Carter Works Consulted
Primary Sources
Table of Tracts of Land
Table of Tracts of Land in the South District for the Year 1889, 1889, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
Table of Tracts of Land in Mount Vernon Magisterial District for the Year 1894, 1894, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
Table of Tracts of Land, Timber Trees and Buildings, in Mount Vernon Magisterial District for the Year 1918, 1918, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
Table of Tracts of Land, Timber Trees and Buildings, for the Year 1920, 1920, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Fairfax, Virginia.
Land Deeds
Land Deed, 1888, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Deed Book G-5: 476, 477, Fairfax, Virginia.
Land Deed, 1918, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center, Deed Book I-8: 528, 529, Fairfax, Virginia.
US Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Providence, Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: M593_1645; Page: 365A
Year: 1880; Census Place: Mount Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: 1364; Page: 297A; Enumeration District: 036
Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Vernon, Fairfax, Virginia; Roll: 1707; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0021
Secondary Sources
Netherton, Nan. Fairfax County, Virginia: A History, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax, VA, 1992.
A History of Education For Black Students in Fairfax County Prior to 1954. by Evelyn Darnell Russell-Porte Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION, July 19, 2000
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/29646/Final.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
“Woodlawn Colored School,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed December 5, 2023, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/37.
“What’s in a Name” Woodlawn Elementary School,” Fairfax County Public Schools, https://woodlawnes.fcps.edu/about/history
Parker, K., Horowitz, J. M., Morin, R., & Lopez, M. H. (2015, June 11). Chapter 1: Race and multiracial americans in the U.S. census. Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-1-race-and-multiracial-americans-in-the-u-s-census/
Wolfe, C. B. (2023, February 6). Racial integrity laws (1924–1930). Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/racial-integrity-laws-1924-1930/
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