Common Schools in Craven County
March 1853
Title: Common Schools in Craven County
Creator: Lane, John T.
Subject: Education--North Carolina--Craven County
Description: Broadside detailing the progress of the Common Schools of Craven County during the previous year.
Publisher: Craven County. Board of Superintendents of Common Schools
Date: March 1, 1853.
Type: Text
Format: 1 page.
Identifier: ms24-1853School
Source: Purchase.
Coverage: Craven County (N.C.)
Rights: Permission to use this item must be obtained from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, 400 Johnson Street, New Bern, NC 28560.
A Table showing the Amount that was due each District on the 1st day of October last.
1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | Amount | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | Amount. | ||||
District | $ cts | $ cts | $ cts | $ cts | District | $ cts | $ cts | $ cts | $ cts | $ cts | |||
1 | 10.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 145.00 | 24 | 63.00 | 68.00 | 131.00 | |||||
2 | 10.25 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 145.25 | 25 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | |||||
3 | 3.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 138.00 | 26 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | |||||
4 | 22.00 | 68.00 | 90.00 | 27 | 68.00 | 68.00 | |||||||
5 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 28 | 49.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 184.00 | ||||||
6 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 29 | 68.00 | 68.00 | ||||||||
7 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | 30 | 36.00 | 87.00 | 67.00 | 00.00 | 190.00 | ||||
8 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | 31 | 12.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 147.00 | |||||
9 | 7.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 142.00 | 32 | 59.20 | 68.00 | 127.20 | |||||
10 | 1.00 | 204.00 | 205.00 | 33 | 38.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 173.00 | |||||
11 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 34 | 28.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 163.00 | ||||||
12 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 35 | 51.00 | 68.00 | 119.00 | |||||||
13 | 36.00 | 27.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 198.00 | 36 | 38.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 173.00 | |||
14 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 37 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | |||||||
15 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 38 | 7.00 | 68.00 | 75.00 | |||||||
16 | 68.00 | 68.00 | 39 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | |||||||
17 | 27.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 162.00 | 40 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | |||||
18 | 44.00 | 68.00 | 112.00 | 41 | 16.00 | 7.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 198.00 | ||||
19 | 7.00 | 68.00 | 75.00 | 42 | 17.00 | 68.00 | 85.00 | ||||||
20 | 36.00 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 171.00 | 43 | 64.00 | 68.00 | 132.00 | |||||
21 | 27.00 | 68.00 | 95.00 | 44 | 7.00 | 68.00 | 75.00 | ||||||
22 | 17.00 | 68.00 | 85.00 | 45 | 67.00 | 68.00 | 135.00 | ||||||
23 | .25 | 68.00 | 68.25 |
The following were appointed the Examining Committee of this County, viz: Messrs. John T. Lane, Chairman, George S. Attmore, Nathaniel H. Street and William B. Wadsworth.
The following School Books have been adopted by the Superintendents to be used in the Common Schools throughout the County, of which the Teachers are requested to notice, to wit:
Webster's Elementary Spelling Book and Primer
Webster's School Dictionary.
Pierpont's Young Reader.
The First Book of History, by the Author of Peter Parley's Tales.
Grimshaw's History of the United States.
Wiley's North Carolina Reader.
Elements of Agriculture translated by Skinner.
Mitchell's Table Book.
Davie's Arithmetic.
Davie's Algebra.
Gummere's Surveying.
Murray's English Grammar.
Morse's Geography and Atlas Combined.
The Following are the School Committee-men of the County, to wit:
For District No. 1, Samuel S. Biddle, Benjamin G. Carlton, and
William White.
For District No. 2, John Rouse, George West and Craven B. Griffin.
For District No. 3, Richard A. Russel, Elisha Arnull and Edward H. Rhem.
For District No. 4, Jeremiah Fonville, George Hill and Obed Palmer.
For District No. 5, William S. McCoy, Frederick Ipock and Jesse McCoy.
For District No. 6, Robert Brock, Aaron Wiggins and James S. White.
For District No. 7, John H. Richardson, Cannon Smith and Erasmus
Witherington.
For District No. 8, Solomon Witherington, Lawson W. Davis and Henry Shute.
For District No. 9, William S. Blackledge, Lemuel Hudler and Daniel Andrews.
For District No. 10, Thomas Sparrow, Samuel Bishop and George Cooper.
For District No. 11, John Kirkman, Lewis Gwaltney and Asa Edwards.
For District No. 12, William Brewer, William Morris and Samuel R. Street.
For District No. 13, Ransom Buck, Church Chapman and John Bryan.
For District No. 14, Nathan Whitford, William R. Caton and Augustus Latham.
For District No. 15, George Reel, James Ernul and Joseph Hartley.
For District No. 16, Bryan Whitford, Michael Arthur and James Toler, Sen'r.
For District No. 17, Major Willis, William French and James Askins.
For District No. 18, Rufus W. Latham, James F. Lincoln and Enoch Holton.
For District No. 36, Elijah Taylor, Alfred H. Casey, and Francis M.
Dickinson.
For District No. 37, Gaston Taylor, William Small and William Taylor.
For District No. 38, Solomon W. Howland, Francis Mason, and Peter F. Carraway.
For District No. 39, Moses Thomas, Archibald Wallace and Thomas Gilbert.
For District No. 40, Caleb Dixon, Calvin Huff, and Anson Fulshire.
For District No. 41, Lacy Lancaster, Richard Kenion and William Langley.
For District No. 42, Abram Willis, Lewis Gaskins and Enoch Anderson.
For District No. 43, Hosea Stapleford, Thomas Cutrell and Thomas H. Askins.
For District No. 44, Amos Cutrell, James Caton and Levi Bush.
For District No. 45, Littleton Mason, Dempsey Salter and St. Clare Pittman.
The following are the Licensed Teachers of the Common Schools of Craven County.
Egbert W. Haywood, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Joseph B.G. Barrow, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Thomson G. Lane, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Mason Lane, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Bradford Pratt, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
George Adamson, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Miss Mary Carrow, No. 1. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Gilbert G. Arthur, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Levi Elliot, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Stephen Holland, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Geo. W. Willis, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Stephen E. Street, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Thomas M. Mason, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Stephen Ernull, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
Frances A. Stewart, No. 2. appointed Nov. 20th, 1852.
David B. Dickerson, No. 2. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
Ivah Hasket, No. 1. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
Philip N. Dixon, No. 2. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
Daniel O'Lary, No. 2. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
Zorel Lee, No. 1. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
Mary Lane, No. 2. appointed Feb. 5th, 1853.
By order of the Board,
John. T. Lane, Chairman.
March 1st, 1853.
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