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Orange County (Va.) Taylor District School Census, 1915. Local government records collection, Orange County (Va.) Court Records.
The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of papers from Orange County Circuit Court under accession 45156.
Orange County, according to most accounts, was named for William of Orange, the Dutch prince who became William III of England
in 1688. It is more probable, however, that the name honored William IV, prince of Orange-Nassau, who married Anne, eldest
daughter of George II, in 1734-the year Orange County was formed from Spotsylvania County.
Orange County (Va.) Taylor District School Census, 1915, contains an alphabetical list of families with school-age children
living in the Taylor school district in Orange County in 1915. Each entry lists the name of a head of household and the name,
age, and gender of each child in the household between the ages of 6 and 18. The census also indicates what children could
not read. The school district was segregated by race and designated "white."