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Friday, August 28, 2015

Teachers in Russell County, New Garden District, 1878-1883

Chancery Court Case 1886-17 was a case against John G. Hurt, then Treasurer of Russell County. The case had to do with funds received and paid out to teachers in the county. The case contains a detailed listing of teachers in each school district and the amount paid to each. Here is the list for New Garden District, along with which years each teacher received payments. There were approximately 1,600 students in this district each year.
New Garden District 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Artrip, Jas. H. x
Ball, Beverly F. xx
Ball, Jas. F. xx
Ball, Virginia F. (Miss)xxx
Boyd, E. A. xxx
Cate, Susan (colored)xx
Clark, C. W.x
Clark, Floydx
Clark, Mary F. (Miss)x
Clark, Montraville xxx
Clark, William F.xx
Combs, Simeon F. xx
Counts, S [L?]. B. xx
Ferrell, Samuel R.x
Fletcher, Silas H. xxxx
Gillespie, Wm L. xxxxx
Griffith, John F. xxxx
Horne, A. F. (Prof.)xx
Hurt, James C. xx
Hutton, Alson xx
Jackson, C. W. xxx
Jackson, M. P.x
Johnson, Charles W. x
Kindrick, E. A.x
Kendrick, Joseph B. (Rev.)xxxxx
Kindrick, John Thad xxxx
Kindrick, Tobias J. xx
Lee, Robert R. xxxxxx
Mason, H. B. (Rev.)xx
Musick, Elexious K.x
Musick, Granville G. xxx
Musick, Joseph K xxxxxx
Musick, Kernan xxx
Musick, Major A. xxx
Musick, Ransom x
Perkins, Marshal xxx
Shoemaker, A. D. xxxx
Smith, Floydxx
Starnes, Martha J. [Josie] (Miss)xxx
Starns, Mary E. xx
Thompson, Major xxxx
Thompson, Sparell H. xxx
Trent, Fannie (Mrs.)x
Trent, William (Colored)xx
Whitt, Angie (Miss)xx
Wysor, Beverly J. xxxxx
Wysor, John W.x
The listing for the other districts will appear in future posts.