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Tipton County Historic Schools

Click columns to see a list of historic school names which once operated in Tipton County

Covington Education Schools

Tabernacle School

Tcmuseum – June 28, 2024
Taught by Prof. R. L. Nisbet and Miss Flowers, closed a most successful term with the concert on Thursday night,...
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Covington, Covington TN, rural school, Tabernacle School, Tipton County TN
James Alan Wilks
African-American Covington KIA Military Schools TC Veteran Tipton County US Army Vietnam

James Alan Wilks

Tcmuseum – June 26, 2024
Specialist Four (SP4) James Alan Wilks (10 Jul 1948-27 Oct 1969) was drafted into the United States Army in October...
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African American soldiers, Covington, Covington TN, Frazier High School, Killed in Action, Tipton County military, US Army, Vietnam
Education history Schools Tipton County

Union Hill

Tcmuseum – February 22, 2023
The historical schools that once dotted the landscape of Tipton County were segregated like all schools in the South during...
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A E Lewis, African Americans, Alberta Armstrong, Bertha Scott, Bertha See Ever Pryor, Chunia Harris, Clara Campbell, Dorothy M Jenkins, E L Roberts, E M Taylor, education, Ella Kate Smith, Ester Mae Taylor, G H Voss, Gertrude Sparks, John Ello Smith, Lena C Jones, Lena Jones, Leona Dorsett, Lillian Hall, Lillie M Lyle, Mrs James P Simonton, Munford TN, Nancy Browns, Nathan Augustus Horne, Nathan Horne, Odessa Bernard, Oneida C Murray, Patnie Joyner, segregated schools, Tipton County School, Tipton County TN
Almira School
Education history Schools Tipton County

Almira School

Tcmuseum – July 19, 2022
The students of Almira School pose for their picture on February 18, 1908 in front of their school.
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Craig’s Chapel
Education Schools Tipton County

Craig’s Chapel

A look at Tipton County’s historical schools
Tcmuseum – July 18, 2022
By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Although, it’s been hard to determine when Craig’s Chapel first started its school,...
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Education Schools Tipton County

Cooper School

A look at Tipton County’s historical schools
Tcmuseum – July 18, 2022
A look at Tipton County’s historical schools  By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader This summer, The Leader is continuing...
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Education Schools Tipton County

Bowden School

Tcmuseum – July 18, 2022
Bowden School By Sherri Onorati, published in the Covington Leader, published in The Leader on June 21. 2012 Not much...
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St. Paul’s School
Education genealogy history Schools Tipton County

St. Paul’s School

Tcmuseum – July 18, 2022
Humble beginnings Although the exact date of the establishment of St. Paul's School is unknown, available Board of Education records...
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Atoka TN, Board of Education, Covington TN, Pet Mae Gaines, Richardson Tipton County, Schools, St. Pauls School, Tipton County Museum, Tipton County TN, Turner Armstrong