Clifty School

Clifty School was located about two miles from the Eastland School in Clifty, Tennessee in the 13th District.  This school was probably located on land deeded to Clifty Consolidated Coal Company March 12, 1909.

One of the first objectives after the Clifty Creek Coal and Coke Company began operating in 1903 was to erect a suitable school building with a lodge room above.  In the center was a study room.  On each side and to the rear were nice recitation rooms with a music room and library.  Clifty School closed in 1936 when the students were transferred to the Eastland School.

Clifty School teachers included:
Mary Bryan Bandy – Rebecca Parker Brady – Mrs. Brandon – Professor J. E. Brandon – Tom Brown – Frances Camp – Scott Camp – Kitty Lou Carson – Ruth Chastain – Bill Cowden – Lyla Cowden – Cecil DuBois – Gus Geer – Fred L. Hamby – Margaret Little Haston – Haskel Henry – Sally Hudgens – Wallace Lamb – Ila Rhea Lee Little –

Mrs. R. T. McCaskill – Emma Moore – Willie Ann Officer – Elsie Powell Rackley – William Everett Short – Lena Williams – Cora Townsend – E. Washburn – Miss Williams – Professor F. Williams.

Family names from the community of Clifty include:
Lewis, Rackley, Welch, Johnson, Hodge, Catron, Smith, Clark, Frasier, Tucker, Broom, Thompson, West, Pharris, Bell, England, Seals, Myers, Black, Blaylock, Kindred, Anderson, Wilson, Roberts, and Lawson.