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Early Schools of Haywood County, from Goodspeed’s History (1887)

Early Schools of Haywood County, from Goodspeed’s History (1887)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.   Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Goodspeed, History of Tennessee, 1887, page 828. The first school-house in Haywood County was built in the Taylor neighborhood by the Taylors and others. It was also used for the holding of religious services. The name of…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Abstracts from the Brownsville District Herald Newspaper (December 11, 1838)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2001 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.   Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101  — The District Herald — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 1 No. 2 — December 11, 1838 — Published every Tuesday by Ephraim C. LAMBERT We are authorized to announce John…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February [21?], 1908)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (February [21?], 1908)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 11 — Friday, February [21?] (transcribed 14), 1908 EUREKATON NEWS —  Miss Lucille WILLIAMS, of…

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Dancyville School Benefit Program 

Dancyville School Benefit Program 

PROGRAMME …OF… DANCYVILLE CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT,  MAY 26, 1905 (FOR BENEFIT OF SCHOOL) _________________ “Our Little Glee Club”…………………………………… Sixteen Girls Oration – “Duties to Our Country”……………. Brooks Crawford Recitation – “Miss Edith Helps Things Along”… Annie Hodges Recitation – “Baby’s Message” ……………………… Lillian Moore Recitation – “Be Better in the Morning” …………. Douglas Ford Recitation – “Rock of Ages” ………………………… Mattie Cherry Recitation – “The Outcasts” ………………………. Ruth Crawford Recitation – “Little Orphan Annie”…………….. Minnie L. Jones Recitation – “Last…

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Dancyville’s Male & Female Academy Advertisement

Dancyville’s Male & Female Academy Advertisement

REV. R. C. DOUGLASS, PRIN. ~ F. M. SANGER, ASSOCIATE (VANDERBILT) Miss Sallie Douglass, Assistant. Miss Puss D. Tanner, Elocution Mrs. Sallie Boyd, Music Healthful location; decidedly Christian community; full Faculty; thorough instruction; pupils from other States and several counties. The moral tone of our school is exceptionally high. A bad character is held in disrepute  and receives no sympathy from the school or community. We mean business. If you do, address the Principal, Dancyville, Tenn. Board from $6 to…

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Brownsville District High School Advertisement

Brownsville District High School Advertisement

Dancyville This school proposes to (?) boys and girls for college and business. The Course of Study is second to no fitting school in West Tennessee. It embraces Mathematics, History, English, Latin, Greek and German. New methods are used intelligently but old usage’s are not abandoned because they are old. The study of English is insisted on and great care is taken in cultivating the faculty of expression in written composition. The charges for tuition range from $7.50 to $20…

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The Dancyville Female Academy Deed – 1851

The Dancyville Female Academy Deed – 1851

Page 334 – Number 546 S.R. Carney To Deed Trustees of the Dancyville Female Academy Filed 16th May 1851 Regis 18th June 1851 at 10 oclock A.M. Know all men by these presence that Saunders R. Carney of the County of Haywood & State of Tennessee for and in consideration of five dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged and for the further benefit I may receive from the female Academy have this day bargained sold…

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Dancyville  Female  Academy Incorporation – 1850

Dancyville  Female  Academy Incorporation – 1850

Dancyville  Female  Academy Incorporation   Act  of  the  State  of  Tennessee passed  at  the first  session of  the twenty-eighth  General  Assembly, for the years  1849-1850.  Published  by  authority Nashville:  M’kennie & Watterson, printers to the state. Chapter lxxxix Page 280-281 An Act to Incorporate Dancyville Female Academy, in the county of   Haywood. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that there be established at, or near Dancyville, in the county of Haywood, in said State,…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (October 7, 1904)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (October 7, 1904)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 43 — Friday, October 7, 1904 CATALPA —…

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