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Henderson County TN From the "History of Henderson County Schools" by Louise Oakley (County Fair Project 1940)
Oak Grove, a Methodist Church, is the oldest church. There is a Judson Missionary Baptist Church also. About 1880 a saloon and grocery store was put in by John Dees. W.B. Long had the first dry goods store. Drew Johnson and Buren White now have small stores. The first and only post office was known as he Log post office. It could not be called Middleburg, because there was another place in Tennessee with the same name. Jess Moody was the first mail carrier. The present mail carrier is Iley Austin from Scotts Hill. The community once could boast of having three good business houses or stores, a big cotton gin, a saw mill and a good grist mill. It was also the home of three doctors. The school was named after the Judson Church because it was located near it. The present school house was built in 1927 on a five acre lot donated by Mrs. Florence Ferguson. The first school house was built about 1873 where the house of Mrs. Sherrod Powers now stands. The school was moved in 1885 to the Judson Church, which was on the road. Both were log houses with fire places. In 1890 it was moved to the top of the hill south of the church. It was destroyed by fire in 1913. Two years later it was rebuilt near the present location, but in 1925 it was also destroyed by fire. The first teacher in the old log house was Mrs. Keziah Long. Some still live to tell about their school days there. The present teachers are Miss Gertrude Powers and Paxton Montgomery. The average attendance is around 55. From 1929 to 1934, Judson was a Junior High School. Students are now being transported by buses every day to some of the leading Senior High Schools in the county. |