Marion County GaArchives News.....Marion County School Notes - Dec. 1907 December 6, 1907
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The Marion County Patriot December 6, 1907
The Marion County Patriot, No. 47
Friday, December 6, 1907
Page Five

County School Notes

T.B. Rainey, Superintendent

Board of Education -  N.T. Edge, President,
R.F.D. No.1, Buena Vista, Ga.
J.L. Williams			Buena Vista, Ga.
Dr. R.L. McMichael		Buena Vista, Ga.
H.T. Chapman			Tazewell, Ga.
S.R. Montgomery		Rabbit, Ga.

Teachers
Miss Minnie Miles		Draneville, Ga.
Miss Clara Hudson		R.F.D.1. Draneville, Ga.
A.R. Jordan			R.F.D.1, Buena Vista, Ga.
Mrs. E.H. Hughes		R. 7, Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Martha Baldwin		Doyle, Ga.
Miss Mamie Clements 	Tazewell, Ga.
Miss Mary Patterson		R.F.D.1. Tazewell, Ga.
Miss Carrie Belle Murrah	R. 4, Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Julia Youngblood	R.F.D.1. Geneva, Ga.
Miss Mary Murrah		R.F.D.1. Geneva, Ga.
Miss Lucy Jordan		R.F.D. 3. Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Pearl Murrah		R.F.D. No. 1 Juniper, Ga.
Miss Lonie Finn		Juniper, Ga.
Miss Blanche Youngblood	R. 1, Juniper, Ga.
J.L. Taylor			R.F.D. 1. Juniper, Ga.
Miss Anna Green		Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Daisy Nelson		R.F.D. 6. Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Lee Stephens		R.F.D. 4. Buena Vista, Ga.
Miss Dora Bray		R.F.D. Cusseta, Ga.


The first Board of Education for this county were as follows: M. Hair, John R. 
Short, W.B. Merritt, John R. Battle and James Wilson.  They met for the first 
time on the 21st day of December, 1872.  Mr. James Wilson failed to qualify and 
Dr. T.J. Brooks was appointed to fill the vacancy.  Rev. M. Hair was elected 
president of the board, which place he filled for more than sixteen years.  
Three of the above gentlemen are still living, Messrs. M. Hair, John R. Short 
and James Wilson.

The first teachers granted license were Prof. C.E. Grubles and Miss Nannie 
Stephens.

In 1873 there were fifteen schools for the whites and three for the Negroes.  
Six hundred and thirty two children white children and three hundred and nine 
negro children attended school that year.  The amount of school funds received 
from all sources that year was $2,738.40.  At that time the length of the 
school term was three months and the teachers were paid at the end of the year.

There are now twenty-four for the white and fourteen for the colored, not 
including the town schools.

Last year 992 white children and 997 negro children attended the schools.  We 
received from the state $7,840.13.  Our teachers were paid promptly at the end 
of each month, and most of the schools were taught for seven months.




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