Harriett Brice
1824–1913
1824–1913
19th-Century Community Leader & Church Builder
19th-Century Community Leader & Church Builder
A free woman, she lived with two daughters and her enslaved husband, George Brice (who escaped during the Civil War and joined the U.S. Colored Troops) near Falls Church on property she purchased in 1864.
In 1867, she donated the land for the establishment of the Galloway United Methodist Church.
In 1871, she and her husband sold a plot of land to trustees for the building of the Second Baptist Church.
Both churches played important roles in the Falls Church Civil Rights Movement.