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, October 7, 1892 issue - Page: 2 Apportionment of the Freestone County School Fund Appropriations for the Freestone County School funds for the year beginning Sept. 1st, 1892, and ending Aug. 31, 1893., including the appropriations for the Fairfield and Wortham Districts. School Communities Pupils Amts. ======================================================================== [1 is Fairfield which is listed later as a District.] 2 Harpers Valley 20 $105.80 3 Bethel 28 $148.12 4 Tacker 50 $264.50 5 Thomasville col 20 $105.80 6 Tabernacle c 67 $354.43 7 Pine Top c 21 $111.09 8 David Mills 9 $47.61 9 Mt Zion 39 $206.31 10 Spring 14 $73.86 11 Little Bethel c 21 $111.09 12 Lone Star c 57 $301.53 13 Butler 21 $111.09 14 Sand Hill c 40 $211.60 15 Davis Chapel c 22 $116.38 16 Pleasant Grove c 30 $158.70 17 New Hope 29 $153.40 [18 is missing. Center Point must have closed.] 19 Cotton Gin 72 $380.88 20 Myrtle Grove c 16 $84.64 21 Woodland 23 $380.88 22 Boggy Prairie 43 $227.47 23 St Elmo 67 $354.43 [24 is Wortham which is listed later as a District.] 25 Hicks Springs 42 $22.18 26 Rock Springs 19 $100.50 27 Rehoboth 23 $121.67 [28 is missing. Monroe colored must have closed.] 29 Post Oak Grove 1 35 $185.15 30 Spring Seat c 30 $158.70 31 Brewer Prairie c 36 $190.44 32 Liberty Hill 54 $285.66 [33 is missing. Harrisons Chapel must have closed.] 34 Sun Shine 69 $365.00 35 Avant Prairie c 134 $708.85 36 Burleson 62 $327.98 37 Hopewell 16 $84.64 38 Lamb or Cade 41 $216.89 39 Shiloh c 79 $417.90 40 Mt. Livingston c 41 $216.89 41 Lee c 61 $322.69 42 Gibson Chapel c 105 $555.45 43 Hogue c 31 $163.99 44 Salem c 105 $555.45 45 Brewer 90 $476.09 46 Ben Lee c 25 $132.25 47 Spring Bank c 32 $169.28 48 Webb 31 $163.99 49 Stewards Mill 21 $111.09 50 Rockey Branch c 91 $481.39 51 Bethlehem c 31 $163.99 52 Beaver 33 $174.57 53 Plum Creek 17 $89.93 54 Oak Island 26 $137.54 55 Concord 20 $105.80 56 New Hope c 14 $74.06 57 Pin Oak Grange 23 $121.67 58 Keechi c 40 $211.60 [59 is missing. Techuacana colored must have closed.] 60 East Antioch 18 $95.22 [61 is missing. Bond Prairie must have closed.] 62 Titus Farm c 34 $179.86 63 Lipan c 29 $153.41 64 Grove Island c 35 $185.15 [65 is missing. Pleasant Grove colored is now listed as #16 for some reason.] 66 Rhode Island c 31 $163.99 67 Jones Academy c 45 $238.05 68 Woodson c 41 $216.89 69 Plum Creek c 36 $190.44 70 Hickory Grove 41 $216.89 71 Dewey Prairie 55 $290.95 72 Pleasant Work c 29 $153.40 73 Pleasant Grove 2 c 32 $169.28 74 Enon 40 $211.60 75 Lynnville c 37 $195.73 76 Bain 31 $163.99 77 Liberty 41 $216.89 78 Cotton Wood 38 $201.00 79 Burleson Hill 34 $176.86 80 Prairie View 11 $58.19 81 Post Oak Grove 2 24 $126.96 [82 is missing. Carroll must have closed.] 83 Woods Chapel c 66 $349.14 84 Lake Chapel 16 $84.64 85 Mt. Zion 86 $454.94 86 Luna 38 $201.00 87 Knowles 14 $74.05 [88 is missing. Trinity colored must have closed.] 89 Lake Creek c 40 $211.60 90 Rockey Mound c 24 $126.96 91 Prairie c 29 $153.40 92 Faglie Prairie 29 $153.40 93 Young 34 $179.86 94 Mustang 18 $95.20 95 Beulah 42 $222.18 96 Pilot Knob 12 $63.48 97 Lookout c 14 $74.06 98 Tehuacana c [was #59?] 20 $105.80 99 Union Chapel 54 $285.86 100 Cockerell c 23 $121.67 101 Doddy Branch 22 $116.38 102 Patterson Prairie [was Hancock col ?] 22 $116.38 103 Wilson Chapel 9 $47.61 104 Frazie c 14 $74.06 105 Fairview 13 $68.77 106 Day 14 $74.06 107 Hopell c 107 $566.03 108 Washington c 54 $285.66 109 String Prairie 18 $95.22 110 County Line 19 $100.50