stephen Douglas Russell	James Ryder/Rider
Richard Sinclair	Smith Family	Rev Swancy	Augustus H Terrell	Mrs Oscar Thompson
Dan Walker	Matt White	David W Williams	Wimbush Twins	John L Woolsey & Story

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