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A one room schoolhouse built between 1870-1871, the Hart family in Wake donated a portion of their land to the community for the purpose of building Bradley Swamp Academy.
The Bradley Swamp was named for Mr. Bradley, whom legend says lost his wagon but not his mule in the swamp where the academy was built.
Billy Ransone of Wake recalled that the students nicknamed the school “Frog Eye”, because of the deafening sound of the swamp’s numerous spring peepers (frogs).
“Signatures in Time , A Living History of Middlesex County, Virginia” pg 267
I think this is the same school my grandmother might have attended. I have a picture of a teacher Katherine (Kate) Hall that might have taught there. If there is a place or someone that would like a copy, I can scan and send.