David Gordon
DAVID A. GORDON
1866-1947
EDUCATOR
For over 60 years this outstanding Negro was an entrepreneurial, educational, religious, and political leader in Washington County. On this site in 1897 he founded the Royal School for young Negro children.
ERECTED 2009
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OAK GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
GORDON FAMILY
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ed Jackson.