Winners of State Homemaking Contest" Dorsay Jackson (left) and Daisy Smith (right) posing on either side of a small table. Glassware is stacked on the bottom shelf of the table. Dorsay Jackson is only partially visible since the photograph is damaged and a portion is missing. A handwritten note on the back says, "Miss Dorsay Mae Jackson and Miss Da[isy] Bryson, Home Ec. Students of F. Moore H[igh School], Mrs. Eva Hoage Teacher."

Photograph of a group of young men posing in a classroom. According to accompanying information, the students were in a trade school for persons returning from service. This class likley came about because of the GI Bill that was signed into law by FDR on June 22, 1944. It provided job counseling and employment services for WWII veterans, as well as training and education at approved institutions. They are identified as: Row 1 (front) -- Foy Woods, James Alexander, Wallace Hunter, James Hollis (?), Johnny Cooper; Row 2 -- William Devereaux, T. Rogers, Raymond Jackson, Oliver Clark, Edmund Gray; Row 3 -- Earl Jones, R. M. Hunter, Noble Holland, Johnny McCarver, Lonnie McAdams; Row 4 (back) -- Instructor (?), Alford Hall, T. N. Gober, Robert James, Pye Bledsow, Buddy Bownes.

Photograph of a young woman visible from the waist up, wearing a white sleeveless shirt. A man is partially-visible on her left, wearing a light-colored shirt and baseball cap. There appears to be a brown striped van in the background. A handwritten note on the back says "Abner Haynes."

Photograph of a collage of portraits organized on a cut-out shaped as a red apple, displayed on a table covered with a white tablecloth. A handwritten sign is partially visible next to the collage with the words "This Is Your."

Five photographs affixed to a partial scrapbook page. On the front, there is a photograph of a car parked outside a brick building on the top, and a group of people cooking out-of-doors on the bottom. The three photographs on the back include several women in formal wear on a decorated stage; a group of young children and adults standing in a lot with several buildings in the background; and a young child wearing a band uniform, posing on a lawn in front of a brick building.

Photograph of a large group of people out-of-doors. There is a group of men in the center of the image, including several wearing mariachi garb and holding instruments. A woman and young girl are walking past on the far left, in the foreground. A handwritten note on the back says "Quakertown Residents."

Photograph of three women and a man seated around a table, looking at papers in front of the man in the center. A handwritten note on the back says "Mrs. Lucille Nix; Alexander, Fred Moore & Gladys Standefer, Secretary." Mrs. Alice Moore Alexander and the daughter of Fred Moore.

Photograph of a man and woman posing together outside a brick building. The woman is wearing a white polka-dot shirt and red jacket; the man is wearing jeans, a T-shirt, and a baseball cap. Another man is partially visible on the left. A handwritten note on the back says, "S. J. Ware, Alice Alexander, Sister."

Photograph of the front of Fred Moore High School in Denton, Texas. A handwritten note on the back says, "Fred Moore High School Built In 1949."

Photograph of eight men standing in a group in front of a brick wall. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "It was Freds believe that Our Supertendent Stricklind and our Board Members are the greatest men. Our faculty remained a happy family."

Photograph of Sadie Moore seated on a wicker loveseat, out-of-doors. Both of her hands are near her neck, and she appears to be holding a kitten. A house is partially visible in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "Mrs. Sadie Moore, Sept. 1942 with her cat (Winnie Mae)."

Photocopy of the team portrait of the Fred Douglas High School football team during the 1940s. Identified from left to right: First Row -- William Goodnes, Lawrence Peace, L. H. Simpkins, unknown, Eddie Franklin, George Davis, Ernest Sims, Jr., Charlie Beatty. Second Row -- J. D. Stimson (left), James Whitlow (second from right). Third Row -- Bennie Gober, Billy Simpson, unknown, Luther Varner, Ponder, unknown, W. L. Kimble, E. D. Price, unknown.

Copy print of a nursery school class in Denton, Texas, taken in front of the teacher's home on Prairie street. Identified from left to right: First Row -- Lockland (?), Archie Woodards, Betty Kimble, Betty Pratt, George Davis, Minnie, Louise Jones, Ruby. Second Row -- Luvinia, "Topsy" Ponder, Dorothy Sims, Curtis Smith, JoAnn Pratt, Griffin, Laura Alexander. Teacher Miss Stone.

Photograph of a group of men and women at "Annual Usher Day" at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church in Denton, Texas. The group is standing behind a communion railing and a pulpit is on the far left. Two men in clerical garb are on the left including Pastor Johnny Alexander (second from left). The two persons to the right of Pastor Alexander are identified as Opal Goodner (usher of the year) and Thomas Brotherton. The last two on the far right are identified as Johnson (first name unknown) and Evelyn Curry (a TWU professor).

Photograph of the youth choir at Mount Pilgrim C.M.E. Church in Denton, Texas posing together outside of a building. Several adults are standing on either side of the choir including Pastor Johnny Alexander on the far right. The choir was directed by Gloria Stevens and Pastor Alexander.

Photograph of a classroom at Fred Moore School in Denton, Texas. There are several students sitting at desks and two groups of students standing at the back for the room with three adults near several shelves that have stacks of cans and eggs. The adults are identified as Miss Eva Courtney (a volunteer) at the far right, Jewel Logan (another volunteer) at the far left, and the teacher, Lucille Nix. Several of the students are also identified: Drucilla Kimble (back right, wearing a plaid jacket), Archie Hicks (standing behind Drucilla), Joyce Young (seated at the far right), Shiela Bell (seated at a desk in the middle front), and Gwen (standing in front of Miss Nix on the left). The words "Precious Memories" are affixed to the photo near the top of the image.

Photograph of Drucilla Kimble, visible from the chest up, wearing a graduation robe and hat.

This report was submitted to the Denton County Commissioner’s Court on December 12, 2023. The independent research contained herein was inspired by a collaborative community effort to highlight the emerging historical narrative of the St. John's freed-persons community of Pilot Point, its unexplained disappearance in the 1930s, and the events that led to the community's cemetery becoming landlocked and inaccessible to the public for more than eighty years.