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#9402 Rowan School Registers

Rowan School Registers

MSS #9402

June 1995 and March 1997

Processed by June Watson Sean Phifer

Abstract: Public School Registers maintained by the Rowan County Schools 1911- 1924.

Online catalog terms:

Education--Rowan County

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Provenance: Rowan County Register of Deeds

Access: No restriction.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Introduction

Section 4156 of the one-time Public School Law of North Carolina read: "The County Superintendent shall not approve the final voucher for the salary of any principal or teacher until all reports have been made according to law and until the register has been properly filled out and filed with the County Superintendent of Schools." This collection represents those registers that were filled out and filed with Rowan County's Superintendent of Schools at the turn of the twentieth century.

Where the yearly summary is completed, one may find a student's grade, the number of days he or she was present and tardy, and the grade of average, above average, and below average listed. The yearly summary also states whether or not a child was promoted. A school census which is also sometimes completed, reveals the name of parents, siblings, sex and age of a child. For example, the 1918-1919 school register for District 5, Gold Hill Township (white) shows that Anna Taylor, age twelve, the daughter of R.A. Taylorwas in the fifth grade. She attended school 47 days and was tardy on five. SHe was promoted but the promotion was conditioned on her arithmetic skills improving. This register also notes that the school was closed the second week of the school year in December 1918 because "on account of the Influenza." The school resumed the third week for two days and then closed again for three days.

The registers are divided by school district and race and carry a copy of a teacher's contract, a school census of the district, the approved book list, rules and regulations, attendance sheets, as well as a yearly summary for each pupil. More often than not, the keepers of these registers filled out only the attendance record, although there are instances in which more detailed information is given.

The registers are arranged in alphabetical order by township (Atwell, China Grove, Cleveland, etc.) and within the township chronologically by district. The race of the school registers are noted.

These materials were stored at the Rowan County Register of Deeds office and was transferred to Rowan Public Library in the Spring of 1994.

Series Descriptions

Series I. School Registers

1911-1924

School Registers as decribed above. Beginning with folder 278 are miscellaneous school materials, list of teachers, examination grades, school census information, names of committeemen, estimates for salaries, examinations of teachers, etc. Folders 282-286 contain school registers that are dated, but contain no location information.

Folder List:

Folder 1. Atwell Township (1919-1920) Dist? [White]

Folder 2. Atwell Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 3 Atwell Township (1916-1917) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 4 Atwell Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 5 Atwell Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 6 Atwell Township (1921-1922) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 7 Atwell Township (1915-1916) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 8 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 9 Atwell Township (1921-1922 Dist 3 [White]

Folder 10 Atwell Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 11 Atwell Township (1915-1916) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 12 Atwell Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 13 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 14 Atwell Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 Sills creek school [black]

Folder 15 Atwell Township (1923-1924) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 16 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 17 Atwell Township (1920-1921) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 18 Atwell Township (1917-1918) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 19 Atwell Township (1917-1918) Dist 7 [Black]

Folder 20 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist.7 [Black]

Folder 21 Atwell Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [Black]

Folder 22 Atwell Township (1921-1922) Dist 7 [Black]

Folder 23 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 8 [Black]

Folder 24 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 25 Atwell Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 26 Atwell Township (1915-1916) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 27 Atwell Township (1918-1919) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 28 Atwell Township (1919-1920) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 29 Atwell Township (1921-1922) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 30 China Grove Township (1919-1920) Dist? [White]

Folder 31 China Grove Township (1912-1913) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 32 China Grove Township (1914-1915) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 33 China Grove Township (1916-1917) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 34 China Grove Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 35 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 36 China Grove Township (1914-1915) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 37 China Grove Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 38 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 39 China Grove Township (1919-1920) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 40 China Grove Township (1915-1916) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 41 China Grove Township (1915-1916) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 42 China Grove Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 43 China Grove Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 44 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 45 China Grove Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 46 China Grove Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 47 China Grove Township (1917-1918) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 48 China Grove Township (1915-1916) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 49 China Grove Township (1918-1919) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 50 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 51 China Grove Township (1921-1922) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 52 China Grove Township (1921-1922) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 53 China Grove Township (1915-1916) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 54 China Grove Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 55 China Grove Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 56 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 57 China Grove Township (1920-1921) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 58 Cleveland Township (1917-1918) Dist ? [White]

