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Alice Dingess, Almeda Chapman, Appalachia, Belle Adkins, Bill Fowler, Cain Adkins, Caleb Headley, education, Elias Adkins, Elisha Vance, Elizabeth Elkins, Harts Creek District, Henry Shelton, Henry Spears, Isaac Nelson, J.B. Pullen, J.W. Stowers, Jennie Riddell, John B. Pullen, John Gore, John Neace, John Stowers, John W. Gartin, Lincoln County, Philip Hager Sr., Stephen Lambert, teacher, Thomas H. Buckley, Thomas P. Moore, Van Prince, Verna Riddell, West Virginia, West Virginia Educational Directory
The Fred B. Lambert Papers, the West Virginia Educational Directory, and the Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Public Schools provides the following information regarding Harts area teachers in Lincoln County for 1871 to 1883:
Lincoln County, 1871
Elias Adkins, 4 certificate
Philip Hager, 4 certificate
Caleb Headlee, no grade on certificate
Thomas P. Moore, 4 certificate
Isaac Nelson, 5 certificate
V.B. Prince, 4 certificate
Henry Spears, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1872
Cannan Adkins, 4 or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elizabeth Elkin, 3 certificate
W.T. Fowler, 5 certificate
J.W. Gartin, 5 certificate
Philip Hager, 3 certificate
Stephen Lambert, 3, 4, or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elisha W. Vance, 5 certificate
NOTE: This year, two log school houses were “neatly and substantially gotten” up in Harts Creek District.
Lincoln County, 1873
T.H. Buckley, 1 certificate
Elizabeth Elkin, 2 certificate
John Neace, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1877-1878
Belle Adkins, 3 certificate
Canaan Adkins, 2 certificate
Thomas H. Buckley, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 2 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 2 certificate
Alice Dingess, 1 certificate
John Gore, 2 or 3 certificate (varies by source)
Stephen Lambert, 5 certificate
Henry Shelton, 1 certificate
NOTE: Total youths in county (2771); total students (2199); average daily attendance for county students: 47 percent.
Lincoln County, 1879-1880
Bell Adkins, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 1 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 1 certificate
J.W. Stowers, 2 certificate
Lincoln County, 1883
John B. Pullen, 2 certificate
Jennie Riddel, 2 certificate
Verna Riddel, 1 certificate
John Stowers, __
NOTE: I spelled names as they were spelled in the record.