Sappony: a state label, "Indians of Person County," replaced in 2003 (Person County, NC / Halifax County, VA)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 2003 · Places: Virginia, Carolinas
SUMMARYSappony: a state label, "Indians of Person County," replaced in 2003 (Person County, NC / Halifax County, VA) [Connections: Carolinas, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDNCpedia (Desiderio, Munford, Stewart, 2011): the first school began in 1878 as one room in a Baptist church in Halifax County, Virginia. In 1911 the Sappony built and funded the High Plains Indian School in Person County, which grew to six rooms by 1958 and closed in 1962. NC legislatively recognized them in 1911 and Virginia in 1913. In 2003 the state label "Indians of Person County" was changed to "Sappony" "to more accurately reflect their heritage."
PATTERNLike the Lumbee and the Coharie, the state named the people by county rather than by nation for nearly a century
LENS (WW9)The state used the county's name for the people until they made the state use the nation's name
OPENCheck census and Virginia Racial Integrity Act (1924) records for High Plains families, since that Virginia law targeted people on the line