"If my voice can reach this proscribed and unfortunate class, I appeal to them to continue, as they have begun, to endure to the end; and thus to commend themselves to the favorable judgment of mankind; and to rely for their safety upon the ultimate appeal to the conscience of the human race."—John J. Ingalls, U. S. Senate, 1890.
THE NATIVE OAK HILL SCHOOL
1876-1886
CHURCH ORGANIZED JUNE 29, 1869.—SUNDAY SCHOOL IN 1876.—SCHOOL HOUSE, 1878.—OLD LOG HOUSE, 1884.—APPEAL FOR ACADEMY.
"The vineyard which thy right hand hath planted."
"Who hath despised the day of small things?"
As the preaching of the gospel and the organization of a church preceded the establishment of the school, the following facts in regard to the church are first noted.