Row’s Corners – A One Room School House in Elizabethtown
Row’s Corners
(School Section # 4)
This is all the information we have on this school. If anyone as any additional information or photos on this school we would appreciate hearing from you.
School Superintendents Report (Ontario Archives)
Shows the following information, which in some cases contradicts what we have already researched, and contradicts other filed School Superintendents Reports:
1850: Frame building, constructed in 1832, condition: Good
1854: Stone building first opened in 1846
The following information was extracted from the motion papers of the Elizabethtown Council 1855-1873:
| That the sum of $73. clear of all expenses be levied and collected on the rateable property of school section No 4.-1862 |
| that the application of the trustees of School Section No 4 be received and laid over for further consideration- 1868 |
| that the Trustees of School Section No 4 of Elizabethtown be paid to Samuel McNish agreeable to the request of the Trustees of said Section- 1871 |
| To the Municipal Council of the Township of Elizabethtown in Council assembled, Gentlemen, Please pay Samuel McNish the sum due School Section No 4 of Elizabethtown, signed Sidney Easton and Cyrus Wright- 1871 |
| that James Daniels and John Daniels be relieved from paying School Tax to School Section No 4 amounting to $6.66 cents as said Daniels belong to the Separate School in Brockville and the collector get a copy of this motion- 1872[1] |
[1] Lyn Museum Archives
