PHA AASR History - Virginia Council of Deliberation Prince Hall Scottish Rite History The first Scottish Rite organization among African-Americans was the African Grand Council of 1820 in Philadelphia, which was referred to as a Council of Princes of Jerusalem. This site provides a history of the organization, a gallery of its elected officers and a listing of subordinate bodies. He was a medical doctor, pioneer, civil rights activist, and Prince Hall Mason. Dr. G. Wesley Allen Council Of Deliberation Officers, Annie P. Rogers State Grand Assembly Officers, Annie P. Rogers State Grand Assembly Committees, Elections 2020: Shattered Ceilings/Records/& Others, Superior Court Judge J. Carlton J.C. Cole, Former Chief Justice Frye Introduces President Obama. The Southern Jurisdiction for the United Supreme Council, PHA, consists of the states: AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, HI, KT, LA, MD, MS, Missouri, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, the District of Columbia, U.S British and Virgin Islands, OCONUS locations of England, Korea, Liberia, Middle East and Western Europe. Our Deputy of the Orient has owned his own business, Riddick Heating/Air Conditioning Service for over twenty years. In 1881-1887, these five merged into 2 United Supreme Councils of the 33rd Degree: one for Northern Jurisdiction and one for Southern Jurisdiction. Sources: We welcome your feedback and comments. He is the son of the late Mrs. Ella Mae Riddick, a wonderful and beautiful lady who was both mother and father to him. The Annual Lakeside Directory, City of Chicago The Northern Jurisdiction consists of the following states: CO, Connecticut, DE, ID, Illinois, IN, IO, KA, Maine, Mass, MI, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NH, NJ, NY, ND, OH, OR, Pennsylvania, RI, SD, UT, VT, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and that of the states outside Continental United States. Among his many accomplishments, he helped start the state's first school for the mentally handicapped black youths, The Fuller . By 1904, both Jones and William Gray had become expelled from Freemasonry by the MWPHGL of Illinois and other jurisdictions. Goal: The goal of this website was to create an online presence for the Virginia Council of Deliberation, Prince Hall Affiliation. He lost the election to Sovereign Grand Commander Thornton A. Jackson. His high honors include that he was the recipient of the Grand Masters Cup, the highest annual award in Virginia Prince Hall Masonry, under MWGM Billie L. Thompson, Sr. SGIG Riddick has served as Past Right Eminent Grand Commander of King Baldwin Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of VA, (PHA) and Most Excellent Past Grand High Priest of King Cyrus Grand Chapter, Holy Royal Arch Masons (PHA). He attended the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine for four years. He lived and worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist in Fayetteville from 1941 until his death on January 20, 1995, at the age of 79. Client: Virginia Council of Deliberation, PHA. Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliated, Grand Orient,Washington, D.C. Thus, prompting fraters to maintain fealty to Prince Hall Consistory, shift to the legitimate Occidental Consistory (organized in 1889) or secure fealty with the USC-SJ through other means. The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race, Volume 1, 1919, Clement Richardson;The Western Appeal, March 24, 1888, p.1; Several of John G. Jones' loyalists from the USC-SJ shifted fealty to the JGJ-SC. Michael R. Tolliver. A second Consistory, Occidental Consistory, was organized in 1889 by the USSC. John G. Jones and Richard M. Hancock were elevated to the Active Grade of the USC-SJ. His objective was to establish an Assembly for each of the Consistories located in North Carolina. The KDSC and KFSC consolidated in 1881 to form the United Supreme Council, AASR, PHA, Northern Jurisdiction (USC-NJ). 4. Supreme Council for the Southern and Western Jurisdiction (SC-SWJ) for the 33 Degree of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliated, Grand Orient, Washington, D.C. Sunday, January 15, 2023 6:23 PM Home Contact Us Deputy's Calendar Officers Valleys Assemblies KSA/VCOD Planning Committee Only "KSA/VCOD Planning Committee Secure Page - Access Only!" Orient of Illinois under the USC-NJ PHA is organized. This site provides a history of the organization, a gallery of its elected officers and a listing of subordinate bodies. Dr. Allen was also a life member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity as well as a member of other civic, social, and business groups. Additional Supreme Councils were created and forcing multiple shifts in fealty. Gladstone Wesley Allen was a man of achievement. A fourth council was set up in Baltimore, Maryland and a fifth Council in Philadelphia. of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A. Home; Contact Us; Deputy's Calendar; Officers; . A former member of Celestial Baptist Church of Portsmouth, VA, his devotion and present membership is at First Baptist Church, South Hill of Chesapeake. