Magnolia aka McComas, Mountain School, Clayton, or Joppa
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- 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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