Fellow Listers, I hope I'm asking good questions. I'm sure this is the best place to ask 'em... I have been searching township maps, school lists, diaries, tax reports and other likely sources I can find in the Tri-Counties data. On township maps, I thought I saw public schools located so all children could walk to classes. In early 1800s were children kicked out of elementary school if father failed to pay the township taxes? A Tri-Counties Lister has sent me copies of a Township Assessor's reports for 1823 & 1824 that list "Poor children sent home because parents are not able to pay". The name of each father appears in the column on the left. The name and the age or birth date of each child appear in the columns to the right. Would an assessor be recording "children returned" or "children sent home" if the children were in a school run by a church or a farmers' association? Can anyone tell me why the word "triennial" follows the year-date on each report? ( as in "...1823-Triennial" ) Bill DeGinder - Texas