Fairfield Institute was a school for African Americans in Winnsboro, South Carolina in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Kelly Miller attended the school.[1] It opened in 1869. Rev. Willard Richardson served as principal. It was closed and sold as part of a consolidation with nearby Brainerd Institute in Chester, South Carolina in 1888.[2] Joseph Winthrop Holley attended the school, originally known as Willard Richardson School, until Richardson and his family returned to New Jersey.[3] The school’s enrollment reached about 100.[4]
Supported by the Presbyterian Church,[5][6] the school was succeeded by a school established by Rev. J. C. Watkins.[3]
Enrollment reached 354 students.[7] Brainerd Institute was within 20 miles.[8]
The school trained teachers and "workers for Africa"[6] to go on missions.[9] Richardson was also in charge of several churches.[10] It was a religious school and agricultural pursuits were taught.[11]
References
edit- ^ Schafer, Virginia (May 31, 2013). Legendary Locals of Fairfield County, South Carolina. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467100380 – via Google Books.
- ^ A Guidebook to South Carolina Historical Markers. Univ of South Carolina Press. February 19, 2021. ISBN 9781643361574 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Holley, Joseph Winthrop (May 31, 1992). You Can't Build a Chimney from the Top. University Press of America. ISBN 9780819184832 – via Google Books.
- ^ Edgar, Walter (November 2, 2012). The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to the Counties of South Carolina. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781611171518 – via Google Books.
- ^ Griffith, Nancy Snell; Raynal, Charles E. (September 12, 2016). Presbyterians in South Carolina, 1925–1985: Mid-Century Change in Historic Denominations. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 9781498237727 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Presbyterian Monthly Record of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Being the Organ of the Boards of Home Missions, Education, Foreign Missions, Publication, Church Erection, Relief for Disables Ministers, Missions for Freedmen, and Aid for Colleges and Academies". Presbyterian Board of Publication. May 31, 1882 – via Google Books.
- ^ Assembly, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. General (May 31, 1881). "Reports of the Boards" – via Google Books.
- ^ Assembly, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. General (May 31, 1888). "Reports of the Missionary and Benevolent Boards and Committees to the General Assembly ..." – via Google Books.
- ^ Freedmen, Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Committee of Missions for (May 31, 1881). "The Annual Report of the Presbyterian Committee of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America". The Committee – via Google Books.
- ^ Assembly, United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. General (May 31, 1878). "Minutes" – via Google Books.
- ^ The Annual Report of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. The Board. 1864.
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