Transcribed and annotated by, and copyright 2023 to, Meri Arnett-Kremian.

Extracted from a handwritten sheaf of papers collectively entitled Grainger County, Tennessee, Common School Papers 1833-1834, with the following attribution:
Copied by Olivia M. Mason for Grainger County
Completed August 31, 1938
Mrs. Margaret H. Richardson
Mrs. P. J. Allen

The pages may have been compiled for the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration.  The FamilySearch microfilm number is 007896497.  Click here to browse the original microfilm images.

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District No. 36

Trustees (BOND) District No. 36

Know all men by these presents that we Silas B. Stephens, Joseph Noe Jr, Jonathan Noe, George Hazelwood and Marmaduke N. Jeffreys, Trustees of Common School in the upper district of Cap. Ivey’s Company in Grainger County are bound unto John T. Curl, Chairman of Common School Commri (?) in the sum of $500.00.
Dec. 5th 1833

S.B. Stephens (SEAL)
Joseph Noe Jr (SEAL)
Jonathan Noe (SEAL)
Joshua Hazelwood (SEAL)
M.N. Jeffreys (SEAL)

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Justices Certificate District No 36
Dec 1833

I Thomas K. Howell hereby certify that I advertised agreeable to law for an election for three trustees in the upper division of Capt. Ivey’s Comp. , Grainger County of the 26th of Oct 1833 and the following persons was duly delected and sworn according to Law
Jonathan Noe, Joshua Hazelwood, and Marmaduke N. Jeffreys.

Given under my hand and Seal
The 5th of Dec. 1833
T.K. Howell
Justice of the Peace

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Certificate of Trustees Dist. No 36

Dec. 5th 1833 We do hereby certify that we have a school house in the upper Division of Capt. Ivey’s Company ready for the reception of schollars given under our hand & seals.

S. B. Stephens (SEAL)
Joseph Noe (SEAL)
M.N. Jeffreys (SEAL)

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Organization of Board of Trustees in District No. 36
Dec 1833

At a meeting held at the school house on Young’s Creek the upper Division of Capt. Ivey’s Comp., Grainger County by the trustees for the purpose of electing a Chairman, Treasuer, and Clerk on the 4th of Dec 1833.

The following persons was duly elected: Silas B. Stephens, Chairman. Joseph Noe Jr., Treasurer. Marmaduke N. Jeffreys, Clerk.

Given under our hands & Seals the day & date above.

S. B. Stephens (SEAL)
Joseph Noe (SEAL)
M. N. Jeffreys (SEAL)
Jonathan Noe (SEAL)
Joshua Hazelwood (SEAL)

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District No. 36 No. Children 77
Dec 1833

M. N. Jeffreys (Maramaduke)	5
Walter Shropsheer	5
Roland McGill	3
E. Parvin	5
John Spoon	3
F. Turner	1
Bert Howell	1
Goodwin Price	4
Charles Brooks	3
Ed Bolling	2
Fan. Goen	2
W. D. Goen	3
Jas. Noe	4
David Milliken	2
Jos. Hazelwood	1
Geo. Milliken	3
Wm. Milliken	1
Silas B. Stephens	3
Mary Barker	1
Jona(h) Noe	1
Pryor Biba	5
Reubin Copeland	4
James Matthews	3
Jos. Daniel	5
Reb Denson	2
John Denson	1
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Sarah Goen	3
Jas. Milliken	1
Total	77

We certify that the within No. of children that comes within the meaning and perview of the Law relitive to the public schools of Tennessee is true to best of our knoledge in Capt. Ivey’s Company, Grainger County upper Division of said Company.

Give under our hands and Seals the ___ day of Dec 1833.

S. B. Stephens (SEAL)
Joseph Noe (SEAL)
M. N. Jeffreys (SEAL)
Jonathan Noe (SEAL)
Joshua Hazelwood (SEAL)

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Report of Grainger County Common School Board to General Assembly

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End of report

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Annotations re: Listed Heads of Families

Heads of Families in District # 36
Marmaduke N. Jeffreys	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Walter Shropsheer	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Roland McGill	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
E. Parvin	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
John Spoon	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com Tennessee, U.S., Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 – Ancestry.com 1826 1840 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 – Ancestry.com John Spoon + Mahaly Turner 30 Dec 1823 Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 – Ancestry.com John Spoon + Matilda Ford 13 June 1826
F. Turner	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Bert Howell	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County James, Benjamin, Caleb and Thomas K. Howell listed
Goodwin Price (Gooden Price)	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Charles Brooks	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Ed Bolling	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Fan. Goen  (Fanny Goen)	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
W. D. Goen	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
James Noe	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
David Milliken	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 – Ancestry.com David Millikan + Mary Sotherland 21 Dec 1803 Grainger County 1840 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com 1850 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Joseph Hazelwood	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County Joshua Hazelwood listed
Geo. Milliken	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Wm. Milliken	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Silas B. Stephens	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Mary Barker	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Jona(h) Noe	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Pryor Biba	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 – Ancestry.com Pryor Biba + Eliz. Smith  14 Aug 1830 1840 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Reubin Copeland	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
James Matthews	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Jos. Daniel	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Reb Denson	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County John Denson, William Denson, John Denison listed
John Denson	1830 United States Federal Census – Ancestry.com
Sarah Goen	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County
Jas. Milliken	No match in 1830 Census – Grainger County