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.] The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, September 13, 1895 issue - Page: 8 Apportionment of the Public School Funds The following is the appropriation of the public school funds of Freestone county for the scholastic year beginning September 1, 1895, and ending August 31, 1896. The letter "c" indicates a colored school. All teachers and trustees are requested to preserve a copy of this report. No. Am't of Name of Communities Pupils credit Sep 1, 1895 ======================================================================== 1 Ward Prairie 45 $168.85 2 Harper's Valley 35 $141.20 3 Bethel 30 $168.17 4 Tacker 53 $198.90 5 Jerusalem c 39 $146.35 6 Tabernacle c 73 $338.95 7 Pine Top c 54 $333.83 8 David Mill 25 $141.09 9 Mt. Zion 37 $140.95 10 Spring 31 $116.30 11 Little Bethel c 18 $79.28 12 Lone Star c 80 $300.20 13 Sand Hill c 64 $246.92 [Butler removed from 13] 14 Davis Chapel Not org'zd 15 Mt. Pleasant c 52 $302.59 [was Pleasant Grove] 16 New Hope 50 $255.51 17 Trinity 27 $120.31 [new] 18 Cotton Gin 101 $385.57 19 Myrtle Grove c 36 $156.59 20 Boggy Prairie 65 $243.90 [Woodland moved from 20 to 30] 21 St Elmo 60 $255.33 22 Malone Branch 16 $60.20 [new] 23 Hicks Springs 49 $205.32 24 Rock Spring 19 $83.02 25 Rehoboth 10 $96.94 26 Post Oak 38 $248.50 27 Spring Seat c 54 $202.85 28 Brewer Prairie c 41 $153.85 29 Liberty Hill 110 $412.97 30 Woodland 44 $184.68 31 Sunshine 85 $318.97 32 Avant Prairie c 138 $518.53 33 Burleson 79 $296.45 34 Hopewell 29 $108.85 35 Lamb 49 $185.01 36 Shilo[h] c 101 $379.04 37 Mt. Livingston c 42 $157.60 38 Lee c 31 $129.13 39 Gibson's Chapel c 134 $517.85 40 Hogue c 19 $108.55 41 Salem c 105 $566.70 42 Brewer 89 $374.74 43 Moody c 25 $93.85 [was Ben Lee] 44 Spring Bank c 17 $64.19 45 Webb 37 $145.26 46 Stewards Mill 35 $131.35 47 Rockey Branch c 63 $257.06 48 Bethlehem c 22 $186.96 49 Beaver 44 $215.69 50 Plum Creek 43 $164.08 51 Concord 25 $93.80 [Oak Island gone] 52 Little Star 51 $191.49 53 Pin Oak 32 $121.61 54 Keechi c 41 $154.74 55 Center Knob 11 $41.25 56 East Antioch 33 $133.41 57 Harrisons Chapel 30 $112.60 58 Titus Farm c 67 $251.40 59 Lipan c 32 $133.86 60 Grove Island c 38 $147.12 61 Black Jack Grove 26 $152.27 62 Rhode Island c 25 $171.24 63 Jones Academy c 62 $242.04 64 Woodson Chap'l c 31 $116.35 65 Midway 15 $56.30 66 Hickory Grove 16 $60.05 67 Dewy [sic, Dewey] Prairie 58 $228.09 68 Pleasant Work c 37 $167.73 69 Pleasant Grove 2 c 13 $54.12 70 Enon 62 $251.44 71 Lynnville c 28 $105.39 72 Bain 37 $151.44 73 Liberty 51 $225.70 74 Cotton Wood 22 $120.56 75 Burleson Hill 26 $106.61 76 Prairie View 31 $221.00 77 Oak Grove 42 $220.59 78 Center Point 28 $105.05 79 Woods Chapel c 69 $258.90 80 Mt. Zion c 54 $216.70 81 Luna 30 $116.85 82 Knowles 26 $186.71 83 Lake Creek c 48 $180.15 84 Rocky Mound c 13 $48.75 85 Prairie c 51 $253.43 86 Faglee 46 $184.91 87 Young 48 $180.91 88 Mustang 37 $254.48 89 Beulah c 56 $247.91 90 Lookout c 26 $97.55 91 Tehuacana c 31 $116.93 92 Union Chapel c 64 $281.34 93 Patterson Prairie c 21 $117.02 94 Frazier c 31 $116.51 95 Fairview 19 $110.95 96 Hopell c 110 $412.75 97 Washington c 31 $116.91 98 String Prairie 9 $34.10 99 County Line 31 $116.90 100 Jordan's Chapel 18 $67.50 101 Plum Creek c 37 $138.85 102 Butler 31 $116.35 103 Spring Branch 23 $83.30 104 Lonzaville c 34 $127.50 105 Lebanton c 46 $172.60 106 Dan Compton 16 $60.05 Fairfield Ind. Dist. 143 ...... Wortham Ind. Dist. 202 ......