The first school, of which anything is known, was
taught somewhere in the neighborhood of Diamond Island, and whether this
Diamond Island was either of the islands near Henderson, or Diamond Island
sixteen miles below, on one can speak with any degree of certainty.
Captain Dunn was a patron of this school, as the following will show:
"Captain John Dunn:
"SIR - Please pay Mr. Russell
Hewitt, or order, ten shillings, your quarterly subscription to my school,
at the Diamond Island, and this shall be your sufficient receipt.
Signed, HENRY PATMERS
In the year 1795 the
following curious bill of sale passed title in a horse:
"Know All Men by these Presents :
"That I, Robert Simpson, do give,
grant and sell, and convey to John Dunn, one bay mare, about fourteen
hands high, in consideration of twenty pounds paid to me in hand, the same
creature I lent to John Patterson to hunt on. I likewise authorize John
Dunn to take the same mare wherever he can find her, and at my risque.
"ROBERT SIMPSON.
"Attest: UEL LAMBKIN, DANIEL KERR
"29, December, 1795."
History of Henderson County, Kentucky
by Edmund L. Starling
p. 96
published in 1887
public domain material
