Hampton School
Hampton School #15
CR 1002
Desert, Texas
Hampton School was established in 1860 and named for Nathan Hampton because it was on his land. It was located about ten miles east of Anna and five miles north of Blue Ridge. Jack Everett taught there, and one of his pupils was Mrs. M.E. Marlow. Professor Everett’s brother also taught there for one term. Estella Nicholson was the teacher in 1886. The subscription school was built with lumber from the Piney Woods of east Texas and was 16 feet by 18 feet. There was a door on the south side and no windows, except for an opening covered with a wood shutter like a door. Split logs with no backs served as benches, and there was a fireplace in one corner to keep the room warm in cold weather. Years later, Mrs. Marlow remembered grapevines were used as swings and to make ropes to play “Jump the Rope.”
Teachers were Mrs. Robert Hampton (nee Ferguson) daughter-in-law of Mr. Ben Hampton: Miss Jennie Soughton, from Penn., Professor Griffin, from "the North ", Professor Don A. Bliss, who later became District Judge of Grayson County, and William Reves from Ky.
This school was on the 1890 and 1905 lists of schools as District #15. Miss Clara Richards was the teacher in 1901. In 1912 Mt. Carmel School had 56 students. Hampton was a separate voting precinct and the school building was used as a voting location. Hampton is mentioned in the society column for Graybill.
CR 1002
Desert, Texas
Hampton School was established in 1860 and named for Nathan Hampton because it was on his land. It was located about ten miles east of Anna and five miles north of Blue Ridge. Jack Everett taught there, and one of his pupils was Mrs. M.E. Marlow. Professor Everett’s brother also taught there for one term. Estella Nicholson was the teacher in 1886. The subscription school was built with lumber from the Piney Woods of east Texas and was 16 feet by 18 feet. There was a door on the south side and no windows, except for an opening covered with a wood shutter like a door. Split logs with no backs served as benches, and there was a fireplace in one corner to keep the room warm in cold weather. Years later, Mrs. Marlow remembered grapevines were used as swings and to make ropes to play “Jump the Rope.”
Teachers were Mrs. Robert Hampton (nee Ferguson) daughter-in-law of Mr. Ben Hampton: Miss Jennie Soughton, from Penn., Professor Griffin, from "the North ", Professor Don A. Bliss, who later became District Judge of Grayson County, and William Reves from Ky.
This school was on the 1890 and 1905 lists of schools as District #15. Miss Clara Richards was the teacher in 1901. In 1912 Mt. Carmel School had 56 students. Hampton was a separate voting precinct and the school building was used as a voting location. Hampton is mentioned in the society column for Graybill.