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Northern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Inc. Sovereign Grand Inspector General Hannibal M. Cox Sr. Sovereign Grand Inspector General Frank M. Summers, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Robert E. Harper elected Grand Recording Secretary from 1947-50, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Frank M. Summers elected Lieutenant Grand Commander from 1968-74. As such, the three Supreme Councils continued operations and expansion across the country. Jones incorporated the new Supreme Council using its old name (Southern and Western Jurisdiction) and incorporated Prince Hall Consistory as a JSJ-SC subordinate in 1896. It is an honor and a privilege for me to serve as your Grand Secretary for the Orient of Virginia. Virginia Council of Deliberation, AASR, SJ, P.H.A. For more information, please contact me via eMail at [email protected] .Fraternally, GIG Steven Legette, Grand Secretary, Orient of VA. Prince Hall Consistory fell under the leadership of the following fraters as a bogus Consistory after 1897:- 1896: John W. Dunmore- 1897-1898: Champion J. Waring- 1899-1903: William Gray - 1899-1903: Robert C. Waring 2. Sovereign Grand Inspector General Vernon B. Williams Jr. Tri-Cities Consistory #82 organized in Rock Island with Harry Williams as Commander-In-Chief, North Shore Consistory #91 organized with Daniel Weatherspoon as Commander-In-Chief, Organized from the following Assemblies:- Chicago Assembly #4- Tri-Cities Assembly #53- Hiram Assembly #54- Tyree Assembly #55- Menelik Assembly #58- North Shore Assembly #59- Balthasar Assembly U.D.Loyal Lady Louise Douglassfirst State Grand Loyal Lady Ruler, Balthasar Consistory #92 organized in Rockford with Cleotus Ferguson as Commander-In-Chief, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Frank M. Summers elected Sovereign Grand Commander from 1974-77, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Levi H. Morris, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Vernon B. Williams Jr.(Second term as Deputy), Balthasar Assembly transitioned from U.D. Additional lunch tickets are $25.00 each and banquet tickets are $50.00 each. In his capacity as the Sovereign Grand Deputy of the Orient of North Carolina, Dr. Allen was the head of all Scottish Rite Masons in North Carolina from the 4th through the 33rd degree. 3. ADVANCE REGISTRATION Advance registration is $100.00 and includes one (1) lunch ticket and one (1) banquet ticket. I look forward to seeing you join the oldest Rite in Freemasonry. Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction (SC-SJ) From the Philadelphia Council, a Southern and Western Jurisdiction defected with Headquarters at Washington, D.C. SGIG Riddick has one brother, James Riddick; a sister-in-law, Ana Riddick; two sisters, Elezinia Griffin and Gennice Fong; two God children, and several nephews. Hayden as Commander-In-Chief, Sovereign Grand Inspector General James E. White elected Grand Minister of Statefrom 1931-43. This Council arose through West Indian migration, for Stephen Morin had propagated the Rite there, The Minutes of the King David Supreme Council include a reference to a merger of this African Grand Council with the King David Supreme Council, this was the first Prince Hall Council. Oath of Fealty administered by Sovereign Grand Commander James F. Rickards to members of Occidental Consistory on January 22, 1913 numbering the Consistory as #28 on the rolls of the USC-NJ. Occidental was under the leadership of the following Illustrious Commanders-In-Chief: By 1906, they joined Occidental reducing the Illinois Consistories down to one under the leadership of the following Illustrious Commanders-In-Chief:- 1904: Robert C. Waring This, effectively, ended the presence of the USSC in Illinois.Sources: In 1913, Occidental performed its final declaration of fealty to the USC-NJ which was the final shift that stabilized the Scottish Rite in the Orient of Illinois as outlined by the following timeline: organized in Chicago by the SC-SWJ with Richard M. Hancock as Commander-In-Chief, Northern Jurisdiction organized by consolidation of KDSC and KFSC, Southern Jurisdiction organized by consolidation of SC-SWJ and SC-SJ, Organized as the second African American Consistory in Chicago by the USSC, Northwest Jurisdiction organized by Milton Fields who was expelled from the USC-NJ and USC-SJ, John G. Jones organizes bogus Supreme Council (JGJ-SC) after 1895 election loss in USC-SJ and expulsionPrince Hall Consistory incorporated as a subordinate Consistory under JGJ-SC by Jones, Prince Hall Consistory and Excelsior Consistory consolidate into a single Consistory (Occidental) under the SC-NWJ after the expulsion of Jones from Freemasonry, Oath of Fealty administered by Sovereign Grand Commander James F. Rickards to members