Freestone County, Texas Schools in the News [Full School Listing. The abbreviation of "col" or "c" means colored (a.k.a. black or mulatto Africian-Americans). Places that are becoming ghost towns have few children. Also the school number stays fairly consistent across the years, which helps when the community school name changes such as #90 "Rocky Mount" (in 1887) and "Rockey Mound" (in 1892). Remember that there is school segregation in this historical period - so white schools are different from colored schools. The "communities" may be misleading. The same town or community might have a white school and and a colored school but the colored school has a different name. For example, Little Bethel, Lone Star, and Sand Hill are all colored communities around Butler. The school numbering seems to be in creation order.] Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Friday, September 2, 1887 issue No. Community Pupils Amount ======================================================================== 1 Fairfield 125 $475.00 [2 is Harpers Valley missing.] 3 Bethel 25 $95.00 4 Tacker 35 $133.00 5 Moody col. 24 $91.20 [later is Thomasville col.] 6 Tabernacle col. 55 $109.00 7 Pine Top col. 31 $117.80 8 David Mills 31 $117.80 9 Mt Zion 37 $140.00 [10 is Spring missing] 11 Little Bethel col. 12 $45.00 12 Jefferson col. 5 $19.00 [later is Lone Star col.] 13 Butler 30 $114.00 14 Bethal col. 48 $182.00 [later is Sand Hill col.] 15 Lynnsville col. 25 $95.00 [later is Davis Chapel col.] 16 Mt. Pleasant col. 15 $57.00 17 New Hope 47 $178.60 18 Center Point 15 $57.00 19 Cotton Gin 117 $444.00 20 Strouds Point col. 35 $133.00 [later is Myrtle Grove col.] 21 Woodland 33 $125.40 22 Boggy Prairie 36 $136.80 23 St. Elmo 66 $250.80 24 Wortham 74 $281.20 25 Hicks Springs 43 $163.40 26 Rock Springs 28 $106.40 27 Rehoboth 32 $121.60 28 Monroe col. 32 $121.60 29 Postoak Grove 8 $106.40 30 Spring Seat col. 42 $159.60 31 Brewer Prairie col. 27 $102.60 32 Liberty Hill 58 $220.40 33 Harrisons Chapel 36 $136.80 34 Sunshine 51 $193.80 35 Avant Prairie col. 84 $320.20 36 Burleson 59 $224.20 37 Hopewell 35 $133.00 38 Lamb 54 $205.20 39 Shiloh col. 45 $171.00 40 Mt. Livingston col. 25 $95.00 41 Lee col. 25 $95.00 42 Gibson Chapel col. 110 $418.00 43 Hogue col. 36 $136.00 44 Salem col. 93 $353.40 45 Brewer Prairie 86 $326.80 46 Ben Lee col. 29 $110.20 47 Spring Bank col. 26 $98.80 48 Webb 48 $182.40 49 Stewards Mill 17 $64.00 50 Rocky Branch col. 62 $235.00 51 Bethlehem col. 26 $98.60 52 Beaver 49 $186.20 53 Plum Creek 22 $83.00 54 Oak Island 35 $133.00 55 Concord 7 $26.60 56 New Hope col. 18 $68.40 57 Pin Oak [Pin Oak Grange a.k.a. Grange Hall] 13 $49.40 58 Keechie col. 72 $273.60 59 Tehuacana col. 21 $79.60 60 East Antioch 34 $129.20 61 Bond Prairie 18 $68.40 62 Titus Farm col. 34 $129.20 63 Lipan col. 42 $150.60 64 Grove Island col. 39 $148.20 65 Pleasant Grove col. 27 $102.60 66 Rhode Island col. 17 $64.60 67 Jones Academy col. 59 $224.20 68 Woodson col. 48 $182.40 69 Plum Creek col. 41 $155.80 70 Hickory Grove 35 $133.00 71 Donie Prairie 55 $290.95 [later Dewey Prairie] 72 Pleasant Work col. 24 $91.20 73 Pleasant Grove 2 col. 13 $49.40 74 Enon 52 $197.60 75 Laird 27 $102.40 [later replaced] 76 Bain 14 $53.20 [later replaced] 77 Liberty 38 $144.40 78 Cotton Wood 29 $110.20 79 Burleson Hill 25 $95.00 80 Navarro Co. Line 16 $60.00 [later Prairie View] 81 Post Oak Grove 2 24 $91.20 82 Carroll 10 $38.00 83 Woods Chapel col. 52 $197.00 84 Lakes Chapel 45 $171.00 85 Mt. Zion col. 56 $212.00 [later colored dropped] 86 Luna 34 $129.20 87 Ward Prairie 27 $102.00 [later Knowles] 88 Trinity col. 29 $110.20 89 Lake Creek col. 35 $133.00 90 Rocky Mound col. 22 $83.00 91 Prairie col. 31 $117.80 92 Faglie Prairie 41 $155.00 93 Young 47 $178.00 94 Mustang 27 $102.00 95 Beulah col. 68 $258.00 [later colored dropped] 96 Antioch 23 $87.40 [later Pilot Knob] 97 Lookout col. 8 $30.40 [98 is missing] 99 Union Chapel col. 40 $152.00 [later colored dropped] [100 is missing] 101 Doddy Branch 7 $26.60 102 Hancock col. 19 $72.20 103 Wilson 13 $49.40 [104 is missing] [105 is missing] 106 Day 91 $79.80 107 Hopel col. 41 $155.80 108 Washington col. 30 $114.00 109 String Prairie 27 $102.00 110 County Line 17 $64.00