On the 19th of January, 2001, Genell wrote;
I am sending you the picture of the one room school at Sloantown in Scott county. This is a great picture of many children who lived along the Clinch River that attended school at Sloantown. They had to cross the river in a boat to get to school. Amanda Williams Qualls sent me a copy of this picture. She is in the picture and is still living in Scott county. She gave me the names of the children in the pictures. I love the bare feet and the knickers.
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Out of the Attic
Sloantown One-Room School 1918
The first-through seventh-grade students at Sloantown School were:
Front row from left: Hobert Williams, Palmer Pierson, Nannie Williams, Osha Robinson, Bobbie Robinson, Josie Sloan, Roxie Pierson, Amanda Williams, Nancy Benton, Leola Sloan, Oliver Falin, Lillie Robinson, Beatrice Sloan, Piert Williams
Second row, from left: Mabel Rhoton, Virginia Bryant, Clara Bryant, unknown, Vonnie Falin, Hazel Falin, unknown, unknown, Kedrick Sloan, Baxter Rhoton, Clarence Page, Mandy Falin, William Falin, Joe Benton, Bob Sloan, Pollard Williams, Clyde Qualls, Millard Qualls, Elmer Robinson, Roy Kindle.
Third row, from left: Isaac Barnette, Everett Bryant, Llyod Ruth, Millard Rhoton, Clarence Rhoton, unknown, Virgie Sloan, Maggie Rhoton, Bertha Falin, unknown, Mitchell Williams, Lula Rhoton, Henry Williams, James “Jay” Rhoton, Ora Williams, Clarence Falin, Lola Sloan, Jay Williams.
Fourth row, from left: Hicklen Clendenin (teacher), Carl Vanzant, Charlie Williams, Nannie Falin, Lillie Rhoton, Sara Tate, Rosa Williams, Emmer Falin, Ethel Falin, Maxie Sloan, Maggie Jane Williams, Hughie Vanzant and Edgar Rhoton.
Genell submitted this photo given to her by Amanda Williams Qualls.
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Genell, if you ever get to see this I just wanted to thank you and to let you know that I tried to send you an email but the address was no longer valid.
pat
Pat, thanks for posting this picture. My GGrandmother Martha Ann Falin Rhoton was from Sloan Town, but after she married Joseph Enoch Rhoton, they moved closer to Pattonsville,
I’ll do a bit of research and find out how I am related to lots of these people.
Jewel
Does anyone know about the woman named Osha Robinson. My grandmother is from Virginia and my name is Osha Robinson too.
In the 4th row going right to left, who is the “ghostly figure” between the 2 boys? This jumped out at me as I zoomed the picture to have a closer look at William and Emmer Falin and the other Falin children.
I loved seeing this photo.. My Grandparents were from Sloan Town. Their names were Kermit Williams and Lilly Sloan.
Kirmit was my cousin, Della, his mother was my mothers sister
Thanks for the picture. My relatives are in this picture
Great Picture of the Sloan School in Scott Co., VA. I have a record of ancestor Sherrod Williams attending a Church Meeting in Scott Co., VA in 1803. Anyone related to Sherrod Williams b. 1776? Would love to share Williams info. Clydene
Forgot my email to share Sherrod Williams info.
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this picture is really cool. it has a lot of my family in it that i never got to meet. if anybody knows were a family tree for falin’s is i would really love to know about it. thanks for posting this pic.
My great-great grandparents were John Falin and Elizabeth Parvin Falin. I was told they are buried at Sloantown Primitive Baptist Church, I drove to the church but did not see a cemetery. Do you know where the cemetery is at? My brother and I have been working on our family tree. A place to find the genealogy for the Falin family is, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ the way to use it is at the site under Search Family Tree at WorldConnect go to: jump to a specific database and enter fraflet-f. that is the database name for the Fletcher family tree. On the next page where it has a blank and says click on list, you can type in a name or just click on the F for Falin, and when the names starting with F pop up click on Falin or any other name and from there you can go anywhere in the family tree
“Amanda Williams Qualls” was my great grandmother. Her name is not actually Amanda, it’s Manda. But everyone knows her by Mandy. She was married to Millard Qualls.
Della Williams is my mama Kermit Williams is my Uncle.
I just stumbled upon this picture looking for Bryants. My mother’s aunts Virginia and Clara Bryant are in the 2nd row. How cool to find this picture.
I have been trying for years to find their grandfather William Bryant and my mothers great grandfather. His daughter was Louisa Jane Bryant mother of James Bryant. She later married David Falin when James was about 7 I think , not sure on that one. I have not been able to find the real father of James Bryant. I made a trip to Sloantown in 1989 and talked with an oldtimer who knew James Bryant that was quite a trip. I would really love to go back again. But thanks for posting such a cool picture.
Glad you happened upon this. It’s great to find treasures like this!
Marilyn,
I believe we were in contact a couple of years ago. Please email me concerning the Bryants. Thanks – Sandy
Roxie Pierson was my great Aunt. She married Ballard Ramey. So many of those names I remember hearing my father talk about. What a treasure this photo is.