The Pleasant Valley Colored School was located about 1 1/2 miles east of the Pleasant Valley depot near Spaders church in Ashby District. The school was a one-room frame building built in 1885. The school is indicated in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. Land for the school was deeded to the Ashby District School Board by W. J. Sandy and wife on December 20, 1884. Early teachers at the Pleasant Valley Colored School are unknown. The Pleasant Valley Colored School was closed in 1924-25 after several years of difficulty maintaining a legal average population. Teachers known to have taught at Pleasant Valley Colored School are:
1898-99 Harriet F. Phillips
1900-01 Violet Terrell
1901-02 Lucy J. Hicks
1902-03 Beulah Evans
1911-13 (two sessions) Mary A. Michie
1913-14 Bertie L. Brown
1914-15 Hattie L. Brown
1915-17 (two sessions) Florence G. Clarke
1917-18 Julia Wrenn
1918-19 (school not open)
1919-21 (two sessions) Rev. J. H. Lewis
1921-22 Mildred V. Lee
1922-23 Nanny Jackson
1923-24 (school not open)
1924-25 Mae L Brookins
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