Bristol Colored School

A Black school listed as Bristol colored in the Clarke Courier's teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, with George W. Carter as teacher; whether Bristol is the place the People's Journal spells Bristow is not established.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 school session, printed July 9, 1925, names Bristol colored school with George W. Carter as its teacher.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 school session, printed July 9, 1925, names Bristol colored school with George W. Carter as its teacher.

What the source supports

That the School Board's announced appointments for the 1925-26 session staffed a Bristol colored school with one teacher.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier's 'Bristol' and the People's Journal's 'Bristow' are similar names, but they are NOT established as one place, and this school is not linked to Bristow. No building or location is established for the school, and nothing is recorded about George W. Carter beyond his name in this list.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Bristol colored entry in the July 9, 1925 list.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 9 July 1925

Clarke Courier · 1925-07-09 (publication)

Locator: Printed page 1, teacher assignment list, colored schools

Relevant passage

Stone Bridge colored -- Ella F. Carter. Boyce Colored -- Alma Layton and Matilda Herbert. Millwood Colored -- J. P Rier, Prin., Louise Bannister and Clarissa Layton. White Post Colored -- Estelle Mitchell and Margaretta Richarson. Josephine colored school -- E T. Johnson, Fannie Jenkins, Florine Johnson. Louisville colored -- Emma E. Alexander. Bristol colored -- George W. Carter.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

Evidence role: contextualizes. The headline and opening of the same list: the School Board's appointments for the 1925-26 session.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 9 July 1925

Clarke Courier · 1925-07-09 (publication)

Locator: Printed page 1, teacher assignment list, headline and opening

Relevant passage

FILL POSITIONS COUNTY SCHOOLS. Teachers Named for All Schools and Grades -- New Boyce Principal. Appointments of teachers for the various schols [schools] of the County for the session of 1925-26 have been announced by Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the School Board, as listed by the Division Superintendent, Mr. Leslie D. Kline. The places are to be filled as follows:

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources

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