The first School House was called Powell, being built of round logs and a chimney made of sticks and clay. The fireplace would take a log 6 feet long. The window was covered with greased paper. It was built by the citizens of the district 1825. Nearby was a spring. The teachers were paid by subscription.

The first teacher was:

• LEWIS B. KINGSBERRY in 1826.
• JOHN O. CORY 1828
• ELI V. DUNAWAY
• ELIJA SCOTTS 1830
• JONATHAN MILLISON 1832
• DAVID SPENCER 1834
• GEORGE DOOZENBERRY 1835
• SAMUEL LARKIN 1836
• WILLIAM J. WILLSON 1838
• JOHN BURSTLER 1839 The last to teach at the log school

• G. W. RIPLEY
• SPECK: SAMUEL, JOHN, ELISABETH, SARAH, WILLIAM B., SILAS & ISAAC G.
• SPENCER; CATHERINE, SARAH, JOHN, RACHEL- DAVID, JOEL, LEVI, & NATHAN
• BISHOP: JOHN & AMOS
• BOYER, THOMAS
• DUNAWAY, ELI V.
• LONGSWORTH: PETER, ELISABETH, MARY, LUCY, NELSON, WARNER, CORNELUS, NANCY &
• JESSE
• RIPLEY; HENRY, EZEKIAL & ISAIAH
• SCHOOLEY, MARY
• GREGORY: JOHN & CHAS.
• MILLER, JOSEPH
• EVANS, JANE
• WILKIN, JANE
• HICKMAN, JOHN
• EDWARDS: LEWIS & JOHN
• SMITH: JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, JAMES
• WILSON: WILLIAM, BAZZIL, ELISABETH & RACHEL
• MILLER, JOHN
• MCGUYER, JOHN
• BURRIS, SALLIE
• SMITH, JOE
• BOWERS: REBECCA, MARY, & SUSAN
• ENGLE: BETTY, MINNIE, MARGARET & WILLIAM
• CARNEY, JOHN
• REDMAN, SUSAN
• SMITH, JOHN
• PAISLEY, ELIZA
• DUNAWAY: WILLIAM. & ISAAC
• POWELL: JOHN & MARY
• BRUMLEY: MARY, DANIEL, JOHN & AMOS
• CONAWAY: JOHN & ROBERT
• THORNBERG: WILLIAM & AMOS
• BADGER: SARAH & JOHN
• BRIGHT: JOHN & DAVID
• MALONE, JAMES
• REED, AMBROSE, BENJAMIN, MARGARET & WILLIAM
• BROWN, JAMES
• REED, JOHN
• BROWN: NELSON & ELISABETH
• PERDUE: WILLIAM, SARAH, ELISABETH, JAMES & MARY
• SCHOOLEY: JAMES, ELISABETH, WESLEY & FRANCIANA
• COX: JAMES & SAMUEL
• DUNAWAY, BARTLET
• HARDIN: DAVID & MARTHA
• HARDING: MARY & SARAH
• OWENS: JOHN b., DANIEL & SARAH ANN
• THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM HAISTINGS
• HAISTINGS, GEORGE
• SMITH: LYDIA & NANCY
• FAMILY OF JAMES HAISTINGS
• HAISTINGS: GEORGE & JOHN
• COX: NANCY, MARY & ROBERT
• HAISTINGS: JOHN, JAMES, ELISABETH, REV. WILLIAM & REBECCA
• PAISLEY: SARAH & JOHN
• HARDING: DAVID, MARGARET, CHARLES, MARTHA, GEORGE & AMELIA
• HUNTER: JOSEPH, FRANK, SAMUEL, EDMOND, MARGARET & MATILDA
• DUNMOND, HANNA
• MARCH: ABRAHAM, DILLON, & SARAH
• MOORE: HANNAH & WILLIAM
• SMITH: ELISABETH, SARAH, MARY, OLIVER, LUCINDA, JAMES & PROF. R.

In 1839, a new frame school house was erected about 80 rods west of the old one.

Teachers:

• Thomas Brown - 1839
• Alice Millison -1840
• Edward Hughes - 1840
• John Anderson - 1841
• Thomas Boyer - 1842
• Amanda Evans - 1842
• James Markee 1843 - 44 - 46
• John B. Owens 1847
• Josiah Livergood 1848
• John Watt 1849 - 50
• M. R. Wells - 1851
• Columbus Hixson, Capt McClure, Levi Brown, Marion Paxon, Sarah A. Owens and George Hastings taught later on.

Students during these years to 1852 included:

• Paisley: Alexander, Jane, James, Lydia, Hannah, Benjamin, Hugh, Robert
• Smith: Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah B., Cynthia, Adeline, Julia A., Lydia J., Jeremiah, Philip
• Cox: Christopher, George
• Moore: John, Rebecca, Mary, Charlott, John
• Schooley (Schooly): Jemima
• Boyer: Susan
• Spencer: Rebecca, Wm A., Samuel H., Thomas N., Augusta S., Nathan B., Levi Jr., John Jr.,
• Penn: Wm, Mary
• Mercer: James, Smith
• Longsworth: Rebecca
• Gregory: Samuel, Joseph
• Pennell: James, Margaret
• Hunter: John, Martha
• Dumond: Jacob, Wesly, Joseph, Jesse, Sarah Ann
• Griffith: Mary, Margaret, Lydia, Thomas
• Apostle: Samuel, James, John
• Meeks: Jackson
• Owens: Margaret, Jacob, Samuel, James
• Harden: George, John, Ann, Bazzil
• Hickox: Sam, George
• Farmer: George, Samuel, Joseph, John, Gregory
• McClure: Levi, Elizabeth
• Chaney: Thomas, James, Jacob, Samuel, Nathan
• The family of William Haistings, Sr. Robert, Samuel, Joseph, Thomas, Lucy
• The family of James Haistings, Sr. Sarah, William, Rev Joseph
• Berstler: Jacob, George, John
• Speck: Harriett, Sarah Ann, Isaac N., Mary, Elizabeth, Alfred, Maberry F., Benjamin W., Alice L., Lydia, George Hampton, Isaiah A., David H., Francis L., Nathan B.
• Swaim: J. W., Nathan, D.W.

Submitted by Faith Keahey.