of Occidental Consistory on January 22, 1913 numbering the Consistory as #28 on the rolls of the USC-NJOrient of Illinois under the USC-NJ PHA is organized, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Egbert S. Dickerson, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Richard E. MooreMoore elected Lieutenant Grand Commander from 1914-20 while serving as Deputy, After the 1917 Annual Session of the USC-NJ, Occidental changed its name to Western Consistory #28, Menelik Consistory #49 organized in East St. Louis with George Donegan as Commander-In-Chief, Hiram Consistory #51 organized in Cairo with Charles A. Bowlar as Commander-In-Chief, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Robert James Beverly Ellington, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Dr. Walter N. Thomas, Tyree Consistory #64 organized in East St. Louis with B.B. The Virginia Council of Deliberation, of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the 33 Degree of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliated and the Virginia State Council of Assemblies, Order of Golden Circle, are pleased to announce their 2020 Sessions will be held Although the USSC initially agreed to the consolidations and creation of the United Supreme Council, Northern Jurisdiction (USC-NJ) and the United Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction (USC-SJ) in 1881, it did not move forward as planned due to a lawsuit introduced by John G. Jones and Edward H. Morris on behalf of Prince Hall Consistory. United States Supreme Council (USSC) Excelsior Consistory was organized by the Supreme Council for the United States (USSC) in 1888 and 1889. Alaska shall belong to the Northern also. Dr. Allen delivered over 7, 700 children in his more than fifty year career. He also served as president of the Fayetteville NAACP from 1966-1968 and was very active in the Civil Rights Movement. In continuing the legacy of Dr. G. Wesley Allen, the G. Wesley Allen M.D. ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE Sovereign Grand Inspector General SGIG Lionell Cummings COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION Assistant to the Deputy SGIG Van Harvey COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF DEPUTIES OF THE ORIENT *DENOTE DESEASED The Order of the Golden Circle Auxiliary of the United Supreme Council State Grand Loyal Lady Ruler PLLR Dennise G. Davis (#52) PAST STATE GRAND LOYAL LADY RULERS 2019 Colorado . He was elected to the Grand Lodge Board of Directors for the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Jurisdiction of Virginia in 2011 and served with distinction until he departed for Spain in 2014. . In New York City, a Supreme Council of the United States was established in 1864. Prince Hall Consistory was organized in 1879 in the City of Chicago by the SC-SJ and fell under the USC-SJ after 1881. He joined Washington Lodge #323 in Portsmouth VA in 1979 and since that time has received numerous awards and honors. King David Supreme Council (KDSC) 5. - 1883-1895: John W. Dunmore The United Supreme Council AASR Southern Jurisdiction. Past Eminent Commander of Antioch Commandery #7, King Baldwin . York Rite Bodies. Dr. Allen, an orphan himself at the age of twelve, found homes for more than 200 local orphans, including eight raised by himself and his wife, Sylvia. Virginia Council of Deliberation Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the Thirty-Third and Last Degree of Freemasonry For the United States of America and its Jurisdictions, Prince Hall Affiliated He is a member of Brighton Light Chapter, #118 of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of VA, (PHA). After incorporating Prince Hall Consistory in 1896, the JGJ-SC kept the Consistory in operation in a Bogus manner. Farewell Past Deputy SGIG William A. Marsh, Jr. This Council arose through West Indian migration, for Stephen Morin had propagated the Rite there. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. He received his initial education in Philadelphia and his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. About the Project Client: Virginia Council of Deliberation, PHA Goal: The goal of this website was to create an online presence for the Virginia Council of Deliberation, Prince Hall Affiliation. They would eventually consolidate and shift fealty to the Fields Faction - Supreme Council for the Northern and Western Jurisdiction (SC-NWJ). Facebook page for the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Orient of Illinois, Prince Hall Affiliated (PHA) Visit the full website at www.icodpha.org. I believe the Thirty-Third Degree should be reserved for Sublime Princes who have rendered outstanding service to their Consistory and to the Virginia Council of Deliberation and who in their occupations or professions, have demonstrated Deputies of the Orient of Georgia have been: John W. Dobbs - Atlanta..1953-1958 Robert J. Walters -Atlanta1959-1970 Leroy R. Bolden-Savannah1971-1982 Willis Brown Jr.