Folder 59 Cleveland Township (1912-1913) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 60 Cleveland Township (1915-1916) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 61 Cleveland Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 62 Cleveland Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 63 Cleveland Township (1919-1920) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 64 Cleveland Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 65 Cleveland Township (1921-1922) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 66 Cleveland Township (1912-1913) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 67 Cleveland Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 68 Cleveland Township (1919-1920) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 69 Cleveland Township (1918-1919) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 70 Cleveland Township (1919-1920) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 71 Cleveland Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 72 Cleveland Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 73 Cleveland Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 74 Cleveland Township (1921-1922) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 75 Cleveland Township (1922-1923) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 76 Franklin Township (1917-1918) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 77 Franklin Township (1915-1916) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 78 Franklin Township (1921-1922) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 79 Franklin Township (1912-1913) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 80 Franklin Township (1912-1913) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 81 Franklin Township (1915-1916) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 82 Franklin Township (1915-1916) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 83 Franklin Township (1915-1916) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 84 Franklin Township (1917-1918) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 85 Franklin Township (1917-1918) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 86 Franklin Township (1917-1918) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 87 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 88 Franklin Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 89 Franklin Township (1922-1923) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 90 Franklin Township (1915-1916) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 91 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 92 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 93 Franklin Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 94 Franklin Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 95 Franklin Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 96 Franklin Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 97 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 98 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 99 Franklin Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 100 Franklin Township (1922-1923) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 101 Franklin Township (1912-1913) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 102 Franklin Township (1917-1918) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 103 Franklin Township (1921-1922) Dist 7 [Black]

Folder 104 Franklin Township (1921-1922) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 105 Gold Hill Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 106 Gold HIll Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 107 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 108 Gold Hill Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 109 Gold Hill Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 and 5 [Black]

Folder 110 Gold Hill Township (1922-1923) Dist 4 and 5 [Black]

Folder 110 Gold Hill Township (1915-1916) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 111 Gold Hill Township (1915-1916) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 112 Gold Hill Township (1918-1918) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 113 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 114 Gold Hill Township (1915-1916) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 115 Gold Hill Township (1915-1916) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 116 Gold Hill Township (1917-1918) Dist 6 [Black]

Folder 117 Gold Hill Township (1918-1919) Dist 6 [Black]

Folder 118 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 6 [Black]

Folder 119 Gold Hill Township (1915-1916) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 120 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 121 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 122 Gold Hill Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 123 Gold Hill Township (1920-1921) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 124 Gold Hill Township (1920-1921) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 125 Gold Hill Township (1921-1922) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 126 Gold Hill Township (1917-1918) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 127 Gold Hill Township (1920-1921) Dist 9 [White]

Folder 128 Litaker Township (1912-1913) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 129 Litaker Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 130 Litaker Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 131 Litaker Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 132 Litaker Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 133 Litaker Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 134 Litaker Township (1919-1920) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 135 Litaker Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 136 Litaker Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 137 Morgan Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 138 Morgan Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 139 Morgan Township (1912-1913) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 140 Morgan Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 141 Morgan Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 Pond School [White]

Folder 142 Morgan Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 143 Morgan Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 Parker School [White]

Folder 144 Morgan Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 Parker School [White]

Folder 145 Morgan Township (1921-1922) Dist 5 Parker School [White]

Folder 146 Morgan Township (1911-1912) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 147 Morgan Township (1912-1913) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 148 Morgan Township (1919-1920) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 149 Morgan Township (1921-1922) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 150 Morgan Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 151 Morgan Township (1919-1920) Dist 7 [White]

Folder 152 Morgan Township (1921-1922) Dist 7 Gold Hill [White]

Folder 153 Morgan Township (1918-1919) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 154 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 155 Locke Township (1912-1913) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 156 Locke Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 157 Locke Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 158 Locke Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 159 Locke Township (1920- ) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 160 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 161 Locke Township (1922-1923) Dist 2 [Black]

Folder 162 Locke Township (1917-1918) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 163 Locke Township (1918-1919) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 164 Locke Township (1919-1920) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 165 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 166 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 167 Locke Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 168 Locke Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 169 Locke Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 170 Locke Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 171 Locke Township (1919-1920) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 172 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 173 Locke Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 174 Locke Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 175 Locke Township (1922-1923) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 176 Locke Township (1922-1923) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 177 Mt. Ulla Township (1921-1922) Dist ? [White]

Folder 178 Mt. Ulla Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 179 Mt. Ulla Township (1919-1920) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 180 Mt. Ulla Township (1918-1919) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 181 Mt. Ulla Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 182 Mt. Ulla Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 183 Mt. Ulla Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 184 Mt. Ulla Township (1915-1916) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 185 Mt. Ulla Township (1918-1919) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 186 Mt. Ulla Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 187 Mt. Ullla Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 188 Mt Ulla Township (1919-1920) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 189 Mt Ulla Township (1919-1920) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 190 Mt. Ulla Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 Knox School [White]

