I have a copy of wht was written of this school list It was taken from "Scraps and Things, and ___ of Local History By. J.D. Clemmer" It states "At the administrators sale of the houshold goods of Rev. W.C. Lee, at the brick house near the Benton Springs road about fifteen years ago an old record of school matters in this district before Polk County was discovered. On the first leaf is in large letters Record Book, the second leaf has State of Tennefsee, Bradley County December 16, 1838 and John Williams and below this name again and Absalom Selvidge and David Ragan on the third page the record begins: State of Tennefsee, Bradley County: December 16, 1838 Return of the children of the 5 district by the Commissioners is as fowlers to wit." In the district of A.R. Stephenson he has listed return 76 and has the following "Samuel Merit 1, Ephriam Prince 2, William Adams 2, Jacob Cross 3, Elizabeth C. Todd 1" and it continues with no other Adams listed in that district. The listing of three of these families; Ephriam Prince, William Adams & Jacob Cross in the same school district along with the info we have of Cecelia Adams who m. David Cross, son of Jacob Cross (listed above) and Levi Adams who was found living in 1860 with Ephriam Prince (above). The 1830 & 1840 census that match the ages of the children of Williams Adams would lead us to belive they were more than likely the children of this William Adams who d. in 1841 in Polk County, Tn. Sue Maxwell Glendale, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: Bettye Heinrich <bettye@jps.net> To: TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com <TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 8:05 PM Subject: [TNPOLK] ADAMS - School list >Does anyone know if there are lists of students - even just the surnames - >for the 18 40s in Polk CO TN? > >I am grasping at straws trying to find any link to my CALVIN Adams and his >sisters, Celia & Telitha, and brother, Levi that were on the 1850 Polk Co >TN census in the household of Sarah Samples. No other persons listed as >living in that dwelling. > >Thanks, Bettye > > >==== TNPOLK Mailing List ==== >~~~~~POLK COUNTY, TN MAIL LIST~~~~~ >TNGENWEB POLK COUNTY, TN site http://www.tngenweb.org/polk > >