Bracktown School - a segregated county school, on Leestown Pike in northwestern Fayette County. The school was established around 1870 and closed during the late 1920s. Bracktown was a settlement for freed slaves after the Civil War and named for Rev. Fredrick Braxton.
Bracktown School being dedicated in 1912 <Faulconer>
Teachers and students with food baskets at Bracktown, 1912 <Faulconer>
Bracktown ensemble, with Nannie Faulconer, at dedication, 1912 <Faulconer>
References:
William M. Ambrose, Bluegrass Schools, Limestone Press, Lexington, 2012.