Folder 191 Mt. Ulla Township (1915) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 192 Mt. Ulla Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 193 Mt. Ulla Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 194 Salisbury Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 195 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 196 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 197 Salisbury Township (1921-1922) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 198 Salisbury Township (1922-1923) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 199 Salisbury Township (1915-1916) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 200 Salisbury Township (1917-1918) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 201 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 202 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 203 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 204 Salisbury Township (1922-1923) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 205 Salisbury Township (No date ) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 206 Salisbury Township (1912-1913) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 207 Salisbury Township (1913-1914) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 208 Salisbury Township (1917-1918) Dist 8 [Black]

Folder 209 Salisbury Township (1918-1919) Dist 8 East Spencer School [Black]

Folder 210 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 211 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 212 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 8 East Spencer School [White]

Folder 213 Salisbury Township (1919-1920) Dist 8 East Spencer School [White]

Folder 214 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 East Spencer School [White]

Folder 215 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 East Spencer School [White]

Folder 216 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 217 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 218 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 219 Salisbury Township (1920-1921) Dist 8 [White]

Folder 220 Salisbury Township (1922-1923) Dist 8 East Spencer School [Black]

Folder 221 Providence Township (1912-1913 Dist? [White]

Folder 222 Providence Township (1917-1918) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 223 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 224 Providence Township (1917-1918) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 225 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 226 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 227 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 228 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 229 Providence Township (1921-1922) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 230 Providence Township (1922-1923) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 231 Providence Township (1914-1915) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 232 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 233 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 234 Providence Township (1917-1918) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 235 Providence Township (1917-1918) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 236 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 237 Providence Township (1919-1920) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 238 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 239 Providence Township (1921-1922) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 240 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 5? [White]

Folder 241 Providence Township (1922-1923) Dist 5 [Black]

Folder 242 Providence Township (1915-1916) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 243 Providence Township (1917-1918) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 244 Providence Township (1918-1919) Dist 6 [White]

Folder 245 Providence Township (1920-1921) Dist 6 [Black]

Folder 246 Scotch-Irish Township (1915-1916) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 247 Scotch-Irish Township (1914-1915) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 248 Scotch-Irish Township (1915-1916) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 249 Scotch-Irish Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 250 Scotch-Irish Township (1919-1920) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 251 Scotch-Irish Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 252 Scotch-Irish Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 253 Scotch-Irish Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 254 Scotch-Irish Township (1922-1923) Dist 3 1/2 [Black]

Folder 255 Scotch-Irish Township (1912-1913) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 256 Scotch-Irish Township (1913-1914) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 257 Steele Township (1920-1921) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 258 Steele Township (1921-1922) Dist 1 [White]

Folder 259 Steele Township (1923-1924) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 260 Steele Township (1919-1920) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 261 Steele Township (1919-1920) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 262 Steele Township (1919-1920) Dist 3 [White]

Folder 263 Steele Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 264 Steele Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 265 Steele Township (1918-1919) Dist 4 [White]

Folder 266 Steele Township (1921-1922) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 267 Steele Township (1922-1923) Dist 4 [Black]

Folder 268 Steele Township (1917-1918) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 269 Steele Township (1920-1921) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 270 Steele Township (1921-1922) Dist 5 [White]

Folder 271 Unity Township (1917-1918) Dist? [White]

Folder 272 Unity Township (1921-1922) Dist 1 [Black]

Folder 273 Unity Township (1917-1918) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 274 Unity Township (1920-1921) Dist 2 [White]

Folder 275 Unity Township (1919-1921) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 276 Unity Township (1920-1921) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 277 Unity Township (1921-1922) Dist 3 [Black]

Folder 278 List Of Teachers?

Folder 279 (1913-1914)

Folder 280 Cleveland?? (1915-1916) [Black]

Folder 281 Examination Grades (1911)

Folder 282 (1918-1919)

Folder 283 (1919-1920) [Black]

Folder 284 (1920-1921)

Folder 285 (1920-1921)

Folder 286 (1921-1922) [White]

Folder 287 Amts due for Taking School Census (1912-1913)

Folder 288 July 5,1909 Names of Committee Men

Folder 289 July 1911 Committee Men

Folder 290 Estimates For Salaries (1910-1911)

Folder 291 Estimates of Salaries (1911-1912)

Folder 292 Contestants for Prizes

Folder 293 Ezamination Grades July 1911

Folder 294 Examination Grades July 1912

Folder 295 Examination Grades Oct 9 1913

Folder 296 Committee Men Records [White]

Folder 297 Operationg Expenses (1911-1912) [White]

Folder 298 Supplements (1911-1912)

Folder 299 Examination Of Teachers (1898-1907)

Folder 300 Examination Of Teachers (1894-1898)