-Woodbine 1983-2006 God has blessed him with a wonderful wife, Mrs. Shirley D. Riddick, and one son, Rev. In 1917, Occidental #28 changed its name to Western Consistory #28 after the 1917 Annual Session with permission of the USC-NJ and was incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. Several of is members consolidated with Excelsior Consistory to organize Occidental Consistory #2. Afterward, he was drafted into the US Army during the Vietnam War era. On January 22, 1913, SGC Rickards administered the Oath of Fealty to the members of Occidental which became numbered #28 on the rolls. Among his many accomplishments, he helped start the states first school for the mentally handicapped black youths, The Fuller School on Jasper Street. Because of all the many contributions Dr. G. Wesley Allen made to the Masonic Order, the Scottish Rite Masons awarded him their highest honor, the Gold Medal of Achievement. Only two Illustrious Fraters served as Commander-In-Chief of the Consistory through 1895:- 1879-1882: Richard M. Hancock Dr. G. Wesley Allen was a dedicated Prince Hall Masonic leader in the Jurisdiction of North Carolina. Matthew Ellis, Jr. State Grand AssemblyOrder of the Golden Circle SGLLR Shelly L. Walker, Ph.D STATE GRAND ELECTED OFFICERS Vera H. Smith State Grand Loyal Lady Associate Ruler Sylvia Owens State Grand Loyal Lady Priestess Sharon Cain State Grand Loyal Lady Guide PSGLLR Nancy B. H. Overby State Grand Loyal Lady Treasurer Carolyn Hunter State [] . The new Consistory shifted fealty to the Milton Fields' Supreme Council (SC-NWJ) due to relationships with Richard E. Moore and other founding members of the Fields Faction of the Shrine. SGIG Riddick was appointed as Deputy of the Orient for Virginia in 2015 under the late SGC Deary Vaughn. Also in 1864, a separate Supreme Council was formed in New York, which was made up of members from the National Compact Grand Lodge, from which a Southern Jurisdiction split off with the Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1975, Dr. Allen set as his goal to increase the number of Assemblies from 13 to 25. The Georgia Council of Deliberation was organized July 28, 1953 at Macon with Grand Master John W. Dobbs as its first Deputy of the Orient. Scholarship Foundation, Inc was established. 1. United Supreme Council | Southern Jurisdiction PHA - DC Website Coming Soon United Supreme Council Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the 33rd Degree of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliated Grand Orient of the District of Columbia Recognizing and Honoring our Scottish Rite History Since 1886 Reorganized 2015 The constitutions for the Southern Jurisdiction were established in 1887 and revised in 1917 and 1955. Cardell C. Patillo and three adopted daughters who are now married, Madia, Mia, and Gina. He was also the Deputy of the Loyal Ladies of the Order of the Golden Circle. Illinois Council of Deliberation Formed. 1879, 1887-1896, 1902; The Broad Ax, November 25, 1899; The Washington Bee - April 11, 1896, April 25, 1896; The Conservator - November 18, 1882, September 8, 1883, December 18, 1886;Proceedings, MWPHGL of Illinois, 1903, 1904. After his tour, he worked during the day and attended school at night, receiving his degree in Management and Business Administration, with Certifications in Industrial Management and Air Conditioning/Refrigeration. Unsurprisingly, he would serve on the Board of Directors of the Central Orphanage in Oxford, North Carolina. 62; the Grand Junior Warden of the North Carolina Prince Hall Grand Lodge; the Past Sovereign Grand Deputy of the Orient of North Carolina; the Imperial Medical Directory and Chairman of the Health and Medical Research Foundation of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Noble Mystic Shrine; and the. One of the primary purposes of this site was to serve as an avenue to educate current and prospective members about Scottish Rite Freemasonry within the jurisdiction of Virginia. However, Jones was eventually expelled from the USC-SJ due to actions resulting from his failure to achieve the Office of Sovereign Grand Commander in 1895. In January of 1913, Sovereign Grand Commander James F. Rickards of the USC-NJ secured an agreement with Bish and Richard E. Moore, who had already shifted fealty to the USC-NJ. After the Masonic expulsion of John G. Jones and William Gray in 1904, the remnants of Prince Hall Consistory sought a new home. Take a moment to acquaint yourself with Prince Hall Scottish Rite and hopefully, you will take the next steps in your Masonic career. As a result of the conference of the Sovereign Grand Commanders of the two Supreme Councils, Northern and Southern Jurisdictions A.A.S.R., PHA, on August 2, 1966, were established at the Cathedral, Fitzwater & Mole St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His favorite Bible verse is Philippians 3, Verses 13-14: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ..
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