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This is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County. Its earliest records have been lost, but tradition holds that Martin Dial (1744-1843), a veteran of the Revolution, organized a “Methodist Society” . . . — — Map (db m43067) HM
Created by consolidation of the following schools:
Dials, New Harmony
Friendship, Owings
Gary Court, Riddles Old Field
Dedicated to our children
1928
Kate V. Wofford, County Supt. of Education
C.B. Owings, R.L.Gray, T.H. . . . — — Map (db m43360) HM
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The Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school founded ca. 1890 on the grounds of Pleasant View Baptist Church. The training school, opened in 1924 in a . . . — — Map (db m22904) HM
Here at Young’s School in 1915, Dr. Wil Lou Gray (1883–1984) initiated for her native county of Laurens a seven-school program of night education for adults which led to the adoption of a state-wide system and her national recognition as a . . . — — Map (db m9951) HM