BULL’S POINT
SCHOOL
1886-1891
COVE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 27
COVE (Evant)
was a county-line school district with the county line
dividing the community from northeast to southwest. Judge E. W.
Rutherford of Hamilton County established the Cove School
District, No., 27 in February, 1883. The school for this district was
called BULL’S POINT SCHOOL which was in a small plank building
near the entrance to Murphree Cemetery which is fourteen miles
south of Hamilton. G. Walker Peck taught the two terms of this
school in 1886 and 1887.
Students for the 1886 term of this school included:
M. Anders, L.
Brooks, A. Buford, B. Buford, J. C. Buford, M. Buford, G. Bull, J. A.
Bull, J. M. Bull, R. J. Bull, B. Christian, L. C. Christian, S. Dixon, W.
Doyle, J. Gilbert, B. Greer, Charlie Greer, J. W. James, S. James, A.
McDorman, Ida McDorman, E. McHorse, C. T. McHorse, S. R. Mason, B. M.
Myers, George Myers, M. Ratcliff, P. Ratcliff, R. Seales, S. Seales, J. H.
Singleton, J. J. Singleton, J. L. Singleton, R. Singleton, T. J.
Singleton, W. Smith, E. Thompson, J. H. White, J. R. White, Willie
White. Miss Delia Gooch taught a twelve week
summer session in 1887.
In 1888 this school was united with District 24 in
Coryell County and Bull’s Point School was moved to the
front of the stone building of Cove School. One term was taught by M.
L. Stallings.
The schools separated and the Bull’s Point School
was moved back into Hamilton County and called "High School
Reformatory." Miss Lizzie Fifer taught the 1890 term of this
school. Miss Lizzie Fifer and her younger sister, Miss Amber
Fifer taught the 1891 term of this school.
In 1892 Bull’s Point School was consolidated with Cove
School into an independent school district by a special act
of the state legislature.
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