osage county missouri, Creating Early Schools ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: © Ron Houghtelin ==================================================================== Court Records with actions creating Osage County Missouri's Early County Schools in the Court House Ron Houghtelin November 15, 1853._Chesley Glover is appointed_County School Commissioner of Osage County for a term two years. Chesley Glover has been appointed the Osage County School Commissioner, November 15, 1853. He received $200 for twelve months of service in this office, November 15, 1854. Major J.K. Kidd is the teacher of the Stony Point School during 1857 and 1858. Some of his pupils are James Clark, Thomas Clark, Samuel Lambeth and his sisters, Sam Cahill, Dool and Irene Simpson, Pet Miller and Fred J. Meyer. The school is named: Brush Creek School Twp. 42, Range 8: Gasconade Early Osage County Court records, creating public schools in Osage County between 1840 to 1860 Some townships were organized for schools before Osage County was established in 1841 Feb. 12, 1844 Section 16, designated by state law is to be used to further public education, ordered sold by the County Court in Osage County. The money derived from the sale of any such school lands will be used for public education The County Court has ordered Township 44, Range 7 to be organized for school purposes Williamson Mosby appointed Commissioner for this township, and William Stafford and Samuel Walker appointed to serve as directors. Feb. 10, 1846, the County Court has provided for the organization of Township 44, Range 9. James O. George appointed Commissioner, and George Bishop and Rufus E. Burchard, directors. May 11, 1847. Township failed to organization May 1 1848, Township, organized, and Fountain Robinson is appointed Commissioner to replace James O. George February 10, 1847, Township 42, Range 10 has been organized for school purposes with F A. Meyer, Commissioner, and Bernhard Linneman and James Russell, directors. On Feb. 10, 1847, Township 42, Range 8 was. organized, with Thomas Doggett, Commissioner, and William Hibler and Henry R. Hibler, directors. Feb. 10, 1847Township 42, Range 9 was organized, with Moses Smith, Commissioner, and James Gilham and Henry M. Carey, directors May 10, 1847, Township 45, Range 8 was to be organized with Sampson Pummel, Commissioner; and John F. P. Hughs and Moses Phillips, directors. In 1850 This attempt failed., residents met at the home of Charles Burnett to organize schools. James M, Shobe was Commissioner, and Sampson Pummell and F. P. Hughs, directors. This was in the Chamois area. Aug. 15, 1848, Township 41, Range 10 was organized with John Boone, Commissioner, and Phillip Marti and Jesse Boone, directors. This was near Argyle Several dates were set for organization, but early attempts failed to organize Township 44, Range 8, for school purposes. The first attempt was made in 1844. January 1845, a meeting was called at Little Hope Meeting House, but this attempt at organization of schools met with failure. Dec. 26, 1850, a meeting was called at the New Hope Meeting House and the township was organized. John K. Laughlin was Commissioner and Josiah Mc Knight and C L Keeney were directors Dec. 26, 1850, Township 41, Range ,11, was organized for school purposes with H.G. Lorten, Commissioner, and Hosy Roberts and Harden West, directors. First Monday of May, 1851 Township 40, Range 7, petitioned the, County Court to organize for school purposes, and the court ordered a meeting at the house of Joe Smithers, with A B Pinnell, Commissioner, and Joseph J. Arendall and T.L. Johnson directors May 13, 1851 Residents have failed to organize at this time, the court orders them to meet "any old time that suits em. The fifth Saturday in March, 1851 Residents of Township 43, Range 8, met at the home of Nathan arm, for school organization. The Court appointed John Cary, Commissioner, and Nathan arm and Hugh Wilson, directors. Dec. 6, 1851, the residents of Township 42; Range 10, met at the home of Bernhard Holemier for organization of schools. Joseph Meyerpeter was Commissioner, and Martin Bokmann and Henry He, ? directors. Feb. 9, 1852 Residents of Township 41, Range 10, organized, with John H. Beck, Commissioner, and Jas. TYfe and Joab Teague, directors. Feb: 9, 1852 Township 43, Range 7, was organized, with John .Giles, Commissioner, and Reuben Giles and Thos. P. Holliway, directors. 