Tillery, North Carolina Explained
Tillery is an unincorporated community in Halifax County, North Carolina, that was a plantation and is now home to a museum.[1] Tillery was incorporated as a town in 1889.[2] Franklin Roosevelt's Resettlement Administration instituted a New Deal era resettlement program in the area.[3] In 1936 it was renamed Roanoke Farms.[4] The ZIP Code for Tillery is 27887.[5]
History
W. H. Randolph was its first mayor.[2]
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.[6]
The Hermitage is a historic plantation house in Tillery.
James M. Pittman served as Tillery's postmaster.[7] [8]
Roanoke River Correctional Institution, formerly Caledonia Correctional, is in Tillery.[9]
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
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Notes and References
- Web site: The Tillery History House. www.visitnc.com.
- Web site: Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, Passed by the General Assembly at Its Session. North. Carolina. November 20, 1889. J. Turner, Jr.. Google Books.
- Web site: History House .
- Web site: Hidden History: the Tillery Resettlement. ABG.
- Web site: Tillery ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2022. November 11, 2022.
- Web site: About CCT. Concerned Citizens of Tillery.
- Black Tip, White Iceberg: Black Postmasters and the Rise of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1897-1901. Justesen, Benjamin R.. 2005. The North Carolina Historical Review. 82. 2. 193–227. 23523507 . JSTOR.
- Web site: Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval. United States Civil Service. Commission. November 20, 1897. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
- Web site: Roanoke River Correctional Institution (formerly Caledonia Correctional) | NC DPS. www.ncdps.gov.
