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An area of {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} of land for the school was sold to the school trustees for $25 in 1889 by Benjamin B. Flag who was the older brother of singer [[Tina Turner]]'s great grandfather, George Flag. This was approximately one third the going rate for land at the time in Tennessee. |
An area of {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} of land for the school was sold to the school trustees for $25 in 1889 by Benjamin B. Flag who was the older brother of singer [[Tina Turner]]'s great grandfather, George Flag. This was approximately one third the going rate for land at the time in Tennessee. |
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Singer Tina Turner attended Flag Grove elementary school in the 1940s.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/videos/index.html African American Lives 2 . Videos | PBS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/profiles/turner.html African American Lives 2 . Profiles . Tina Turner | PBS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:01, 13 July 2013
| Flag Grove School | |
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Elm Tree Road Haywood County, TN | |
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| Type | Elementary School |
| Established | Late 1800s |
Flag Grove School (or Flaggs' Grove School) was a school south of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee, now part of Brownsville.
The school was established in the late 19th century.
History
An area of 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land for the school was sold to the school trustees for $25 in 1889 by Benjamin B. Flag who was the older brother of singer Tina Turner's great grandfather, George Flag. This was approximately one third the going rate for land at the time in Tennessee.
Singer Tina Turner attended Flag Grove elementary school in the 1940s.[1][2]
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