JONES COUNTY, GA - POOR SCHOOL 1931 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sheila Schmutz November 22, 2007 sheila.schmutz@usask.ca POOR SCHOOL LIST 1931 *Poor School was prior to Public School. Teachers were paid by the number of pupils. Adams Dicey Female 9 McDuffie at school Adams Frances M Female 10 McDuffie Atkinson Elizabeth Female 15 Davis Atkins Lewis Male 12 Renfros Atkins Amy Female 9 Renfros Atkins Mary Female 11 Renfros Barron Theresa AltheaFemale 12 Sullivans Bins Abtham Male 17 Barkers Bins Coswell Male 16 Barkers Bins Jackson Male 14 Barkers Bins James Male 11 Barkers Bateman John Male 10 Tickel at school Bateman Lucy Female 12 Tickel Borden Caroline Female 10 Davis Borden Amasa Male 9 Davis Burnet Susan Female 17 Davis Burnet Martin Male 11 Davis Baker William Male 8 Davis Baker James Male 10 Davis Baker Nancy Female 14 Davis Brooks Philip H Male 8 Davis at school Brooks Matilda H Female 10 Davis at school Brooks Lucinda H Female 8 Davis at school Bell Elizabeth Female 12 Duncan at school Bell Daniel Male 10 Duncan at school Bostick Mary Female 16 Duncan at school (partial listing -- other pages could be requested from Washington Memorial Library) McDuffie John Male 13 McDuffie at school McDuffie Nancy Female 12 McDuffie at school McDuffie Mary Female 10 McDuffie at school Oberman Benjamin Male 10 Goddard Oberman C Male 8 Goddard Owens Unity Male 11 Smith at school Owens Lucretia Female 9 Smith at school Owens Mary Ann Female 9 Smith at school Owens Tapley Male 10 Smith at school Oliver Augustus Male 13 Renfros at school Oliver Columbus Male 9 Renfros at school Oliver Sarah Ann Female 11 Renfros at school Pippins Eliza Female 17 Barker at school Pippins Herod B Male 17 Barker at school Pippins Rebecca Female 13 Barker at school Page Joel Male 14 Duncan at school Page James Male 12 Duncan at school Paidgeon Thomas Male 12 Duncan at school Page Henry Male 9 Duncan Pitts Thomas O Male 13 Duncan Pitts David W Male 9 Duncan Pate Elizabeth Female 12 Braddy Plummer Joshua Male 12 Edwards Porter Ruth Female 11 Smith at school Porter Elizabeth Female 10 Smith at school Porter Jane Female 8 Smith Porter John Male 17 Renfros Padrick Nancy Female 14 Humprhies Parker Emily Female 15 Birns Rix Susan Female 13 Duncan at school Rose Martha Female 11 Sullivan Rose Wormly Male 9 Sullivan Rummcy Joseph E Male 11 Sullivan at school Rummcy Benjamin Male 9 Sullivan Rod William Male 10 Barker Rabun William Male 12 Haskins at school (partial listing -- other pages could be requested from Washington Memorial Library) ============= I Charles Macarthy Trustee of the Poor School fund for Jones County do hereby certify that the foregoing list contains the names of all the poor children retunred to me as entitled to the benefits & provision of the several acts creating & distributing this poor school fund as of which number two hundred and fifty are now at school, as may be seen by reference to the foregoing list Octbr. 18th 1830 Signature Transcribed from a photocopy of some pages of the Georgia Official Records – Executive Department, Poor school and academy lists. Obtained from the Washington Memorial Library, Macon, Georgia By Sheila Schmutz November 22, 2007 sheila.schmutz@usask.ca