EARLY EDUCATION IN DAVIE COUNTY circa 1900 ... - RootsWeb

FULTON
(Fulton Township, Fulton Community)
1. School was held in the old Hanes home
2. Located near the Yadkin River.
3. Possibly taught by the late Miss Sallie Hanes.
4. Was held in the home of the present owner, Mrs. Lula Mae Lanier.
5. Was a small one room log school heated by a fireplace or a pot belly stove.
6. Under the control of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to educate their men and young
ladies for service.
7. Went either by the name of Smithfield or Peebles since these two schools have not been located.
8. Located beside the home of Dr. D.W. Sharpe who possibly taught there too.
9. On page 111, the Board of Education asked in 1903 in their minutes, “Do you want to
consolidate spring ….. in the Fulton town?”
10. Site for a school was laid off in the town of Fulton in 1819 by the Hanes family, possibly to
educate their young and quite possibly their slaves.
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