Octa Bratton, teacher
Children are not listed in order.
Norwood Bratton, Anna Belle Overbey, Mary Ida Insko, Delma Dawn Insko, Ruby Insko,
Paul Dryden,
Paul Wiggens, Garnet Bell,Anna E. Dryden, Byrd Insko, Fred Harrop Berry,
Nettie Bell, Christine Bradley,
Mildred Bradley, Wm Henry Fooks,
Corburn Tillet, Blanche Wiggens, Lillian Henderson,
The dog belonged to Garnet Bell and came to school every day.
June 1, 1891
John P. Buckner gave a deed for the land, for the sum of $1.00, to the trustees of Buckner School, District
No. 10.
It was located on the Mt. Olivet-Milford dirt road. (Deed Book 8, Page 150, Robertson County Courthouse)
A log building was built here and it later burned, It was rebuilt on the same spot and was named Rigg.
On Armistice Day, November 11, soon after World War I,
Nina Hall and Hazel Collins were playing on the school ground and noticed sparks
coming out from under the roof of the school house.
Efforts to put out the fire were in vain and the building burned to the ground.
Lelia Rosa Workman was the teacher at the time.
School was held in the nearby Zion Chruch the remainder of the year.
Instead of rebuilding on the same spot, land was purchased across the road
from Charles Reeves and the building that still stands today as a dwelling house, was built.
After the new school was built, the old double desks with knife carved initials of pupils of many years
past,
which had burned, were replaced with the new single desks of modern times.
Some of the teachers at Rigg were;
Henrietta Stewart, Robert Clark, James Colvin, Leon Day, Christine Sims,
Homer Culp, Della Berry (5
years), Betty Bratton Culp.
Miss Culp taught the school year, 1949-50. She was the last teacher at Rigg as the school closed that
year.
In July 1971 the Robertson Co. Review printed four special editions of the paper for the Mt. Olivet
Centennial.
this picture and information come from~ Issue #4 headline:"Why the Name Deming High School".
Articles on: History of Robertson Co., Schools, area churches, local Civil War soldiers, Doctors, and
ect.