Scholastic Population, 1840, District 15, Sumner County, TN
Report to County Court Clerk
We the common school Commissioners for district No. 15 of Sumner County
give this a true report of the number of children from the age of six to sixteen
years of age in sd (said) district on the last day of June in the year one thousand
eight hundred & forty with the names of the persons with whom they reside.
Loose Records Microfilm, Misc. Category, Item 41
Transcribed and donated by Danene Vincent
©2001
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| Names of Parents/Guardian | District No. | No. of Children | Names of Parents/Guardian | District No. | No. of Children |
| Meador, Ambros | 15 | 5 | Weems, John | 15 | 2 |
| Riherd/Rikerd, Isaac | 15 | 2 | Raynie, Patrick | 15 | 4 |
| Simmons, Joel | 15 | 5 | Haynes, Thomas | 15 | 6 |
| Rhoads, Stephen M. | 15 | 1 | Simmons, Hiram | 15 | 2 |
| Rhoads, Henry | 15 | 6 | Dalton, Daniel | 15 | 2 |
| Sullivan, Margaret (Wid.) | 15 | 3 | Hire, Eli | 15 | 6 |
| Morrisson, Samuel | 15 | 2 | Law, Henry | 15 | 2 |
| Dice, William (Guardian) | 15 | 1 | Cooper, Langston | 15 | 2 |
| Sloan, Hezekiah | 15 | 4 | Martin, John | 15 | 1 |
| Montgomery, Stephen (Guar.) | 15 | 2 | Davis, Samuel | 15 | 4 |
| Kerley, James | 15 | 2 | Morriss, George | 15 | 4 |
| Smothers, William | 15 | 5 | Abel, Jeremiah | 15 | 1 |
| Alvis, Edmund | 15 | 1 | Ramsey, George | 15 | 4 |
| Smothers, Edmund | 15 | 5 | Chapman, Winniford | 15 | 1 |
| Smothers, Elihu | 15 | 3 | Simmons, Charles | 15 | 2 |
| Stinson, Alsa | 15 | 5 | Butler, James | 15 | 2 |
| Mitchell, John | 15 | 2 | Butler, Elijah | 15 | 5 |
| (name crossed out) | 15 | Holmes, Albert G. | 15 | 5 | |
| Gilliam, Taylor G. | 15 | 4 | Dalton, Josiah | 15 | 3 |
| Hawkins, (Widow) | 15 | 1 | Parrish, William | 15 | 3 |
| Pike, Job | 15 | 3 | Cole, Mary | 15 | 1 |
| Meador, Moses | 15 | 5 | Haskins, James | 15 | 5 |
| Hunt, James (Jr.) | 15 | 4 | Hunt, James (Sr.) | 15 | 2 |
| Wix, Daniel | 15 | 3 | Turner, Yancy | 15 | 3 |
| Hanner, James | 15 | 2 | Culwell, William | 15 | 2 |
| Tooley, Charles | 15 | 1 | Gilliam, (Widow) | 15 | 2 |
| Jones, Henry | 15 | 3 | Bailes, (Widow) | 15 | 2 |
| Boykin, Lemuel | 15 | 1 | Duffer, Sarah (Widow) | 15 | 5 |
| Keen, John | 15 | 2 | Henson, Martha (wd.) | 15 | 2 |
| Reese, Henry | 15 | 2 | Henson, Ann | 15 | 1 |
| Lawrence, Samuel | 15 | 4 | Alsop, Jeremiah | 15 | 6 |
| Jones, Lewis | 15 | 5 | Carter, Harris | 15 | 5 |
| Meador, Flemming | 15 | 3 | Crawford, Susan | 15 | 1 |
| Teel, Rylie | 15 | 1 | Hunt, John | 15 | 4 |
| Cliburn, James | 15 | 1 | Doss, Joshua | 15 | 1 |
| Lyles, Alexander | 15 | 4 | Morriss, Samuel | 15 | 4 |
| Meador, John | 15 | 5 | |||
| The whole amount | 217 | ||||
Summitted humbly and faithfully by J. S., M. M., and J. F.
Commissioners/Clerk
Note: Two commissioners moved out of the district.
Commissioners Annual Report
No. 15 County of Sumner July 1st 1840
| 15 | No. of district |
| 2 | No. of schools in district |
| 1M | No. of Teachers, male and female |
| M 12, 16 | Pupils enrolled male and female |
| F 18, 20 | |
| M 9, 14 | Pupils in average attendance, male and female |
| F 12, 11 | |
| M 120 | No. of children in the district on the last of June over 6 & under 16 |
| F 97 | years of age |
| $111.05 | Amount of public funds rec'd from County Trustee for 1839 |
| $111.05 | Amount of public funds paid to Teachers |
| Balance public fund unrefunded & why if any | |
| $10.00 | Amount paid Teachers from Rate bill |
| Amount paid Teachers from voluntary contributions | |
| Money rec'd from any other source | |
| Money paid for furniture wood and incidental expenses | |
| 3 3 | of times schools visited by commissioners |
| 3 mos | Lengths of time school have been taught |
| 3 mos | |
| No. of school houses built during the year | |
| Cost of school houses built |
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