Early Schools
In 1824 a law was enacted that required every able-bodied man, age 21 or older, who resided in a school district, to work one day each week on the construction of a school building or pay 37 1/2 cents for each day he was absent. This was the beginning of Martin County's public schools.
These were some of Martin County's earliest school superintendents.
Thomas M. Clark 1873 - 75
William C. Hays 1875 - 77
Thomas F. McGuyer 1877 - 79
F. M. Westhafer 1879 - 81
Ziba F. Williams 1881 - 83
Cutler S. Dobbins May to Sept. 1883
Kinsey F. Cornwell 1883 - 85
William T. Mitchell 1885 - 89
John T. Morris 1889 - 97
Elijah McFarland 1897 - 07
John Armstrong 1907 - 11
Charles O. Williams 1911 - 21 1941 - 45
Roy V. Edington 1921 - 33 1937 - 41
Rome Osborn 1933 - 37
Harry Q. Holt 1945 - 53
Ernest Asbell 1953 - ?
Attendance Officers
R. H. Acre and William Summerville 1898-99
John Evans 1900-01
Alexander Abel 1901-03
Jared C. Stone 1903-05
Andrew J. Wildman 1905-07
John Lamb 1907-12
Dora Pridemore 1912-13
James Sinclair 1913-14
John B. Huff 1914-15
Edward Evans 1915-18
William Jones 1918-19
Martin Elliott 1919-20
Benton Westhafer 1920-22
Jefferson Strange 1922-23
Estella McCormick 1923-27
Mrs. A.E. Osborn 1927-28
Estella McCormick 1928-32
Clare Breidenbaugh 1932-33
None 1933-34
Forrest Waggoner 1934-37
Roscoe B. Harshaw 1937-38
Oscar Davisson 1938-39
Leland Sargent 1939-41
Orville R. Allbright 1941-43
Roscoe B. Harshaw 1943-46
Blanche E. Dollens 1946-48
Esther B. Holland 1948-50
Walter F. Myers 1950-53
Andrew P. Tharp 1953-60
Ruth A. Sorrells 1960-65
These are the conveyers of land for Martin County's earliest public school buildings.
Conveyers of Land Township School Date
Samuel H. Mitchell Baker White Sept.,1853
Henderson Harris Brown Welch Nov.,1856
Frank Baker Center Dover Hill March,1871
Thomas W. Brown
Francis (Frank) A. Crook Dr.
Abraham W. Porter
Fred L. Prow
George W. Shirey - Trustees of Dover Hill Academy
Silas Zollars Columbia Sycamore Sept.,1865
James Johnson Halbert Johnson March,1857
Ezekiel Rutherford Lost River Bottlespring Oct.,1856
Calvin Holt McCameron Fields Dec.,1853
James Sanders Mitcheltree Opossum Hollow May 1856
Thomas W. Brown Perry Brown April 1855
James McIntosch Rutherford Parson Sept.,1853
