Rains County, Texas

COLONY SCHOOL

From intersection of Hwy. 69 and 19, travel Hwy 69S for 2.5 miles to FM 779. Turn right on 779, the school was 7.5 miles on the right. The existing church building that stands today was originally built as the school.

HISTORY

R.N. REED gave the land for the first school in 1887.  This school was a log building located southwest of the Colony Cemetery near Big Creek.  later, another school, made of slab lumber, was constructed across from the current Colony Church of Christ.  Colony was first known as New Hope and the name was changed to Colony in 1885. R.N. Reed gave the land for the first school in 1887. This school was a log building located southwest of the Colony Cemetery near Big Creek. Later, another school made of slab lumber was constructed across from the current Colony Church of Christ. In 1912, the school was moved across the road to where the Church of Christ is now. The building that exists on the site today functioned as the school and later the church.

Ordered by the court that voting district precinct No. 2 be divided with two school districts as prayed for by petitioners. Vincent and W. Garrett voted nay.
Ordered by the court that the following described territory be known and the same as established and declared a county school district of Rains County, Texas, under an act of the 26th Legislature requiring that several counties in this state be divided into school districts. Said district to be known as Colony School District No. 13 meted and bounded as follows...
Beginning at the northwest corner of the Alba District; thence S with the said District line to the SW corner; thence E with the S line of said District to the county line; thence S with said county line to the Sabine River; thence W with the river to the mouth of Frank's Creek; then N with said creek to fork thence W with the west prong of said creek to where the old Willow Springs road crosses it to the south line of the Center Grove District line to the place of beginning. Dated May 1899 (Rains County Commissioners Court Minutes, vol. 3, page 197)

Rains County Leader, May 13, 1904
Prof. Whitworth…closed out his school at the Colony, Friday, for the present term

Colony school closed in 1926 and the students were sent to Bellview.
Some of the teachers were :
Jewel Hathcox
Lola Parker
Lucy Bell
Lillian McDaniel
Dave Nabors
 
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