Magnolia aka McComas, Mountain School, Clayton, or Joppa

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"Names of Teachers Employed in the South by Benevolent Associations"
"Trustees of Schools from May 1882 to May 1883, Colored Schools,"
Account of building materials for schoolhouse at Mt. Zion, Nov. 1867 - Jan. 1868
Amounts expended in the construction and repair of schoolhouses in D.C., Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia, up to July 31, 1869
Deed to land for McComas School, Sept. 10, 1867
George M. McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Aug. 23, 1869
George McComas to Rev. John Kimball, Nov. 3, 1868
John Core to Rev. John Kimball, Jan. 12, 1869
John Core to Rev. John Kimball, Jan. 6, 1869
John Core to Rev. John Kimball, Jul. 31, 1869
M. E. Pauline Lyons to Rev. John Kimball, Jan. 27, 1869
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to George M. McComas, Apr. 30, 1870
Maj. W. L. Van Derlip to George McComas, Mar. 12, 1870
Monthly Report of Schools, Teachers, Societies, Pupils, and Buildings for Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and D.C., Feb. 28, 1869
Monthly Report of Schools, Teachers, Societies, Pupils, and Buildings for Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and D.C., Jan. 31, 1869
Rent of School Houses for Baltimore Association, Oct. 1, 1868-Nov. 30, 1868
Rent of Schoolhouses for Baltimore Association, Dec. 1868
Rent of Schoolhouses for Quarter Ending March 31, 1869 for Baltimore Association
Report of School buildings owned by Bureau R, F, and A.L., and by other parties engaged in the Education of Freedmen, in the State of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and DC for the Months of August and September 1869
Report of Schools for States of Maryland and Delaware for the Month of January 1868
Report of Schools for States of Maryland and Delaware for the Month of May 1868
Report of Schools for States of Maryland for the Month of June 1868
Report of Schools in District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware for the months of September and October, 1868
Rev. John Kimball to George M. McComas, Aug. 5, 1870
Rev. John Kimball to George McComas, Sept. 23, 1869
School
Magnolia aka McComas, Mountain School, Clayton, or Joppa
Teachers
Addie Green
Theresa Lyons
Richard L. Mason
Louie C. Waters (Louisa, L.C.)
Trustees
Rev. Peter Bishop
Abraham Matters/Abraham Waters
Jacob A. Bishop
Charles Waters
Joseph Henry
John H. Butler
Description
The McComas Institute was founded in 1867. The school was named after George March McComas, a prominent white tobacco farmer who supported anti-slavery efforts and the education of Black people. According to the deed for the McComas Institute, on September 10, 1867 the trustees of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased one acre of land from George and Mary Ann Johnson for $30. The deed states, “the purpose of erecting thereon a school house for the use of the colored people of Harford County forever.”
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