210 Main Street
Oxford, NC
Dear Friends of History,
The John Chavis Historical Society invites you to a presentation by Professor Kathy Gore of the North Carolina State University School of Forestry. The NCSU School of Forestry oversees the former Willie P.Mangum Estate in Rougemont, North Carolina. It is now called Hill Forest. U.S. Senator Willie P. Mangum was a member of the U.S. Senate in the early 1860's , and he was a student of John Chavis in the early Nineteenth Century. John Chavis (1763-1838) a free Black man was one of the first teachers in North Carolina, operating a classical school where he taught the sons and daughters of White people as well as free Blacks before the Civil War. After careful and thorough research, the John Chavis Historical Society (founded in 1986) discovered what we believe to be the final resting place of our revered Rev. John Chavis in the "Old Cemetery" on the former Mangum
plantation. Along with the JCHS, the North Carolina State University School of Forestry has endeavored to restore and preserve the cemetery where John Chavis, the parents of Senator Mangum, and the slaves of the Mangum plantation are buried. The students in Professor Gore's Tourism class conducted research on Hill Forest and she will be reporting their findings at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford at 210 Main Street on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
The John Chavis Historical Society will be honored to have you attend this presentation and hopes that you also will attend events that have been scheduled for the Oxford, North Carolina's Bicentennial Celebration in 2016. Please RSVP to the address above, my telephone number (919) 693-9133 or email hdothow@embarqmail.com. Also visit the John Chavis Historical Society's website http://www.jchsinc.org
Helen C. Othow
President of the John Chavis Historical Society.
Dear Friends of History,
The John Chavis Historical Society invites you to a presentation by Professor Kathy Gore of the North Carolina State University School of Forestry. The NCSU School of Forestry oversees the former Willie P.Mangum Estate in Rougemont, North Carolina. It is now called Hill Forest. U.S. Senator Willie P. Mangum was a member of the U.S. Senate in the early 1860's , and he was a student of John Chavis in the early Nineteenth Century. John Chavis (1763-1838) a free Black man was one of the first teachers in North Carolina, operating a classical school where he taught the sons and daughters of White people as well as free Blacks before the Civil War. After careful and thorough research, the John Chavis Historical Society (founded in 1986) discovered what we believe to be the final resting place of our revered Rev. John Chavis in the "Old Cemetery" on the former Mangum
plantation. Along with the JCHS, the North Carolina State University School of Forestry has endeavored to restore and preserve the cemetery where John Chavis, the parents of Senator Mangum, and the slaves of the Mangum plantation are buried. The students in Professor Gore's Tourism class conducted research on Hill Forest and she will be reporting their findings at the Richard Thornton Library in Oxford at 210 Main Street on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
The John Chavis Historical Society will be honored to have you attend this presentation and hopes that you also will attend events that have been scheduled for the Oxford, North Carolina's Bicentennial Celebration in 2016. Please RSVP to the address above, my telephone number (919) 693-9133 or email hdothow@embarqmail.com. Also visit the John Chavis Historical Society's website http://www.jchsinc.org
Helen C. Othow
President of the John Chavis Historical Society.