I will have to look to see how far back they go. The county and city were separate then. I have so much new information, I am going to have a third volume to my book. In the new stuff I have collected, I find that Byrns Darden was once New Providence Training School. I also bought some cabinet photos. I wish I could find the family. One photo has a black flower. I have been told it is a funeral picture. On the back it says Burrel Allen Shiloh Tenn son of William C Allen & Sara Alice Dickson Allen. Father of Erskine, William Burrell, Harold, John Daniel. Sarah & Louise Allen. Husband of Mary Sullivan (Allen) -----Original Message----- From: Cleo [mailto:cdmhogan@usit.net] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 6:42 PM To: TNMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Basford School, Lily Hills School, Eastern Montg. Co., before 1900 Sandy, how far back do the school board minutes go? These were probably "subscription schools" before there WAS a school board! Lily Hills (which is listed, but not explained in your book) was located at the SE corner of Hogan Farm Rd (formerly marked Welker Cem Rd) and Ironworker's Rd. The Basford sisters taught there, among others. My uncles, who were born in 1882 and 1886, respectively, attended there (probably 1888-1896) before they moved to the nearby Shady Grove School. I asked one of them why they went to Lily Hills instead of Shady Grove, and I guess grandpa liked the teacher better! The Basford school was on Basford property, and the Basford sisters also taught there at an earlier time, located off Ironworker's Rd, at the end of what's (erroneously) marked Powers Rd (there's never been a Powers anywhere near there--it should be POWELL). Both these are in CD 10, I believe. At least one of the Basford sisters is pictured in the composite of early teacher photos at the library. As an aside, I believe the Shady Grove subscription school was established before 1877--I'm working on this. Cleo.