Davidson River School

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North Carolina, Transylvania County                                                                                  To the Hon. Board of Education of                                                                                      Transylvania County

We the undersigned citizens of said County would respectfully ask your honorable body to establish a school district in Brevard Township bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of Davidson River & running up & with said to the Presbyterian Church_thence leaving the River a North West direction running so as to include James Morris and Robt. Hamilton’s places to the top of the Ridge_thence with the dividing waters of said ridge Westwardly to hickory flat thence with Kings Creek to French Broad River and with said River to the beginning.

Names             No.C         Names             No.        Names              No.

P.M. Thrift                       W.H. Allison                   E.D.Allison                                       M.J. Neely                           E. Allison                      J. L. Allson                                               W.K. Osborne                   W.C. Humitto                 S.E. [For?]tune                                         J.W. Morris                      C.M. Gallamor     1           R. Hamilton                                           C.M. Sinard                          C.L. Osborne      5

--Mary Jane McCrary Collection, Box 42, Folder 5, Davidson River School. Rowell Bosse NC Room, Transylvania County Library.

Transcribed by: Linda O. Anders - 21 January 2009