Schools
School records reflect which county a student was living at the time they were in attendance. Certain census records show if a child attended school within the previous 12 months of that particular census.
Most women born before 1840 did not attend school and could not read and write. Census records will show if a person was over 21 and still could not read or write. It wasn't until about 1850 that schools were attended by the majority of children residing in our mountain tri-state area. Often churches served as school houses in rural areas.
Local Libraries may have copies of yearbooks of area high schools back to the 1950's and perhaps earlier. There will usually be information about the historical county schools in county heritage books.
Back to School—School Records, That Is
by Juliana Smith
A Primer in School Records
by George Morgan
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1913 Atlanta School of Medicine-
caution: gazillion
popups Lumpkin GA: Murray GA Schools - courtesy of Paula Franklin Murray County School Days: Moravian to Modern - a book Union GA - Navie Clement's records - by Martha Clayton Clement |
Yancey NC - Mt. Vernon School 1909 - by Ginger Wineman |
School Census Records at TSLA Bradley TN - Charleston High School Class of 1955 McMinn TN - Schools "Then and Now" - courtesy of ALHN McMinn TN - Mt. Harmony Select School McMinn TN - Claxton Area Schools McMinn TN - Cumberland Shed School 1902 McMinn TN - Parkstown School in Etowah [African American] Polk TN - Facts about County Schools in 1883 - author unknown |
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