{"id":68,"date":"2022-10-24T06:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T01:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/index.php\/usc-history\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T03:38:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:38:13","slug":"usc-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/usc-history\/","title":{"rendered":"USC History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n
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FROM WHENCE WE CAME<\/h1>\n
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The first Scottish R\u200bite 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 Council arose through West Indian migration, for Stephen Morin had propagated the Rite there. The Organization of the King David Supreme Council grew out of the conferring in Philadelphia (1850) of the 33rd Degree by Count DeSaint Laurent (also, Larine) of the Supreme Council of France and the Grand Commander of the Council of Spain on David Leary, the first Black Inspector-General of the Prince Hall Scottish Rite. 
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In New York City, a Supreme Council of the United States was established in 1864. 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. From the Philadelphia Council, a Southern and Western Jurisdiction defected with Headquarters at Washington, D.C. In 1871 a fifth was established in Philadelphia, and was named King Fredrick Supreme Council. In 1881-1887, these five merged into 2 United Supreme Councils of the 33rd Degree: one for Northern Jurisdiction and one for Southern Jurisdiction. 
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Ill. Edward M. Thomas petitioned the King David Council, since he was residing in the District of Columbia, for the 33rd degree to be conferred on representative Masons in D.C., and on May 5, 1856, the conferment was made and a council was established. A fourth council was set up in Baltimore, Maryland and a fifth Council in Philadelphia.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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These 5 Councils petitioned for unity in a conferen\u200bce in New York City on January 13, 1881, and was responsible for the Articles of Union and two Supreme Councils of the Northern Jurisdiction (PHA) and the United Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction (PHA).
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The constitutions for the Southern Jurisdiction were established in 1887 and revised in 1917 and 1955. 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.  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. Alaska shall belong to the Northern also. 
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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. The above divisions were made based on a boundary developed by a joint committee in Wilmington, Delaware on April 19, 1907 using the Mason-Dixon Line as an official boundary.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Ill. James A. Handy, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

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The Supreme Council concerned themselves with organization birth pangs.                    \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ill. Thornton A. Jackson, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1888-1904) <\/b>\n
Continued the organizational trends, contended \nwith the Jones-Seville faction, kept the \"Ship of State\" on an even keel\n and expanded Scottish Rite masonry wherever.                    \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Ill. Joseph L.Smith, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1904-1911)<\/b>\n
Secured the rental of 1633 Eleventh Street, \nN.W.  In 1906, the association brought the property. In 1907, boundary \nline were agreed by the two Supreme Councils.                                       \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ill. Robert L. Pendleton, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1912-1929) <\/b>\n
Continued the great work of his predecessors under the additional burden of recessional times.                                      \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Ill. Willard W.Allen, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1929-1961) <\/b>\n
Advocated in the strongest terms, the \nestablishing of excellent rapport with the Grand Masters; he further \nrepaired the Cathedral and finally burned the mortgage in Atlanta, \nGeorgia March 1944.                                       \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ill John G.Lewis, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1961-1979) <\/b> 
Indeed Dr. Lewis was one of the outstanding \nmasons of all times. The publication, \"Jno. G. Lewis-An end of an era: \nhistory of Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana 1842-1979\" speaks of \nmany of the accomplishments nationwide.                                   \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Ill. Dr. I. H. Clayborne, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

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Greatly enhanced Scottish Rite masonry, gave increased scope to The Charitable Foundation, realized increased memberships.                                       \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ill. S.J Bennett, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

(1994 to 1999) <\/b>\n
Continued the work of Dr. Clayborn in efforts to see Dr. Clayborn's dream realized.
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Ill. Edgar Bridges, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

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Ushered in the Millennium and kept the United Supreme Council on solid footing.                                      \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ill. Dr. Deary Vaughn, 33\u00b0<\/h3>\n

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Carried on the legacy of all our pervious \nSovereign Grand Commanders.  Established an everlasting relationship \nwith all the Supreme Councils . Established a United Supreme Council \nHeadquarters in Memphis, TN.                                     \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n \n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM WHENCE WE CAME The first Scottish R\u200bite 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 Council arose through West Indian migration, for Stephen Morin had propagated the Rite there. The Organization of the King David Supreme Council grew … Continue reading “USC History”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aasrphasj.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}