Tillery, North Carolina

Tillery is an unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina,[1] that was a plantation and is now home to a museum.[2] Tillery was incorporated as a town in 1889.[3] Franklin Roosevelt's Resettlement Administration instituted a New Deal era resettlement program in the area.[4] In 1936 it was renamed Roanoke Farms.[5] The ZIP Code for Tillery is 27887.[6]

History

W. H. Randolph was its first mayor.[3]

The Tillery Chapel Rosenwald Elementary School was a Rosenwald School established for the community. Tillery Chapel Elementary school also served the community until it closed in 1981. It became a community center.[7]

The Hermitage is a historic plantation house in Tillery.

James M. Pittman served as Tillery's postmaster.[8][9]

Roanoke River Correctional Institution, formerly Caledonia Correctional, is in Tillery.[10]

Further reading

  • Tillery, North Carolina: One Hundred Years of Struggle in a Black Community by Cornelia Janke, History Honors Thesis, Duke University April, 1986

References

  1. ^ "Tillery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "The Tillery History House". www.visitnc.com.
  3. ^ a b Carolina, North (November 20, 1889). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session". J. Turner, Jr. – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "History House".
  5. ^ "Hidden History: the Tillery Resettlement". ABG.
  6. ^ "Tillery ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "About CCT". Concerned Citizens of Tillery.
  8. ^ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2005). "Black Tip, White Iceberg: Black Postmasters and the Rise of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1897-1901". The North Carolina Historical Review. 82 (2): 193–227. JSTOR 23523507 – via JSTOR.
  9. ^ Commission, United States Civil Service (November 20, 1897). "Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Roanoke River Correctional Institution (formerly Caledonia Correctional) | NC DPS". www.ncdps.gov.


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