History of West Virginia, Old And New, in One Volume, And West Virginia Biography, in Two Additional Volumes V.1
The book History of West Virginia, Old And New, in One Volume, And West Virginia Biography, in Two Additional Volumes V.1 was written by author Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 Here you can read free online of History of West Virginia, Old And New, in One Volume, And West Virginia Biography, in Two Additional Volumes V.1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of West Virginia, Old And New, in One Volume, And West Virginia Biography, in Two Additional Volumes V.1 a good or bad book?
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But, strange as it may seem, there were a few log school houses here and there in the deep recesses of the wilder- ness, long before the Revolution. There is mention made in the journal of George Washington, of a school house, when he was surveying lands for Lord Fairfax, on the upper Potomac and South Branch in 1747. There is another instance known of a school being iu existence in 1753, in Hampshire county, when a man named Shock taught in a cabin at Romney, continuing his school for several ...terms. Of there being any Parish Schools in western Virginia, there is no mention, although the present counties of Hampshire, Hardy, Berkeley, Morgan and Jefferson were included in old Frederick Parish. After the Revolution when Virginia had adopted a constitution (the first framed for an American state), there was still very little change HISTORY OF WEST VIRGINIA 279 in the history of education. The constitution (1776) did not contain any mention of schools, or matters pertaining to education.
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