Library Researching: Pedigree
(Enslaved, Jared Ellison Kirby, Alta Vista Plantation, Waller County, Austin County, Texas; Wyatt Chapel Cemetery)
Alta Vista Plantation (circa 1875)
Prairie View (circa 1876)
Kirby Hall (circa 1876)
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Names given to the Prairie View A&M University
- August 14, 1876, the Fifteenth Legislature established "Alta Vista Agriculture & Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth"
- April 19, 1879, the Sixteenth Legislature established "Prairie View State Normal School" in Waller County for the Training of Colored Teachers
- In 1887, the Sixteenth Legislature attached the Agriculture & Mechanical Department to Prairie View Normal School; the Twenty -Six Legislature
- In 1899, changed the name to "Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College"
- June 1, 1945, the Forty-ninth Legislature changed the name to "Prairie View University"
- March 3, 1947, the Fiftieth Legislature changed the name to "Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas"
- In 1973, the sixty-third Legislature changed the name to "Prairie View A&M University"
Library Researching: Pedigree
(Enslaved, Jared Ellison Kirby, Alta Vista Plantation, Waller County, Austin County, Texas)
Family Search. org
- Kirby
- Groce
- Slave Schedule 1850 and 1860
Notes:
| Event Type |
Census |
| Name |
Gared E Kirby |
| Event Date |
1850 |
| Event Place |
Austin, Texas, United States |
| Event Place (Original) |
Austin county, Austin, Texas, United States |
| Relationship to Owner |
Owner |
| Schedule Type |
1850 Slave Schedule |