1846, James B. Kennedy is the school commissioner for Township 43, Range 9. 1848, the state school funds were aportioned to this township at the rate of 47 cents per child. They received $61.57. 1847, 1848 and 1849-- D. S. Woody, Commissioner of Township 42, Range 11, received $80.53 in state school monies received in August, 1850. 1848, 1849 and 1850.-- John Carey, Commissioner of Township 43, Range 8, received $114.15 for the years This included the town of Linn. 1853 and 1854 The following men are serving as Presidents of the Board of Trustees of the designated schools: John J. McDaniel, Gasconade School District, T. 42, Range 8; Carom Seay, Indian Creek, Twp. 43, Range. 9; William Woody, 3rd district in Twp. 43, Range. 9; Fountain Robinson, 1st district in Twp. 44, Range. 9; Benjamin Sutton, loose Creek District, Twp. 43, Range. 8; J.C.Ferguson, District No.2, Twp. 43, Range. 9; H. HeYnolds, District No. 8,Twp. 44, Range 10; James H. King, District No.3, Twp. 40, Range 9. August 18, 1853 An apportionment of state school money to different districts was made, for the years 1848-1854. The County Court has loaned school money to individuals during these years. Small tracts of land, to be used as building sites for country schools. Early Osage County Court records of land transactions for schools July 9,1841, Jacob Loller and Sarah, his wife, sold 40 acres of land to the "Caddy Creek School District" (Cadet Creek), in Section 26, Township 44, Range 10 for $100. Court records of land transactions for county schools (continued) November 28, 1850, the Chamois School District (District No.1 in Township 45, Range 8) purchased one acre of land from Moses Philips and his wife, Anna, for the price of $1.00. This land lies on the west side of Doolins Creek. February 10, 1851, School District No.2, in Township 43, Range 10 (i!l Westphalia), purchased Lot No.5 in the town from Christopher Bartmann and Anthony Bartmann (brothers) and Betty Hartmann, his wife, to be used for school purposes. They paid one dollar. The Bartmann's sold the land on the condition that the trustees are to keep said lot always in good lawful fence. Nov. 15, 1854, School District No.1 in Township 41, Range 10, purchased land from James Tyree and his wife, Cordelia, for $3.00 to build a school. house "where the logs now lay." The trustees of the School District are Alfred Hicks, James Russell and James Tyree. February 5, 1855, School District No, 2 in Township 43, Range 8, purchased one acre of land for one cent from William E. Wheeler and his wife, Minerva, to build the Pointers Creek School. William Pointer and William E. Wheeler are the trustees of the Pointers Creek School. Dec.22: 1855; William B. Pinkston sold land for $1.00 for a site for the Fuersville School to Thomas C. Matthews, William Haley and William T. Boyse, trustees. Additional land, bought from Thomas C. Matthews and his wife, Elizabeth, for $1.00 on October 6, 1856. January 4, 1858, Thomas Backus and wife, Mary A., sold two acres to be used for District No.3 in Section 36, Township 42, Range 8, "for the better maintenance and support of public schools and education, and also for divers and other good causes arid considerations." This school is the Reichel School. January 14, 1858, District No.1, in Township 44, Range 8, purchased one and one-half acres of land from George Bradford and his wife, Nance, for $1.75. 'Trustees were John C. Bryan, Jacob Smith and Samuel Ferner. This is the Georgetown School August 16, 1858, Joseph Booker and his wife, Catherine, "bequeathed" one acre of land to District NO.4 in Township 43, Range 6. This is the Descher School. December 3, 1855, Joseph D. Ferguson and wife, Betsey Ann, sold four acres of land for the price of $5.00 is to be used as a school site in District No.2, Section 27, Township 45, Range 7, "for so long as it was used as a school house and no longer." 1855 The State Superintendent of Common Schools, has made some effort to establish uniformity in the schools of this state. He has recommended a list of text books which he thinks should be used in all schools in this state. He also recommends a system of grading the schools by dividing the children into grades for class instruction; this has not been done previously. He has suggested dividing the school into (1) the First or infants' Class, (2) the Second Class, (3) Third Class, and (4) Fourth Class