Briggs Plaintiffs

The following list available at: http://www.charlestonstage.com/wbpages/soj_petitioners.html

SIGNERS OF THE FIRST PETITION 

Robert Georgia
Jervine Georgia
Carrie Georgia
Charlie Georgia
Gladys Hilton
Joseph Hilton
Gussie Hilton
Roosevelt Hilton
Henrietta Huggins
Lila May Huggins
Celestine Huggins
Juanita Huggins
Thomas Johnson
Blanch Johnson
Lillie Eva Johnson
Ruby Lee Johnson
Betty J. Johnson
Bobby M. Johnson
Preston Johnson, Jr.
Raymond Lawson
Harry Briggs. Sr.
Eliza Briggs
Harry Briggs, Jr.
Thomas Lee Briggs
Reverdy Wells
Francis Lawson
Katherine Eliza Briggs
Susan Lawson
Thomas Gamble
Henry Brown
Thelma Brown
Eva Brown
Willie H. Brown
Marion Brown
Ethel Mae Brown
Howard Brown
Beatrice Brown
James Brown

Theola Brown
Thomas Brown
Euralia Brown
Joe Morris Brown
Onetha Bennett
Hilton C. Bennett
Willie Gibson
Annie Gibson
Maxine Gibson
Harold Gibson
Julia Gibson
William Gibson, Jr.
Billie S. Fleming
Mary O. Lawson
Hercules Bennett
Eddie Lee Lawson
Susan Ann Lawson
Fredick Oliver
Willie Oliver
Mary Oliver
Mose Oliver
Leroy Oliver
Mitchel Oliver
Bennie Parson, Jr.
Plummie Parson
Celestine Parson
Edward Ragin
Sarah Ragin
Shirley Ragin
Delores Ragin
Hazel Ragin
Zelia Ragin
Mable Ragin
Rebecca Ragin
Sarah Ellen Ragin
William Ragin
Glen Ragin
Lucrisher Richardson
Joseph Emmerson Wheeler

Sherlie Wheeler
Elane Richardson
Emanuel Richardson
Rebecca Richburg
E. E. Richburg
Rebecca I. Richburg
Albert Richburg
Lee Johnson
Bessie Johnson
Morgan Johnson
Samuel Gary Johnson
Lee Richardson
James Richardson
Charles Richardson
Annie L. Richardson
Dorothy Richardson
Jackson D. Richardson
Mary J. Oliver
Daisy Oliver
Louis Oliver, Jr.
Esther F. Singletary
Janie L. Fludd
Henry Scott
Irene Scott
Mary Scott
Sue Esther Hilton
Bennie Lee Lawson
Willie M. Stukes
Gardenia Stukes
Gardenia E. Stukes
Louis W. Stukes
Willie M. Stukes, Jr.
Annie Lee Tindal
Mary L. Bennett
Lillian Bennett
James Bennett
Gilbert Henry

SIGNERS OF THE SECOND PETITION

Later, the legal authorities decided it would be best to have a new petition prepared that only included parents with Children in schools in Clarendon County District 22. The following are parents who signed the second petition which is the one used in the Briggs v. Elliott litigation:

Harry Briggs

Anne Gibson

Moses Oliver

Bennie Person

Edward Ragin

William Ragin

Lachrisha Richardson

Lee Richardson

James H. Bennett

Mary Oliver

William M. Stukes

G.H. Henry

Robert Georgia

Rebecca Richburg

Gabriel Tyndal

Susan Lawson

Frederick Oliver

Onetha Bennett

Hazel Ragin

Henry Scott

 

66 minor plaintiffs according to the Supreme Court Historical Society at http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_history/02_c13.html