. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. transferred to the state treas-urer. In 1848 the president and directors of the State Bank were con-stituted the board of common school commissioners. On April 19, 1847, a common school convention was held at Knox-ville at which were present representatives from Greene, Cocke, Hawkins,Claiborne, Jefferson, Blount, Knox, Boane, Marion and Anderson Coun-ties. A memorial to the Legislature was adopted, recommending the ap-pointment o
. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties;. transferred to the state treas-urer. In 1848 the president and directors of the State Bank were con-stituted the board of common school commissioners. On April 19, 1847, a common school convention was held at Knox-ville at which were present representatives from Greene, Cocke, Hawkins,Claiborne, Jefferson, Blount, Knox, Boane, Marion and Anderson Coun-ties. A memorial to the Legislature was adopted, recommending the ap-pointment of a board of education for each county, whose duty it shouldbe to examine applicants and to grant licenses to teachers; the j)ublica-tion of a monthly state journal*devoted exclusively to the cause of educa-tion throughout the State; the appointment of a superintendent of publicinstruction, and the taxation of property for the support of schools. Thememorial closed with a reference to the illiteracy in the State as shownby the census of 1840. The following is an extract: At no period per-haps in the existence of our State, and by no means was the pride of our. HISTORY OF TENNESSEE 429 people of all parties, denominations and classes more deeply wounded tlianwhen the returns of the census of 1840 were promulgated. * * Thehumiliating fact that there were in the State 58,531 white persons overtwenty years of age who could neither read nor write, was heralded overthis broad Union, and made the subject of sneering remark in almost everynewspaper in the country. Our State stood within one of the bottom ofthe list in point of universal intelligence; the number of ignorant inNorth Carolina being a fraction greater. The number of white personsover twenty years of age in the State at^thattime was 249,008. Conse-quently the proportion of illiterates was a little more than 23^ per census of 1850 shows no improvement in the educational status of theState. At that time there were 31
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