Mount Zion Lodge Ledger, 1875-1880

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Title

Mount Zion Lodge Ledger, 1875-1880

Subject

Mount Zion Lodge, No. 18 (Staunton, Va.)
African American freemasons
Augusta County--Virginia
Staunton--Virginia
African American
African American schools
African American fraternal organizations
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Description

A financial ledger of the Mount Zion Fraternal Masonic Lodge, an African American Masonic organization in Augusta County, Virginia. The ledger documents the lodge's financial transactions, including membership dues, expenses, charitable contributions, and operational costs. It provides insight into the economic activities, community engagement, and mutual aid efforts of African American Freemasons in the region. The records span 1875-1880 and offer valuable historical context on the role of Black fraternal organizations in fostering social and economic support during the post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras in Augusta County, Virginia.

Creator

Mount Zion Masonic Lodge #18

Source

Augusta County Historical Society

Publisher

JMU Libraries

Date

1875-1880

Contributor

Alexander
Anderson
Baily
Baker
Banly
Barny
Barry
Bobrents
Bolds
Booker
Bormage
Brannen
Brenman
Brock
Brown
Burges
Burgess
Butler
Cabell
Cabill
Came
Cane
Carter
Cassey
Christian
Cochran
Conrad
Cook
Cormick
Dabrey
Daleny
Devenport
Diggs
Doney
Dougliss
Duglass
Dugles
Dugliss
Fartfield
Foner
Fraggle
Frank
Fuller
Funkhouser
Gal
Garber
Garson
Gaskins
Gorrison
Graves
Gundid
Gurdia
Gunson
Harris
Hays
Henderson
Hile
Hill
Hite
Holmes
Howard
Irving
James
Jefferson
Jimeraw
Johnson
Jondor
Kays
Keys
Lee
Lewis
Lienis
Loney
Lookey
Loving
Malping
Mcdaniel
Mcdonald
Miner
Minor
Miron
Nelton
Noris
O'nelton
Onelton
Pajon
Palney
Payne
Payon
Payer
Pellinson
Perkins
Pettersonn
Poindexter
Porter
Porterfield
Powdexter
Purkins
Rahkel
Randles
Randof
Randolf
Rice
Richardson
Rogers
Roges
Rohart
Rose
Scruggs
Scout
Shelton
Smith
StantonBrooks
Steel
Strager
Stranger
Stuard
Thomas
Thompson
Thornton
Thorton
Tyler
Walton
Ward
Ware
Washington
Wheeler
Williams
Wilson
Witze
Woods

Rights

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Format

PDF

Type

Text

Identifier

MZL_2022_0031_001

Files

Citation

Mount Zion Masonic Lodge #18, “Mount Zion Lodge Ledger, 1875-1880,” Histories along the Blue Ridge, accessed October 24, 2026, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/erp/items/show/27348.