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Farming For A Better Future, page 243
The mention of land not bought might imply that the land was mortgaged, as Arthur moved himself and his family to land he owned, but not being taken by TVA. The Loves were members of the Ebenezer Church in northeast Lawrence County and their child attended the Ebenezer School. Lawrence County School Census Records Housed at the Lawrence County Archives are hundreds of notecards that record the families with school children. Referred to as school records or school census, the cards are often titled “White Family School Census Card." There are also “Colored Family” cards, but the “white” ones were often used for families of color in Lawrence County as well as Limestone County. Based on the schools listed, it is not likely that the recorded considered the family to be white, but more likely there were simply more of these “white” cards available. At Lawrence County archives there are records from 1930 to 1958. The census was taken on a biannual basis in every even numbered year and organized by the first letter of the last name. The cards are a printed form, but the information is handwritten. It includes the names of the mother and/or father, mailing address, and a list of their children. Like the federal census, information of the parents' birthplace, literacy, citizenship, and occupation are noted. The available categories for occupation are: 1) Agriculture, 2) Clerical Work, 3) Domestic Service, 4) Manufacturing, 5) Mining, 6) Professional Service, 7) Public Service, 7) Public Service, 8) Trade, 9) Transportation, and 10 is left open for a write-in answer. (Left Top) School Census Card for Ben Echols' Family with Children at Moulton School, 1930 (Left Bottom) School Census Card for Robert Foster's Family with Children at Hillsboro and Davis (David's) Temple School, 1930 (Middle Top) School Census Card for Price Echols' Family with Children at Moulton School, 1932 (Middle Bottom) School Census Card for James B. Elliott's Family with Children at Ebenezer School, 1932 (Right Top) School Census Card for Frank Ennix's Family with Children at Davis (David's) Temple School, 1930 (Right Bottom) School Census Card for Ed Warren's Family with Children at Ebenezer School, 1938 (Lawrence County Archives, Moulton, Alabama) 243 - LAWRENCE - (4771)