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Joseph Walker (December 17, 1854-

The school was named for Joseph Walker (1854- ) and Jason Grant (1861-1951) who worked to establish the school. Walker was born into slavery in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was owned by the Goodwin family. Once freed at the conclusion of the American Civil War, he held a variety of jobs in Caroline and Spotsylvania counties. In the 1870s he moved to Fredericksburg where he worked at a paper mill. He bought 10 acres